Ask Lemmy

because constant swearing makes swears lose meaning

Fuck off.

I love casual profanities, fuck that.

This is the internet. You can say "fuck"

for myself I try not to cuss out other people but if I see someome doing something ~~eggregious~~ egregious or I do something stupid then I'll swear at them or myself

otherwise I try not to swear too much
ymmv

hope everyone has a fucking fantastic holiday tho!🤗

I swear a lot more irl than I do on here. A lot of a swears value is in the tone you deliver it in, that's kinda how you communicate which variation/definition of "fuck" you're actually using, of the huge number of possibilities. This opens up possibilities for humor, expressing subtle (or not so subtle) emotion, etc.

On here, since I lack that fine control, I tend to just revert to using it as an exclamation. And I just don't do that often, I don't use exclamation marks very often either.

It just lacks the same value. That's all, really.

For me, it's just uninteresting and pointless, and detracts from when I might use them for emphasis, if they are used all the time.

I also find a lot of popular media leans on vulgar as the entire end game. Like a comedy where the only attempt at being funny is saying words you're not "supposed" to stay. Use your language as you wish, but you better have something more to bring to the table than a willingness to say "dirty" words.

Admittedly, it's not as much a thing as it used to be. With media not caring much about language anymore, it stopped even in theory being funny by itself, but there was a time in the 80s and 90s where a number of personalities were nothing but swearing in contexts they weren't "supposed" to, and it was so boring.

So that carries forward to why I don't bother to swear, because I found it so unimaginative then and that stuck with me.

Because I can get my fucking point across without them

$&@! it.

honestly less arguments

I don't fucking know!

Hell if I know

For me personally, I got into a lot of drawn out arguments on Reddit. I said some LGBTQ performers doing a performance that involved a cross was “child friendly” and for 8 months I still got messages from pearl clutching conservatives calling me a pe**. Here, I try to limit my hot takes to 24 hours of engagement, and I try to be more respectful.

Also, I’d like to think that there is a better class of people here than on Reddit. So, I act accordingly. I like my new home. It’s not totally full of assholes yet, and I don’t fancy creating any.

I noticed my posts don't get submitted when I swear. I also don't post in this case, because sometimes you need to swear to make a point.

FUCK YEAH!!!!

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I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit. -- Mel Brooks

Swearing is one of the most immoral atrocities. Parents who swear in front of their children should have their guardian status taken away, and the State military should take care of them to teach them morality. Overall, swearing should be illegal and punished with death penalty, including swearing on the Internet.

Because control freak dickheads think you're being 'uncivil'. Fuck them and the cat they rode in on.