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Gentleman Argentum
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03 Nov 2024, 6:07 am

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Yes - I was tempted to dump the thread on that basis but several people had replied to the necroing, so... :shrug:


I don't always glance at the date of a post. There are a lot of ancient artifacts around waiting to be resurrected. I guess it is a good topic and that is what matters.


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03 Nov 2024, 6:21 am

No disrespect to those who are sensitive to hearing curse words but I actually like them and find them to be an enhancement to the language, kind of like hot sauce on food.



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03 Nov 2024, 6:26 am

My next question....
Does substituting words like "heck, "dang" or "fricking" constitute hypocrisy?

Inserting such colouration claims the status of a swear word, but without taking responsibility for the offense originally intended.



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03 Nov 2024, 6:53 am

Heck and dang soften the blow and are less jarring than swear words. Fricking not as much. I don't think they're hypocritical. I think they're kind of quaint. :)



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03 Nov 2024, 8:09 am

Some of us handle social interactions based on rules, rather than reading the facial expressions and body language of the people we are talking to like normal people.
When folks swear they are breaking the rules and this causes anxiety because our social interactions are based on rules.
It is hard for us to decide how to proceed.

This may be less of an issue if grew up in an environment where swearing was considered normal.



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03 Nov 2024, 1:17 pm

Carbonhalo wrote:
My next question....
Does substituting words like "heck, "dang" or "fricking" constitute hypocrisy?

Inserting such colouration claims the status of a swear word, but without taking responsibility for the offense originally intended.


No, but it makes the person using them sound childish, or like Ned Flanders.


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