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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

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

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14 Feb 2025, 8:35 am

something like what the heck seems okay to me, i think swearing is ok but i don't really care for swearing all the time or like every second word/sentence it is used. if it is used sparingly but when justified i think it is fine.

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14 Feb 2025, 11:21 am

I don't see why even military folks have be "sophisticated as hell", if you know what I mean. :roll:

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14 Feb 2025, 1:44 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

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

No one thinks that.

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14 Feb 2025, 2:01 pm

^ Obviously, some people DO think that. I think so, but I use them anyway sometimes because I like being dorky in a Ned Flanders sort of way now and then. My personal favorite is “fiddlesticks,” but I mostly just use the F word these days. Obscenities do serve various purposes linguistically. It’s strange that we still have hangups about them.

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14 Feb 2025, 2:14 pm

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^ Obviously, some people DO think that. I think so, but I use them anyway sometimes because I like being dorky in a Ned Flanders sort of way now and then.

I would only care if everyone thought that (“everyone” in this context means “most people”). I just use them to be polite or to avoid taking the Lord’s name in vain.

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14 Feb 2025, 2:47 pm

zekeboy wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

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

No one thinks that.

No one thinks that, or you don't think that?

I've heard people express exactly that sentiment, so clearly some people think that.

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14 Feb 2025, 3:02 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

zekeboy wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

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

No one thinks that.

No one thinks that, or you don't think that?

I've heard people express exactly that sentiment, so clearly some people think that.

I meant “no one” as in “not a lot of people.” I forgot that people with autism tend to interpret things literally, and I’m sorry.

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14 Feb 2025, 3:08 pm

zekeboy wrote:

I meant “no one” as in “not a lot of people.” I forgot that people with autism tend to interpret things literally, and I’m sorry.

I'd argue it's a high enough portion of the population that eventually someone will call you out for it. It's happened to me more than once.

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14 Feb 2025, 3:11 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

I'd argue it's a high enough portion of the population that eventually someone will call you out for it. It's happened to me more than once.

Didn’t you say “some”?

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14 Feb 2025, 3:14 pm

zekeboy wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

I'd argue it's a high enough portion of the population that eventually someone will call you out for it. It's happened to me more than once.

Didn’t you say “some”?

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

Because it's a behaviour I associate with small children or fictional characters, rather than other adults in the real world.

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