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Noticed not many people use curse words.

So.. why the fuck not?

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[–] Philo@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It makes me laugh when some people give certain words magical powers. They are just fucking words for Christ's sake.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

They're not "magical", they just have meaning and connotations.

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But certain words DO have power, even if it's just power attributed by others it's still power, and it's really naive to think they don't.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Agreed. Words are what made us different than animals and words describing abstract ideas made us better than other primates. Words are maybe the strongest power we have

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given the way humanity works, words generally do and should have power ("profane" or otherwise). If they don't, what's the point?

On profanity, to me it's a set of special words to break out for emphasis. If I just casually use them, then they lose value as emphasis. If those words were just as mundane as others, what would be the point of their existence?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago