CandiCame
Rocket Grunt
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I've never even noticed it. But I have noticed that a lot of Americans get really uptight about what they view as obscenities.
What is it about swearing that bothers you?
Was that directed at me? I have that user on ignore and I don't remember why, but I cordially invite them to fuck right off with that censorship,speech policing bullshit.
The Appalachian dialect is casually profane. Like a lot of dialects. Die mad about it. You can get pissed at me for calling your a 'fuck' or an Australian for calling you a 'cunt' and neither of us will give a shit, that's just how language works.
If I drop that playful tone I'm probably pissed.
There's this book, "Holy Shit" I heartily recommend if you want to know why that's actually a thing. But the general consensus among linguists is that people who are casually profane are smarter, healthier, happier and more honest. Of course that only works for profanity, not slurs, because it's about not having self-censored thoughts rather than just like... being racist.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/health-benefits-of-swearing_n_5a5e44a8e4b0106b7f65b3a6?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMzfnPhC4kElwdGX5XTBxan_f40sfQBZaHPrDSgPU4VdoYBPirgIinSsP2ga3TXNrsmJw9KOU-dPqR0qrzXsTv2iZfvlpGj4aUxwlO_E7k_Nz1Y-Qj87DZN9K1Aw_m-yk5QfPJhbkL1VrFndmloUjqi4mlp_7WALEZpsNfQsOtvQ
So yeah, in conclusion, they're welcome to fuck off. Because they're just wrong. It makes me more likable and emphasizes my point (in this case joking about how fucked up it is that late-stage capitalism is trying to make Christmas one Megaholiday to the point that we try to make children comfortable with the idea of constant unquestionable surveillance) more, not less. You're on the outskirts here. Most human people flip that.