▲ 107 ▼ What's the consensus on swearing here (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments Noticed not many people use curse words. So.. why the fuck not?
[–] Philo@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago (4 children) It makes me laugh when some people give certain words magical powers. They are just fucking words for Christ's sake. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago They're not "magical", they just have meaning and connotations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Globulart@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Agreed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago They're not "magical", they just have meaning and connotations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Agreed. permalink fedilink source parent