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swearing is pretty normal in austria. I know a few people who don’t swear and it’s even somewhat weird.
Part of it must be upbringing. I couldn’t bring myself to even say the words hate and stupid because they were treated as just as bad as fuck, but since I’ve moved out and live with a woman who casually swears, it’s rubbed off on me.
Where is swearing not normal? I don’t live in a preschool. It’s the 90’s. We have internet and everything now. I can say the “fuck” word.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s not the 90’s anymore, it’s 2024.
Sorry, I was in a coma. I hope nothing bad happened after the 90’s. I’d hate to wake up in 2024 and learn basically everything is kind of shittier except portable music players and street food.
Seriously, this question is exactly backwards. Everything should be normal to say unless there’s a specific reason NOT to say it. So OP, what is your specific reason for thinking people SHOULDN’T say swear words?
As others have mentioned, for me I sometimes use it as just filler (part of natural language). Alternatively, I can use it to add emphasis or to exaggerate.
They do it a lot so it loses the negative weight.
Fucked if I know.
Every time I see a thread posted by this user I grab my popcorn.
Generally, the internet (aka the rest of the world) is too harsh for this person’s devotion to Christianity. That’s like 99% of these threads.
There’s nothing wrong with a devotion to Christianity. My mother gives sermons and she’s one of the coolest people I know. But that’s not what this is.
This is a person whose worldview was shaped by conservative values presented as Christian values. They see a world that doesn’t fit what they were taught, and they try to understand it as best they can. It’s a constant back and forth on whether to accept the world as God designed it or to try and block out parts that conservatives don’t like.
Case in point: The bible doesn’t say shit about swearing. It talks about insulting, with an example being “fool”, but nothing about swearing.
Point taken, but I still think you’re giving this guy way too much credit lol.
I am guessing op is mid teens, raised in faith. Nothing wrong with that but it explains a bit of the breathless naivete’. At least they’re curious! Maybe we’ll see em shitposting in c/athiesm in a few years.
OP made a post (since deleted) where he talked about watching so much anime about zombie girls, he started to actually fall in love with them, but then he realized that zombies are brought to life by necromancy and necromancy is Not Very Christian, so he then swore off all anime.
Nah, I can’t take OP seriously at all lmao.
Lol the more i learn the more i definitely don’t want to flame op, so precious. If we could just help steer them safely towards the loving ned Flanders/high School coach-type and away from all them mass shooter hate pits i would be sooo happy
I remember that post. They mentioned disliking zombification, but the damn show is called Zombieland Saga, so that should not have been a surprise. They also mentioned trans people, and one of the girls is explicitly shown to be trans in episode 8. I have my suspicion about which one was the actual problem for them.
There is just enough genuine curiosity in OP that I believe, or genuinely hope, they are slowly starting to disentangle conservative teachings from Christianity. They’re in a pit, both curious and afraid of what lies outside of it. I want them to get out of it. I want to believe they can be saved.
Yes, I may be being too optimistic. But I still hope.
Because swearing was strictly forbidden in my household and i picked it up in late high school and early college partially as an act of defiance.
I made friends also more interested in content and quality of thought than on politeness and that was dope AF.
Now it’s part of my lexicon, just a casual turn of phrase.
“Ay yo, that shit is fire” conveys the same sentiment as “Wow! That’s really cool.”
I’m a mechanical engineer and a writer. Words are words. They have meanings and those meanings change over time and with context/audience.
People who don’t ever swear feel repressed to me. It’s a weird vibe. Not a fan.
As I understand it, shit, piss, and fuck were common words in Old English. When the French-speaking Normans invaded the Anglo-Saxons, they made the people and their language lower class, crude and dirty. Defecate, urinate, and fornicate were substituted as the proper way to speak. This was a way to continue oppressing a conquered and occupied group of people. These views have persisted for hundreds of years and been adopted by various groups over time. Something to consider when you find yourself viewing the words others use as crude.
Based on this history, you might also see why saying “pardon my French” is ironic as fuck.
Most large towns had a street where prostitutes gathered, often called Grope Cunt Lane
They are used to it and if you try you can get used to it too.
Why not? Why is it not normal for you? Science shows it reduces stress. Lol
Swearing is actually normal for all people. Any word can be classified as a “swear” or “bad” word. That’s how language works. There is nothing wrong with using a word that is deemed a cuss word. The actual “bad” part is always the context the word is used in. If you smacked your foot into a chair accidentally and you called the chair a Bastard, you used the expletive correctly. But if you walked into work one morning and walked by your boss and said to him, “Good morning you Bastard.”, that’s going to get you in trouble. The context matters.
You can make any word a cuss word in the context you use it. You can ask a person if they like Bananas, “Are you a banana eater?”. Or you can accuse a person, “What kind of a sick banana eater are you? What is wrong with you?”, ‘banana eater’ is now a bad phrase/thing.
Context in language always matters, regardless of the taboo of a word/phrase.
Words only have power over you if you let them. Language is to be used, enjoyed and laughed at.
You can’t entirely remove a word from it’s main meaning and there’s a reason all popular swear words are negative or taboo things, fuck, damn, hell etc
Well gosh darnit the study of etymology is gonna want a word (hehe) with you. a faggot used to be an old unpleasant woman who was like baggage, as difficult to carry around as a bundle of sticks which was also called a faggot. Brits smoke fags.
Literally is another example. Through use, it now has a secondary definition which is exactly the opposite of its primary one. (figurative, emphasis)There are less popular examples but your premise as i understand it is just wrong friend
I didn’t say the main meaning can’t change, just that you can’t remove it from said meaning by using it in a different context
just that you can’t remove it from said meaning by using it in a different context
I’m afraid i don’t follow (no sarcasm). Can you elaborate?
The main meaning of a word can change, but at any given time, you can’t use the word in a different context, and expect how people receive it to be completely divorced from its current main meaning
This is true, which is why context matters. Like if you love a song so much and say, “That’s sick!”, people might think you mean “ill” and assume something negative.
Who the fuck is asking and why the fuck should I care if they care?
Don’t be such a fucking twat, you cunt. /s
Because we grew up poor.
Laws that turn swearing into legal liability are a form of class warfare.
