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I thought that's why they work, and why so many of them poke at religious topics. I need a way to offend someone I've only just met that's guaranteed to work.
by noonespecial 10y ago
I thought that's why they work, and why so many of them poke at religious topics. I need a way to offend someone I've only just met that's guaranteed to work.
- dspillett 10y ago> and why so many of them poke at religious topics Religion based swearing is more conscious, certainly on the part of the offended, or are at least environmentally primed. Something built up through the conditioning of society. Out "built in" expletives tend to hark back to a time when our language was far simpler, covering the essentials of survival so more keyed to out physical needs: they are based on reproduction, bodily functions, and fighting.