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I send my son emails with links to different interesting projects. He is ten. Too bad I can't send this one out. Why do people use foul language everywhere and

by mudil 10y ago

I send my son emails with links to different interesting projects. He is ten. Too bad I can't send this one out. Why do people use foul language everywhere and in between? It's like a disease.

post_break 10y ago
There are plugins for browsers to replace foul words, you could scrub it with one then print to pdf.
- mudil 10y ago
  Another example of this is The Martian book. Well written, great story, and so full of foul language. What for?!
  - kirrent 10y ago
    Because it's hilarious. He's also trapped alone on a planet and pretty sure he's going to die for most of the book. I'd swear as well.
lb1lf 10y ago
Now, personally, I am of the firm opinion that one should be able to make one's point without resorting to cursing. (Those who suggest otherwise are fing ids!!!) That being said, the conviction that kids should be protected from cursing puzzles me. When I was a kid, a sure-fire way to get me interested in something was for my parents to say don't go there; forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, etc. Now, I'd appreciate it if my kids didn't run around cursing all the time, but I think it would be much more effective to explain to them that yes, some people curse; it is a manner of speech, often a way of stressing a point. I don't find it necessary, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't, either. Chances are kids will be exposed to the f word and others on a daily basis, anyway. The occasional fking this, fking that in this blog does hardly make it less interesting or suitable for a kid. IMHO, of course.