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Theres many reasons to use profanity. While it can signal poor self control or even just poor intelligence or vocabulary, if youre already established well in
by dpweb 9y ago
Theres many reasons to use profanity. While it can signal poor self control or even just poor intelligence or vocabulary, if youre already established well in those ways, can be used to establish intimacy, or im wild or unpredicatable.
For instance, Trump saying son of a bitch in a speech I felt was particularly shocking, even by his standards, but totally contrived.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> While it can signal poor self control It’s not always useful to be seen as stable or a worthy adversary. Being unpredictable or flying under the radar are legitimate strategies.