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Why is it trendy to use expletives these days? It's not big or clever.
by growlist 8y ago
Why is it trendy to use expletives these days? It's not big or clever.
- JackFr 8y agoIt's an attempt to write an attention grabbing headline which has grown painfully cliched.
- growlist 8y agoNot just that, second paragraph in drops the F word.
- peterwwillis 8y agoIt's not supposed to be clever, it's supposed to express a feeling or idea with fewer words. They're actually well used here, sparingly and purposefully. Both expletives are used once out of ~2,230 other words. And they describe the author's argument tersely and in an active voice.
- jkaptur 8y agoUsing words like "bullshit" is rude in almost exactly the same way as putting your elbows on the table while eating. I think the idea is to position the author as transgressive and willing to critically examine mild social mores.