It'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 e

It'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.