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Is the "frigging" here really necessary?

• thatguy0900 6y ago
  Out of curiosityare you offended by the word frigging or would you rather they just curse?
  • otabdeveloper4 6y ago
    It adds absolutely nothing and cheapens a potentially valuable message. People don't take you as seriously if your emotional palette is so scarce that you can't form a phrase without dropping a "frigging" in it.
    • zo1 6y ago
      He has Parkinsons. Let's try to keep that in mind when critiquing his "emotional palette"?
    • Rapzid 6y ago
      Well a fucking math problem sounds like orgy logistics, and a fracking math problem a barrier to natural gas extraction so.. Seems like a good word choice to me.
    • JimDabell 6y ago
      > It adds absolutely nothing It adds tone of voice. It sounds like him when you read it. Sure, he might be able to communicate the level of frustration he feels with “double-plus-ungood” or similar, but it would have a different quality to it. There are benefits to swearing, this is an interesting article on the subject: https://unbabel.com/blog/swearing-language/ https://unbabel.com/blog/swearing-language/
      • vagrantJin 6y ago
        > Thanks to a long and sexist history, Byrne was told, swearing is still seen as a gender transgressive act. “It’s a hallmark of being one of the boys, especially if you’re a girl.” I’ve been told, in multiple occasions, that swearing “is just not ladylike.”... Gender transgressive? This individual has not watched any porn clearly. Joking aside, these type of sweeping statements that make no attempt at clarifying context, or peddling as fact some individuals anecdotal experience - are making the world a slightly more annoying place.
    • SummerlyMars 6y ago
      > People don't take you as seriously Some people may not take you as seriously, but it doesn't follow that this is true for all people, or even a significant number of people.
    • KineticLensman 6y ago
      > People don't take you as seriously if your emotional palette is so scarce that you can't form a phrase without dropping a "frigging" in it I once attended a trial of a C4I system where a young soldier told a senior officer "Sir, this fucking thing is fucking fucked, sir!". This was all the senior officer needed to know, and the trial was halted ten minutes later.
• Jaruzel 6y ago
  Ok, I'll bite. It's in the title of the linked interview, and it's in body text of the interview as MJF actually says it.
  • otabdeveloper4 6y ago
    My comment was directed at Fox, even though of course he'll never read it. (Yeah yeah, I know, "old man curses at television set", etc.)
    • citrablue 6y ago
      It's kind of a MJF signature word - I heard this in his voice. He says it in several of his roles, IIRC.
• goodlinks 6y ago
  I think so. It changes the meaning from: i have to do acual math to complete this activity. To: its frustrating and complicated to make basic moves that require planning and preperation that dont always go to plan and are hard to even visualise. You dont think he should be emotional about this?
• qmmmur 6y ago
  Get a grip. It's just a word.
• lolsal 6y ago
  Spend your time and energy on more important things friend. Good luck.