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"Fuck" is a crutch. Personally, I use it fairly often since I talk like a sailor, but I wouldn't use it in a professional presentation because there's better w
by reverend_gonzo 15y ago
"Fuck" is a crutch.
Personally, I use it fairly often since I talk like a sailor, but I wouldn't use it in a professional presentation because there's better ways to communicate ideas, to evoke emotion, and to engage the audience. You might not know what those ideas are, but to be a better speaker, you need to find out.
A couple years ago, I was studying sketch comedy writing at Second City (essentially the center of comedy, and where SNL, Daily Show, etc recruit from). As part of our last class, we had to put on a sketch show, and our teacher/director told us that we were allowed to use "fuck" once in our show, and this was a sketch comedy show ... the reason being, we had to find the one place where it be most effective and use it there. Every other place where we wanted to use, we had to find a better way to communicate our ideas.
And you know, we were better for it.
Using it in the title defeats the entire purpose of the word since everybody is already paying attention to you. "Fuck" is a draw word ... You need to find a better way to make them laugh and interested.
- chc 15y agoBy "crutch," I assume you mean that it can be worked around, but it's easier for most people to use it. The words "I", "that" and "the" are also crutches in this sense. Arbitrary limitations can help you develop your creativity, but you shouldn't then conclude that the things arbitrarily disallowed are somehow bad in and of themselves.