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Which is, of course, a bad thing that ought not to be encouraged and that ubiquity does, in fact, encourage and normalize.
by lo_zamoyski 23d ago
Which is, of course, a bad thing that ought not to be encouraged and that ubiquity does, in fact, encourage and normalize.
- ratelimitsteve 23d ago>Which is, of course, a bad thing that ought not to be encouraged I'm not actually willing to take that as read. It's just the word "fuck". You may personally find it distasteful and you're welcome to discourage your children from using it but it seems like you're committing Pargin's Blunder here (mistaking norms specific to your social group for universal truths).
- rnd0 23d agoSo fucking what? Nothing wrong with that. Lighten up, francis.
- pessimizer 23d agoIf the word fuck isn't offensive, there's absolutely no reason to use it.
- defrost 23d agoYet every culture across the globe has and has always had swearing, profanity, taboo words, fart jokes, and gate keepers decrying such things. While the reasons may elude, the ubiquity speaks to something foundational.
- ratelimitsteve 19d agono one is challenging whether "fuck" is offensive, we're challenging what powers the mild abrasiveness of a single word actually gives people in controlling behavior.
- lazyasciiart 23d agoYea. Nobody needs to be talking that much before breakfast.