Profanity, like other words, can be used to form a rich tapestry of disdainful expression. The classic example is Joe Pesci in "Goodfellas." See how he weaves a few liberal sprinklings of "c*cksucker," mixed with an elegant "motherf*cker," or two heightened with an explosive "God Damn!" for effect. Npw multiply this scene by 20. Dazzling! George Carlin is the master at the fine art of cussing someone out. I have an mp3 of him totally destroying a heckler. I think the phrase "I hope you die in a car fire in front of your children" was used in between several thousand well-placed curse words. Actually, the curse words are less important than tone. When I am yelling at the television I have lately been imploring the ref/other team/Cato to die rather than cussing them out. I still slip up, though. In regular conversation, I try not to drop the f-bombs so liberally as I get older.
Why in the **** would it be closed? Seriously, I knew I was taking a chance by doing this topic, but I really meant this thread to be a little bit more serious but I didn't express that in the beginning. Oh well... However, I also knew that I would get responses that would make old ladies cringe. But I'm not complaining.
OOOOKAAAY, If the only way a person can truley express themselves in certain situations is through a form of slang or cussing, I would be worried. this may sound odd, but some people dont want to cuss, mabey it offends them or they dont want to offend those around them. It does not make them untrustworthy rather courteous. so take that **** and smoke it
I never cursed much to begin with because I know how to express myself without doing it, but I quit entirely on 12/17/1989.
What's all this about cussing means you can't express yourself. Please. If you slam your finger in a door or the computer starts doing something stupid, you're not gonna think for a few seconds "now how can i best express this uncontrollable split second of anger i'm having", you're gonna go "****" or "piece of ****" or something like that. nothing wrong with that. that's almost a perfect situation for cuss words, a short venting of emotions. now if you somehow mean casual cussing or some other situation i might listen. anyway, like nugzfan, i almost never cursed until college. but then my roommate was my friend who cussed the most and he kinda drew me into it. now some of the friends i know from class would put him to shame and i curse like a sailor most of the time. however, i can control it fairly easily if i have to desire to. like i'm always apprehensive about cussing around girls but then if they do it too (hell we're college students, everyone is cussing like there's no tomorrow) then i don't really have a problem. i don't generally drop f-bombs in public situations where others besides my friends can hear. also like nugz, i never curse around my parents. its weird, its like i don't know how to do it w/o it being awkward. i mean, they cuss some so its not like they would go crazy but i just don't do it. i do say like a lot if i don't care if i'm saying it. but i can stop that fairly easily also. also, like someone else said, never say GD. i somehow let it out once and don't plan on doing it again.
I agree with f4p. It would be odd yelling at the computer "I am so fed up with the shenanigans you pull, you rotten sack of lettuce", when you can just yell "**** ***** ****!"
I agree that cursing is not indicitive of a person not being able to express one's self. Of course, it was weird yesterday afternoon when an 18-wheeler decided to take up all three lanes of Congress at 5:00pm, and I yelled, "KIND SIR, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR YOU TO MANEUVER YOUR VEHICLE IN A MANNER THAT WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO MY ARRIVING AT MY APARTMENT IN A TIMELY FASHION".
I'll tell you where I cuss alot and probably the best place....driving in my car...especially alone. If I'm in the left lane and there's some mother#*($@! driving slow with no opportunity to pass, then I'm a crazed cursing fool. I will curse like the dickens any time anyone does anything I deem to be terrible driving. I don't care if your old and driving ten miles under the speed limit...your a target for my expletives. I know the rules of the road and if your not following them like I think you should be...then **** *** you **** ****** ************.
I swear occasionally when I am driving, but for the most part I'm a very calm individual with great self-control....unless I am at work in front of a computer. Being a computer programmer is an invitation to swear like a sailor. There's the ****ing network, the freakin' firewalls, the dumba** who programmed this stuff (usually me) and so on and so forth. As a matter of fact, I swear at myself more than anyone else. I refuse to swear on the golf course though. Every shot you make, good or bad, came from within you. I think it's pathetic when you have people swearing, throwing their clubs, etc etc. If you want to succeed, practice more. These idiots come out to the golf course, don't spend a quarter of the time practicing that they do playing, and then start swearing and get in a bad mood the minute they hit a poor shot. I am subject to moments of severe disappointment on the driving range and course, so I have turned my name into a swear word. I won't burn any children's ears, but I curse myself into the ground that way. I find the best thing to do if I get really angry is to run after my ball and hit it again.
