Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
Reminds me of a south park episode.
Honestly, it's a bit low class. I mean, a little cursing -- in humor -- can be fun. But constantly? You sound like white trash.
Kid today wrote:
Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
A few smart people curse a lot. No very smart people curse a lot.
Gravy wrote:
Kid today wrote:
Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
A few smart people curse a lot. No very smart people curse a lot.
Not true.
Wonderful Mr. Lehman (RIP) told us “cuss words are just words. Who deemed themselves the god of languages decades ago to decide for future generations that the word ‘sh1t’ is bad but ‘poop’ is not; or ‘damn’ is considered bad but ‘darn’ is not?”
The problem is that society over time works out social norms of what words are considered vulgar. Like any aspect of language, this changes over time and it isn't 100% uniform, but you will find widespread agreement about what words are inappropriate for use in school, professional settings, or other settings. If you persist in using vulgarities in these settings, you are either 1) insufficiently informed about social rules of language use, or in other words, ignorant; or 2) intentionally flouting the rules of language use, or in other words, rude. Ignorance and rudeness are both undesirable and subject to penalties.
If you want to use vulgarities among your foul-mouthed friends, no one will care. If you can't figure out how to speak appropriately at the dinner table or the office, you have no one else but yourself to blame for the consequences.
+1
The way a person talks says it all...ya know,
How many times....
interviewer.....great race today, so how's it feel to be the champion?
winner....first off let me thank God ya know. I felt good today ya know. Surprised with the time ya know, would looking for something faster ya know.
I hate to listen to athletes talk.
As far as potty mouth guys, all that does is send the....limited vocabulary, not well read, a simpleton, a waste of my time....message.
Now, an intelligent person will be well aware of how powerful "his"....Damn.......can be, since for him to go there means something. So they pick and choose. To go around f this f that f that ...........idiots.
What the f@#k are you talking about?
Not so fast bro wrote:
Honestly, it's a bit low class . . . .
Yes, it's all about class. The words that were used by the peasant Anglo-Saxons in the 11th century were considered crass; the words that were used by the Norman conquerors were considered proper. So it boils down to snobbery.
My favorite high school teacher RIP wrote:
Wonderful Mr. Lehman (RIP) told us “cuss words are just words. Who deemed themselves the god of languages decades ago to decide for future generations that the word ‘sh1t’ is bad but ‘poop’ is not; or ‘damn’ is considered bad but ‘darn’ is not?”
You are (or Mr. Lehman was) off by about 1000 years, but at least you got the gist of it.
Nothing wrong when they cuss among themselves. But regular words usually communicate better, and the young can't own it when they say it. A cussing child is funny. A cussing teenager is silly precocious like a teenage beer connoisseur, or a pre-teen wearing makeup, or a 16 year old college student.
Kid today wrote:
Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
To ask this question is to answer it. What is the point at all? Why use profanity? What purpose does it serve? Kids do it because it makes them feel grown up, cool, and rebellious.
Fast is as Fast does wrote:
Kid today wrote:
Most young people these days swear all of the time. Why do so many people have an issue with this?
Obviously some derogatory terms such as racial, homophobic slurs, etc are terrible, but some of the other words aren’t this bad.
To ask this question is to answer it. What is the point at all? Why use profanity? What purpose does it serve? Kids do it because it makes them feel grown up, cool, and rebellious.
This is what I would say. Along with the above poster about a lack of vocabulary/ability to communicate "intelligently." Not intelligently as in intellectually smart, but mainly social intelligence. There's a reason someone who swears in every sentence rubs most people the wrong way.
Even if you were to argue in favor of profanity, since there are much worse things, the point would be that it adds force/emphasis. If someone is swearing in every sentence, that really defeats the "purpose" most would say profanity has.
it's fueking crass and you come across as a disrespectful as*hole.
Profanity is the attempt of a feeble mind to express itself.
I've always seen swearing as weakness, or loss of control. This is why you see it when someone gets hurt. In a moment of enormous pain, the only thing someone can turn to is swearing. Completely understandable in this regard.
I also see no problem by its use in comedy. These acts depend on a level of edginess, craziness or out-of-control behavior, and swearing can reinforce this.
It can also be used as a device in literature obviously.
However, in everyday life, I see it as just weakness. People swear to fit in. They swear because they're angry. They swear because they're lazy. They swear for the appearance of forcefulness. All of these are various forms of weakness. Someone couldn't find an intelligent way to say something, so they chose the easy way out.
Again, it has legitimate uses in comedy and culture, but in everyday use, its the language of someone who doesn't know how to (or chooses not to) speak with legitimate strength.
Such behavior describes an individual possessing a dearth of skill in language, laziness, lack of respect, a desperate need to exhibit some kind of power in conversation, but lacking in the ability to be convincing without resorting to low level crudeness.
It is often the result of insufficient use of soap applied orally to the perpetrator in the household by the parent(s).
It's a problem because in spite of their betching to the contrary, old people are the most easily offended group of snowflakes in existence and certain words make them angry regardless of context.