Caliya
Strong in the Force
People fight to gain things they can't take with them in the end
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Post by Caliya on Feb 11, 2016 13:37:42 GMT
We've seen in these, and other forums, that we are often asked to tone things down. Don't swear. Don't be crude. But there are people that make money doing just that. Case in point - I love Thug Kitchen. They have gotten a lot of criticism over their language. In Europe, swearing (or nudity for that matter) is not censored on TV, nor do people criticize it the way we see in the states. The fact they are vegan, brings out the people who want to eat meat criticizing them. And so on. Yet these guys have a best selling book. They never thought it would lead to that. It started as a bunch of joking. Here is just one example of a recipe heading.
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Post by dewderonomy on Feb 11, 2016 15:07:54 GMT
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Post by fossil on Feb 11, 2016 15:19:20 GMT
Swear Words are starting to lose their meaning. They are turning into regular words sadly.
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Post by dewderonomy on Feb 11, 2016 15:21:10 GMT
Swear Words are starting to lose their meaning. They are turning into regular words sadly. Then why is it when I say flower it turns into flower? Some words have been swear words for centuries for a reason, because we allow them to remain as such. That won't really change.
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Post by fossil on Feb 11, 2016 15:26:36 GMT
It's not the word itself, it's how people look at the word. Growing up if I swore it was frowned upon. No adults I recall really did either. Now people swear in front of their children with no thought to the process. Which when using one in a sentence at a time made you go damn he's serious now. Now it's almost just a regular throw in word.
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Caliya
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People fight to gain things they can't take with them in the end
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Post by Caliya on Feb 11, 2016 15:30:11 GMT
Those words, in the poster, were shocking to me, but they can be offensive still. He gets a lot of complaints. I think once you get in the groove of what he writes, it's hilarious. At least to me it is. Hilarious because it's outrageous, the way he writes it.
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Post by dewderonomy on Feb 11, 2016 15:39:59 GMT
Which when using one in a sentence at a time made you go damn he's serious now. Now it's almost just a regular throw in word. That depends on the crowd. There's a reason some folks stood on the ground level of The Globe and basked in the fake blood spilt during Romeo and Juliet while others preferred the mezzanine (mostly because of money, mind you, but still). Some are more base or crude than others. The act of swearing doesn't determine that, though, but the circumstances related to it - swearing in front of children as opposed to swearing around friends. But there are few words outside of swear words that invoke emotional responses the same way. More descriptive words? Sure, there are thousands. But words that force the listener to acknowledge feelings and be compelled to feel them, too? No.
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