Well said.. I really wish I didn't add family on facebook for reasons like this. |
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after posting a status on facebook containing more than a few (lighthearted) "f" bombs, one of my aunts politely asked me to stop using the word because she'd "rather not see it." I normally don't curse like a sailor, anyway...I was quite drunk. but that's beside the point. this was my reply to her: |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
Well said.. I really wish I didn't add family on facebook for reasons like this. |
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two options for you: if you are a legal adult/your free language would not result in any serious repercussions, then you can be like me and simply refuse to compromise your beliefs. if that is not an option, you could make an alternate account. my sister has two accounts just for this reason, one for family, one for friends (and the more liberal members of the family). if neither options will work for you, then you can run away and live in the woods. you can shout all the curse words you can think of all day long, I doubt any of the wildlife will take offense. |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
I choose not to swear. |
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Meh, I think censorship is as effective as trying to put a hole in the ocean with a handgun. I think people should be allowed to curse, not 'blatantly' every other fin word, but once in a little while its okay, but if its every other word, that's quite distasteful, but it should still not be censored. |
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I would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees.
I don't like censorship, but I also wouldn't want to offend anybody in my family. A family member asking another to please refrain from using bad language isn't censorship. |
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"Someday, I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement." -- Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) Last of the Mohicans
Words aren't vulgar, only contexts are vulgar. |
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I wonder if putting your family in a facebook list would allow you to prevent them from seeing specific status updates. So like, "Yay I can't wait to go on vacation next week" you would filter through, but "Man, I got so fuckin drunk I picked up some school chicks and had an insane fucking orgy" might be something your family can do without. |
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LMFAO. No you can't but you can stop certain people from seeing all status updates. |
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The problem with language censorship is **** ****** *** **** ***** ** **** * **** **** ********* * *** *** *. |
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I'm not a big fan of censorship, and swear a lot irl(mostly fokking, godverdomme and tering, that's dutch) |
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I use an alias for every single one of my online activities. Everyone I know in real life remains blissfully clueless. ^_^ |
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I have to agree with Caprisun on that. Your aunt asking you not to use bad words, isn't really censorship, and I am pretty sure her goal wasn't to censor you at all. |
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here in the netherlands it is, especially under youth, there are people who use it in front of almost every word(for example: kanker gast, dat is kankergaaf, translation: cancer dude, that's cancercool) |
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It wouldn't say it impairs anyone's vocab. It only strengthens it in my opinion. In context though, like you said. Swear words can provide impact that other words just simply can't. |
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Hmmm I agree with all of that. I don't understand the aversion to certain words. "Swear words" are usually some of the most emotive and best at conveying high levels of any emotion. Compare "What the fuck are you talking about?" to "What are you talking about?" to convey high levels of confusion. Fuck or fucking is probably one of the words I use the most. |
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"...You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world..." - Terence McKenna
Previously known as imran_p
If you use any word well enough, no one will complain. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
My family is like that too. I don't understand what the big deal is... like replacing 'F**kin' with 'friggin' or 'flippin' or replacing sh*t with shoot. You still knoqw what I mean, and they convey the exact same meaning, yet for whatever reason one is labeled as being bad. silly really. They already know what I mean when I say something so why change the word itself if it has the same meaning. |
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^yeah, just like my father who only says 'krammele' (frisian, but a word withpout meaning, only meaning is to replace a swearword) |
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Last edited by nerve; 05-18-2010 at 11:07 PM. Reason: quote
Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
I wasn't trying to sugarcoat it and said it exactly how I meant it. When I said little, its because I meant little. I don't think you were outright rude. I think you got a little carried away in your response to your aunt, and that it was probably stronger than you may have intended for it to be. |
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I completely disagree. |
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Last edited by nerve; 05-19-2010 at 09:30 PM.
Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
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