VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy is swearing normal for some people?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down133
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minus-squareNaClKnight@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoBecause swearing was strictly forbidden in my household and i picked it up in late high school and early college partially as an act of defiance. I made friends also more interested in content and quality of thought than on politeness and that was dope AF. Now it’s part of my lexicon, just a casual turn of phrase. “Ay yo, that shit is fire” conveys the same sentiment as “Wow! That’s really cool.” I’m a mechanical engineer and a writer. Words are words. They have meanings and those meanings change over time and with context/audience. People who don’t ever swear feel repressed to me. It’s a weird vibe. Not a fan.
Because swearing was strictly forbidden in my household and i picked it up in late high school and early college partially as an act of defiance.
I made friends also more interested in content and quality of thought than on politeness and that was dope AF.
Now it’s part of my lexicon, just a casual turn of phrase.
“Ay yo, that shit is fire” conveys the same sentiment as “Wow! That’s really cool.”
I’m a mechanical engineer and a writer. Words are words. They have meanings and those meanings change over time and with context/audience.
People who don’t ever swear feel repressed to me. It’s a weird vibe. Not a fan.