There’re better words to use in any situation.

To make the point more clear. As much as people tend to use it in the way they do for words such as ‘like’.

I mean people will just say f you, instead of thinking of a witty insult or express an emotion with more expression.

For example, say you want to express that a person is fat, which one is a more cutting way to tell someone they’re fat:

  1. “You’re a fat-f**k.”

  2. “Don’t bother trying to stand up. I know you haven’t done that in years.”

One more thing, As much as there is a time and place you don’t curse, it’s not a matter of “appropriateness” to me; what matters more is the impact of what’s said. I hope my example showcases that.

One last thing, - cause I just starting to realise this matter more to people than I thought it would (nothing wrong with that of course) - cursing doesn’t necessarily subtract from a remark as if it’s a negative number in a math problem, it’s just redundant for speaking (more often than not).

Southsamurai©sh.itjust.works gives a good example of cursing is bland as apposed to just using your brain.

Someone saying “I’m tired of this fucking rain” is more boring than someone saying “I really wish thor would give us a warning before bukkakeing the world”.

I just realise this will work as a post in a unpopular opinion space if that exist, lol.

  • vatlark@lemmy.worldM
    26·
    2 months ago

    @[email protected] This post was reported for fatphobia. I understand that you are using it as an example but we do want to avoid attacks on specific people or groups of people. Like you showed in your later posts, people swear at all sorts of things, like the weather, stubbing their toe, and missing the bus.

    Do you mind changing the example in your original post? You can say that the example was changed at my request. Especially if you think changing the example will make the comments confusing.

    Otherwise, I like your post. It’s an interesting thing to think through and while it seems to be a little unpopular, my thoughts in the shower are often not fully thought through and would stand up poorly to the scrutiny of internet strangers.

    Edit: I’m getting some down votes. I’m always open to hearing other people’s thoughts if you would like to share. I make mistakes.

    • Mr_No_Swearing@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      23·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for the support.

      One thing about the offensive language.

      Swear words are offensive by nature. I not sure how to write an example of a bad basic swear-word example without it being tagged as offensive.

      This further adds to my point that swears are lazy and can mean anything to anyone.

      If I can make a suggestion; can we mark it as nsfw or mark the post as having offensive language?

      Otherwise, give a swear-word I can use that’s safe to use, and I’ll try to make it work.

      Thank you for reading. Hope you’ve a great day.

      • vatlark@lemmy.worldM
        2·
        2 months ago

        Swear words are fine. Attacking people’s weight (or age, sexuality, gender, etc) should be avoided.

        I’ll admit that there is gray area in this rule. On Lemmy there are many instances of posts mocking celebrities for different characteristics but the posts seem to be permitted if the celebrities are largely disliked.

        I’ll see if I can add a NSFW tag…