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Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

I will still continue to fight swearing if I can.

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Why have you chosen this hill to die on? Swearing harms no one, and makes talking more fun. I honestly take an aversion to swearing as a sign of immaturity.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

The fact that you resort to swearing is immature. I ask the people I'm around to not swear and the people that know me know my thoughts on swearing.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Resort? That's a weird way to put it. I don't even think about swearing. Sometimes "fuck" is just the perfect word for the job. Hell, pretty often it is, because the word "fuck" is so versatile. Nothing beats the literal poetry of a well placed word, and face it man sometimes that word is "fuck". Fuck fuck fuck

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

A "universal basic income" shouldn't be a thing. It encourages laziness and is more government spending which can worsen inflation.

Get fucked.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

I ask the people around me to not use such harsh language. Most people are more than happy to comply

[-] protist@mander.xyz 21 points 10 months ago

A "universal basic income" shouldn't be a thing. It encourages laziness

This is harsh language that offends me. Stop using it

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

By punching it. If you hit a word right when it's coming out of someone's mouth, you can hurt the word itself

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