Curse words.

[tsugaruknight]

Hey everyone, im specs brother, Tsu.

Today as i stared at the bumps on my ceiling i realized something.
Cursewords... they're just words right? I mean if you didn't know what they meant and heard tthem it would just sound like a quirky sound. But when do we find out what they mean. Is it when we repeat them and our parents yell at us because its a so called "bad word". Wouldn't it have been better if they just ignored it. I mean at the time we didn't even know of the word. So if our parents managed to let it slide, our teacher's, neighbors, or mailmen wouldn't. You have to realize that words dont mean anything without definitions. (apparently) Its like in freddy vs jason (bad movie btw), freddy became powerless because the town where he originated came up with a way to "forget" him. What if we came up with a way to "forget" curse words, i mean would it even be possible? No one could speak of the words at all, and then over the generations the words would dissapear. And then leading to another problem. Maybe more words would arise. Some guy would be walking down the street, stubb his toe, and say "funklestein!". Someone would hear it, and they would pass it on. IT would spread through the world like a disease.

Yes i know this post is somewhat pointless. Maybe in truth we truly need curse words. We may not have ways of expressing certain "feelings" then.

Yet it is an interesting thought, they are just words. Words dont have to be taught right? Hmmm...

-Tsu

[Cenright]

Someone is always there to remember. There is always someone spreading it. Something that is suppressed will always stay with SOMEONE. Things that people tried to either forget about or sweep under the rug that later came out:

Slavery
Communism
Book "1984" (The actual plot)
Alcohol prohibition

I can't think of any others, but those were all very big problems that you couldn't get rid of.

[BluE_MeaniE]

Well, yes, you're right, without definitions, the words are really empty.
But I think that people just need a way to express something really bad. I do realize that it may seem that curse words are losing meaning, but nonetheless...

[tsugaruknight]

...words can be described by other words. In other words, a word such as f*** can be known as another word, as well as the new word, yet we choose not to.

[NUTZO]

i think someday everyone will forget the words meanings and the word f*** might mean "it" in 100 years.

[jewpinthethird]

Well, think about life one hundred years ago...the english language has evolved, but not by much. So I doubt the word fuck will become "it".

Really, I dont see why people freak out over "bad words". It is because people freak out, that the words are still being used.

Shit and Crap have the same definition, both are slang, basically they are essentially the same, but one is considered "bad" and is even censored on these meesage boards. And heaven forbid I should say shit in front of a group of children, God smite me with all your might, just because I wanted to add emphasis on my sentence.

But, words are more powerful than weapons (well, maybe not like a hydrogen bomb...fuck doesnt hold a candle-stick to the destructive power of hydrogen bomb....those things are insane...hell, even none-existed ones are able to start wars.)

[perfect_fat]

It's just another thing that we're not suppossed to do that we do anyways. Like drugs, or staying up till 3 in the morning playing ffr.

[tsugaruknight]

Heh, i wasn't big on cursing at all until the third grade, i wish i could remember what happened.

[VxDx]

fuck you.

[makaveli121212]

if everyone used curse words they wouldnt be bad...

[SpookG]

there was a list published by someone in the 1940s, i think, which gave birth to the wordsy ou couldn't use on public airwaves.

Thing is, people use fricking, mothertrucker, etc..into of the word fuck. I think it shoudl be considered just as bad because of teh meaning, but people only care about the word. People are stupid like that. Curse words aren't necessarily bad, I think. they have a meaning just like any other word, and help convey emotion to something.

Really, it would be better to just get a grip and accept it.

[VxDx]

there was a list published by someone in the 1940s, i think, which gave birth to the wordsy ou couldn't use on public airwaves.

George Carlin?

[makaveli121212]

yeah it was carlin

[SpookG]

george carlin said it?

[Moogy]

I don't see how they're offensive. Like other people said, they're just words used to add expression.