Somehow my brain finds the phrase “the F word” intensely aesthetically offensive. Unlike the word “fuck”, which is a perfectly cromulent word.
I saw a coworker tell another coworker to take “the f* word” out of their commit message during a code review today.
what is your brain’s aesthetic opinion about euphemisms? or the phrase “the fuck word” ? is it just/related to the thing where they won’t say “fuck” even to talk about the word itself?
“the fuck word” is fucking great :D
And yeah, it’s the thing where they can’t quote/mention the word ‘fuck’, it, I don’t know, offends my chaotic sensibilities or something XD
The fuck is this wimpy-ass fucking “cursing” that’s nonetheless euphemized away?
Let me introduce you to “PERKELE!”, shouted with all the power appropriate for a pre-christian eastern european god of thunder (braided beard, beer belly and impressive viking muscles on the person doing the shouting optional but recommended for maximum effect).
Finnish doesn’t make sense, it does terrible perverted things to words, and is basically elvish mangled by inelegant modernity until suddenly it turns into black speech, but it sure as helvetti utterly desensitizes people to anglo-saxon prudishness.
“Oh, you had to hide three letters of an expression for sex, sure whatever that’s nice I guess… Me? I called upon the fury of a long-dead pagan deity when I stubbed my toe.”
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How do you feel about bollocks? I suppose it will vary depending on how it is used in [REDACTED]. What about archaic...
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chtristyn said: Whenever I think “The F Word” I think of one of Gordon Ramsays shows, so I just kinda associate it with like 40 minutes of nonstop swearing and soul-deep malcontent.
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“the fuck word” is fucking great :D And yeah, it’s the thing where they can’t quote/mention the word ‘fuck’, it, I don’t...
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Interesting. I don’t mind “take the f* word out of your commit message” because the speaker is showing a consistent...
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