The Banality of the F-Bomb: Once taboo, the word has become an unfortunate national habit

National Review ^ | 05/09/2019 | By HEATHER WILHELM

[GingisK]

What makes you so sure that something must be said in that case?

[Lonely Bull]

In fact, I see it in print more on FR than I hear it in public.

I still hear it more than I see it here, but I see it here more than I once did. The S-word is even more acceptable.

[real saxophonist]

Certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.

[trebb]

Simple reason - the Left rules most of the airwaves and such profanity is merely a weak mind trying to express itself...

[mewzilla]

2 words: Cuss jar.

Draconian fines and donate the proceeds to charity. Often if you’re a frequent offender and the jar overfloweth.

Works wonders.

[SoFloFreeper]

Burger King, which is gross even without the help of swear words, launched a series of mood-themed “Real Meals,” questionable foodstuffs boxed with wonderfully poetic names like — you guessed it — the DGAF Meal...

I saw that. No class, Burger King. No wonder your brand is dying.

[OrangeHoof]

It’s not even the most reviled f-word you can utter today...

I do take offense in tv and movies where they are showing historical settings from the 1960s and earlier but drop f-bombs right and left like it was a 21st Century hip hop bar.

I think the word has lost all shock value just like the word “racist” soon will.

[skepsel]

Mark Twain and the Art of Swearing

“Most people should not swear. This is not a moral judgment but an artistic one. The fact is, most people don’t know how to swear any more than they know how to play the bassoon.

Both require years of practice and expert instruction. Yet virtually all the swearing one hears in the course of a day sounds trite, discordant, and uninspired. The lack of melody and imagination offends the ear more than the words offend the sense of decency.

Profanity should therefore be left to the skilled and well-trained professional.

” Continuing on, “There ought to be a room in this house to swear in,” he told a friend. “It’s dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.” He observed that, “Under certain trying circumstances swearing provides relief denied even to prayer.” And continued, “If I cannot swear in heaven, I shall not stay there.”