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Because the cunts at social media companies want to censor every fucking thing. I don’t want to swear, but I am forced to do so In order to fill the chasm left by any large company deciding to be thought police and robbing us of our ability to use colorful language.

Also the way words “retard” and “retarded” sound is funny, so I opt to use them any time I need to refer to someone or something stupid.

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I don’t know. Swearing isn’t in my day to day vocabulary. I think i just grew out of it. It has it’s place, especially for comedy purposes. But if i hear people swear a lot i feel the same way as when i see people spit on the floor. Kinda gross and unnecessary.

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Everything has its place - swearing is great for communicating intense emotions.

But for me, swearing for no reason just makes you appear overly-dramatic, or that you have a limited vocabulary and don’t know a more useful word. I’ll probably ignore half of what you say.

Here’s relevant documentation

Plus y’all are ruining swearing. If everyone is rebelling against social convention, then rebelling against social convention no longer has value. What’s the point of swearing being normal? It no longer has any power or purpose

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Never swearing is as weird as swearing constantly. They’re words, they have meaning and context.

A number of women I know would rather use any word besides “moist”, it’s quite funny.

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What about “sopping”?

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I’ll try dropping it at Thanksgiving dinner, I’m giving even odds that I get asked to leave, especially if combined with moist.

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I have random stupid hangups and for who knows why profanity is one of them. I’m fine with it. I barely notice when others use it. But I just can’t. It doesn’t sound right in my context or in my voice.

Of course I hate my own voice with a fiery passion, but that’s another hangup.

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Where is swearing not normal? I don’t live in a preschool. It’s the 90’s. We have internet and everything now. I can say the “fuck” word.

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s not the 90’s anymore, it’s 2024.

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Sorry, I was in a coma. I hope nothing bad happened after the 90’s. I’d hate to wake up in 2024 and learn basically everything is kind of shittier except portable music players and street food.

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Seriously, this question is exactly backwards. Everything should be normal to say unless there’s a specific reason NOT to say it. So OP, what is your specific reason for thinking people SHOULDN’T say swear words?

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