masterplum posted...
I think that.....most people agree with this. That profanity is intended to be different from other words. Until everyone agrees that is not the case profanity will still be viewed as vulgar.
I hope that you understand what I am saying
I get what you're saying, I just don't think what you're saying is true. For one thing you keep bringing up dramatic effect, Breaking Bad for example, when we're talking about reality at this point. If you think f**** needs to be reserved for occasions where people can be like "wow that guy is mad"... uh. Well, that's not a situation that most people should really find themselves in too often. The kind of effect you're talking about has nothing to do with casual conversation.
And again, I'm not ignorant to the fact that there are puritanical values and censorship and all that jazz, that's why I'm talking about the context of like-minded adults just talking normally. There's plenty of fun to be had there, a f*** ton of fun.
If regular people just doing their thing is vulgar, well lets keep things vulgar.
As for most people agreeing, I don't think so. Random tidbit from the excellent Penn & Teller episode I mentioned. For part they focus on some weirdo woman who hates swearing and has like a thing where she sells shirts and wants people to say you know made up babytalk instead. She puts up a sign for that in her friend's salon, and her friend says "oh s***, look at that". She's like "Why did you say that?!?".
Because her friend was saying, with one word, that anybody telling adults what words to say or not say, well it's silly s***.
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