Saturday, October 14, 2006
stopping by the woods on a snowy [censored]ing evening
i hate it when people say they hate swearing but think it's fine to faux-swear. this isn't directed at mr. p, but rather a general complaint.
swearing. what's the big deal? most of the time they're just meaningless words. [censored], for instance. nearly every time i use it it's divorced from it's original (and possibly offensive) meaning. last night, when i was drawing heaven, i captioned the picture "heaven is [censored]ing awesome!" in this instance it's like raising the awesomeness of heaven the nth. most of the times i use [censored] i just mean something like "to the max!" personally, i almost never use [censored] to mean sex. so i don't really understand how it's offensive.
i am, however, offended by other types of speech. racist, sexist or homophobic words really offend me. so i know that certain people are genuinely offended by swears. so i want to apologize for offending anyone with my choice of words.
but i think it's bull[censored] when people say they don't swear for [censored] knows why but still use fake swears like effing or thucka or whatever. when i here someone using effing, i know--and everyone knows--that they're really saying [censored]ing but are either to scared or to self-righteous to actually swear. shame on you if you do that. but i do think using effing and other fake swear words can be funny in certain situations.
finally, swearing is just so [censored]ing funny. if you don't think so, just watch this (but all the swears are bleeped out so no one should be too offended):
swearing. what's the big deal? most of the time they're just meaningless words. [censored], for instance. nearly every time i use it it's divorced from it's original (and possibly offensive) meaning. last night, when i was drawing heaven, i captioned the picture "heaven is [censored]ing awesome!" in this instance it's like raising the awesomeness of heaven the nth. most of the times i use [censored] i just mean something like "to the max!" personally, i almost never use [censored] to mean sex. so i don't really understand how it's offensive.
i am, however, offended by other types of speech. racist, sexist or homophobic words really offend me. so i know that certain people are genuinely offended by swears. so i want to apologize for offending anyone with my choice of words.
but i think it's bull[censored] when people say they don't swear for [censored] knows why but still use fake swears like effing or thucka or whatever. when i here someone using effing, i know--and everyone knows--that they're really saying [censored]ing but are either to scared or to self-righteous to actually swear. shame on you if you do that. but i do think using effing and other fake swear words can be funny in certain situations.
finally, swearing is just so [censored]ing funny. if you don't think so, just watch this (but all the swears are bleeped out so no one should be too offended):
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question for brian's brother: is brian really as big an a-hole as he comes across on this blog? cause he seems like a effing huge a-hole.
er... sorry, brian, i really mean fucking asshole
er... sorry, brian, i really mean fucking asshole
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: 8:48 PM
: 8:48 PM
you could have asked me that question. the answer: yes i am a fucking asshole. it's hard not to be when i'm around so many assholes. but i try to be funny. and i try to be an asshole to myself as well.
but, mr. p, if you're gonna swear, don't hide behind a fake name. just swear man. it's ok. you already half-swear and there is no difference. half-swears only work because there are real swears.
but, mr. p, if you're gonna swear, don't hide behind a fake name. just swear man. it's ok. you already half-swear and there is no difference. half-swears only work because there are real swears.
so i've been thinking about this, and the thing that makes that clip funny is the fact that the swears are bleeped. like, think of arrested development with all the bleeped words. it wouldn't be half as funny if the whole word was actually there.
that being said, bleeping words is totally ineffective and pointless. like, you hear the bleep, but you know which swear word would fit best within that bleep so you think of it anyway. its no different than hearing it.
that being said, bleeping words is totally ineffective and pointless. like, you hear the bleep, but you know which swear word would fit best within that bleep so you think of it anyway. its no different than hearing it.
i agree. it's funnier because it's beeped, but that's only funny because we all know exactly what's being beeped.
so is that different than knowing what is meant by "effing" while the actual word has been censored? is it the high pitched beep noise that's funny or the fact that we know that the person actually said a word that makes our socially programmed cheeks want to blush?
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