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Lack of morals. One just has to look around in the society, everywhere. And some will say that I'm a moralist.
I remember "Band of Brothers"- HBO 2001 by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, drama miniseries. They were not cursing and it was real war. What can be more stressful than that...I wonder.
I read about the episodes, how they were filmed, interviews with the real survivors etc. Initially the actors were supposed to use more cursing in the series but the survivors said that they didn't talk like that. So the dialogues were changed.
In terms of the motion picture environment, that's perfect. That's exactly the way it should be. So the 90's film Boyz in the Hood had a lot of cursing because it is an accurate portrayal of the way those people talked and conducted themselves.
Reread the article. I think it's been mistitled. That's not exactly what it says.
It talks about discernment and creativity not the usual F this, F that, that is the tiresome and unimaginative kind of habitual swearing people find stoopid.
Remember George Carlin's "ten words you can't say on television"? He listed them in about three seconds. And then he said some clown in the audience stood up and shouted, "hey, you forgot 'needle-d**k the bug f***er!'"
Reread the article. I think it's been mistitled. That's not exactly what it says.
It talks about discernment and creativity not the usual F this, F that, that is the tiresome and unimaginative kind of habitual swearing people find stoopid.
Has it become more widespread? I don't see it in my circle. Now you will hear it more in public than you did before Archie Bunker, but its not everyone.
Now, whenever a Democratic politician gives a talk, they seem to feel the need to use the f word. I couldn't believe Hillary was using it and G__ D___ in that prime time debate with Sanders. Do they think they are appealing to young people? Of course, I also remember a written interview with Republican House Speaker Boehner, where he had trouble thinking of words with more than 4 letters.
I still don't think that type of language is accepted in corporate America. It is an unusual person who talks that way in the workplace.
Where do you work? It's used at the highest levels in corporate America, including banks and Wall Street.
[Profanity is] used at the highest levels in corporate America, including banks and Wall Street.
And an indication of the decline in behavioral standards... which matches the moral fiber (or lack thereof) in the predators of usury and artificial persons.
hahaah I kinda love to curse.....but it has to be appropriate for the situation.
My father was a longshoreman/tugboat captain. I learned my curse words early.
alternately, if I'm feeling ambitious I will make the effort to use my big words to 'slam' something.
Someone unleashing a string of expletives in front of kids might get my attention and I would probably say something. That isn't cool.
People are angry and I think cursing is a way to release that bad joo joo.
I am aware of the rationale these days for cursing and it stands to reason that every generation wants to shed the best light on their behavior. But the studies are not providing proof that cursing makes you more intelligent or relieves pain.
Again it's a matter of discernment. I believe the studies indicate that the more curse words you can list, just like the more animals you can name, indicate a large vocabulary which is a sign of intelligence. Not that the curse words make you more intelligent. You can know a thousand curse words, never speak them and still be intelligent.
All of the studies use words like "may," "suggest" or "indicate." Those are not absolutes. It's experimental. We still have a long way to go in our study of human behavior.
I think we've covered in this thread the way cursing can be used for effect and those seem to repeat what the studies have indicated.
I remember when there was a trend in my generation to put a stamp of approval on acting out anger through popular psychology. We had foam bats in the clinics where people were encouraged to strike each other or objects and shout out their angry words. We had Primal Scream therapy which was supposed to cleanse us of the pain and permanent angst of being born. Therapists were encouraging, "Go ahead and hit and yell at the top of your lungs. It's good for you."
Well, we've got that attitude now in our society. Don't let anyone make you feel bad without making yourself heard loud and clear. How does it feel having people shouting and throwing things in fast food restaurants? Standing up and shooting someone at a church pot luck? Better or not? And, more important - are the people acting out getting better or worse?
Then about a decade later new studies were being done which "indicated" that encouraging acting out anger just increased the number of episodes of angry outbursts a person would have. It appeared to be habitual, reinforcing. Anti-social behavior, unchecked, encourages more anti-social behavior.
There is a lot of merit in learning how to master our basic impulses to rise above creature behavior. I'd put cursing in the growling and grunting category. It communicates, but not much.
Impulse control can save your job, your friendships or even save your life.
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