hi there i can do some stuff sometimes, hit me up about it, or don’t

yeah sure! in the end, there is no right way to tell a story

oh i don’t mean “vilify” as in “should be policed” i meant “vilify” as in “beware of the spicy words, say them only on special occasions”. i would like to encourage using curse words less to give them more of a punch, not censor them forcefully

and to reply to your example - of saying fuck after an argument - i disagree. i feel like if my sailor-tongued friend stormed out of a room and said “fuck!” i’d think dang, has he forgotten his lunch again? coffee too cold? i mean that’s his usual reaction to pretty much any inconvenience. but if my quiet and soft spoken friend stormed out a room and said “fuck!” i’d be petrified, what could’ve possibly happened to cause him enough distress to need to let it out like that? if it doesn’t take much to push you to use bad words, then the bad words don’t really carry weight. i personally do my best to avoid using the fucks and the shits as much as i can, so that when i do say them - those who know me can feel the weight behind my word choice

you said the same thing as me “age appropriate level” = “once the child can udnerstand contexts”. so i don’t get how i’m underestimating children here

my point was how not all answers will be good, or even if they are good, won’t be accepted by a kid, i’d rather wait until i’m sure they understand

i tell stories and like having multiple tools in my arsenal to draw out the emotions i want. i don’t need to shock people with bad words to get the message i want across, in the same way i don’t need to add any spices to my food to make it edible. but in both cases i find that a little is much better than a lot

besides, the contents of what you say is often just as important as how you say it, which words you use and when affect the way your core message is understood. the easiest example is immigrant vs expat, same meaning, but one of those words, for some reason, makes a lot of people lose their minds

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i’m in favour of vilifying a tiny set of words, not because i dislike them, but because in a way that vilification gives them power

if “fuck” is bascially a comma in someone’s vocabulary it’s not going to surprise anyone when they say it

but someone who’s quiet and never swears will immediately turn heads even if they mumble it under their nose, and that’s the sort of emotional response i want others to feel when they hear a swear word

by using “bad words” sparingly they gain the juicy weight, they gain an ability to convey heavy emotions without having to result to poetry

children lack the understanding of social contexts, and if you try to tell them “you can say those words at home, but not in other places” you’ll be hit with the “why” and if you don’t provide a good enough answer be prepared to be called by the kid’s school about their language

it’s fine to let the kids swear once they understand they shouldn’t do things like cuss at figures of authority. Because you do not want to have your kid suddently say “what does this fucker want again?” when you’re trying to deescalate a conflict with someone who has more power than you in a situation

since i got into art i don’t dislike any colour, i do dislike how they sometimes get used though - puke yellow-green might be ugly as the base, but as a highlight to something green it’s very pretty!