Cursing: The Next Awful
I claim that cursing (also known as "swearing" or "cussing" to people who grew up in educated families) will soon go mainstream, at least for a short while. The fuck ratio in the latest editions of the Weekly Dig make me fear that soon, everyone will be "dropping f-bombs" in order to fit in. Cursing may be the next form of conformist rebellion, and it costs less than commie caps or American Apparel porno wear.
Let's face it. You have to have been raised in a cursing household to curse properly. You can't choose to de-educate yourself after you graduate college and move into a loft by taking up "swearing." Folks like me, however, can choose to hang onto choice element(s) of our pasts. Whether it damns me in career, romance, or anything else, I wear effortless profanity like a tattered badge of experience.
I could elaborate, but I don't feel the need to. Don't cheapen me by using the word fuck three times in a 150-word CD review. Or at least practice using some non-f-words.
Let's face it. You have to have been raised in a cursing household to curse properly. You can't choose to de-educate yourself after you graduate college and move into a loft by taking up "swearing." Folks like me, however, can choose to hang onto choice element(s) of our pasts. Whether it damns me in career, romance, or anything else, I wear effortless profanity like a tattered badge of experience.
I could elaborate, but I don't feel the need to. Don't cheapen me by using the word fuck three times in a 150-word CD review. Or at least practice using some non-f-words.
Labels: awfulness, cursing, hipsters as conformists
posted by Rob at 11:59 PM
2 Comments:
Ha! What makes you think we grew up in non-cursing households? My mother, who is incidentally a minister, swears like a motherfucking sailor. I can't go out to dinner with her without her dropping her fork or something, and yelling in dismay, "Oh, fuck me to tears!" and attracting the attention of the entire Goddamned restaurant.
Cheers,
A Weekly Digster
Excellent punctuation, Lissa!
I do, however, have to take issue with your mom's occupation, which implies education. But maybe it's possible that the tools of socialization cannot tame all guttural impulses toward profanity.
Maybe some people are just worse at cursing than others. Some sound like they try too hard. These people should not hold editorial positions.
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