Monday, July 09, 2007

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.

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