• purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Can someone explain to me why boomers are so precious about swearing? I know a guy like this and it’s so annoying. Like, just fucking curse, dude, you’re not transgressive or interesting for doing it.

    • Hohsia [any]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Idk if it’s just boomers, I think it’s an overall decorum thing. Imo sometimes incessantly cursing makes you look foolish

        • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          2 months ago

          yeah, there’s the old joke about the director of a soviet plant banning cursing and productivity immediately grinding to a total halt because none of the workers know the real names of their tools and materials, only the swearing version

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I think it’s classist tbh. It’s always “lower class” jobs like chefs and builders and sailors who swear a lot, it’s seen as “crude” and “low class” because the hoity-toity rich fuckers never have to just exclaim to the world about how frustrating their circumstances are, therefore it is bad and uncouth to show any sort of frustration with the system.