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In reply to the discussion: DU Community: Do you think the word "fuck" on DU posts/subject line [View all]MyOwnPeace
(16,884 posts)11. Ain't no prude, but daym, you nailed it!
Yes, I'm an 'old fart' and I've spent my time in 'gutter talk' (in the times between Jr. Hi and college graduation I worked at a bakery with career bakers - they DID have a vocabulary!).
In the past 15 years I've spent time in social settings (yeah, mostly 'craft beer' bars and 'comedy clubs') - the 'language' is now something that WOULD 'shock a sailor' - as my Mother would say. The 'F' bomb is no longer a bomb - more like a 'mild burp.'
And yes, it IS a decline in social decorum - accelerated by changes in public mores, social networks, TV, and what's accepted in homes.
That is the way society is shifting - and it is indeed unsettling to some.
And I'm with you - it ain't good.....
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OAITW r.2.0
May 2022
OP
I don't think it has increased. Not from what I've noticed over the last 20 years.
Solly Mack
May 2022
#2
Indeed. My good friend WCGreen observed all of this. He knew me well, and was not shocked at all. ♥
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2022
#32
I don't know about DU but in society as a whole the use of the word has gone up in a straight line.
former9thward
May 2022
#3
That could realy happen.......Fuck your shit up kinda of means something.....
OAITW r.2.0
May 2022
#57
I've had a friend that used "fuck" as a noun/verb/adjective and (once, I think) as an adverb.
OAITW r.2.0
May 2022
#25
In fairness, the word "fuck" is kinda like the Swiss Army Knife of language.....
OAITW r.2.0
May 2022
#37
You, like me, have just barely figured out that you never stop learning and are amazed about
OAITW r.2.0
May 2022
#64
True. The overuse of the word has diminished its once shocking veneer.
Behind the Aegis
May 2022
#51