+100 curse words arent really bad. if you think about it, they are just words that mean other words. ex. shit is the same as crap, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

How does that make them not bad?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why are they bad in the first place? The default is not bad, so nothing is needed to make them not bad. You need something to make them bad, ie, move it from the ground state.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well they have a negative connotation and meaning behind them, specifically used to say mean things. They're normal words like cramp with the negative connotation turned up, thus: shit. It's just a worse way to say some things so of course they're still bad.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

FUCK THIS THREAD!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You're still using the assumption that these are inherently curse words. Shit is no worse than poop, but society has made it so. Otherwise, they mean exactly the same thing. Negative connotation is not part of a word, but is assigned to a word by society. Crap could just as easily have been the 'worse' form.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well duh

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If referring to the first sentence: Why? If referring to the rest of comment: And you NW'd because...?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Just because it's a connotation doesn't mean it doesn't count. "Bad" words are just words with extra negative connotations, that's all.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Aaand where did the connotation come from? There's no reason for it to be there in the first place, hence the post. The post means, "bad words themselves are not bad. Society makes them bad."

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh, to me it seemed like the post said "bad words aren't bad, they're just words that mean different things." wary But.. yeah you're basically saying that swear words are 100% human connotation. Yes I agree with you. The post didn't say this though

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Ah, I see. It was just a difference in interpretation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, I mean shit is just a stronger word for poop. So by that logic, gigantic should also be a swear word, because it's a stronger word for big. It just doesn't make any sense why it's "bad" to say certain words.

by Anonymous 11 years ago