Re:Profanity works
by pchristensen on Thursday August 21, 2008 @09:35AM
(#282645)
Exactly - 99% of what DHH and 37s says is profanity-free, but in the few weeks since I watched the Startup School talk, the phrase that keeps ringing in my head is "Zappos sells f------ shoes!"
How would that work?
C-Fucking-Q-Fucking-D, Assholes!
Profanity is just words, but like all words, they have a tendency to piss people off. So I use "heck", "durn", "shucky-bob" and any other ridiculously non-profane words I can come up with. Then when I add a "hell', "damn", "fuck' or the like, it stands out.
When I was in my twenties and in the service, every other word was profane. When you use something all the time, it just doesn't work any more. Like a good spice, the trick is the moderate and appropriate application at the right time.
I love profanity. It's even more fun now that I squelch it up and down to suit the occasion. It's almost like playing a musical instrument. Now that I rarely use it any more, it's all the more enjoyable.