Re:Renting Horsepower
by windowshopping on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:40PM
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It's interesting how it takes reading someone else's writing to realize how little profanity adds to the substance of a comment. You never realize it when it's your own comment.
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It adds the substance of communicating to me that the poster's about as fed up as I am with treating the "dickfucks" with respect. On this and several other market-regulation topics.
Re:Renting Horsepower
by kerkeslager on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:13PM
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That says more about the reader and their unwillingness or inability to absorb the content, than it says about the writer and their writing.
I’ve found profanity can add impact when I’m a regular reader of someone who normally doesn’t use profanity and I’m familiar with their normal lack of profanity.
Re:Renting Horsepower
by ShroudedNight on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:04PM
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I disagree, the information it communicates is visceral in nature rather than 'rational', but it provides a much broader cross-section of a person to relate to (or feel alienated from).