Re:DHH: Fuck the Real World
by megamark16 on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @10:01AM
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If you say it all day, every day, then your 5 year old will go to school and use it. On the other hand, if it slips out when you hit your thumb with a hammer (assuming you're not a very uncoordinated career carpenter) then your 5 year old will know that it must have hurt like the dickens, but that it's not a word for every day use.
We should continue to self censor the F-word.. but not for the reasons you think.
It simply becomes less effective/refreshing/honest/direct/entertaining the more you use it.. its such an important and nice word, we need to ration its use in order to preserve its role in the language.