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[–] [email protected] 150 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I curse with abandon in front of my kid, not at him, just in conversation. Expletives are part of language, and are just more words for the toolbox, useful in adding a little spice or emphasis to a point.

If a teacher ever contacts me to say they used a vulgar word, my first question that will inform my response, if any, will be "how did they use it, specifically?"

I see our, the US's, childish aversion to curse words as part of its childish puritanical roots based in wilfill ignorance. Guns all day, but ahhhhh dirty words! Ahhhhh boobies! Our response to such things are what's embarrassing.

If you want me to take anyone's censorship of anything seriously in this cesspool, start by advocating censoring glorification of "muh 2A," and maybe I'll take you seriously.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also the notion that children aren't allowed to do certain things that adults frequently do in front of them somehow magically doesn't apply to curse words.

Kids can't smoke, drink, drive cars, change light bulbs, use the stove and oven... But no one ever says adults aren't allowed to cook in front of the kids because kids might get the wrong idea. They tell the kids not to use the stove and respond appropriately if the kids do anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Respond appropriately being teach the kid to cook. I was cooking breakfast and dinner at least once a week by the age of 6-7. I can't tell you how many girls I've dated that has absolutely no clue how to cook. So much wasted money.....

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First time I understand, but next time you need to inquire with the escort service about the things that are important to you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was referring to their money. I frequently found this out in the "getting to know the financial side of you," phase of getting serious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Looking for a girl who can cook the books eh? That’ll cost you extra.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, I refuse to run around censoring shit, which is ultimately pointless the day they enter school anyways.

Instead I'll frame and explain things and instruct on the proper use (if applicable) when they come up, ya know being a parent lol. Censoring just teaches them to hide newly acquired knowledge if they feel my only response is going to be banning it/punishment IMO.

The only thing I might actually censor is like the worst of the worst...on a limited age based, case by case basis. I'm probably not going to let the 5 year old watch South Park for example, but if the 11 year old catches an episode or 2, meh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah definitely not "Cunt" or "Bitch", but "Fuck" and "Shit" are great 2nd grade vocab words

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't know if you're being sarcastic but my friends and I were liberally using fuck and shit at that age.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wish my parents did this. I have such a mental block on cursing that I can't bring myself to say it out loud, even though I'm thinking about it and it's the perfect choice of words for the moment. I also feel socially left out by people around me because of that, as in they can be themselves and I have to restrain myself.

Funny enough this is only in my native language. Since I grew up watching YouTube videos from english speaking people that cursed a lot, that feels very comfortable and natural.

The other day I was rewatching some adventure time on hbo max and saw they were censoring the word idiot. I'm pretty sure they were censoring a bunch of other cartoons that weren't censored back in the day. That pissed me off so much, they are just limiting our vocabulary more and more for words that have a somewhat negative connotation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

the native language thing is so wild, i have the same but for sexual language. dirty talk in swedish just makes me laugh and cringe in equal amounts, but it works perfectly fine in english.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I require explanation, due to my country of origin not being the United States of America

[–] [email protected] 161 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The full quote is "Yippee-Ki-Yay, motherfucker!", uttered by Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Actually it's yippee-ki-yay, melon trucker

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The cable tv version of die hard 2 that we taped as kids was "Mr. Falcon".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

“I am tired of these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the chuckle. I'm giggling like a school girl on the couch and my wife thinks I'm nuts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh man if you haven't seen it here's the clip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You're a casserole!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i've never understood how "mother father" is supposed to be even remotely viable as a replacement, it sounds utterly nonsensical. Are we talking my maternal grandpa? My paternal grandma? Or maybe we're talking about someone's hermaphrodite parent?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's just supposed to sound somewhat similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

i get that, but when replacing a curse it still has to make sense, like "shut the front door" instead of "shut the fuck up"

"mother father" just sounds like that weird old american device that would read closed captions on the TV and replace curses with softer words, but wasn't advanced enough to process grammar.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

"Now I have a machine gun."

I have this Christmas jumper...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hippy kayak, other buckets!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The Quuuuuill, you did it! And you completely botched the catchphrase.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I thought the rest was "yippee-ki-ooo", so I was wondering how that was a bad word to learn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm partial to the reference in Super Troopers.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yippee Ki Yay originates from the 19th century in the Western United States. I know it as an expression of excitement or joy. Example: While playing as cowboys, who might say Yippee Ki Yay as you (pretend to) ride off on your horse.

This screengrab is in reference to the line that is said in Die Hard movie(s). The father is claiming to say the last word in the movie catchphrase.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I was born in 92’ couple years after the movie. My dad was/is a fan of action films so I think it had a part in how I got my name.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The rest of the phrase is "get along little doggie". Basically the worst thing you could say on a Wednesday.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Because it's dachshund adoption day at the pound?

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your son already knew.

When my daughter was 4 I asked her to say all the bad words she knew. She started with the not so bad ones and ended with all the worst ones.

I guess the other kids in her kindergarten had older siblings, so she knew them all already. But most importantly, she also knew when to use them and when not to use them. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember getting in trouble in preschool for wondering aloud how you spell "bitch." Timeout wasn't even the worst part; they ruined all my markers ;(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

That’s a real bicha move

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Schweinebacke!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Curiously, they don't start as motherfuckers: they begin as generic fuckers and then after many months turn into motherfuckers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Mines both...

My dad tought me a man never beats a woman. He also taught me that he lied...

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm all for letting kids swear, but only if they do so correctly in a sentence and in the correct context. There's no reason it should be a big fucking deal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

i'm so glad this is the norm in most of the nordics, kids swearing is no different than them shouting "TURD" at random, they're learning how words work.

Hiding words from them is completely fucking pointless and just results in issues, it's so much easier to simply correct their usage of words and teaching by example.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You've clearly never met a 2 year old. About a month ago I accidentally let a "fuck" slip out of frustration, and just the other day he was walking up the stairs gleefully spouting "fuck, fuck, fuck" at every step.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I hope you at least told him where the detonators are.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I thought this was some kind of new-haiku for a moment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Haha! One of the greatest Christmas movies ever! 🎄

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