Gambit
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Sugar? What about when they use "Gosh darn it?"
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Why do people curse whenever they experience a mishap?
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Sugar? What about when they use "Gosh darn it?"
Curious George
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Original credit goes to @9-10ths_Penguin in this thread:
http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/whats-wrong-with-cussing.180878/
for sharing. This is part 1, but part two us easy to find on YouTube.
It might be of interest to you.
lol exactly
Conversationally.
Are you under this notion that every person on earth must and should yell out a curse word when stubbing their toes? lol
Gambit
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I think it just reveals a subconscious anger toward God.
DawudTalut
Peace be upon you.
Peace be on you.
Not everyone do so. Some pray too.
Gambit
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Good for you.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
My mishaps tend to frequently involve narrow spaces to work on, filthy hands, banged up fingers and knuckles, strained wrists, and really super-stuck nuts and bolts. If profanity bothers you, you definitely do not want to be in the garage with me while I'm working on my car. Other than that, it usually takes quite a bit, such as explaining to my therapist how stressful the past month has been, and then as if Fate wants to make a point by flicking me with a big middle finger, I leave my appointment and my car won't start.
Why? Because given the context, it doesn't matter what words you use, they all generally mean and imply the same thing.
Why? Because given the context, it doesn't matter what words you use, they all generally mean and imply the same thing.
psychoslice
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Yea sugar, well here in Australia they say, sugar, meaning sh##, Gosh darn it, mmm, I would hate to see what's behind that lol.
Except, consider this.
I don't particularly care for the Christian God. But neither do I swear with Christian terms. I say things like "By the Gods" or "Frick" (which, in addition to being a softer form of the f-word, is one of the old names for the Goddess Frigga-Freya). I also sometimes (and often incorrectly) use the British "bloody".
Otherwise, I just use random grunts.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Some people yell, "BOB SAGET!"
HonestJoe
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I suspect we have the pack animal instincts to make a loud noise when something bad or unexpected happens, either as a call for help and a warning. As with a lot of things, our conscious intelligence and language will influence and alter these instinctive outbursts.
Erebus
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As others have mentioned, it's a release.
More than that, cursing is taboo and breaking a taboo provides a certain rush. If you stubbed your toe, then screamed out the worst curse word you know, the adrenaline rush will actually help to mask the pain. This is why you shouldn't really curse with every other word, it reduces the impact when cursing is at its most useful.
Erebus
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As the dialog in, for example, Deadwood does...
Haha!
A while back, Stephen Fry did a documentary on swearing. They teamed him up with Brian Blessed (who's famously potty mouthed) and gave them an endurance challenge in which they could swear as much as they liked. It turned out that swearing proved to be more effective pain relief for Fry who swears less frequently than Brian Blessed.
I know that's a pathetic sample size, but I'm given to believe results are consistent among larger samples too.
Gambit
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Gambit
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It's a euphemism for "God d#mn it." (It's an expression that's mainly used in the red states.)
Draka
Wonder Woman
I swear quite a bit, but I try to reign it in around my children with alternatives like "frik" and "shoot" and "crap" and the like. Though, I tend to forget to use any alternative in one particular setting...driving. I'm sure my kids have heard many swear words from me while I've driven them around. Especially around the schools. I can't handle stupid and excessively rude drivers, the ones who will race around others just to cut you off so they can be ahead of you in line to drop their kids off right at the front door because they're "special". While I really like driving itself (especially during the middle of the day when most people are at work and the kids are at school) there are times of the day when stupidity just runs rampant and it brings the stream of profanities spewing from my mouth. It's either that or I may actually stop someone and pull them out of the car and slap the crap out of them. If I didn't cuss to let out the frustration I would probably be in jail.
While I really like driving itself (especially during the middle of the day when most people are at work and the kids are at school) there are times of the day when stupidity just runs rampant and it brings the stream of profanities spewing from my mouth. It's either that or I may actually stop someone and pull them out of the car and slap the crap out of them. If I didn't cuss to let out the frustration I would probably be in jail.
Gambit
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Do they believe that "Bob Saget" (whoever the heck he is) is responsible for their misfortune?