Karen Watters Cole wrote:
Arthur, although I have a handful of “cuss words” in my vocabulary, I try to use them selectively, as one does very hot spices, appropriately and sparingly.
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Profanity has shock value. That’s why it’s so prevalent on dumbed down television and in music.
Profanity has shock value, like hot spices have spicing value: If used in excess over long time, the palate loses sensitivity. That's why the dose has to be increased over time to achieve the same effect (shock value). Hence the "trend"...
Yes. The trend of having to be ever more extreme to feel anything etc. The world of the super-rich, supposedly.... But don't the paragons of virtue pontificate that you wouldn't appreciate the good things if life was too easy for you? No pain no gain?
Be all that as it may:
Different day, same shit.
need have no "shock value" to aptly characterize the situation in the workplace.
\brad mcormick
A person's level of using profanity is often a good indicator of their level of Americanization (which correlates well with level of consumption of these media).
Chris
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