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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:04 PM
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Is it really necessary to drop F-Bombs in so many thread titles?
Look, I'm no stranger to colorful language, but seriously?

At a certain point it starts to look pretty low-rent.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:05 PM
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1. It needs to fucking stop!
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:06 PM
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2. Fucking A!
n/t
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:07 PM
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3. Well, I AM low-rent...
So I guess that's why I have no problem with the f-bombs...

DU is just such an outlet for people during a time of so much BULLSH-T. Better to drop the f-bomb here than on my boss, or my parents, or whoever...
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debbierlus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:10 PM
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67. Honey, we are ALL low rent now.

The new economy and all...

Yeah know.
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 03:06 AM
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94. interesting. eh?
"Low rent" as a smear. "Not our kind of people."
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:14 AM
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109. Speaks fuckin' volumes.

All the more reason, wouldn't want to be mistaken for "high rent".

When enough of us say 'fuck it' we'll be getting somewhere.
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:56 AM
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130. Motherfuckers need to PAY me if they want "high rent."
(The wealthiest person I know actually cusses more than me and my sailor uncle combined, but whatever...)
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:30 PM
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136. the rules don't apply to the rich
The crime is being "low rent," not cussing.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:08 PM
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4. Fuck low rent.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:08 PM
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5. You had better fucking believe it
Remember, You asked!

:hi:
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:09 PM
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6. Maybe you should stay out of the fuckitall forum.
Seriously - I dont see what you're talking about. I just skimmed quick and didnt see any fucks. :shrug:
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:43 PM
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56. He picked the one day I dropped them liberally in another post.
I think he's stalking me.
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:56 AM
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102. lol.
I drop them liberally every day. Fuck it. :hug:
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ebdarcy Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:09 PM
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7. Yes, absolutely necessary.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:10 PM
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8. It absofuckinglutely is.


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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:11 PM
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9. No. It's not. It's best to act like we've learned some words since 7th grade. nt
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:12 PM
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10. Why do I think you may be the hall monitor?
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 04:12 PM by marylanddem


excuse me - I meant to say fucking hall monitor.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:15 PM
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21. Because I understand there's a time and place for everything. Context is everything.
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 04:15 PM by Captain Hilts
It's not that I don't say or type 'fuck'. I just use it with some discretion.

And, yes, I've lobbed some 'fuck you's at folks here.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:16 PM
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26. Ah. You're more "discriminating" in your use of the word.

Unlike us unwashed indiscriminate f-bombers.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:17 PM
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29. You said it, not I. nt
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:35 PM
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39. I was a class monitor,
and I STILL agree: bad behavior is OUT!
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:22 PM
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72. I can't wait until that
fucking fad wears out.
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Eryemil Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:38 AM
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99. I like fuck. n|t
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Diane R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:13 PM
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17. I agree.
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:41 PM
Response to Reply #17
138. ok
How do your feel about the vastly more hateful and ugly phrase "low rent?"
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:14 PM
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18. I never used the f word in 7th grade...
Tony Soprano got me started. And I was 65...

F'n is so versatile and generic - you can use it in anger, love, sarcasm, praise, outrage - it just fucking fits anywhere. What other word does all this?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:16 PM
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24. 'Shit' is also a noun, verb, adjective etc.
Like 'fuck' it's a pretty amazing word.

I use 'fuckhead' a great deal. I'm hoping these next eight years it won't get as much use.
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flakey_foont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:44 PM
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42. I agree with you
We're grown ups now...we don't need to prove anymore that we are 'tough ' or 'cool', ..or are still rebelling against our parents by peppering every sentence with profanity that some may find offensive ...
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D-Lee Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:51 PM
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58. Agree too -- makes sending links to DU posts to others difficult

The f-word makes it very difficult to refer others to DU posts.

Hey, there is some terrific information here and some great comments.

Too bad that posts and comments are less than fully useful. Few other discussion boards have this problem to the same degree.

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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:44 AM
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89. I agree.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:56 AM
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92. I've only been on DU for about a week
and so far I've been told to fuck the banks, fuck the republicans, fuck Rush, fuck Bush... and I'm sure this is only the beginning...Fuck Rush? Do you think I want freaking syphilis?
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:54 PM
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43. I agree! Dee Daa that. Enough with the F-Bombs.
They don't prove anything.

There is a time to bomb and a time to be like a sniper.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:12 PM
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11. I agree. I'm a frequent user of the f-bomb. But it is overused here, IMO. n/t
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:18 PM
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30. You must be an uptight prude!!!!!
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Jakes Progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:58 PM
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44. You must be, what? Sixteen? nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:22 PM
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50. It's a joke. Read the thread. nt
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Jakes Progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:56 PM
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77. I missed the sarcasm marker.
Never a good idea to leave it out.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:03 PM
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Tricky, Cap'n ....I know what you're trying to do and it ain't going to
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 07:03 PM by rvablue
work! :P







ed:typo
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 09:56 PM
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79. Fffffffffffffffffff ...
orgive me.
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:12 PM
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12. I think I know the answer Mr. Garrison... FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK!
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 04:16 PM by JTFrog
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:12 PM
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13. Well Farkle me
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:17 PM
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27. Let's see...there was Ferd, Fran, Fred, Fannie, Darkle and Simon and Gar Farkle?
Am I missing some members of the Farkle family?
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:27 PM
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34. Warkle and Markle
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:29 AM
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112. Was there a Sparkle Farkle? n/t
,
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:33 AM
Response to Reply #27
122. Wait a minute....
Wasn't there also a kids program on TV called "H R Fucknstuf"?


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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:13 PM
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14. In case you hadn't noticed, the rent is pretty fucking low here.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:13 PM
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15. It diminishes the message, IMO.
it's that kind of angry attitude that cause people to take many on the left less seriously.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:14 PM
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19. Why do you fucking care what non-progressives think?

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Political Tiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:34 PM
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38. What makes you think they're all "non-progressives?"
I bet many progressives visit this site and see all the foul language and are turned off and go elsewhere where a more meaningful and civil discussion takes place.

I'm no prude and I'm not offended by the "F" word, but it does sometimes get out of hand.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:06 AM
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118. It's almost always out of hand.
I generally ignore threads that gratuitously drop the f-bomb, for the same reason that others are drawn to them.

It's like listening to high school kids, trying to sound tough and edgy and adult with their new-found coarse language. Sometimes you have to laugh.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:59 PM
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78. Great gig if you can get it.
Give people a reason to get a angry, then when they do claim that anger is why they aren't taken seriously.

:thumbsup:
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:43 PM
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139. "low rent" you mean?
I agree. It completely undermines any pretense people have of being "progressive."
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:13 PM
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16. Forums are fecund folios for foul formulations, for sure, friend.
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:14 PM
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20. these gauche fuckers are so uncouth
i, on the other hand, am couth like a motherfucker
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ebdarcy Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:15 PM
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22. From the late, great George Carlin:
The big one, the word fuck that's the one that hangs them up the most. <'>Cause in a lot of cases that's the very act that hangs them up the most. So, it's natural that the word would, uh, have the same effect. It's a great word, fuck, nice word, easy word, cute word, kind of. Easy word to say. One syllable, short u. (laughter) Fuck. (Murmur) You know, it's easy. Starts with a nice soft sound fuh ends with a kuh. Right? (laughter) A little something for everyone. Fuck (laughter) Good word. Kind of a proud word, too. Who are you? I am FUCK. (laughter) FUCK OF THE MOUNTAIN. (laughter) Tune in again next week to FUCK OF THE MOUNTAIN. (laughter)

It's an interesting word too, <'>cause it's got a double kind of a life -- personality -- dual, you know, whatever the right phrase is. It leads a double life, the word fuck. First of all, it means, sometimes, most of the time, fuck. What does it mean? It means to make love. Right? We're going to make love, yeh, we're going to fuck, yeh, we're going to fuck, yeh, we're going to make love. (laughter) we're really going to fuck, yeah, we're going to make love. Right? And it also means the beginning of life, it's the act that begins life, so there's the word hanging around with words like love, and life, and yet on the other hand, it's also a word that we really use to hurt each other with, man. It's a heavy. It's one that you have toward the end of the argument. (laughter) Right? (laughter) You finally can't make out. Oh, fuck you man. I said, fuck you. (laughter, murmur) Stupid fuck. (laughter) Fuck you and everybody that looks like you. (laughter) man. It would be nice to change the movies that we already have and substitute the word fuck for the word kill, wherever we could, and some of those movie cliches would change a little bit. Madfuckers still on the loose. Stop me before I fuck again. Fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump. Easy on the clutch Bill, you'll fuck that engine again. (laughter)
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:22 PM
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32. Exactly what I was thinking of!
On Saturday I was just talking about this with my gf when we were talking about hypocrisy, and I quoted almost the whole "fuck" section. Classic. It's just a word. It's what you do with it and what meaning you put behind it that matters.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:13 AM
Response to Reply #22
120. Fuck of the Mountain! bwahahahahaha
Damn, I miss that man....


uh, George....not Fuck


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Hard_Work Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:16 PM
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23. Fuck yeah!
Stop this fucking shit. Stop saying fuck! Fuck is wrong with you all!

I agree, OP. Fuck these fucking fuckers!
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Left Coast2020 Donating Member (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 03:05 AM
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93. I just stopped by this thread to find out....
what the fuck is going on?
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:16 PM
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25. Begging to be told to fuck off is so 2008.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:17 PM
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28. Best thing is to ignore these threads
As you can see from the replies - people who use these words show poor vocabulary and, I would say, poor thinking ability. And since they are incapable of composing a coherent paragraph that can convey their meaning, they resort to fucking this and fucking that.

So it they have nothing to contribute, why bother even to click on their threads? And on responses?

Be careful, though, about DU rules, I think.

On election day, someone posted that if McCain was going to win, he was going to be the first Vietnam Vet to become president. Just an observation. The reactions were fast and furious with each response using the fuck word and.. quickly he was banned from DU. I had to conclude that this is one of DU rules: if one generates many fuck you responses, this poster has to be banned.

At least, it must have been one of DU rules. Otherwise, why ban him?


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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:20 PM
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31. Oh just Frak!
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:25 PM
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33. I agree. n/t
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:28 PM
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35. no it is not - it is juvenile
I quit reading any post that has unnecessary profanity.

I agree - it is completely low-rent.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:30 PM
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36. Well, we're not as bad as Christian Bale.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:34 PM
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37. I AGREE 1000%
VERY low rent.
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:44 PM
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140. so...
You think "low rent" is OK to use?

That is far more ugly and harmful then the f word.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:37 PM
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40. It's just a word.
:shrug:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 05:19 PM
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48. Really? So you wouldn't mind the "N" word? Go ahead; say you wouldn't.
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 05:19 PM by WinkyDink
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 05:22 PM
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49. Words have power. However, in the case of 'fuck'? Not so much.
the 'n' word is not comparable to the 'f' word by any stretch of the imagination.
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joeglow3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:00 AM
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107. It's just a word
:shrug:
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:54 AM
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116. It is in one respect: As a kid, I would have gotten my mouth washed
out with soap for uttering either one. ;-)
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:27 AM
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156. Well, aren't you just the Sole Arbiter of Language?
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:19 AM
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110. Fuck has lost its power due to overuse
...the N word, on the other hand, still can injure, depending on context, tone, and the person delivering it.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:28 AM
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157. A good argument to discontinue its use, for why be hackneyed?
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Harry Monroe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:39 PM
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41. I quite agree
It has its uses but loses its effectiveness when used as every other word in a paragraph. Then it is just low rent!! So fucking learn how to use it to drive home your point and when and where appropriate!!!
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:59 PM
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45. My 10 y.o. is a budding political junkie.

And I can't even let him look over my shoulder anymore when I browse DU.

Sigh.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:01 PM
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62. You could if
you didn't let the government tell you that putting 3 consonants and a vowel together in that HORRIBLE particular order F U C K... oh wait, it really isn't all that horrible at all, and is actually censorship. I know "society" tells us oh's no's it'sa terrible, but in reality it's just a word - that we live in FEAR of - for no good reason at all except for being brainwashed into thinking it HAS to be that way for all. these. years. How silly, and illogical. The only reason it's a big deal for kids is that adults tell them it is - rather than educating them on censorship and government control over our supposed free speech. That's my thoughts on it anywho.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:18 PM
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70. And when that kid starts using that language in public, and gets kicked out of 'unenlightened'...
...schools as a result thereof, I'm sure that will be of immense comfort to all involved.

:sarcasm:
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:33 PM
Response to Reply #70
73. Nah i hear ya
i understand that's how society is.. i just find it a shame that we all continue to blindly support government censorship.. oh well.. sigh..
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 04:06 AM
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97. Do you think he's old enough to understand that there's a time and a place for bad language?
And that some people are better examples to follow than others? I knew full well at age 10 that using foul language at home and in the school yard was completely different than using it in the classroom.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:59 PM
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46. Maybe the rented computer terminals at airports would stop blocking DU.
But otherwise... why the fuck not?
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 05:03 PM
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47. "Low-rent?" What The Fuck!?
:silly:
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:28 PM
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51. I don't mind dropping "F-Bombs" - but where can I get low rent???
I'd drop a tonne of "F-Bombs" if only I could find low rent somewhere.

Where?

:shrug:
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:30 PM
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52. Notice the uptick after school hours?
I remember when I was a kid I thought swearing whenever possible was pretty cool, very rebellious!

DU wasn't always quite this way.

Julie
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:32 PM
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53. Oh fuck, not again. Whoof Hearted?
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:35 PM
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54. barking up the wrong fucking tree
if it happens so often that you have to point it out, there's a good chance the majority of folks here love to say fuck.

just sayin.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:40 PM
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55. I'll stop when Jon Stewart stops.
I would LOVE to live in his low rent neighborhood and if a few "F" bombs get me there quicker, Fucking A, here I go.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:47 PM
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57. Fuck yeah!
Posts like this beg for my "Fuck-yeah!" kind of responce - and you'll get the same from most every DU'er here - we have this little hang-up about censorship. Cause, you know, censorship fucking sucks. :hi:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:59 PM
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59. Fuck is the most useful word in the English language
Why not use it?
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 06:59 PM
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60. Out of 80 threads, I count 2. 3 if you count f^%$, 4 if you count fudged.
Seriously, you're whining about that? :shrug:
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:00 PM
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61. I left the US in 1978 and returned in 1995 and the most startling difference
was the expanded use of the F bomb


Not only that it had found a MF cousin.


I was out of the country so long that before I left 'Mother' was not a hyphenated word.
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:07 PM
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65. I have never in my 28 years of life seen "motherfucker" hyphenated.
I can't even get Google to give me a hyphen in there. :shrug:
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:11 PM
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68. lol see I am still not yet up to speed. but it is still a good line and never fails to get a laugh.
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 12:40 PM
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132. Motherfucker is only hyphenated if it shows up at the end of a line and has to be broken up.
Proper writing style should be followed of course even when using profanity. :P

Seriously though I think there are things that are much more profane going on than some fucking cursing.

Regards
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GentryDixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:03 PM
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63. My Mother told me she would wash my mouth out.
And once my sister did. Yipes. It tasted terrible!:-(
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:13 AM
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108. Don't drag your mother into this.....

Scanning the post titles, this is no place for your mother.

Or any mother.

Or the word... Mother.
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:04 PM
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64. It's over-used.
After a while, it loses its punch. I use it sparingly not because I'm a prude but because when I do drop at F-bomb it's that much more forceful. I also have to work with the public, so I try not to make a habit of it - I've been known to drop heavy objects on my foot and hop around exclaiming "Oh blasphemy! Defecation! Unlawful sexual congress!" I get a lot of laughs that way, and rarely get written up.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 09:57 PM
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80. Exactly!
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:00 AM
Response to Reply #64
117. OK I had a rant further down
about people who use cutesy versions of the real swear words, but this is an exception.

It's creative and funny as "Satan's BBQ"....


:7
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debbierlus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:09 PM
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66. Yes. I am fucking furious.

I am pissed.

Pitch fork in the streets PISSED OFF.

We live in a corporate fascist dictatorship. It is obscene. WAY more obscene then a few curse words.

Most of my threads do not include a lot of swearing. They really don't. Right now is the time to get ANGRY & act on it. I have totally had it. I have had it with the myth of selling out to Republicans as an act of bipartisanship. I have had it with the fucked perspective of giving our futures, our health, our environment...giving EVERYTHING for thieves and criminals who take & take & take & take.

I wish I saw more people cursing and more people ready to rally to END it. End the corporate control. Stop the madness.

Everywhere I look, people are financially drowning.

And, every day it gets worse.


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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:14 PM
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69. LOL. All these replies dropping the f-bomb.
It gets funnier each time!
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:19 PM
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71. So, now you start this thread...
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 07:19 PM by Jamastiene
which will probably replace the old record for web site with "fuck" on it the most times...which was DU also.

Fuckin' A. :thumbsup:
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:35 PM
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74. So stick to LBN.
There's lots of forums in this here neighborhood.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:39 PM
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75. Fucking great
Edited on Tue Feb-03-09 07:42 PM by Froward69
So fucking now I have to fucking stop dropping the word fuck when I fucking do not fucking use the fucking word fuck hardly at all????

Jesus "F" Christ!!! is that better?

fucking damn straight it is.
Fucking censors!


FUCK!!!

on edit/ speaking of Fucking low rent, My fucking tenants would do better if they fucking would fuck for rent money. as they fucking cannot fucking make it on time with their fucking meager fucking tips slinging fucking drinks.

count = 21
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 07:39 PM
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76. I like to say Fuck..nt
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:21 PM
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81. Fuckin-a right it is!
FUCK YEAH!!!
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Chisox08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:28 PM
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82. In the immortal words of my former Governor Fucking Blago
We got this thing called free speach and its fucking golden.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:34 PM
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83. We spent 8 years surviving in a society propped up by a my way or the highway "president."
This is the Internet.

With all due respect:

1). "I'm no stranger to colorful language"

...then F-bombs on the Web shouldn't surprise you.

2). "but seriously?"

...as Mike Myers said in "Wayne's World," Lx-nay on the condescension-ay there, Chet.

3). "At a certain point it starts to look pretty low-rent."

Yes, according to you. See helpful suggestion #2 above.

If people want to express their frustration / hope / whatever by dropping an F-bomb in their thread title, I respect YOUR right to post

Is it really necessary to drop F-Bombs in so many thread titles?



threads just as much as I respect their right to drop f-bombs.

Until you are Skinner, Earl G or Elad, it's really not your issue...is it?

:patriot:
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:36 PM
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84. It is a quick way to get a thread ignored.
In other words I ignore the thread WITHOUT reading it!
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:01 PM
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144. Nothing wrong with that if it's how you really feel...
I ignore threads that ask for people to K & R them.


We all do what we gotta do...

:)
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:38 PM
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85. It's the only way some people can make there point.
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:46 PM
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142. "their" you mean
So long as we are criticizing language usage by others...
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Not a robought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:41 PM
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86. I personally like "fuck sandwich"
as in, "What a delicious fuck sandwich!" It's for the more discerning palate.

Not to worry my dear, it's certainly not on the menu of those low-renters.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 10:43 PM
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87. kick and on a side note.....
.... my mother doesn't like me to say "screw" as in "I screwed up" or "that's just plain screwy."

So I asked her, "If the President of the United States of America said 'I screwed up!' does that now mean *I* can say it?"

"No! And I"m gonna write him a letter! What is his email address!" :)
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:33 AM
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88. fuck no it ain't
but is it fun? fuck yeah it is.
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EraOfResponsibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:51 AM
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90. he said THREAD titles, not POST titles, guys
oh, and...fuck.

lol
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:52 AM
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91.  "Go fuck yourself" ~Vice President Dick Cheney to Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor
It's just part of the culture now. Low rent as it may be. As for the kids, they've heard the word before I'm sure. Have you listened to top 40 music lately?
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:29 AM
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158. And your point is? Let's join the crude aspects of our "culture"?
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Metric System Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 03:11 AM
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95. Holy fuck, you are so fucking right. Thank you for making me see the fucking light. If it weren't
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 03:13 AM by Metric System
for your fucking post there's no fucking way I would have seen the fucking error of my ways. You are a fucking patriot man and a fucking commendable member of this fucking community. And no, I'm not being fucking sarcastic or some fucking shit like that. And anyone who makes such a fucking accusation can, in the fucking words of our (thankfully) former Vice-President, go fuck themselves. Phew.

Edit: My mouth is currently full of soap.
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obiwan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 04:00 AM
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96. With this f**king economy, I would hazard a guess that most of us here...
...are pretty low rent.

Oh yeah- "F**king A".
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 04:41 AM
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98. I don't use it...
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 04:52 AM by AsahinaKimi
But if I get mad enough you might see.
ばか!:grr:
or..
ばかやる! :nuke:
But, I don't use them that often. I would probably
just cry..
:cry:
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jumptheshadow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:27 AM
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100. It diminishes this forum
It's childish and indicates an inability to write cogent or witty text that can be compelling on its own.

Used as a reply to somebody, it is a personal insult.

It immediately diminishes a post as well as the poster.

It has diminished DU.

With that said, when it is used sparingly it can have a major impact that can underscore an argument.

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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:32 AM
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104. Condenscending post
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:55 AM
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106. ^copulate this excrement
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:09 AM
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119. I agree with one point
and that is, it's not exactly sporting to lob it at someone in insult.

I try very hard not to do it, even though I may be thinking it at the time, because I know it hurts, and people might think I'm a bitch, but I really and truly do not like hurting other people's feelings.


But to use the word in other contexts....

fuck yeah!

:D



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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:46 AM
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101. If you don't cuss, you don't care, I guess. n/t
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:31 AM
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103. olkas drops flame bait and never posts another comment, but we know he/she lurks
Our country has become low rent to the rest of the world
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:35 AM
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152. I'm wondering what this means
A. How was this flamebait?

B. "We know he he/she lurks"? What does that mean?
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:34 AM
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105. The f-bomb is one reason I joined DU.
Other sites wouldn't allow my "colorful" side to come out on occasion.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:24 AM
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111. Fuck yes.
Maybe there's room on the East Side for you.
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LaydeeBug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:33 AM
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113. I am against censorship of any stripe. FUCK THAT. nt
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:58 AM
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126. Is it censorship not to cuss loudly at a funeral?


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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:43 AM
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114. I never used to use the word until
I started watching pro football on TV.

Now I use it around the house a lot, and in discussion forums with my peers. I know enough not to use it out in public or in front of the grandkids.


Know what really bugs me, though?

People who WANT to use swear words but don't have the balls (or the decency?) to just USE the damned things without getting all cute about it.

Sh*t ???

H-e-double hockey sticks ???

The poop has hit the fan???

The "F" word????

:wtf:


just either use the goddamned word or choose another word, for crissakes!!!

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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:25 PM
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151. I knew I had to clean up my *own* act
The day my toddler son accidentally knocked his cereal bowl over and quite distinctly piped out "Oh shit!".

I normally deplore euphemisms, but there are times when profanity/vulgarity should be avoided - in the presence of small children and gently brought-up elders for example. At least one does if one doesn't want to see one's offspring being sent home from kindergarten with a firmly worded note from the teacher, or wants a return invitation to dinner at Grandma's.

And I never turned down an invitation to eat at Grandma's: she was a fucking awesome cook!
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:52 AM
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115. About people being offended by certain words...

I guess it's a matter of perspective.

What offends me is injustice and cruelty. War. Poverty. Vulnerable creatures, human and otherwise, being abused.


Against that backdrop, the word "fuck" is pretty insignificant...

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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:26 AM
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121. is it really necessary to be prudish? apparantly. nt
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:41 AM
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123. Republicans don't say fuck. nt
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:47 AM
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124. Is Fek OK? (NT)
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:57 AM
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125. Fuck is the most versatile word we got though.
It's a verb, it's a noun, it's an adjective, it's a sentence, it's a paragraph, it's an entire book, it's a philosophy; fuck, it's a way of life!

I say we keep it!

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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:05 AM
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127. Phuck, yeah!
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Brazenly Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:06 AM
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128. Nothing in any of the thread titles - fuck or no fuck - is "really necessary"
Look, I'm no stranger to tight-assed, self-appointed censors, but seriously?


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Brazenly Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:08 AM
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129. PS Fuck, fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck the fucking fucker..... n fucking t
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 12:02 PM
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131. You have a Walter Sobchak avatar
And you are lecturing us about excessive use of the word "fuck"?

You are out of your element, olkaz.

Mark it zero!
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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 12:43 PM
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133. Kick and a Fucking Rec!
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 12:45 PM by thewiseguy
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blueladybird Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 12:53 PM
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134. Thank You! n/t Obama wouldn't support it.
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 12:55 PM by blueladybird
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:41 AM
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153. Is this supposed to shame people into not saying fuck?
Fuck that. I like and voted for Obama but he doesn't get to say what kind of language I use.

Regards
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Numba6 Donating Member (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:28 PM
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135. Frakkin'-A
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:34 PM
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137. I don't do this often
I don't cuss very much, but now that you have made this class warfare by calling my brothers and sisters "low rent"...

Fuck this.



"Low rent" are fighting words.

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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:45 PM
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141. THIS THREAD IS THE WINNAR.
.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 01:51 PM
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143. Fucking poor people.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:08 PM
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145. Fuckin' A!!! n/t
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:25 PM
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146. FFS...this is why i'm grateful to the british
for giving us the word "bloody" and its variations as a substitute...I can use it with my parents, at work, in front of kids, and no one even raises an eyebrow...
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 02:32 PM
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147. I like the word "bloody" (Not British)
I also like the word "fuck".

Regards
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 03:08 PM
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148. People do it to get recs
Thread title: "I dislike Norm Coleman very much"-- a couple of recs at most.

Thread title: "Just FUCK that PIECE OF SHIT Norm Coleman! Just FUCK HIM!"-- 20 recs or more.

And this pretty much always works.

Possible solution- threads with the word "Fuck" in the title could easily be excluded from the Greatest Page automatically.

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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 03:57 PM
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149. Look what you started...................
:eyes:


:rofl:
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 04:00 PM
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150. I'll go with Pres. Obama on this one...
I'll go with Pres. Obama on this one...

"It's time for us to grow up" and “The time has come to set aside childish things.”
But I can only manage to do that in and for myself-- we will all have to make our own choice.
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:43 AM
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154. Last I checked Obama nor any President had control over anyone's use of language
We've had enough of that shit with Bush.

Regards
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:18 AM
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155. I made no implication...
I made no implication that Pres. Obama had any control over language. That you may have erroneously inferred that, is on you.

I merely indicated that the good president suggested that it's time for us to grow up...
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