Comments on: I Swear, I’ll Do Better: But This Advice Just Sucks Stinks http://melissablogs.com/2008/08/17/i-swear-ill-do-better-but-this-advice-just-sucks-stinks/ Information Pollination Mon, 21 May 2012 03:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trish http://melissablogs.com/2008/08/17/i-swear-ill-do-better-but-this-advice-just-sucks-stinks/comment-page-1/#comment-8383 Trish Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:12:58 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=9794#comment-8383 The problem with using "adult" words, or at least with the current overuse of them, is that not that it devalues the other things you say, but that it devalues the power of the words themselves. And frankly, if a pile of shit were sitting on someone's plate I'd have more respect if they said, "Oh, look. Guano is the dessert du jour" than if the comment was, "There's a pile of shit on my plate." People who don't curse don't annoy me. People who commonly curse don't annoy me, either--they bore me. If everything that annoys you pisses you off, what are you going to say when you're really angry? That--really pisses me off? That's just lame. Even the F word isn't powerful any more. It's used too often. So what do you use when you really need such a word? Nothing. There's nothing left. The problem with using “adult” words, or at least with the current overuse of them, is that not that it devalues the other things you say, but that it devalues the power of the words themselves. And frankly, if a pile of shit were sitting on someone’s plate I’d have more respect if they said, “Oh, look. Guano is the dessert du jour” than if the comment was, “There’s a pile of shit on my plate.” People who don’t curse don’t annoy me. People who commonly curse don’t annoy me, either–they bore me.

If everything that annoys you pisses you off, what are you going to say when you’re really angry? That–really pisses me off? That’s just lame.
Even the F word isn’t powerful any more. It’s used too often. So what do you use when you really need such a word?
Nothing. There’s nothing left.

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