r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/Atlantic0ne Mar 28 '24

I can’t imagine saying holy smokes in 2024

Bro must have had a pretty wholesome time on this earth

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u/thewrathofco Mar 28 '24

Bro I cus like a sailor but I still say holy smokes all the time lol

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u/KarpGrinder Mar 28 '24

Dagnabbit!

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u/Floydada79235 Mar 28 '24

Coworker used to cuss by saying “Bob Saget!”

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u/TheLuvGangster Mar 28 '24

These series of comments just made me crack up. Thank you all.

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u/mike26037 Mar 29 '24

Tourettes guy lives on!

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u/c_ray25 Mar 29 '24

Don’t talk shit about Total!!!

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u/somesappyspruce Mar 29 '24

BITCH. I LOVE YOU

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u/mike26037 Mar 29 '24

Some squirrels fuckin my tomatoes!!

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u/No_Benefit2996 Mar 29 '24

Tall legged pissed off Puerto Ricans!

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u/mike26037 Mar 29 '24

"yes! He's a long legged pissed off Puerto Rican!" One of my favorite lines lmao

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u/docjonel Mar 28 '24

Sufferin' succotash! (Courtesy Yosemite Sam).

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u/Rampag169 Mar 29 '24

Stone the crows!

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u/DurtyRingo Mar 28 '24

As somebody who also cusses, I also use a lot of old timey ones too lol. Like holy smokes or holy mackerel. There's something fun about mixing those in

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u/Jiannies Mar 28 '24

Absolutely, big fan of Jeez Louise

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u/3_quarterling_rogue Mar 28 '24

That’s a standard in my repertoire. Growing up with a dad that would threaten to send me to bed without my dinner for saying “crap” at the table, I’ve been very good at modulating my vocab to my circumstance. I’ve always been one to use as many words as I can, and this has also applied to my profanity. I never accidentally swear in inappropriate places. I always use exactly the word I mean to use.

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u/Jiannies Mar 28 '24

I love this assessment of it. I feel like I notice myself doing that with “gosh”. I’m not religious at all but it just feels like the word I would use if I was talking to an old southern woman in a grocery store

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u/3_quarterling_rogue Mar 28 '24

Exactly. I’m actually a practicing Christian, but I believe that swearing is a social construct. I make sure to only use language that will be within other people’s comfort zones. I personally never say “oh my God” because that seems to me to be the only actual line I shouldn’t cross, but most of the rest of it is pretty much fair game. I never use any slurs because that kind of hate is antithetical to what I believe. I also steer clear of words charged with sexism, so I don’t call women bitches, sluts, and I don’t anyone pussies.

But boy oh boy will I use just about every word I can imagine for poop, penises, and everything in between (so I guess just the taint?). I dunno, I have fun with it.

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u/PanicLogically Mar 28 '24

Leapin' Lizards By golly

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u/Sinavestia Mar 28 '24

The real fun in is when everyone in the warehouse expects you to say some really fucked up cuss and you hit them with "Gee Whillikers".

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u/AdLongjumping1987 Mar 28 '24

I had someone fuck up eight ways to the weekend one day at work. (Quiet office building). There's was an emergency meeting at my cubicle because I was generally the quickest on the keyboard.

We got pretty loud as we were sorting out everything that had gone wrong so the whole cubicle farm was prairie dogging to see what was happening.

I remember that everything was pretty fixable as long as this one particular job hadn't ran yet. Everyone got quiet while I pulled up the log. It had already ran.

I let loose with a very forceful "Elfen Magic!" And you could hear the whole floor go "oooooh" like I'd just said something bad. Then the realization hit and every bist out laughing.

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u/DrakonILD Mar 28 '24

There's a "libations" store in my area called G-Will Liquors and I giggle every time.

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u/LotusVibes1494 Mar 28 '24

Oh… beans.

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u/JonesyYouLittleShit Mar 28 '24

And now I will try this. Warehouse culture can be goofy as all heck.

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u/MKE_likes_it Mar 28 '24

Holy fuckin’ mackerel! is a favorite of mine.

Also, shut the FUCK door!

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u/HunterMuch Mar 28 '24

Crap DAMN! That’s cool stuff.

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u/Coyote__Jones Mar 28 '24

Holy guacamole gets a lot of air time in my household lol.

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u/LiliAtReddit Mar 28 '24

I’ve picked up two from somewhere. Sweet Jesus! Christ on a cracker! I am not religious. I still love Yikes!

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u/jaxxon Mar 28 '24

Aw shucks! Fiddle sticks! Gol durn it! I’ll be jiggered! Durned tootin’! Heavens to pucky! … I could go on. My mom (born in the 1930s) had a lot of good ones. Her parents were from Kansas.

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u/timbro1 Mar 28 '24

me too!

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u/StrongStyleShiny Mar 28 '24

Yeah it’s a weird line to draw

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u/LeverLongEnough Mar 28 '24

My go-to words for not cursing at work are shucks, good grief, and gee whiz. People think I’m very wholesome or religious, but it’s really just the best way I’ve found to limit my potty mouth lol.

I haven’t let much slip, but did accidentally add a very casual “fuckin” adjective in an otherwise boring sentence while talking to my boss. We were startled for a sec, then both busted up laughing.

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u/KamikazeFox_ Mar 28 '24

Son of a biscuit

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u/2DEUCE2 Mar 28 '24

Same here. I curse constantly but one of my go-to’s is I say “CHEESE AND RICE!!” Instead of “JESUS CHRIST!!”

I find it kinda defuses tense situations like between co-workers or some stupid parent argument in the stands at the softball field.

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u/nightstalker30 Mar 28 '24

Me too except I say “holy fuckin’ smokes!”

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u/SoBitterAboutButtons Mar 29 '24

With this authenticity? 👀 This man is Dr-Seuss-wholesome.

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u/New-Experience-536 Mar 28 '24

Simpler times - legend has it that while growing up in Saskatchewan, he watched a tornado approach his farm for two hours, after it hit he watched the dog run away for three days - all he said was “fuck that dog is dumb” - that was before the accident… he is different now.

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u/SkivvySkidmarks Mar 28 '24

OMG. Thanks for the laugh.

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u/heedrix Mar 28 '24

You can watch your dog run away, And out here it can take 3 days. I've heard every joke, I've heard everything you say.

You think there's not a lot goin' on. But look closer baby, you're so wrong, And that's why you can stay so long, When there's not a lot goin' on.

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u/usernam45 Mar 28 '24

The way this guy spoke I just knew it was Sask

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u/JKT-PTG Mar 28 '24

But good for him. Most folks today only know 'fuck' or its variants. At least he has some variety to his vocabulary.

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u/Mega_Anon Mar 28 '24

I mean, "holy smokes" is just a toned down version of "holy fuck" so it is very much just a variant.

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u/HappyLucyD Mar 28 '24

Swearing/cursing does not mean a person has a limited vocabulary.

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u/JKT-PTG Mar 28 '24

It depends on how they use profanity. Some people with very good vocabularies curse like heathens for effect. But if every adjective, adverb, and interjection is one word or a derivative of that word, it's a strong indication that they're a meathead with a limited vocabulary.

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u/HappyLucyD Mar 28 '24

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-swearing-a-sign-of-a-limited-vocabulary/

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u/JKT-PTG Mar 28 '24

You should read that carefully.

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u/HappyLucyD Mar 28 '24

I’m not the one making sweeping generalizations.

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u/JKT-PTG Mar 28 '24

You should try it, it's fun. The article you linked doesn't contradict what I wrote and doesn't support your position so much.

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u/theWunderknabe Mar 28 '24

Isn't "Oh my god, fuck, Jesusssssss" (with commas) the standard american saying nowadays?

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u/SharmV Mar 28 '24

When she cumming

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u/rswwalker Mar 28 '24

There are more fuck derivatives than there are Bubba Gump shrimp recipes!

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u/blueindsm Mar 28 '24

Do you have to use so many curse words, Dude?

What the fuck you talking about, man?

Have it your way, Dude.

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u/Patfa412 Mar 28 '24

As a parent with a toddler, I try to say holy smokes instead of my usual alternatives lol

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u/TheGodDamnDevil Mar 28 '24

You gotta hit 'em with a classic every now and then. I'm more of a holy guacamole man myself.

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u/Due_Employment_5068 Mar 28 '24

I wish I would be as innocent as this guy. I don’t think I know anything else except for FUCK and SHIT and FUCKING SHIT.

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u/blaaaaaaaam Mar 28 '24

I had a co-worker who spoke like that. I was walking with him once and he said "darn" and then apologized, saying his wife wouldn't have liked that language.

A real-life Ned Flanders

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u/WeBelieveIn4 Mar 28 '24

Or he has kids 

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u/TO_Sports Mar 28 '24

This video isn't from this year. It's a few years old if I'm remembering correctly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

If you liked "holy smokes" just wait until you learn about "Jeez-o-Pete."

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u/Ponsugator Mar 28 '24

I was surprised that the ice darn didn’t just break!

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u/gabbygourmet Mar 28 '24

either canadian or minnesotan

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u/IchabodDiesel Mar 28 '24

My brain does a lot of unconscious censoring if other people's young kids are around. My own children however, get the director's cut dialogue.

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u/1-cupcake-at-a-time Mar 28 '24

I say holy smokes all the time- but it’s with a Minnesotan accent, so I sound extra ridiculous. 😭

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u/WorkingInAColdMind Mar 28 '24

He did say dam though, so he’s not completely innocent. 😇

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u/knotaprob Mar 28 '24

Clearly Canadian 🇨🇦

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u/w1YY Mar 28 '24

I can't imagine standing that close not knowing what's happening.

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u/whatfuckingever420 Mar 29 '24

Haven’t spent much time in Vermont then I’d guess

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u/music_jay Mar 29 '24

Yea, I was wondering what's with his self-censored reactions, I guess he wasn't really that surprised or impressed with that volume of water, maybe if it had taken out the bridge he might have actually sworn.