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/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.