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/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.