After a recent podcast recording: "Great! The episodes where we have to warn people about swearwords are usually the best ones"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Listening to the recording: "Oh… um… f*ck"
TIL: I swear _a lot_ in casual discussions. Need to get this under control 

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Replying to @andreasklinger
It may help to realize that swearing signals a lack of eloquence and emotional control.
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Replying to @naval @andreasklinger
It interests me that eloquence now seems effete and condescending to most people who follow you. Not so very long ago, it was widely admired, as were those who wielded it with ease and aplomb. Now, many prefer crudity. It's the triumph of Donald Trump over Adlai Stevenson.
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Replying to @allen_aptos @naval and
De gustibus non est disputandum, I guess. But if "eloquent crudity" is not for you an oxymoron, then the meaning you attach to the word "eloquence" is clearly novel. For its origin is Roman, and its coiners took public speaking seriously. As did their successors, until recently.
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The meaning of a statement has little to do with its eloquence. Eloquence is a rhetorical, rather than a logical or semantic, feature; it appeals not to reason, but to the aesthetic sense. Eloquence is ingenuity and grace of expression impressive enough to linger long in memory.
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