As someone who grew up in a house having to harshly censor any use of swear words or media containing swear words, and as someone who then dropped "fuck" and "shit" and "asswipe" very freely as an adult, I'm of an age where I've come to appreciate minced oaths for their own sake
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The kids these days, of course, have learned this lesson, that's what "Ok boomer" is about
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I'm an OK boomer and I approve of this message.
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All praise to the most high (tweeter)https://twitter.com/skullmandible/status/411281851131523072?s=21 …
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this dynamic is absolutely what underlies the rise of and outrage about "okay boomer" the absolute pure, uninterested dismissal of it, directed against people who are entirely unused to such
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The Internet really made cold, perfunctory dismissal so much more devastating "lmao"
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Yeah - creative insults are best about showing off the cleverness and wit of the insulter; they don't really land any harder. It's usually why they work best in rap battles and stuff where it's not about insulting the other person at all, but competing with their insults.
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And which is why they need all sorts of non-insulting flair, like rhymes, or wordplay, or meter.
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This is why my favourite swear is the c word. It's succinct, expresses your views on one syllable.
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Yeah well I think the consensus right now is that it's problematic, at least if you don't have one
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