I don’t get it. These words restrict what can be on TV and radio. They change the ratings of games and movies. We go through all this effort to keep these words hidden away from our children, even though the second they hit school they are going to pick them up from another kid most likely.
Why is it that we treat these words like black sheep?
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Every society holds certain things taboo, often revolving around sex and hygiene because these things are necessary to survival so there is an evolutionary advantage to maintaining a social order concerning these. Curse words are curses because they refer to taboo areas with irreverence and callousness. Our society is decadent enough that we think we can question everything and a lot of taboos have been dropped, but we still recognize certain social rituals in various contexts. If you talk at work the way you talk with your homies, you’re going to get fired.
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