(June 2, 2013 at 9:02 am)little_monkey Wrote: Just look what happened to the F-word: it's fucking horrible; it's fucking beautiful; last night, I fucking freaking out; get the fuck out of here; go fuck yourself; blah, blah, blah...
It's been abused, overused to the point it can mean anything you want. There was a time, yep I'm that old, when the word was rarely used, and when it was used, people paid attention. Today, it's just background noise. Or it just means that the user lacks imagination in transmitting a better message.
I disagree. Sure, it has lost a lot of its power, but it can still be meaningful if you use it right. There's something about writing a patient, eloquent paragraph and then hammering the point home with a "fuck" at the end that really gets the point across, and I don't think that indicates any sort of lack of imagination.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
