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CamelCase is commonly used to indicate that one "word" is actually made up of two (e.g., McGill [not the best example], MacBook, AstroTurf, or iPod); Legolover is technically two words just written as one, so it's the first instinct of many people to write it with the second "l" capitalized. Macbeth, Homestuck, and plenty of similar brand names are also common victims of this phenomenon.

 

~ BioGio

Write that (explicit) rant, Lego Lover!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swear words are just words. I understand that people can be upset by them, but I've never understood why.

It's not that I'm upset by profanity usage -- I just don't think teens should use it like it's casual.

It's not that I'm upset by profanity usage -- I just don't think teens should use it like it's casual.

 

So in other words.. you're upset by profanity usage.

No, because I don't take it personally. I just don't like how most teenagers seem to think curses are casual slang words when they're actually meant to be stronger. Modern society has numbed cursing's true meaning: to insult, to put down.

 

Now, if I were upset by profanity usage, I would've hated the first part of Signs.

I'm hoping I haven't typed it like that before...

 

And, here's my look on it: Adults use profanity. Not teenagers thinking they're adults. Then again, in this generation and this day in age, lots of teens I've seen just use profanity casually and like to be rebellious. There's no changing it until somebody straightens things out, which probably won't happen for another century.

 

I don't mind profanity. Personally, sometimes I prefer it if somebody's stressed out and needs to vent. It's better than holding their tongue for somebody else, or just keeping it bottled up. It's another way of releasing anger. And, Laughin' Man, he isn't upset by profanity usage by adults, but just by the casual way teens use it like it's a regular part of their vocabulary. I might be wrong, so correct me if that's the case.

 

But, teens using it on a regular basis has something to do with the fact parents give them no boundaries as to what they can say. Of course, they won't use the profanity in the company of their family, but with their friends, they'll use it plenty. There's no way to stop them without being there.

 

Sorry for ranting, I think I kind of did that for you. XD

Luckily you didn't go into quite as much detail as I would have, so you're safe for now. But, yes, that's pretty much my opinion: Teenagers are being overly rebellious, and in addition to playing M-rated games and watching R-rated movies, they're exercising their freedom of speech a little too much. But I'll save my rant for, well, my rant.

I agree, profanity seems to be just a casual word these days which is messed up. As for me I don't swear instead I use substitutes. I believe I've even used Karz once. Also on M-Rated games in my school 6th graders play them, not to mention I've heard of third graders playing them. The worst part is that they delight in the violence. In my opinion if you handle a game maturely you can play, but most of these Kids can't. I'll give you a recent example, in my School we recently watched an edited PG-13 version of the Patriot. What sickened me was not so much the violence but the fact that Kids were laughing when people were dying in the movie. I just don't understand why they think Death is Funny. Okay done ranting for now.

 

P.S. Happy Birthday.

I'm actually pretty young myself ( in the fifth grade, 11-years-old), but I play games like Call of Duty. Of course, I act maturely when playing it (although I hate to toot my own horn, I'm much more mature than others my age). I don't laugh at violence, but am usually pretty grossed out by it. I enjoy playing the game, and I play online a lot. Even then, I still act mature, but I don't communicate with the other people in the lobby because they're strangers, most of them having the example of profanity that's been mentioned here.

As for me I don't swear instead I use substitutes.

I don't understand the difference, the words are being used to mean the exact same thing, in the exact same emotional tone. The idea that substitutes are cleaner seems silly when you think of it like that. You're not doing anything different, you don't mean anything different, you just switched the word out. I'd argue the attitude behind the usage is much more important than the word used.

If the attitude behind the words matters more than the words' actual meanings, then I could argue substitutes are still cleaner, as the fact that the user cares enough to substitute out a curse word means the attitude behind the word is politer.

Or perhaps the person using the substitute is attempting to make themselves look better than everyone around them? That was the only reason I've ever known for most people who used substitute swears. It was a way to set themselves apart as being "more polite" or "more clean" or "better" than the "uneducated" or "rude" people who used that "foul language". Not saying that is the reason everyone uses substitute swears, but I don't feel a single difference when I say a subtitute versus when I use an "actual" swear word. They feel the same, the effect is the same, the purpose is the same, so I fail to see why these are any "better" besides giving the user a perceived "politeness boost".(Also, there is no actual difference in the word's meanings if the usage is the same, regardless of the original intentions behind the words, because words are flexible, and definitions are not set in stone. Language evolves, and what is slang today will be normal language tomorrow, and what is normal language today was slang yesterday.)

I'm against slang to begin with.

 

Now, shouting out substitutes a lot results in the same effect as overusing profanity. It all comes back to overusing words: Use an exclamation too many times and either its effect will be reduced or it will grow tiring.

 

People who attempt to make themselves look better through using substitutes are falling into the same trap as people who curse to seem more intimidating.

 

I actually use euphemisms sparingly; if I do say a curse word (which is rare), it will generally be in private where my younger brothers can't hear me. You're an adult, DeeVee, so naturally you won't encounter the same restrictions -- I imagine this also accounts for you saying that substitutes are only used to seem stuck up. I'd like to clarify that adults (well, most of them, ha) are old enough to curse and get away with it. I just don't think teens should be allowed the same level of lenience.

 

If I made any typos, bear with me; it's after midnight as I type this final sentence.

Just saying I meant the substitutes as a joke, I apologize I should have made that clearly as tone of voice doesn't transfer well over the internet.

I'm against slang to begin with.

That's silly, slang is part of language, and is ever changing. If you've said "that's cool" or "awesome!" or anything like that, you are using slang.

Allow me to correct myself: insulting slang meanings. I did write that previous post at midnight.