“Do not let him speak, he’ll put a spell on us.” — The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings
Suppose you’re an alien from out of space, you just arrived to planet earth for a short holiday, a second holiday to be exact. The first time you were here it was the 80s and the place looked a whole lot different.
A lot has changed since then, Birthday gifts have been replaced by Birthday notifications, 30 is the new 40, orange is the new black, and the Kardashians are the like Kennedys, everywhere you look there they are.
Even the news outlets appear as if they are made by bipolar people. On the left: We are on the Brink of WW3, next to it on the right: Did you see Kim K’s new short dress?
Never in my life have I imagined that butt cheeks could become so omnipresent.
Wait, I think I’ve seen this movie before.
You sit in a bar, your friends bring their friends and they start catching you up with what you’ve missed the last 30 years, the iPods, smartphones, Netflix, Uber, steemit..
You notice new words too, Let me Google it wouldn’t have made any sense 3 decades ago. Everyone starts teaching you new words: Texting, Sexting, Chillaxing, Bromance, Masurdating and Nerdjacking.
And the all of the sudden someone says the following:
Unfuckwithable.
The laughter has been replaced by silence, the smiles were wiped away, everybody is showcasing high levels of stress. Their faces are now turned all red, their chests are breathing heavy. You don’t have the slightest clue about what the hell is going on.
— Oh no, you messed up Jimmy, you’ve done it again!
Another person from the crowd: This unacceptable Jimmy, unacceptable!
— Can someone catch me up?
Everybody looks at you as if they’re about to give you the results on an STD test.
— A lot has changed since you’ve been gone. We don’t use that word anymore.
— What word?
— That of which we cannot not mention.
— What is this? Some kind of eyes wide shut type of deal?
You don’t get to finish that sentence and someone from the table shouts at you:
— Can’t you see? He just dropped an F-Bomb on us!
A what bomb now?
Concerned I ask, while I’m busy searching for blast waves and mushroom clouds.
— An F-bomb, is when someone throws away an f-word.
F-word huh? You guys are douchier that I previously thought.
One of them continues: He just threw it at me, no trigger-warning, no bomb-alert, no emergency broadcast… She struggles to catch her breath while a lone tear is falling down her cheek. The tear is now boiling with the heat of her fuming reddened face. It must be at least 180 degrees in there. Her head is about to explode.
OK, now I see the bomb!
The tears of fury, the veins are popping, the eye brows are making into all kinds of strange shapes. The outrage is uncontrollable.
So wait, all of this drama is just for a fucking word?
Here it goes again, they all give you that dirty look again.
You look at the TV and you immediately understand. You can advocate all kind of dangerous policies including the genocide of millions of innocent people, completely decimate their lives, you can bomb them into oblivion.
And it’s all cool, no big deal, no one will even break a sweat. Try to say the F-word on the other hand…
I will not sit here and accept that! No sir, I put my foot down. That’s just plain unacceptable!
Yeah, that’s the unacceptable part.
They tell you that there are seven words that you CANNOT pronounce anymore: Fuck, dick, shit, bitch, cocksucker, motherfucker, and asshole.
— So what do you guys use now?
—Oh, we have been given new words. For instance, we use S.O.B. We use freakin’ instead of fucking, we use fudge instead of fuck, Darn instead of damn...
— Like children?
They all give you that look again.
Bottoms up! You shoot some Irish whiskey and ask: So, whatever happened to sticks and stones may break my bones?
— Sticks and stones my ass! Sticks are made for selfies.
— Talking of which, say cheese!
You look around and everyone is suddenly feeling the need to fake a stupid face, just so they look adequate.
Pretty sure I’ve seen this movie before.
You don’t get to finish that thought and one of the guys accidentally drops his phone.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
— Wait, did you just drop some F-bombs on the floor?
— To be honest, I don’t feel anything, I think your theory is not working. I feel no pain, no agony, no suffering. Are you sure this whole thing isn’t just in your head?
The Truth About Unicorns
We live in a strange world, a world where using slightly inappropriate language is called dropping F-Bombs, but bombing people with nuclear warheads is called “preemptive” action, funny how that works.
The pain and horror of war is swallowed by the softness of the words, shell shock became a stress disorder, and the pain is suddenly disguised under the jargon.
There is this invisible war going on, where millions of people are dying for fifteen years straight, yet we’re still to hear the name of a single victim. Go ahead, name one. There isn’t any because quite simply, there are no deaths. When it’s ‘them’ they have been neutralized, when it’s ‘us’ they have fallen. As if they tripped.
A case can be argued that this new softening of language serves to shield ourselves from the truth. Let me give you an example, when you fire people what do you say?
You flip the script, would you not? You switch the story as if you are barely letting them go. You do that to spare yourself from the uncomfortable feelings that may or may not involve separating someone from their livelihood.
You replace that story with a new story in which you are doing them a favor by letting them go.
The truth is that this phenomenon is rampant nowadays, universities have ‘safe spaces’ now, did you know about that? And of course the same rules apply, the word SAFE has a positive connotation, so does free speech-free zone as opposed to anti-free speech zone.
Shhh, You’ll Wake Up the Thought Police
Free-speech-free, what is that? It’s like saying an untruthful truth because you’re too scared to use the word ‘lie’.
Complaining about being micro-traumatized after hearing an opinion that you disagree with, is like saying that you were attacked by an actual microbe.
Either way, if something has microscopic magnitude, maybe it should stay meaningless and you shouldn’t give it more importance than it deserves.
Giving it importance is silly, acting on it on the other hand and actually restricting free speech is against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
There is no such thing as free-speech-free zones, the entire planet is a free speech zone.
Life holds all kinds of struggles, but also all kinds of beautiful surprises and moments that take your breath away.
Those moments are the ones that make the struggle worth it.
If you condition yourself to believe that you’re so fragile that you get traumatized by F-words, then where would you get the strength to deal with adversities?
“Some psychiatrists have actually started calling ugly people "those with severe appearance deficits". How well does that sort of language qualify from being in denial?
These allegedly well-intentioned people have strayed so far from reality that it won’t be a surprise that to hear a rape victim being referred to as an unwilling sperm recipient.” — George Carlin
Anyone who can string together Tolkien and Carlin with some F-words in the middle deserves my vote! Very nice post, as always. Indeed, George Carlin's 7 words made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And we still have governments telling us what we can and can't say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_v._Pacifica_Foundation
Thank Richard! I really appreciate it!
I didn't know they made it to the supreme court! Back in the 70s.. This language thing is older than I thought. :P
Fuck political correctness and anyone that tries to push that narrative.
We need the free market place of ideas to kill the stupid.
Stupid like political correctness.
Language is always fluid, so no surprise here.
But I can say Spanish and Russian languages using a lot of f-words without any doubt😈
Russians probably use even more dirty words last couple of years😏
Haha I think it's great! That Russians use more dirty words lately and not less. :)
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Thank you!
You forgot to mention "free world" as if the rest of the world are slaves or billions of people are stupid to live with their governments enslaving them in any ways possible. free world my a **. lol
Political Correctness is ruining this country.......among other things. Now people can't even get their feelings hurt or there's a total outrage by the libtard left wing extremists. Social justice warriors are a cancer and virtue signaling is as fake as it gets. This country is raising thin skinned whimps on purpose and it's working. Ok done with my rant before it gets out of control. Haha 🍀
excellent view, a beautiful post has published a very good job category, worthy of his congratulations and thanks for sharing work
Thank you @jlufer! Glad you liked it!
I love the word fuck.
Political correctness however, is not at all correct. It's irrelevant to actual politics and our idea of correct social behavior has become completely misconstrued. Being PC in 2016 is like living inside the movie idiocracy - oh, that rhymed, unintentional.
Funny paradox isn't it? correctness in politics is not a very common thing after all ;)
Fuck yeah, @the-alien! :)
Haha! I love it!
Judging by the amount of Beauty Salon's around, there must be a lot of people with "Severe appearance deficits". All this Political Nonsense is just to distract the populace from looking too closely at what they are actually doing! As for the Kardashians , I have no idea why anybody would look up to them , except for your reference to the Movie, Idiocracy. Thank you for your perspective on the World we live ( suffer) in.
Haha yeah I have zero clue as in why people look up to them either. I guess it's a mystery :P Thanks btw!
You had me at no Trigger Warning
Glad you liked it!
Really good and to the point. As always :)
I am so seek of this politicaly correct society. But what can we do about it?
Thanks @ervin-lemark glad you like it! Not much we can do except from joke about it, and reduce its effects on our lives.
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fuckin enjoyable read; fuckin funny.
one study suggest swearing is a sign of a above average verbal intelligence, contrary to what Champions of Propriety like to think
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-swearing-a-sign-of-a-limited-vocabulary/
Haha thanks for the fucking nice comment :)
"Never in my life have I imagined that butt cheeks could become so omnipresent." What a magical world in which we live...
And a quick shout out to you for including George Carlin who is one of the most brilliant comedians (and thinkers) ever.
For sure! He's one of the greatest if not the greatest... I mean he's fucking great! ;)
I am around kids all the time... so the only time I can swear is in my car to and from work. Man I FUCKING love my car!
One more thing...
Tolkien+Carlin+ the word "douchier" = pure joy!
Haha thanks Brian!
That. Was. Awesome.
Yo man... I was jumped by an actual microbe, one night -- it wasn't pretty :)) Fuck the rules!
Hahaha!
Can't believe no one posted this:
Awesome post as always :) Loved it!
Haha I love it!
Great post. "Vulgar" language is a great use of art but like any art should be used selectively to quantify the emotion. If you cuss every other word, it's not unacceptable, but it's makes someone sound unintelligent. PC culture problems get even worse when it involves certain cultures or values. I think in today's society it is much easier to curse then to try and state generalized facts. If people generalize one thing that a group/culture does, then they are literally publicically humiliated. This quiets other opinions that may have valuable facts to present. The opposite of a free society. We live in a world of lemmings that bow to mass media or are at least hushed by them. It's not politics; it's socialization.
I think this quote says it all : "I respect your right to make a fool of yourself" Even if someone wants to curse a lot at risk of sounding unintelligent as you said, they should do so, there is absolutely no reason to reduce other people's speech :)
Very nice to see this post,
and see it well rewarded.
"Now the whole world is waking up
A ribbon cut for the opening
We all knew that day would arrive"
PS. Fuck yeah man, beautiful post.
Hah thanks man!
Damn good!
If political correctness would be limited by not saying swear words that would have been ok. The problem goes much deeper. PC makes us avoid thinking and doing certain things. It’s like we have to internally put on the breaks.
PC establishes a pattern of preferential treatment toward some fragments of the population and has no problem offending others. For example, God forbid we offend the feelings of religious people, but no one cares about offending the feelings of atheists or agnostics. “No, no” on offending women, but it’s ok to offend men. The list goes on and on… Not that I am advocating offending women, or minorities or anybody else for that matter, but I don’t like the double standards.
Intelligent and creative.
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Hello, my favourite @the-alien :)
Please, notice the completely politically incorrect usage of the word damn.
Your article was, partly, an inspiration for using it.
Thank fucking Gawd, someone has grown a pair and can call this for what it is: mind control (government manipulation) of emotional behavior. The day I first learned to swear at age five by my Grandfather, (much to my Mother's complete dismay) was also the same day I learned about how consequences work through the process of my mouth being washed out with a bar of soap. It was my first introduction to civil disobedience and thinking for myself. Today, I'm a 5 foot tall, 100 lb adult female who sometimes uses the word "fuck" in place of a comma when I am passionate about something.
Just fucking think for yourself is all I can say. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest @the-alien. I feel a fuck of a lot better.