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Schroedinger's cat

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There seems a predominance of "Fuck you xxx" threads here, so I just wondered if there was anything else that needed fucking at the moment, so we could get it out of the way.

*Ducks into a lead-lined concrete bunker*

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No, sorry, we're all out of fucks.

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Anselmina
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Or is it you just don't give a f***? [Big Grin]

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passer

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If you're not careful, the serenity and tranquillity of this board may be interrupted by the imposition of a word-filter, as has been known to happen on H&A days in the past.

Just imagine the confusion if "fuck" was replaced by "bless" or "love" or somesuch.

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"Cause if you like the way you look that much, oh baby you should go and love yourself."

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Judging by the "Being Single Sux" thread in AS, I'm guessing about half the Ship.

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quote:
Originally posted by mr cheesy:
No, sorry, we're all out of fucks.

Indeed.
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Twilight

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I know I'm tired of seeing it.
For some, reason the phrase, "What the hell, dude?" makes me laugh. I suggest we switch to, "What the hell, American justice system?" and "What the hell Eutychus?" etc.

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Anyone willing to fuck the a14 may do so with my full consent.

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Huia
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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
I know I'm tired of seeing it.
For some, reason the phrase, "What the hell, dude?" makes me laugh. I suggest we switch to, "What the hell, American justice system?" and "What the hell Eutychus?" etc.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise the purpose of Hell was to make you laugh, Twilight.

(You're right, I'm not sorry at all).

Having said that, I think the same phrase does get a bit repetitive, but then Hell is not here as an antidote to my low boredom threshold either.

Huia

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mousethief

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It's the English language's all-purpose anger-indicating (usually) intensifier. If it weren't "fuck" it would be something else, and we'd all be sick of that too. Get the fuck over it.

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mousethief

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If it makes you feel better, the next time I call some santorum-stained microcephalic jackass to Hell, I'll use another invective.

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Kelly Alves

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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Judging by the "Being Single Sux" thread in AS, I'm guessing about half the Ship.

Preach!

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Amanda B. Reckondwythe

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quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
It's the English language's all-purpose anger-indicating (usually) intensifier. If it weren't "fuck" it would be something else.

Oh, bother these all-purpose anger-indicating intensifiers! [Mad]

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Caissa
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When I was in the Reserves, we had a MWO who used fuck as a random syllable.
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Schroedinger's cat

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Judging by the "Being Single Sux" thread in AS, I'm guessing about half the Ship.

Preach!
Much as I would like to satisfy those on the ship needed a fuck, that would be a) abusive and creepy; b) rather a lot of hard work; and c) bad for my health if my wife found out.

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Kelly Alves

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It's the thought that counts.

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Twilight

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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
I know I'm tired of seeing it.
For some, reason the phrase, "What the hell, dude?" makes me laugh. I suggest we switch to, "What the hell, American justice system?" and "What the hell Eutychus?" etc.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise the purpose of Hell was to make you laugh, Twilight.


I'm fucking sorry, but I'll fucking use it for any fucking purpose I fucking feel like, Hu-fucking-ia, self-fucking-appointed officer of the fucking purpose police.
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shamwari
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I am not a puritan nor am I puranitanical.

But it seems to me that the use of the f*** word, now so prevalent on the Ship merely displays the paucity of expression and the inability to find any decent English expression which conveys what is intended.

Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

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Ariel
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quote:
Originally posted by shamwari:
Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

Like, yeah, innit.
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Stercus Tauri
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quote:
Originally posted by shamwari:
I am not a puritan nor am I puranitanical.

But it seems to me that the use of the f*** word, now so prevalent on the Ship merely displays the paucity of expression and the inability to find any decent English expression which conveys what is intended.

Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

"Trump"?

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jacobsen

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Stercus T - Shamwari did say "decent", you know. Think again.

Could this be a new thread?

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cliffdweller
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
It's the thought that counts.

Mmmmm... I think not in this case...

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mousethief

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quote:
Originally posted by shamwari:
I am not a puritan nor am I puranitanical.

But it seems to me that the use of the f*** word, now so prevalent on the Ship merely displays the paucity of expression and the inability to find any decent English expression which conveys what is intended.

Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

It has no synonym, if that's what you mean.

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Huia
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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
I know I'm tired of seeing it.
For some, reason the phrase, "What the hell, dude?" makes me laugh. I suggest we switch to, "What the hell, American justice system?" and "What the hell Eutychus?" etc.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise the purpose of Hell was to make you laugh, Twilight.


I'm fucking sorry, but I'll fucking use it for any fucking purpose I fucking feel like, Hu-fucking-ia, self-fucking-appointed officer of the fucking purpose police.
What the hell, Twilight?

So you're tired of seeing fuck, but not of using it?

To be clear I don't have a problem with fuck as a word, and I'm not trying to police it's use, but I think your post clearly demonstrates that it loses it's force when used repetitively.

Huia

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Twilight

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Oh, Huia.

See how you took the time to tell me that the Hell board wasn't here for my amusement? Then might you have guessed that my response was also about the Hell board? I was talking about the board just as you were, not the word "fuck." I just used it a lot because that's what this thread is about.

I have spent this entire day explaining my posts and I honestly don't wee why they are so hard to understand.

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cliffdweller
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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:


I have spent this entire day explaining my posts and I honestly don't wee why they are so hard to understand.

Or perhaps the problem is we understand them all too well...

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Martin60
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Twilight Trumped: "I'm trumping sorry, but I'll trumping use it for any trumping purpose I trumping feel like, Hu-trumping-ia, self-trumping-appointed officer of the trumping purpose police."

In my repressed days I actually used 'bleep'.

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mousethief

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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
I have spent this entire day explaining my posts and I honestly don't wee why they are so hard to understand.

This sounds like a personal problem. Literally. Time to regroup and rethink your posting style, or content, or something.

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Schroedinger's cat

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quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
I have spent this entire day explaining my posts and I honestly don't wee why they are so hard to understand.

I am not sure we really need to know what you wee.

Maybe they are hard to understand because you are talking mindless drivel, pretending to be pretentious drivel, and it is hard to tell.

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mousethief

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Can I add, for no reason whatsoever, that I love the title of the thread? [Overused]

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Lyda*Rose

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quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
quote:
Originally posted by shamwari:
I am not a puritan nor am I puranitanical.

But it seems to me that the use of the f*** word, now so prevalent on the Ship merely displays the paucity of expression and the inability to find any decent English expression which conveys what is intended.

Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

It has no synonym, if that's what you mean.
I'd vote for boink. I'll try it in Twilight's paragraph:

"I'm boinking sorry, but I'll boinking use it for any boinking purpose I boinking feel like, Hu-boinking-ia, self-boinking-appointed officer of the boinking purpose police.

Makes me giggle. [Snigger]

YMMV

ETA- OOps! This probably belonged in the "Decent displeasure intensifiers" thread.

It's all so confusing! [Waterworks]

[ 11. June 2016, 18:06: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]

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mousethief

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Boinkin' A.

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RuthW

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The alphabet in the Bronx: boinkin'-A, boinkin'-B ...
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Schroedinger's cat

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When I was looking for strong language for a book I was working on, I did find that Finnish seems to be a good language for expressive terms. bearing in mind this is fiction, the translation is less important than the feel of the words. So hevon vittu and Voi paska seem to work well for me.

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Brenda Clough
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When I went to Iceland the machines at the airport that generate your boarding pass were particularly aggravating to manage. I learned that 'fuck' is a word in Icelandic that apparently means the same as it does in English.

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Ariel
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It doesn't in Austria.
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OMG
quote:
"We will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed," the officer said.

"It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke? It is puerile."

Puerile and juvenile, that's me all over. And I'm not even British. [Snigger] [Killing me] [Tear]

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RuthW

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quote:
For the British, it's all about Fucking.
Now I'm making travel plans -- to Britain, not Austria.
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Chorister

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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
quote:
Originally posted by shamwari:
Is our vocabulary so limited that no other word suffices?

Like, yeah, innit.
I used to look after an elective mute teenager - this was literally his only word.

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Jengie jon

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Is it just me or is the OP an TITCH under another name?

Jengie

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jacobsen

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No, because we are discussing language, not people, things or institutions.

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Schroedinger's cat

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quote:
Originally posted by Jengie jon:
Is it just me or is the OP an TITCH under another name?

Jengie

No - it is just a comment on the number of "Fuck you" threads. I had expected it to die long ago, but it has turned into an interesting discussion.

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Chorister

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Does anyone still wear FCUK t-shirts?

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