Okay, I get it.
by V.E. on November 6th, 2007
filed under fyi, personal, thoughts
I get that you’re 15, or 16, or 17, and you’re just trying to impress your friends. Trust me, I understand. I was 15, or 16, or 17, once, too, you know. Cursing makes you feel grown up, which you so desperately want to be. I know. I’m not an angel; I curse, too, sometimes. But must you use those words so often and so loudly that they become just another part of your common vernacular? Really, honestly… what do you get out of saying, “Where the fuck are you, you fucker?” when you could just say, “Where are you?” and (usually) be taken more seriously and not offend others with more sensitive ears than yours? I want to know why you insist on using “shit” and “fucking hell” for every other word when it’s easier to say whatever it is you’re trying to say without all the extra crap attached. I get it. That you’re trying to fit in and “be one of the guys.” But really, don’t you want to be yourself, even just once in a while? It wouldn’t kill you to complete a sentence without making it R/X-rated.
It wouldn’t even be such a big deal if it were just you cursing all the time, but it’s you and “your crowd.” Can’t you ration the amount of cursing that goes on in your clique so that others don’t have to deal with the cursing barrage all day every day? Listen, I curse, too, like I said. But every time you say “fuck” or “damnit”—or whatever—so flippantly, you cheapen the word’s meaning, and people are much less likely to take you seriously when you say it again in the future. The less often you curse, the more often when you do curse people will come running to see what’s wrong, instead of just popping another Advil to get rid of the headache they already have—that all your previous cursing has already created.
Did you grow up without parents, or did they raise you to be cursing heathens? Sheesh. Just give it a rest every now and then. Your peers will thank you, and your parents won’t be as embarrassed of you.
Oh, and PS: Knowing all the lyrics to some Eminem song does not make you cool or ready to “hit that.”
