I wouldn't be surprised if someone just looked up a word in the dictionary and just went around calling people that word. Then the people who hear that word start going around to other people and saying that word as well, and so other people caught onto it and so on. Until eventually someone looked it up in the dictionary, found it as a horrible insult, and then went around saying its a bad word to use. So not only did the word exist more in the minds of people, there were also rumors about it being bad.
Apparently I used to say "****" when I was around 3 years old. My grandmother (who raised me) asked me to replace that word with something else. She told me I replaced that word with "bad." So, each time I was frustrated I would say "BAD!"
That is an excellent point. More people should do that.
Later I found that story funny because I was essentially performing the same action, but with another word. I was getting upset and verbally expressing it.
That sort of proves my point. I mean, you replaced the word that is unfavorable/bad with a word that is more acceptable. Doesn't appear there is any difference in using the good word over the bad.
If you practice only what is socially good in life, you are missing out on those things.
That applies both ways, yes.
It's not and you assumed that was my point. Society should brand things, else it's all pointless chaos. Don't get ahead of yourself and read things literally.
I understood your point, but in the future you probably should work on clarifying it so it's easier for others to understand. As for the question, I was merely seeking your opinion on it, since your previous point was a valid one.
Not to mention many people use it as a form of expression, to show just how severe something is.
That is invalid. For example purposes, let's say I see a guy get hit by a car. He is lying and the ground and yells *F* due to the pain, frustration, ETC...
This is obviously more severe then when a friend of mine dropped a few pennies on the floor and started cussing with every word in the book. The point that it emphasizes the severity of an event isn't a good reason IMO, as relatively small/insignificant events cause the same reaction.
How dare you say those words around me Asher! You do know that kids come to this site correct?
Raping, sex, drugs, abuse and desperation are all looked at as being bad. If you practice only what is socially good in life, you are missing out on those things. I am not defending those as being moral; I am stating facts.
But you are suggesting that I do them? Do you think that will hold up in court? Judge: So why did you rape that girl while high and abuse her afterwords? Me: Well Sal said that I would be missing out if I didn't do those things. Judge: O, really? Why didn't you just say that in the first place, you are free to go.
In other news, words evolve and change over time. Try to use words that are socially acceptable at the time. If you don't want to live in society I have heard that the Amazon is nice this time of year.
That study never actually happened. A similar study like it happened, can't remember what they did exactly, but that study was never conducted.
There was one where they had "actors" (not the famous kind, just people paid to do what they asked) and a regular person in a room. They were all in chairs in a circle. A bell would ring, the actors stood up. It rang again a short while later, they sat down. The regular person was not instructed about the bell. After a few cycles, the regular person joined in without knowing the purpose of standing and sitting at the bell. Eventually all of the actors were called out of the room individually, so only the regular person was left. They sent in a new actor to play the role of an unknowing newcomer. The regular person instructed the actor that he has to stand and sit at the bell, teaching a social ritual. The actor asked "Why?", the person said "I don't know".
The 5 monkeys were kept in a cage with a ladder. Some bananas were kept on the top of the ladder. Whenever one of the monkeys would climb the ladder to get the bananas, all the monkeys were sprayed with ice cold water. Soon, the monkeys begin to police thmeselves, and would prevent any other monkey from climbing the ladder. Eventually, the cold water was turned off, but the monkeys kept policing themselves. Then, one monkey was removed, and another monkey put in it's place. Sure, the monkey didn't know about the forbidden bananas (must be rotten by now), so when it tried to get the banana, the other monkeys would stop him. Soon, the new monkey started policing the other monkeys too. Eventually, one by one all the monkeys were replaced in the group, but the monkeys kept policing themselves, even though none of the original monkeys weren't there and the reason for policing themselves was not existent
I like this experiment because this is society. We are doing something what everyone else is doing, and we don't even know if its the right thing to do.
Well actually sorry, never even say that this was sayed. The ecxperiment was real tho. Society is the same, with people who follow other people. Rules that are made by people that dont exist anymore. If only one of those Monkies never gived up climbing the ladder, then, well, then he would have eaten a banana :3 So the points is : Society is stupid. We dont need Society, no one does, because society leads to mistakes.
