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California Legislature Declares "Cuss-Free" Week
shewfig writes "The California legislature, which previously tried to ban incandescent light bulbs, just added to the list of banned things ... swear words! Fortunately, the measure only applies for the first week of March, and compliance is voluntary — although, apparently, there will be a 'swear jar' in the Assembly and the Governor's mansion. No word yet on whether the Governator intends to comply."
God damn this shit must be a fucking joke? We don't cuss in California!
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
From the article you linked:
There is a catch, though: The more we swear, the less emotionally potent the words become, Stephens cautions. And without emotion, all that is left of a swearword is the word itself, unlikely to soothe anyone's pain.
Furthermore, the study didn't examine whether merely yelling or screaming wordlessly would have a similar effect, or whether distracting yourself by e.g. singing a song would also work.
At any rate, there's certainly no reason to be using expletives as common adjectives.