It's been ingrained in our language for so long that it's hard to edit stuff like that out.
Exactly!
I've just replaced God with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Same here, lol!
I've been working on other insults as well, but it really is amazing how deep in our psyche this stuff is and how very difficult it is to get it out. It's no wonder people want to defend this stuff practically to the death - it's HARD to change one's language, probably because it involves changing the way we think, :(.
A swear jar sounds like a cool idea to me - I may have to try that myself, :).
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Date: 2011-02-16 08:21 pm (UTC)Exactly!
I've just replaced God with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Same here, lol!
I've been working on other insults as well, but it really is amazing how deep in our psyche this stuff is and how very difficult it is to get it out. It's no wonder people want to defend this stuff practically to the death - it's HARD to change one's language, probably because it involves changing the way we think, :(.
A swear jar sounds like a cool idea to me - I may have to try that myself, :).