Oddbean new post about login | logout The boomers love to admonish people for swearing. They had absolutely no problem with the complete destruction of the western world under their watch, but I say fuck a few times and suddenly they’re ready to declare a fatwa. Spare me.
Haram
growing up: - now, now, it's best not to take the Lord's name in vain - don't you EVER use foul language! we are reversing those
"Fuck" is obscene but selling your children and grandchildren into slavery is apparently not obscene.
As a boomer I say fuck em.
I have an Uncle (boomer) who winces every time I swear, just makes me turbo charge. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I’m not a boomer but I don’t love swears. Swearing is clearly a way to express an extreme utterance (if not then just say something tame like “flip”) so why would someone taking offense be unexpected?
And when did we full on switch to “swearing” when I grew up the were cuss words… also you may love to know that the word bullshit is in published literature. https://uca.edu/honors/files/2018/10/frankfurt_on-bullshit.pdf
My other favorite thing about boomers is this mentality: “It’s too hard and we don’t want to understand so we’ll just stop moving and demand everything accommodate us.” IDK why so many boomers have normalized the ossification of their brain especially around retirement. It's quite disappointing