You must watch different films than i do. iirc it was '69 when I went to a Jefferson Airplane concert. Gracie Slick got the ball rolling by asking, very innocently, 'Is it legal to say "f*ck" in Albany New York?' It probably wasn't but the cops didn't haul her away.
Cindy has big everything!
Not all studios or all films, obviously. But they'll say "We want this film to have a PG-13 rating, so you can use the word 'f*ck' once, at most."
I once saw a movie that would have been 30% shorter if they'd skipped the word 'f*ck'. A worthless movie, even then, anyway. I don't remember its title. Some crime flick. A waste of time.
Jeroen Belleman
That's not censorship.
In article <ui7ql0$3uq76$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, snipped-for-privacy@nospam.please says...
F*ck is one of the most useful words in the English language. The movie My cousin Vinie makes good use of it.
GEORGE CARLIN AND THE "F" WORD
From the Safety Harbor Institute of Technology, January, 1989
George Carlin was only a moderately successful comic until, like many performers, he stepped over the the line of what society would tolerate in that era. Carlin's method was to create a semi-sophisticated dissertation on a word that everybody knew, but NOBODY would say....then. He made a record of it, and some radio statons played - it, and....the FCC reacted strongly, ordering one station off the air. Obviously, public curiosity made sales of the record skyrocket and George Carlin's career was made. Here's the text of that then-famous record, all about the usefulness of the "F-word." In today's society, where it gets bandied about so much, one might do well to understand just what one can use it for: "Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language today is the word 'F*ck.' It is the one magical word. Just by its sound you can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. 'F*ck,' as most words in the English language, takes its name from the German word 'friken' which means 'to strike.' "In language, 'F*ck' falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb, both transitive (John f***ed Mary) and intransitive (Mary was f***ed by John); as an adverb (Mary is f****ng-well interested in John), and as a noun (Mary is a fine f*ck). It can be used as an adjective (Mary is f****ng beautiful). As you can see, there are not many words with the versatility of the word 'f*ck.' "Besides the sexual meaning, there are also the following uses: Fraud.........I got f***ed at the used car lot. Ignorance.....F*ck if I know. Trouble.......I guess I'm f***ed now. Aggression....F*ck you. Difficulty....I can't understand this f****ng mess. Displeasure...What the f*ck is going on here ? Incompetence..He's a f*ck off. Suspicion.....What the f*ck are you doing ? Enjoyment.....This is a f****ng good time. Request.......Get the f*ck out of here. Hostility.....I'm going to knock your f****ng head off.
"I know you can think of many more uses, but with all these, how can anyone be offended when you say 'f*ck' ? "We can use this unique word more often in our daily speech. It adds to your prestige; say it loud and clear..... F*CK YOU !!!"
I recently watched the first three seasons of 'The Boys'. No filters there, no children allowed.
When I watched 'Sexy Beast' one of the few words I could understand was 'f*ck'. Allegedly they were speaking English.
It's strange how that word is used in so many technically inaccurate ways. As a synonym for "bad thing" and "damaged" and "cheated" and "abused" and "badly designed".
"screwed up" has the same dynamics.
The word is so useful that it's useless. All it means now is that someone wants to use a generic bad word. As a bad word, it's worn out.
Blasphemy used to serve that function.
One other time-wasting word nowadays is right?
Did you happen to see "Johnny Dangerously"?
Some of the expletive work-arounds were quite clever.
No reason not to combine the two...
Yes, I did, you fargin' bastidge.
I never watched that one but it sounds like 'Firefly'. They got creative including muttering what presumably were Chinese curses.
I presume that learning Chinese at a young age contributes much to intelligence. I suggest that you watch an advertisement aimed at youngsters, and try to keep up reading the English captions. The information transferred in such a short time is amazing. (I'm at my third attempt to learning Chinese, a bit. I despair at ever hearing the difference between ch zh c z q x .)
Apparently there is only one muslim ever to win a Nobel price in science. OTOH one quarter of those Nobel prices are won by Jews. That is not to say they are orthodox believers, more the culture.
Groetjes Albert
On Nov 24, 2023 at 6:06:28 AM MST, "none) (albert" wrote <nnd$10e23105$3549169b@8cdc361a553d07d0>:
I have heard that before.
I know people who speak it... just say when I try to learn even a few words it leads to more laughter than communication.
Perhaps... but there are tons of things we have gotten in science and math from the "Muslim world" of old.
Right. There is some truth to the stereotype... as a Jew I know a lot of lawyers, doctors, and scientists.
And still more of those convenient friends surface. It's a given that if Albert used learning Swahili instead of Chinese, you would have Swahili speaking friends as well. For someone who claims to be housebound, you certainly get around, snit.
Has Snit had an accident?
On Nov 24, 2023 at 8:21:46 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <ec38N.39992$ snipped-for-privacy@fx48.iad:
Carroll is just using his socks to troll me.
I am not even close to housebound. In the past I had health issues that made it hard to get out, but that was long ago. Long before "Glock" was posting. It it clearly Carroll.
Thank you for so advising, Snit! 🙂
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