Post by Bubba's Dad on Aug 11, 2008 6:22:26 GMT -5
What the ”F” is up with the “F” word today?
Wow, this site has been an eye opener. A hundred years ago when I was young, most of the young people had goals, positive ideas and out looks on the future, and a solid idea of right and wrong. How things have changed. Take for example, the “F” word.
Always the ace in the hole for teen age expression, this word was used in my time when no other word seemed to capture the meaning of the statement being made. Take a look at the movie quote page, or go to your local movie rental place, and see how things have changed. Now, you folks worship the big “F“. This explains why movies like “Super Bad” are so popular today. Sure, back in the day a younger John McClain might have used the “F” word in combination with “yippi-ki-I-ya mother…”, when dispatching a murdering master thief. That would be in the first Die Hard movie for those of you who were not around yet back then.
Today the word is used so much it has lost its ability to shock, unless used by a Republican Politician. Then it is on the news for a month. By and large, the word has been down graded to common, and I fear that in a year or two, we will see this word on primetime programming.
“Super Bad” by the way is possibly the second dumbest movie in the world, the first slot is reserved for Al Gore’s next movie.
So, is the “F” word just that expectable these days, or are people today just too lazy or ignorant to put the thought required to use a different word, or set of words, some times called a sentence, to express themselves?
Wow, this site has been an eye opener. A hundred years ago when I was young, most of the young people had goals, positive ideas and out looks on the future, and a solid idea of right and wrong. How things have changed. Take for example, the “F” word.
Always the ace in the hole for teen age expression, this word was used in my time when no other word seemed to capture the meaning of the statement being made. Take a look at the movie quote page, or go to your local movie rental place, and see how things have changed. Now, you folks worship the big “F“. This explains why movies like “Super Bad” are so popular today. Sure, back in the day a younger John McClain might have used the “F” word in combination with “yippi-ki-I-ya mother…”, when dispatching a murdering master thief. That would be in the first Die Hard movie for those of you who were not around yet back then.
Today the word is used so much it has lost its ability to shock, unless used by a Republican Politician. Then it is on the news for a month. By and large, the word has been down graded to common, and I fear that in a year or two, we will see this word on primetime programming.
“Super Bad” by the way is possibly the second dumbest movie in the world, the first slot is reserved for Al Gore’s next movie.
So, is the “F” word just that expectable these days, or are people today just too lazy or ignorant to put the thought required to use a different word, or set of words, some times called a sentence, to express themselves?
