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Re: What makes "bad words" bad?

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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:10 PM
Does a meteor destroy the Earth if a bad word is said? No?

What makes them so bad? They're just words.
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roboguy106 is not online. roboguy106
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30 Sep 2015 10:10 PM
it doesn't sound right coming out of a child



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Fuzzyperson is not online. Fuzzyperson
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30 Sep 2015 10:10 PM
they become bad when people begin to use them negatively and in an insulting way
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Yoshi1337dA is not online. Yoshi1337dA
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30 Sep 2015 10:11 PM
@fuzzy
but why are they negative and insulting

thats what op is asking
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gerov is not online. gerov
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30 Sep 2015 10:11 PM
Because most of them mean rude things.



Someone told me you remind them of an Owl.
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Refractively is not online. Refractively
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30 Sep 2015 10:11 PM
Well, they're called 'bad' words because they typically have negative or unfavorable connotations behind them. It's not so much the word, but the meaning behind the word.

"Huge spaceship will ebb and flow around your dreams, man."
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Yoshi1337dA is not online. Yoshi1337dA
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30 Sep 2015 10:11 PM
But why do they mean rude things?
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:12 PM
What makes something like defection any better than the "s-word"?

How come a word like "fat" isn't a bad word but it can apparently be worse than actual bad words?
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gerov is not online. gerov
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30 Sep 2015 10:13 PM
Because people are sensitive.



Someone told me you remind them of an Owl.
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Exov is not online. Exov
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30 Sep 2015 10:14 PM
The thing that makes "bad words" bad is culture and how it was used throughout history.
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Iamaniceperson is not online. Iamaniceperson
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30 Sep 2015 10:14 PM
whoa hi fuzzyperson
how u been
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zaniac10 is online. zaniac10
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30 Sep 2015 10:14 PM
op angry his mom yelled at him when he said the s word
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:15 PM
@Exov,

How come I can say defecation or crap, but I can't say the "s-word"?
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PhabuIous is not online. PhabuIous
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30 Sep 2015 10:15 PM
Because that's sin :o
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roboguy106 is not online. roboguy106
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30 Sep 2015 10:15 PM
@error
because it's not polite



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Exov is not online. Exov
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30 Sep 2015 10:16 PM
Because that word you're referring to was decided one day by some random person to be used a word for negativity, and it was caught on and was officially over time known as a negatively used word.

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0nesh0t is online. 0nesh0t
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30 Sep 2015 10:16 PM
ask vsauce

Checkmate.
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:16 PM
@Robo,

How is it not polite? Its just another word, and it conveys the same meaning. I can say defecation and no one would have a problem, but if I blurt the "s-word", its apparently worse.
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:17 PM
@exov,

So why is fat not a bad word? In that case, all words of negativity should be bad words.
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Exov is not online. Exov
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30 Sep 2015 10:18 PM
@Error12Error

Vsauce made a good video a year back of explaining this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7dQh8u4Hc

Check it out, it's pretty neato.
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:22 PM
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algebras is not online. algebras
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30 Sep 2015 10:27 PM
well take an example
why are nice words nice
lmao...
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Error12Error is not online. Error12Error
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30 Sep 2015 10:30 PM
@Algebras

So you're saying bad words are bad because they're negative? Using that logic, EVERY SINGLE NEGATIVE WORD should be banned.

Why is a word like fat acceptable to say but these "bad words" are not?
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