Random Rants Regarding the Ridiculous Realist, Scarlett

Eliminating Expletives

Anyone wonder why it's so hard to stop cursing once you start?  I used to be that one kid who would gape at those who curse every other sentence, but now I'm wondering if I've turned into one of them.

I mean, what do I even curse for?  Is it the commonality of it, since it makes me part of the bandwagon?  Does it bring me joy?  Am I a better person because of it?  Personally, I don't believe any of these is the true reason of why I use curse words so much nowadays (relative to my childhood).

I feel like I use curse words to express strong emotions.  Using curse words shows others nowadays that I'm really angry, or depressed, or frustrated, or excited.  Well, usually it's for extreme negative reactions, but sometimes I curse when I get really hyped up about something.  And yes, people might say that we have nearly 500,000 words in the English language (did you guys know that?), but honestly, who uses words like gossypol and brummagem?  Most people don't even know what those mean (I mean, I'd like to think they don't, since I certainly didn't)!

So even though I have almost 500,000 words at my disposal, I tend to use the same five over and over again, regardless if they are rude or improper or any other word you can use to describe them.  Sometimes, I need "rude" and "improper" to express the negative emotions that I feel.  Sometimes I use them to make a point or let someone know my sincerity about the issue, even though the usage of curse words might come across as immature.  But I am trying to limit my usage of them, both to expand my vocabulary and to stop showing such negativity.  Though I may feel the need to show my negative feelings, I don't want to spread that sort of stuff to others.

Stay excellent!
- A Non-Committal Writer