540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think
Update: 2023-04-20
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Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising things about ourselves. Note: The swear words in this episode have been bleeped out. To hear a version of this episode without the bleeps, go to freakonomics.com.
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John sounds and talks like the real-life embodiment of Tom Dubois from "Boondocks."
You'd think an episode specifically on swearing wouldn't bleep the words out...
I, as a full grown woman, appreciate when words are bleeped out. Curse words give me a strong negative feeling. They talk about a strong physiological response when people curse? I get it on the receiving end. I can do that ice water challenge just fine with my own inoffensive words. They are in order of strength: rats, stinking rats, stupid and, the strongest of all, big fat, stinking rats. Though, when I am in a bad mood, EVERYTHING is stupid. NOT people though, never people. Just objects and situations. I just describe them as "people who are making poor choices or frustrating choices." I have put up with people swearing around me, but if I can, and have, asked that they don't do it around me.