Lol, I find it oh so delightful when Stephen employs the seedy underbelly of his vast vocabulary.

The thing that attracts me to Stephen Fry isn't his intellect, or his proficiency with language, or his insights (which often seem a bit off the mark) but rather his intoxicating sense of being involved with the world. There are few people, at least that I've met, that show the same mental and emotional vitality. Stephen Fry is the embodied antithesis of apathy, and that, to me, is the root of his human value.

Wish I could *promote.

Invocations (promote) cannot be called by Gallowflak because Gallowflak is not privileged - sorry.

*british

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>> ^Gallowflak:

The thing that attracts me to Stephen Fry isn't his intellect, or his proficiency with language, or his insights (which often seem a bit off the mark) but rather his intoxicating sense of being involved with the world. There are few people, at least that I've met, that show the same mental and emotional vitality. Stephen Fry is the embodied antithesis of apathy, and that, to me, is the root of his human value.
Wish I could promote.


It's people like him who's brains keep working until their death. Where as many people lose their abilities to think later on in life and sometimes develop serious mental problems.

What an excellent point he makes. The example I immediately thought of was the fact that 'fucking cunt' is considered particularly offensive, whereas I would personally like a lot more fucking cunts in my life.

so lonely...

"Fuck" diminishes and degrades. That version of "torture" is metaphorical and hyperbole. The words have the meaning they do because of the way they're used, and how often for a particular reason, not because of what they describe.

Make love, not war. Fuck, don't fight. Both say the same thing, but because "fuck" is normaly used as a curse, usually in anger, it's percieved that way whenever it's used.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^Gallowflak:
The thing that attracts me to Stephen Fry isn't his intellect, or his proficiency with language, or his insights (which often seem a bit off the mark) but rather his intoxicating sense of being involved with the world. There are few people, at least that I've met, that show the same mental and emotional vitality. Stephen Fry is the embodied antithesis of apathy, and that, to me, is the root of his human value.
Wish I could promote.

It's people like him who's brains keep working until their death. Where as many people lose their abilities to think later on in life and sometimes develop serious mental problems.


Sadly, even more never learn to use it in the first place.

eh.... I don't know about that Stephen. Incomplete argument.

Here's the whole interview: http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Fry-on-The-Late-Late-Show-with-Craig-Ferguson-1

And even though we don't consider these dupes anymore, I still consider excerpts wasted space, so no upvote from me.

>> ^Payback:

"Fuck" diminishes and degrades. That version of "torture" is metaphorical and hyperbole. The words have the meaning they do because of the way they're used, and how often for a particular reason, not because of what they describe.
Make love, not war. Fuck, don't fight. Both say the same thing, but because "fuck" is normaly used as a curse, usually in anger, it's percieved that way whenever it's used.

Exactly, but that doesn't really explain why the expletives we use are those words and not others. Why are so many swear words connected with sex, and not as Fry suggests something like torture? Its not as if its unique to English either, its the same deal across multiple languages. Its not just sex tho, shit is a popular one, as is blasphemy ofc, but when I tried to think of swears connected more to violence the only ones I can come up with are rape/d, which is sex again, and Bloody which I think is pretty limited to the UK and even then its prolly not going to bother the censors.


I suppose the question really is why are such trivial things so taboo while we speak quite frankly of the worst humanity has to offer.