Questions about anything

[Sgt Floyd]

Why does Syfy show wrestling? Whats that got to do with anything sci-fi or paranormal?

 

[Vincent L]

Wrestling with superhuman powers?

 

[Misskermie]

Well, words are only turned bad in context. Many so called "bad" words have normal meanings. Female Dog...Rooster...donkey...they were just mangled and became "bad." Its the same deal using substitute words, even if they sound less offensive. If you say darn in place of another word, its still being used in the same context. It just sounds less offensive, even though there is really no difference.

Rooster...?

 

[Sgt Floyd]

Look on any chinese calendar...I would rather not go into details

 

[Misskermie]

Look on any chinese calendar...I would rather not go into details

O_____O Oh THAT one.

 

[newsmanfan]

O_____O Oh THAT one.

That's actually the only nonanatomically-accepted word I will accept for that particular anatomy part. The others sound ridiculous to me. And there really isn't a friendly-sounding one for the female equivalent.

I have no problem with cursing in context...and can even find excessive cursing amusing, depending on circumstances. (Take David Mamet. Dark, funny, and R-rated as...you get the picture. Same deal with Tarantino.) But I agree it shouldn't be for everyday-in-public use, and kids cursing isn't charming or funny, it's just inappropriate...I guess it goes back to how we perceive the concept of "innocence." Even I am dismayed when a 5-year-old drops F-bombs.
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[Vincent L]

"Chinese calendar"? I don't get it. And maybe I prefer not to know it's real meaning.

 

[Drtooth]

The foul language thing is just another example of how far we've crumbled and decayed as a society: like I said in other threads, in this day and age, kids are actually encouraged to swear after kindergarten, because it's considered acceptable. It seems strange now when watching 90s cartoons on YouTube, and reading in the comments how people are shocked they got away with saying "crap", because I had forgotten THAT was considered a bad word in the 90s (along with "fart"), but now, they're pretty tame and harmless... then again, they were never actual swear/curse words, they were just "dirty" words.

You actually can't say crap on a kid's show. I don't know how Ren and Stimpy and Hey Arnold (the only 2 cartoons I've ever heard use it) managed to get that by the radar, but what happened was a "Whomps" situation... or rather a (in the context of that episode, regarding the specialist's speech to Prickley) Darn being a substitute for a certain word and becoming a full blown bad word. Crap is the rare occasion of a substitute that's still off limits in certain cases.

I hate that.

I also hate not being able to use certain biblical terms IN context. The 90's X-Men got away with a Shakespearean quote unaltered, as did Histeria which used that same word in context to quote General Sherman. They also used the D word twice, once in a Shakespearean quote and once in quoting "&^%$ The Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead." And the only time that Histeria didn't lampshade it with Lydia the network censor was that Shakespeare song.

Let's face it. Heck is the LAMEST word in the English language. It works for Earthworm Jim and Dilbert, who are clearly using it to mock the fact they can't (in Dilbert's case, making a much weaker penalty). Why can't we say the real word in reference to the Biblical term? I like how Pinky and the Brain got away with the biblical term for Donkey, though...

Swearing's a matter of being offended easily. Words only have power if you let them. Personally, watching uncensored American Dad and South Park, I realize that the WORST part of the bleep isn't so much that we're hiding a word. We're hiding a delivery. From an angsty, angry Klaus the fish telling Francine that it's "Too XXXXing Late" to an angry, evil, paranoid, and exploitational Mickey Mouse (not even an ersatz version) ranting about his audience of suckers buying into the Jonahs Brothers. Hearing those actual words in context, and with a great deliverance has a bigger impact than "Beep a beep beep beep." Especially how almost nightmarishly evil the South park guys made Mickey sound. I'm shocked they got away from that without a massive lawsuit. He is Disney after all.

 

[Hubert]

Please tell me SpongeBob isn't making a comeback after he's FINALLY sort of disappeared from the radar.

What a wonderful post for a thread where we ask questions...

 

[D'Snowth]

Okay, somebody explain this to me: why are Pamela Anderson, and especially Bristol Palin and Kirstie Alley returning to DWTS this fall as "fan favorites"? Or explain to me how they have fans?