Which is, of course, a bad thing that ought not to be encouraged and that ubiquity does, in fact, encourage and normalize.
replyYea. Nobody needs to be talking that much before breakfast.
replySo fucking what? Nothing wrong with that. Lighten up, francis.
replyIf the word fuck isn't offensive, there's absolutely no reason to use it.
replyYet every culture across the globe has and has always had swearing, profanity, taboo words, fart jokes, and gate keepers decrying such things.
replyWhile the reasons may elude, the ubiquity speaks to something foundational.
>Which is, of course, a bad thing that ought not to be encouraged
replyI'm not actually willing to take that as read. It's just the word "fuck". You may personally find it distasteful and you're welcome to discourage your children from using it but it seems like you're committing Pargin's Blunder here (mistaking norms specific to your social group for universal truths).