since when was "crap" a word that needs to be censored?

[Printer Bandit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ollywood-says-wont-make-c-p-movies-money.html

 

[HeXen]

Irrational fear of overly sensitive people. Actually maybe it's not that irrational as it seems everyone is scared of overly sensitive people. "Crap" might be offensive, so why risk?

 

[ImpulsE69]

Why do you have to be potty mouthed in your thread title? Huh? At least put NSFW in front of it!

 

[BladeVenom]

Euphemism treadmill, words introduced to replace an offensive word, over time become offensive themselves.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Why do you have to be potty mouthed in your thread title? Huh? At least put NSFW in front of it!

hope I don't get an infraction for it.

 

[Printer Bandit]

my goal in life is to invent a curse word that ends up getting censored by the masses.

 

[HeXen]

my goal in life is to invent a curse word that ends up getting censored by the masses.

As a teen, I started replacing f*** with freaking this and that. My mom started to get onto me for saying freaking all the time. lol

I suppose it's not the word itself, it's just how it's used.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

No words should be censored -

We all know what you mean when you say darn it to heck, or crap, or frick. Just because you did not say fuck, I'm supposed to think your a "good" person.

They are just letters.

 

[Printer Bandit]

they only word I support getting censored is c***t

 

[phucheneh]

Euphemism treadmill, words introduced to replace an offensive word, over time become offensive themselves.

That's not really what 'euphemism treadmill' means. There's no steady stream of 'politically-correct now, considered offensive fifty years from now' words to replace 'shit.'

Euphemism treadmill refers to PC words/phrases used to accurately describe something without being supposedly insensitive. Best typical example, your legs don't work: you're lame. Lame became offensive; you're crippled. Cripple became offensive. You're handicapped; handicapped [some-fucking-how] became offensive. You're 'handi-capable' or 'differently abled.'

Purely out of respect for those that can't walk, I choose to call them noodly-legged brokedicks.

they only word I support getting censored is c***t

Good thing it's not 'wise and beautiful woman' that you're offended by, 'cause that's my favorite. What's a five-letter curse word that starts with 'C'?

 

[Printer Bandit]

Good thing it's not 'wise and beautiful woman' that you're offended by, 'cause that's my favorite. What's a five-letter curse word that starts with 'C'?

oops, that's what i meant.

i'm ret**ded and can't spell.

 

[ch33zw1z]

my goal in life is to invent a curse word that ends up getting censored by the masses.

that would be crappy.

 

[brianmanahan]

even I dont consider crap to be a sware word...

 

[mrjminer]

Crap was sort of a mini curse word initially. It was like the cuss word you would say if you wanted to cuss, but didn't want to get into as much trouble as a saying shit/fuck/etc. I remember getting in trouble for saying it in the late 80's / early 90's. When I was a 12 or so, though, my parents didn't care about it anymore.

Couldn't say it in school either. You guys must be 20 or something because I'm not even 30

 

[mmntech]

Irrational fear of overly sensitive people. Actually maybe it's not that irrational as it seems everyone is scared of overly sensitive people. "Crap" might be offensive, so why risk?

Can we just declare open season on lawyers. I'm not even joking. :whiste:

 

[phucheneh]

Crap was sort of a mini curse word initially. It was like the cuss word you would say if you wanted to cuss, but didn't want to get into as much trouble as a saying shit/fuck/etc. I remember getting in trouble for saying it in the late 80's / early 90's. When I was a 12 or so, though, my parents didn't care about it anymore.

Couldn't say it in school either. You guys must be 20 or something because I'm not even 30

Kind of this.

Perhaps this is the 'reverse treadmill.' Bad->okay, rather than: okay->bad.

I'm close to 30 and can remember 'crap' being mundane but still unwanted in some households. It was what Bart Simpson, that evil little bastard on that inappropriate show would say...yeah, in the early 90's, The Simpsons was 'edgy' to parents with grade/middle school kids.

Seems like no modern parent gives a crap...about crap. 'Hell' has gotten close to similar status. 'Bitch' and 'ass' are mid-tier at best, given that they have legit uses. Shit is the queen and fuck will always be king...but one of those has made it to primetime TV and the other can be said (sparingly) in a PG-13 movie. Everything has come down the line a bit.

But then there is the supplanting of those top tier words with 'insensitive' or 'hate' words. wise and beautiful woman, i love you, n-the-only-banned-on-ATOT-word...

It's a tangled web of cursing that we fucking weave.