• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Having swears that hit hard that aren’t:

    A) homophobic
    B) sexist
    C) religious
    D) sexual
    E) body parts
    F) bigoted/slurs
    G) demeaning or punching down

    is difficult and very rare.

    I hypothesize following some of these patterns but punching up at those/that which is unethical/bad whilst avoiding immortalizing that which doesn’t deserve it, for true disrespect.

    I think that by novelly correcting the common lexicon, we can attempt to redirect/rewrite values in society that need to change, by utilizing shame and rhetoric in a way that is more constructive than things like putting down healthy human acceptance, trauma, or class struggles.

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      This makes sense, but I can’t come up with any examples.

      I’d also like an option for sneezing. Literally every society addresses sneezing with either a religious blessing or a with for good health. I understand that this comes from illness being a threat but now sneezing is more of an inconvenience than anything. I just can’t find a way to tell whatever causes the sneeze to fuck off without the sneezer taking it as directed at them.