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Post by Taildragger on Mar 6, 2021 11:29:06 GMT -5
Heard this on BBC Radio last night. Pretty interesting revelations on the topic:
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 6, 2021 11:37:09 GMT -5
I didn't listen to the programme, but I've always figured it's a stress reliever through the release of endorphins in the brain.
Similar to how you holla when you stub your toe. Yelling in pain helps kill the pain through a psychochemical process.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 6, 2021 11:41:36 GMT -5
What I perhaps found most interesting was the effect that massive brain trauma can have on a person's ability to swear.
Now you'll have to either listen to the audio or cuss me for not telling you more...
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Post by thumbpicker on Mar 6, 2021 12:38:28 GMT -5
What I perhaps found most interesting was the effect that massive brain trauma can have on a person's ability to swear. Now you'll have to either listen to the audio or cuss me for not telling you more... I've known people with brain trauma that beforehand were pretty mellow types but afterwards wow. the filter just came off and never really came back. Cutest little old lady I ever knew could cause a sailor to blush in 2 seconds. I don't know the cause but something just goes out the window. |
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Post by LTB on Mar 6, 2021 19:19:27 GMT -5
My mother never cursed until after she got Alzheimer's then you never knew what would come out of her mouth or when.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Mar 6, 2021 19:22:32 GMT -5
If we have to explain, you wouldn't understand.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 6, 2021 22:04:10 GMT -5
I remember my dad telling me of his experience as a young Polish lad enamoured with American GI's in Germany post WWII. He and his mates would refer to them as "Fookas", based on the most articulated sounds they interpreted coming from their mouths. A few short years later he was one of them.
Americans are probably the most prolific vulgarians of the species, although I'm always amused by other culture's contributions.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 6, 2021 23:02:03 GMT -5
well. My guess is it's fun to do what you are not supposed to do.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 6, 2021 23:26:21 GMT -5
Funny thing is, a study shows that chimps who have been taught sign language make the sign for "excrement" when they are faced with circumstances similar to those which would cause humans to swear verbally.
No kidding.
Cussing is evidently more primitive than I might've previously guessed.
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Post by LTB on Mar 7, 2021 9:02:43 GMT -5
Funny thing is, a study shows that chimps who have been taught sign language make the sign for "excrement" when they are faced with circumstances similar to those which would cause humans to swear verbally. No kidding. Cussing is evidently more primitive than I might've previously guessed. That is interesting. I knew they were responsive and able to communicate with sign language but had not heard this. |
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