I recently staged at a hotel in Italy and worked with people who spoke a very small amount of English. They informed me that their favorite English word is “fuck”. It is incredibly useful and versatile. Let’s celebrate the beauty of our language. Let’s teach children about using language, appreciating food, and interacting with others instead of sheltering them from reality.

Fuck yes.

I think the “fuck” usage right there in my vote communicated something another word could not capture just right, just as “Friday Fuck Up” does. I could’ve said “emphatically yes,” which of course contains similarities to my usage of “fuck,” but there are pronounced differences in what the choice of modifier communicates about the author. They are stylistic choices that convey slightly different things, which adds to the diversity and richness of our communications.

Many words that are not labeled as “profanity” can have just as terrible a sentiment behind them, if not worse. Plenty of words labeled as “profanity” can have exactly zero terrible/negative sentiment behind them (in fact, the immense range of sentiments in which “fuck” can be successfully employed should be enough proof in itself of its cultural value). So even beyond the linguistics argument, the idea of “profanity” is pretty [fucking] illogical.

Thankfully, the hollandaise recovered and brunch was delicious. But I am still getting sh*t from my family for having such a potty-mouth