Why is **** a "bad" word when it only means poop?

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  1. timmy TED

    timmy TED New Member

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    If poop isn't a bad word, then why is **** a bad word? Poop and **** are the exact same thing. There are no differences between poop and ****. Can somebody please explain why **** is a bad word.
  2. Wandrian Wvlf

    Wandrian Wvlf New Member

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    Because it is. The very concept of a word being profane is just...well, like the most extreme that subjectivity can be taken to. There's no sense in it. It just is.
  3. Ekanaut

    Ekanaut Uber Alumni

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    Why is blue blue and not green? Why is sky sky not ground?
  4. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    Have you ever considered that your green might be my red? Maybe I just call it green but what I really see is red. :eek:
  5. TankShadows

    TankShadows New Member

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    How do you know what tasty wheat tastes like maybe it tastes like tuna fish
  6. Organous

    Organous Member

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    Comparing taboos and science doesn't really work.
  7. Vlane

    Vlane New Member

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    Forgetting the fact that you are human and we all see/recognize colors the same way because of the visible spectrum (380 to 750 nm IIRC) it is very well possible that another creature (for example an alien) sees colors differently because of their spectrum.

    So as long as you are not an alien or something along those lines you see green as green (or rather you recognize is at green) the same way Ekanaut recognizes it.
  8. FB Zombie Chaos

    FB Zombie Chaos New Member

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    I love lamp.
  9. MLGIntervention

    MLGIntervention Active Member

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    Im to dumb for this question.
    But if i had to guess it is because poop is cleaner than ****.
  10. IlliniJen

    IlliniJen New Member

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    [​IMG]

    Oh you didn't know?!?! Your ***...ahem...butt better call someboooooodddddyyyyyyy!
  11. PohTayToez

    PohTayToez New Member

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    Silly question. Words that are considered "obscene" have more to do with social customs than the meaning of the word itself. Any "bad" word has a polite alternative.
  12. Intricasm

    Intricasm New Member

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    Unless you're colorblind, then green is white.
  13. Wandrian Wvlf

    Wandrian Wvlf New Member

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    I'm happy to say I don't get the reference. Very happy.
  14. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    There are people who can't tell the difference between green and red. I think 5% of the male population have a problem keeping them apart. What do they see when they look at green or red?

    Where is your god now... :cool:
  15. Ninja Wallace

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    Poop is way more fun to say. Poop. Poop. Poop.

    Poop.

    Poop.

    Poop.
  16. FB Zombie Chaos

    FB Zombie Chaos New Member

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    I have 2 uncles that are color blind.

    Get this: They're both electricians!! LuLz.
  17. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    I bet it makes the job more interesting.

    *BZZZZZ*
  18. FB Zombie Chaos

    FB Zombie Chaos New Member

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    :lol: Yeah.

    One of them works in a power plant.

    I don't think you get up from the buzzes there!
  19. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    Well, at least he isn't defusing bombs... :3
  20. Wandrian Wvlf

    Wandrian Wvlf New Member

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    That would be an improvement. Less hassle for everyone else :twisted:

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