Just found out there is a show on Netflix, hosted by Nicolas Cage, called History of Swear Words and I have never felt like something was so custom designed just for me. Bye for now.
Did you know there are people with PhDs who...like their whole job is to study profanity?
missed my calling here.
Of course fuck comes fro the Dutch. Of fucking course.
I'm pretty sure this is the best show that has ever been made, says the person who took a break after getting her masters because she couldn't decide on a PhD in literature or linguistics.
(and did neither)
If nothing else good comes out of 2021, this show is still enough to make it a good year.
SAYING FUCK ALLOWS YOU TO TOLERATE MORE PAIN!!!
I fucking knew it. There is a therapeutic effect with fuck.
This is now a History of Swear Words stan account I am sorry.
"FUCK" IS PROTECTED SPEECH
NWA "raising profanity to the level of art" FUCK YEAH they did.
I did not plan to live tweet this show but here we fucking are my friends.
"The word fuck has a baseline magic" fuck yeah it does.
"FUCK is the Tom Hanks of swear words."
Now there's a sentence for you.
"I'm Nicolas Cage. Have a great fucking night."
I don't think I'm going to watch anymore episodes. This was like a beautiful one night stand. It isn't going to get better from here. There are no better swear words than fuck.
Good fucking night friends.
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