stackyFACTSDropping heavy profanity in a foreign tongue feels incredibly classy and harmless purely because of the foreign language effect.
Dropping heavy profanity in a foreign tongue feels incredibly classy and harmless purely because of the foreign language effect. Since you did not learn these naughty words while fearing the wrath of your parents, your brain never forged the necessary emotional trauma pathways. You process the foreign curse word through cold, calculating logic rather than the deeply conditioned, visceral shame you get from your native language.
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