The fuck screen

There are many people I know, especially young people, who don’t use their intelligence enough to realize what intelligence they have. One of the signs of this to me is what I call hiding behind the “fuck screen.” The fuck screen is something you consciously or unconsciously you employ by using fuck or its many derivatives in place of words that would be much more interesting, articulate, meaningful or provocative.

Take a conversation like this:
-How did you like that movie?
-It was fucking awesome.
-Yeah, fucking awesome man.
-That one scene blew my fucking mind.
-You mean the one where they fucked in the grass?
-Fuckin’ right, dude.

This is just a dirty-word, chit-chat, superficial conversation. Nothing intrinsically wrong with it, but it can too easily become habitual speech. The other thing is that it saps the power from “fuck,” which “fuck” truly deserves and was meant to have. And that’s a disservice to a word with real credentials.

If you suffer from fuck screen, my suggestion: Get out from behind it; go cold turkey for a week. No fucks (the word) for a week. See what you think. See if its power won’t be restored.