>>> What non-expletives have you been gravitating toward recently? Please drop suggestions in the comments.
Not really gravitating to, but Severance's Seth Milchick's "Devour feculence" will go down in as one of the sickest burns in history.
"The Good Place" is full of hilarious alternatives to profanity ("holy forking shirtballs") but you might not be going for funny.
Ultimately I think there's power in unusual and unexpected words. Milchick's "feculence" is a good example. Such words catch your attention, cause you to pause and digest (pun slightly intended), much like profanity does. So I think your thesaurus inclination is the right one.
I consider myself a butterfly. (butterfly effect) I just purchased an electric vehicle. This one small action, inspires me with hope, and I hope will propel me toward future actions. So my word, if it can't be hope, will be butterflies.
Normally, I think cursing is a lazy way to make a point but in this current moment of non-normalcy it seems right. I wish there was a verbal equivalent of shaking someone aggressively but that's probably not a good tactic either. It's really difficult to communicate to folks how delightful it is to never have to touch the handle of a gas pump and accidentally splash an explosive liquid on your shoes or inhale fumes until they've tried it for themselves. And, actually gotten used to it. It's the change part that is the most difficult thing for people to wrap their heads around. So, it's not so much hope as it is courage that we need to muster. P.S. While I'm not downplaying the steep cost of installing solar panels, I literally need to pinch myself or call a witness when I see that my electric bill is 17 bucks and change in the dead of summer. And, I'm not being stingy about using my A/C.
I don't think of hope as flimsy. (Maybe it's optimism that's flimsy? But that's different than hope.) Hope is scarred and gritty and authentic. Hope is bruised and dirtied from the battle of showing up. Hope is an active verb, in real time, rather than a fluttery feeling.
Wiser-than-me people have said hope is a *practice* which again, implies intention and action. As Austin Channing Brown says, hope is a duty. (We cannot abandon it. We may need to put it down briefly to rest, but we cannot abandon it!) I love this perspective of practice and responsibility and come back to it often.
Hope is planting another seed, even though the first one shriveled up after sprouting. Hope is thoughtful forgiveness, even after the cut was unforgivably deep. Hope is nurturing and comforting another human, even when we can't fix or stop the pain. Hope is an individual action, no matter how small, in the face of overwhelming nervous system paralysis. Hope is remembering (& helping others to remember) what the world was and can still be; what we as humans were and still can be. Hope is follow- through, when it would be easier to just coast. Hope is not accepting someone else's viewpoint simply because it's loud or commonly held. Hope is deep and wide and full. And it is a connected place, even though we may not see our fellow travelers each step of the way.
It's easy to employ hope when things are stable or in a chapter of growth. It's much harder when things are bleak and terrible and dark all around. But that's where hope has the most oxygen, IMO. I recall St. Augustine's quote on hope frequently. Anger AND courage...current status AND abolishment of that status.
Geologic, cratered, tsunamic.. also the Dutch swear words are all related to disease like the equivalent of fuck you is krijg de kanker (get cancer) and the equivalent of everything went to shit is “Alles ging naar de pleuris” (everything went to tuburculosis). The latter hitting too close to home right now, the former not cool. maybe need some conlang slang like from the expanse
ATTENTION is our greatest asset followed by trust with Transparency. There is a overwhelming complex solution. Yet simple. The solution starts with the individual. Wanna know how we can do this? Give me 10 minutes of your valuable time.
It all starts with the individual and taking responsibility,easier said that done yes. ATTENTION is our greatest asset. When we build trust with Transparency we can push that social and cultural tipping point to systemic change. Wanna know how? Let's talk.
I am so with you about the hope word! Hope really is the thing with feathers in my book. We don't need feathers. We need grit, backbone, imagination, each other. I am also of the school that we need fear. Fear is a motivator. And at this moment, we should be afraid, very afraid. And we should listen to people like you who say, "Get going, stay in the game. Fight."
>>> What non-expletives have you been gravitating toward recently? Please drop suggestions in the comments.
Not really gravitating to, but Severance's Seth Milchick's "Devour feculence" will go down in as one of the sickest burns in history.
"The Good Place" is full of hilarious alternatives to profanity ("holy forking shirtballs") but you might not be going for funny.
Ultimately I think there's power in unusual and unexpected words. Milchick's "feculence" is a good example. Such words catch your attention, cause you to pause and digest (pun slightly intended), much like profanity does. So I think your thesaurus inclination is the right one.
I consider myself a butterfly. (butterfly effect) I just purchased an electric vehicle. This one small action, inspires me with hope, and I hope will propel me toward future actions. So my word, if it can't be hope, will be butterflies.
I really like the cursing. Makes you seem real, like someone I can trust and can relate to.
Normally, I think cursing is a lazy way to make a point but in this current moment of non-normalcy it seems right. I wish there was a verbal equivalent of shaking someone aggressively but that's probably not a good tactic either. It's really difficult to communicate to folks how delightful it is to never have to touch the handle of a gas pump and accidentally splash an explosive liquid on your shoes or inhale fumes until they've tried it for themselves. And, actually gotten used to it. It's the change part that is the most difficult thing for people to wrap their heads around. So, it's not so much hope as it is courage that we need to muster. P.S. While I'm not downplaying the steep cost of installing solar panels, I literally need to pinch myself or call a witness when I see that my electric bill is 17 bucks and change in the dead of summer. And, I'm not being stingy about using my A/C.
I don't think of hope as flimsy. (Maybe it's optimism that's flimsy? But that's different than hope.) Hope is scarred and gritty and authentic. Hope is bruised and dirtied from the battle of showing up. Hope is an active verb, in real time, rather than a fluttery feeling.
Wiser-than-me people have said hope is a *practice* which again, implies intention and action. As Austin Channing Brown says, hope is a duty. (We cannot abandon it. We may need to put it down briefly to rest, but we cannot abandon it!) I love this perspective of practice and responsibility and come back to it often.
Hope is planting another seed, even though the first one shriveled up after sprouting. Hope is thoughtful forgiveness, even after the cut was unforgivably deep. Hope is nurturing and comforting another human, even when we can't fix or stop the pain. Hope is an individual action, no matter how small, in the face of overwhelming nervous system paralysis. Hope is remembering (& helping others to remember) what the world was and can still be; what we as humans were and still can be. Hope is follow- through, when it would be easier to just coast. Hope is not accepting someone else's viewpoint simply because it's loud or commonly held. Hope is deep and wide and full. And it is a connected place, even though we may not see our fellow travelers each step of the way.
It's easy to employ hope when things are stable or in a chapter of growth. It's much harder when things are bleak and terrible and dark all around. But that's where hope has the most oxygen, IMO. I recall St. Augustine's quote on hope frequently. Anger AND courage...current status AND abolishment of that status.
Geologic, cratered, tsunamic.. also the Dutch swear words are all related to disease like the equivalent of fuck you is krijg de kanker (get cancer) and the equivalent of everything went to shit is “Alles ging naar de pleuris” (everything went to tuburculosis). The latter hitting too close to home right now, the former not cool. maybe need some conlang slang like from the expanse
LOVE Science Vs... they make me LOL on the way to work
ATTENTION is our greatest asset followed by trust with Transparency. There is a overwhelming complex solution. Yet simple. The solution starts with the individual. Wanna know how we can do this? Give me 10 minutes of your valuable time.
It all starts with the individual and taking responsibility,easier said that done yes. ATTENTION is our greatest asset. When we build trust with Transparency we can push that social and cultural tipping point to systemic change. Wanna know how? Let's talk.
I am so with you about the hope word! Hope really is the thing with feathers in my book. We don't need feathers. We need grit, backbone, imagination, each other. I am also of the school that we need fear. Fear is a motivator. And at this moment, we should be afraid, very afraid. And we should listen to people like you who say, "Get going, stay in the game. Fight."