My main point of disagreement is based in the idea that vulgarity is purely used as an intensifier. Many people speak very casually in a vulgar way, particularly if you’re working class (like me, hi, hello, the phrase swearing like a sailor exists for a reason). The whole point of McNulty’s famous f-bomb scene is him casually walking around saying only the f-bomb and expressing a wide range of emotions with it. Although I get feeling uncomfortable around explicit discussions of genitals.

Edit: I’ll also add that the way profanity is treated in media has much more to do with narrative connections established by the Hayes Code and the like, not because it ‘lessens the impact when used too often.’

That said, I’ll +1 the pornographic sex scenes as existing purely in service of titillation and objectification. But that’s not just a patch 6 issue although it may’ve amplified the problem, idk.

Last edited by MyriadHappenings; 16/10/21 04:37 AM.
“But his mind saw nothing of all this. His mind was engaged in a warfare of the gods. His mind paced outwards over no-man's-land, over the fields of the slain, paced to the rhythm of the blood's red bugles. To be alone and evil! To be a god at bay. What was more absolute?”