Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "Libs Of TikTok Just BUSTED Insane Twitter Employees In Leaked Messages \u0026 Elon Musk Is NOT Happy!" video.

  1. @SuperNova Gaming Swearing is also in expression palette. The issue is swearing just for the sake of it. I seldom swear, but when I do, I mean it. So, for people knowing me IRL, that's always a surprise and a reason to worry. I also make use of colorful language for effect. When I say something is "shit", it doesn't means it's bad and I didn't like it. It means I am comparing it to the fecal matter. When I was QA, I did say some work is shit, because it resulted in huge maintenance, security issues and much more work. That was what I called "negative work" (not counter productive or improductive, but destructive). Had me swear a few time and you knew you'll get fired. For really bad work, I just sat with the developer and ran through his work and explained what's wrong and discussed on how to fix it. And if you screwed, but it was ok-ish, I did just highlight it and explain the reason, letting you to fix it. So, very different way to express my concerns on someone work ^^ And it's important to use vocabulary correctly, because if you abuse of one level of speech, then it becomes normalized and lose its weight. If you constantly swear, people end up taking it as your baseline and good luck to try to convey that something is unfathomable or utterly unpleasant etc. Same if you are always using joyful language, good luck to show you really appreciate something. It's why it's good to learn to use bland or neutral language. So, all deviations are noticed by others. It's much harder than I make it appear, I am learning this in my studies, so it obviously bias me on the matter ^^
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  2. @SuperNova Gaming I am not justifying it ^^ It's part of expressiveness. It's like when you do grumpy noises or laugh. Most people have a limited range of expressiveness because it correlates with the complexity of your schemes. And to have complex schemes, you need to have good intellectual potential. So, it means that swearing is positively linked to intelligence. Very counter-intuitive, but if you consider that intelligence is linked to creativity and expressiveness, then it becomes much more logical. (though, having studies confirm is much better!) Note that we are speaking of people with depth and breadth in their vocabulary and that it's "intelligence=>more swearing" and not "more swearing=>intelligence".
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