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And there's even a reference in here to the HN topic of the day - swearing in front of an audience!

> 2. Swearing can help influence an audience. Light swearing, that is. (Go overboard and lose all credibility.)



I love how his site says "Sign up for my dang RSS feed"...he's trying to follow his own advice, though dang is arguably a VERY light swear.


The example is saying "damn"! Is that really considered swearing?


It is sad that we have lost the fine and colorful distinctions between swearing, blaspheming, cursing, and vulgarity.




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