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Elizabeth Edwards's avatar

I grew up saying fuck because it was a normal every day word and came up in every conversation with my parents lol

My husbands family is very sweet, and polite. They don’t curse. Years ago, when we were first dating, we were playing some board game with his family and I got competitive. I lost a round and screamed FUCK in front of everyone, including his grandma. The silence was broken with his uncle calling me a potty mouth. They all started laughing. I was so embarrassed...but it felt so fucking good to finally let that fuck out 😂

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...hahahaha -- that is such an incredible story...

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Aurora Klaeboe Berg's avatar

This was fucking amazing!!

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Alden Cox's avatar

This is a treasure trove, CansaFis, thank you so much. This feels as satisfying as having a fucking huge closet full of toilet paper rolls stacked floor to ceiling. Shit yeah. Or maybe taking all the spices in my kitchen, dumping them on the floor and rolling around in them, buttered, naked, then stretching out on the terrace to bake in the sun. Fucking fragrant! However, holding this offering tenderly, I'm sensing the delicately nuanced restraint you've exercised in this piece, and maybe grieving that social necessity with you at this juncture in human fucking history. On the one hand, the glorious word fuck, genderless, refers to how we perpetuate our species and in all ways physically love and enjoy each other and ourselves, among other things. On the other hand, you used the word pussy once, and eschewed completely other spicy female anatomy curse words. Sadly, I know I would have winced at the c-word. What the fuck? Your adorable balls and cock are out there in mid air joyriding the breezes. Do you ever experience the wince? I'll bet you do, but not often. Your loins are probably well girded with millennia stuck in the role of cannon fodder. (Talk about fucking curses...) Still, I'm with you: trying not to curse and swear means we don't trust ourselves and each other to be full spectrum sturdy. Well, we aren't yet but we're ALWAYS FUCKING BECOMING. FUCK YES. yes yes yes, fuck fuck fucking. Mmmmmmm; delicious.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...you definitely see me Alden...i probably could have said pussy tits asshole c-word to spruce this goose up a bit facking more but i fucked up...or you might say i strategically left room for some ill timed sequel [possibly titled the shit eating shit shit of shit shitty shit shit]...words are good...i am glad we have them...

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

CansaFis, I think you and Alden need to do a collab.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

....that is a rad idea....

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Haley Brengartner's avatar

You got me with the low class paragraph or maybe the second sentence (my favorite word). There is an artist I adore that your writing reminds me of. Some would call him low class I suppose. His concert was the strangest I have ever attended. He cried on stage and gyrated like he was shaking the demons out of him. He surely has demons. He said fuck a lot. He dresses western though he isn't western at all. He doesn't give a fuck but I bet he gives a flying fuck. Anyways - his name is Willi Carlisle. To me his music is writing. To me, your writing is music.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...well those are amazing compliments Haley...thank you...i will definitely consider crying on stage at some point...seems cathartic...also super stoked to hear some music by a new artist i have never heard of before...he is delightful...appreciate the rec and the support :)...

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Haley Brengartner's avatar

Anytime my friend. I’m here for all of your wacky creative endeavors!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

I think you purged about 3% of the repressed "fucks" that I've stored up in my Judeo-Christian psyche over a llifetime. You may have to do a few more of these posts before a full cleanse of my system has been achieved. That is what I'm paying you for, isn't it?

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...i have at least 999 more of these cooking Rick...you just tell me when and you got it...

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Rick Lewis's avatar

: )

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Ved Shankar's avatar

"They say that cussing is strong language. And shit they are right."

So good hahaha

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…fuck yes!…thank you for reading!!…

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Dreaming of a song...'s avatar

Is that your voice on the read-through, so good!

"Technology is so fucking fucked up. A.I. is willing to take my job, steal my prose, and make shit shiny data driven art reflections of a million plagiarized paintings but it doesn’t have the nuts to say dingus-dick? Fuck that. "

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...you better believe it...it was a true joy recording myself saying fuck 1091 times lol...

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Christine Ahh's avatar

FUCKKKKKKKKK YESSSSSSSSSSSS, Mr. Foote.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...lol did you check out the audio version?...

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Christine Ahh's avatar

On my High Priority fuck list HHAHAAAAA

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…how have i not made a fuck list yet…they should teach that in college…

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Sarah Rennix's avatar

I feel so much fucking better. Thank you!

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...fucking A...

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Tracy Forzaglia's avatar

What LeFuck? Between that and a Captain Ron GIF, what more do you need for happiness?

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...the world deserves a captain ron sequel...

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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

Well...fuck.

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Emily Sokolow's avatar

I am grateful for the below two paragraphs, on this day of thanks.

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"Technology is so fucking fucked up. A.I. is willing to take my job, steal my prose, and make shit shiny data driven art reflections of a million plagiarized paintings but it doesn’t have the nuts to say dingus-dick? Fuck that.

Technology should be hard at work making a fuck-2.0. The next fuck could be called “chork” and be a multi platform self aware curse word that cures diabetes. Instead A.I. wants to avoid being inappropriate. There is a reason A.I. is called a tool. Because it is a fucking tool. Can’t wait to see the new movies Netflix shits out with that authoritatively spiritless emotion free voice. You mean I can pay $25 a month to see an ad free Dinosaur Movie with no shit in it? I’d rather fucking shit myself then watch a shitfree Jurassic Chork."

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...thank you for the thanks oh thankful thanker...

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Erin Rupp's avatar

How the shit did I miss this fuck? Just choked on my own chortle. 🤭

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...chortle such a great fucking word...

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Kristin's avatar

Since I met you last Friday CansaFis, you have made me laugh so hard. And reading this, made my day. You also helped me ✅ one of my 12 Favorite problems today “How can I laugh more?”. Thank you!

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...thanks so much kristin!...really enjoyed your articles too, awesome stuff...i'll be here every week trying to coax what i can from this earth and as always appreciate any and all human (and interstellar) communications alongside that journey...

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Tai's avatar

Fucking brilliant.

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Tai's avatar

I was half expecting this link. Osho's observations on the English language pertinent to this current essay. https://youtu.be/pmYcHsnUTTQ?si=a7IPafn1VD4zf9nM

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

Incredible deep link brother -- how did this not make it into this?

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Thanks for sharing this Tai!

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Dekera Greene Rodriguez's avatar

❤️

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