Those sleeves on the popcorn buckets do look very anal....I'm sure this guy wouldn't be the first to stick his doohickey into one. And guys have been putting their peenies into popcorn buckets since movie theaters started selling popcorn.

TheRealLinga

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Peenies and doohickeys! Doohickeys and peenies! Get yer hot fresh doohickeys with a side of peenies! Only $9.95! Fully loaded with mayonnaise and peanut butter! Limited time only!

tygerprints

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I'll take a couple. You can never have enough doohickeys. Do these peenies come with peeny covers?

OozingPositron

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Those are not sold in my country so I thought "Hmmm, maybe I can get one on eBay for like 30 bucks." They're selling them for $75.

tygerprints

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Apparently they go for $25 in the theater, but they are selling online (depending on shipping) for $75 upwards to $1000. I just bought one for $85, hoping it will go up in price as the years go by. I mean - who wouldn't want their own popcorn bucket / official Dune fleshlight.

tygerprints

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I just paid $85 (including shipping) for one online. I'm not a huge fan of the movies, but anything that looks like this has got "future collector's item" all over it. And I want one! Just hoping they really go up in value with time.

kalessin

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Fucking legend

IsThisAnAI

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Using poor language on T-shirts is unimaginative and tacky. Sorry not sorry.

Viking_Hippie

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Thinking that the most versatile word in the English language is "poor language" is unimaginative and a symptom of a limited vocabulary.

Or put more concisely: get fucked.

TheRealLinga

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This is great but why do they spell sentence "centence"? Such a wonderfully thought out and deeply meaningful video about the English language should have proper grammar and spelling, right? What the fuck?

Viking_Hippie

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Who are "they" in this case? The ones who made a video 20 or so years ago?

Viking_Hippie

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Kolli

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This is incorrect.

Swearing is undoubtedly poor language in the sense that it's not socially all acceptable.

Also it being versatile doesn't make it any good, rather other way around. That swear word being used rather than other descriptive terms is use of poor language and sign of poor vocabulary.

Also the study is about knowing many swear words rather than using them to fill in all gaps in sentences.

Viking_Hippie

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This is incorrect.

Nice of you to include a TL;DR at the top accurately describing your comment! Maybe mark it as such next time, though.

Swearing is undoubtedly poor language in the sense that it's not socially all acceptable.

According to social norms originating from bronze age mythology and oppressive edicts derived therefrom. Do try to keep up with modern society.

Also it being versatile doesn't make it any good, rather other way around.

That makes no sense. The definition of successful use of language is expressing what you intend to express in the ideal manner for your specific purposes. A lack of versatility would hamper any efforts to achieve that goal.

That swear word being used rather than other descriptive terms is use of poor language and sign of poor vocabulary.

Only when used improperly, like with any word.

If you substitute every other word with the word "maybe", that's a sign of poor vocabulary too. Using the word "maybe" at all bears none of the blame, though.

Kolli

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According to social norms originating from bronze age mythology and oppressive edicts derived therefrom. Do try to keep up with modern society.

Are you trying to claim that swearing is socially acceptable in modern society? You wouldn't swear in your customer service profession and you wouldn't swear to someone you respect.

That makes no sense. The definition of successful use of language is expressing what you intend to express in the ideal manner for your specific purposes. A lack of versatility would hamper any efforts to achieve that goal.

I would argue as someone who doesn't natively speak english that words with double- or multimeanings (versatile) are hard to learn and interpret in language. They pave way to misunderstanding and by nature limit the richness of the language.

Only when used improperly, like with any word.

I would claim that using swear words are mostly if not always used inproperly.

But writing this response I'm increasingly willing to blame cultural differences. My mother language is very hard to learn and in it you would add a suffix to add versatility to a word. I'd say we come from different places and respect different things in language.

As per your suggestion:

TL;DR: Shit happens, rally helps. Good talk, have a good one.

Viking_Hippie

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Are you trying to claim that swearing is socially acceptable in modern society?

Absolutely.

You wouldn't swear in your customer service profession

That depends whether I have a boss with the same antedeluvian views as you.

you wouldn't swear to someone you respect.

Categorically false. On the contrary, I have absolutely zero respect for arbitrary censorship, especially when enforced by abusing a position of authority.

I would argue as someone who doesn't natively speak english that words with double- or multimeanings (versatile) are hard to learn and interpret in language

As someone whose native language isn't English either, that's part of the fun of language: that it has nuance and context-based variations. You might as well argue that idioms should be banned 🙄

They pave way to misunderstanding

See also: humor, less rigid expression, creativity. Those are probably not concepts you have any first hand experience with, but go ahead and look them up.

and by nature limit the richness of the language.

Ambiguity and flexibility limit the richness of language?? I'd ask what you're smoking, but you seem too uptight to ever try something fun.

I would claim that using swear words are mostly if not always used inproperly

They are if you have no understanding about how language works. Then again, so are all other words in your doubtlessly very limited vocabulary.

My mother language is very hard to learn and in it you would add a suffix to add versatility to a word

Same with mine, tbh. Danish is a very weird language. Some would say downright bizarre and I'm not sure if I disagree..

Shit happens, rally helps

..is your weird native language Finnish? Because rally racing is extremely popular in Finland 😛

Good talk, have a good one.

I'm inclined to disagree on the first half but yeah, have a nice day lol

Kolli

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Yeah, Finnish.

I don't respect your hostility in the discussion. This comment reinforces that you and me merely have fundamentally differing opinions about the matter and there will be no conclusion.

As for the rigidity of the discussion: I'm of the school of thought that strives for efficient communication and of the paradigm that things should argue, not people. I'm in this to learn stuff and learn about your opinion, not to clash with you.

But I've come to realize that internet forums generally are filled with people who get empowered with argumentation errors and thus attempt at civilized discussion tends to be fools errand.

You seem to have interesting opinions and so if you'd like to continue this discussion further, my Matrix handle is in the bio.

hemko

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Also it being versatile doesn't make it any good, rather other way around.

Your mom is very versatile, and good. I assume I don't need to mention the implied word here

Anyolduser

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So wearing a shirt that says "I'm just here to make love to the popcorn bucket" would have been just fine in your book?

Telcontar

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Not gonna lie, that does have a funnier ring to it

jaybone

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You can’t skip foreplay with the bucket.

IsThisAnAI

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Lol you go ahead put yourself out in public however you are comfortable.

Anyolduser

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And yet the question remains unanswered!

Finding the shirt crass because it references a lewd act is understandable, as is objecting to it because Timmy the ten year old who is at the theater is going to ask his parents some interesting questions after reading the shirt.

Objecting to it solely because it uses a dirty word is ... pretty fucking stupid.