F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words

[ummPOTATOZ]

wait was he bleeped out with blues clues?! 0:18

[liogarus]

Dat pony on the background...

[dlcjoe610]

they're stored that way because that's the value humans have given them

either way I couldn't give two shits

[Karimbus1]

Poppycock!

[TaleGaming]

Am i the only person who thought he looked like Gary Oldman.

[papegrak]

@TaleGaming 

[EherTangerine]

But what about the people who curse all the time? I'm pretty sure those words have lost all they're magic for them o.o

[jdenicholls]

@EherTangerine Speaking as someone who does, no they haven't. We just enjoy the magic more regularly than you do.

[BloodySweetJbalz]

I forget not to swear around children.

[epicunderwater]

Are you actually saying the words that you bleep out or are you saying random things???

[101guitarchord]

i think that their is some reverse psychology with swearing where if you are told not to swear you are more likely to because you feel the need to do things yourself

[TheDementedDemon]

Uncensored version please?

[TheKillerClown142]

@RuinSonic I don't actually specificity eliminate any others, but I still don't say things that can offend people like f*g or n***a. It's interesting because all my family swears... like a lot, but I still don't, I actually find it interesting as to why I don't swear 'cause I don't know why, I just don't.

[StudioNate]

Nigel Thornberry. Boom. Roasted.

[JUMPER1818k]

Is there any uncensored version of this video?

[BlyssfulStorm]

Holy shit! You look like Commissioner Gordon! Say something Batman!

[TheKillerClown142]

I actually grew up not swearing. not because I wasn't allowed to but I chose not to, and now I find it incredibly hard to swear at all, so I just don't... ever.

[RuinSonic]

@TheKillerClown142 That's interesting. Sometimes the best words are swear words in some circumstances. Do you eliminate other kinds of words from your vocabulary as well?

[MsIlikecock]

love The Oatmeal poster in the background

[Errthskeathskea]

Actually, a norwegian TVshow did an experiment on swearing to ease pain. They exposed three people to pain to see how long they lasted; one was allowed to swear, one was not allowed to say anything and one could say whatever he wanted apart from swearwords. The latter one won, and they came to the conclusion that shouting swearwords does not help, but shouting in general.

[gotja]

@Errthskeathskea that isn't statistically correct because they used three separate people. People have different pain tolerances, by experience or genetics

[Errthskeathskea]

@gotja touché, but I still like their theory. You should watch the show, it's hilarious.

[Bnoffeepi]

My eardrums are bleeding from the beeps D:

[neilmdm]

DONT TELL ME WAHT TO DO! * does drugs *

[RobotGymnast]

I think Dane Cook had it right when he said swear words are just fun to say. Short, punctuated, easy-to-pronounce.

[stuntman45666]

sounds like tobycus

[guesswhosdruuuunk]

The band Hole!!1!

[TheMrMohrShow]

Commissioner Gordon?

[SandmanD3]

Hank, you talk with your hands a lot like Tobuscus.

[daughterofeve7]

so if you curse a lot, does that mean you're a very emotional person? that would totally explain why i do it, i guess :)

[NinjaTrixxr]

Hank Green: The only guy who can call "#$@*" magic.

[MeredithHoo]

Reno 911?

[ferntailwp]

Are there times when curse words are used like normal words? I feel like when I say, "Hey, is this your S**t?" to my friend as a substitute for stuff or "Hey, wanna f**k?" jokingly to a friend it's not emotional. Although I wasn't sheltered from cuss words as a kid so I always regarded them as normal, until of course I used them in front of a teacher heheh...

[Cobalt360Degrees]

omigod you do look like a cop! specifically like a blond, younger gary oldman from the batman movies.

[megasuperAdri]

you look like a dad

[DragonSlayer6398]

Is that? Is it? On the shelf, at about the middle of the right side. Is that, a My Little Pony plushie? If so, welcome to The Herd.

[Gruener16590]

Ok, in the US "Open your trunk might be associated with drug enforcement, but in Germany it´s the trademark of the former GDR police checking cars from Western Germany for smuggled goods like music or decent food...

[RaawrItsAmyy]

You with a mustache is just a wonderful sight.

[lalaXPlala]

you look very creepy with a mustache

[yaying404]

if you curse alot .. like all the time do they still happen in the emotional side of the brain?

[shananigans0117]

are there little kids to rape in the trunk? cops can be creepy pedophiles with mustaches too!

[cranebypaper]

Anyone else notice the "The Oatmeal" poster in the background? :D

[lololpwnedlolol]

I love his science show!

[luismartinez254]

Pedo stache

[LightGlobeFilms]

Hank looks like Commissioner Gordon from Batman when he is rocking his mustache face. Just putting that one out there.

[erinjeannn]

starting at 2:55 is the best part

[TheWayWeDie]

This comment comes to you in two parts.

Part One: I think swear words are acceptable when used in adult conversation, but not when you're being an insulting child. Personally, I don't swear very often, and pretty much never around my elders. That's just down to respect. Also, I rarely, if ever, swear AT people. Again, respect.

Part Two: I think it's funny that cops and pedophiles look so similar. And by funny, I mean concerning...

That ends this mini-essay ;P

[dragonson04]

Not everyone with a mustache is a pedophile, but ever pedophile has a mustache.

[LarsUlrichIsMe]

i hate when people say if you swear its because you dont have a good vocabulary, but there is no other way to simply say, FUCK YOU !

[guitarjoedude1]

... some words are more powerful than others...... FUS RO DAH!!

[crazytruckers]

i love you.

[TRFLweareok]

the study he referred to was a mythbusters episode

[alterbridge64]

who noticed the free hugs book in the back XD

[teensinthemaking]

helloooo hank, and hank's mustache

- the ladies

[DoamnaDeCorbii]

Thumbs up if you immediately thought about 'The Shakespeare Code'.

[goodwoodandthebeaver]

THe pain + swearing =less pain, was on myth busters!!!

[TheOtherNeutrino]

My Little &*^%%: Cursing is Magic

[TheSpazzyWolf]

OFFICER HANK SAYS DON'T DO DRUGS LOL

[JustPressQuit10]

obviously he knows all this.....look at the bookcase (2:53)

[nerfer15789]

3:20 according to the 4th amendment to the us constitution, unless u give cops permission to search ur trunk, they can not lawfully tell u to open ur trunk so they can search it, so in answer to ur question no, they dont

[RoTZOMBIES]

@nerfer15789 they can just hold you and make you wait until they get a warrant.

[crayolaupyournose]

In England we don't call them curse words though. We call them swear words.

[gregger5739]

i know some words that can tear stuff down... FUS RO DAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[blackgoddess123]

Is it so bad that i can barely pay attention to Hank because of his awesome facial hair?

[Takemetopigfarts]

I really really want to hear this without the bleeps. Not because I want to hear them, but because I wonder what Hank cussing sounds like...

[MultiLightining]

0:01=Hank.

3:10=Who the f*** is he.

[thewolffromhell66666]

stop beeping damn you

[thewolffromhell66666]

holy crap you got a man beard

[radda212]

You should be a cracked writer

[venamek]

In the middle of the left side of the screen, that blue thing.

Is that what I think it is? /)^3^(\

[KittenKoder]

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. Using a word like fudge in place of fuck ... it's not different. 

[xXxKoUkLaxXx]

@KittenKoder then why i it different to me??

[KittenKoder]

@xXxKoUkLaxXx Likely because you choose to ignore other's emotions and only believe yours are valid. Sounds rude, but I can think of no other way to say it. It's egocentricity.

[xXxKoUkLaxXx]

@KittenKoder eh it is because theyre just words and i dont know to many people who are sensitive to them. personally ive tried replacing but ican seem to find swears in other languages to work for me XP

[gleeomg]

with only the mustache he looks like a pedophile....

[flyingstarcat]

MOUSTACHE

[osaka199]

Random thought: Have you read "The Name of the Wind"? Since well... Apart from the fantasy, there's some thoughts about the power of words (deeper in the second part, "The Fears of a Wise Man")

[HaloAddict931]

Honey badger don't give a fuckity shit fuck about bleeping out fucking swear words. (:

[soaringgirlboo]

pleeeease shave the moustache. Your smile is nice, but combined with that moustache...creepeh.

[DrBob66]

My Little Hank: Words are Magic

[DJVelvitaShy]

@DrBob66 Thank Celestia somepony noticed it

[violenceandpoetry]

we want an uncensored version!!

[Nightlayl]

I figured out what every censor thingy means. 

[AwesomeVideos40]

Blues Clues?

[4LackOfaBetterNam3]

you should scream [enter swear here] when you die on the last boss in smbwii, because you just lost in a mario game.

[IchBinWeidenholz]

Totally had an Adam Savage de ja vu moment. Similarities are remarkable and I think it completely lies with the vocalization aspects!

[sugarpunch18]

@IchBinWeidenholz I thought I was the only one who saw it! XD

[Testra1000]

@katriell my brother has Alzheimer's. that explains so much! thanks for your semi-random info!

[thomasw011]

If I hadn't seen the preview, I would have shit myself at 0:14

[thomasw011]

@thomasw011 0:13

[katriell]

Semi-random info: one of the effects of Alzheimer's, sooner or later, is loss of the ability to replace swear words with milder forms or normal words before you say them. That's in the same vein as the loss of the ability to find any word with the meaning you're looking for (which often results in using a random word that begins with same sound). You also lose impulse control, so your overall capability of being polite and appropriate is attacked and gradually destroyed from at least two angles.

[miumiutheemu]

There is this poster in my german classroom (which is actually a philosophy classroom) which says something like (it's a quote from a philosopher but I've no idea who) "Man thinks that he is the master of language, but in fact language remains the master of man". Which is pretty much what you've been saying.

[smopher]

Hank! Where are these scientific studies? I want to read them!

[0BloodButterfly0]

You look like an old Colin Morgan without your glasses

[0BloodButterfly0]

You look like an old Colin Morgan without your glasses

[EggheadJr1]

Hank, your mustache only shots make you look like you make a living cutting down trees... The plaid shirt doesn't help. DFTBA

[Tribalhedgehogs]

When I broke my leg, my 7 year old brother and another little girl were their so I didn't swear... It was horribly painful

[agentjunieb]

hhh, he looks like that police chief from Batman.

[InsanelyxLogical]

Saying curse words is about as harmful as saying Voldemort. As in, utterly harmless. Just because society has decided that saying these words is bad (and has therefore pushed them to the limbic system) doesn't mean they're not perfectly valid, harmless words.

[superhottiemcflyster]

@InsanelyxLogical hehe, but you-know-who had a taboo on his name at one time. so, in actuality, it was harmful. Ran, Hermione, and Harry were almost killed in a cafe!

[InsanelyxLogical]

@superhottiemcflyster Haha, well, yeah, I know that, but Death Eaters aren't going to come for us just for swearing. xP

[buttercup123ish]

@InsanelyxLogical You never know. We might be sent to Azkaban.

[actuallydave]

@InsanelyxLogical uhhuh, that's why all magical protection was disintegrated and snatchers apparate right to you when you say Voldemort.

[SStrongIsNeverWrong]

@InsanelyxLogical Unless you're running away from him and anytime you speak Voldemort's name, he can immediately find out where you are, and he (or his death eaters) can immediately apparate to capture you. ;) (Totally agree with your point BTW)

[chickabee222]

@InsanelyxLogical Until He-who-must-not-be-named puts a tracking curse on his name. Then it's pretty harmful when his Snatchers come and get you.

[FreeHugsAndPeeps]

@InsanelyxLogical Unless there's a Taboo curse on the name.

[funnygirl9956]

@InsanelyxLogical in the last book the bad guys put a spell on the word "Voldemort" so they can find you and that's how harry gets into big trouble... in most circumstances, yeah it doesn't do anything, but harry got into the habit of saying his name and WOW dobby DIES!!

[ThatDweebZebeeb]

this video is so great! Thank you, Hank

[laughalltheway1]

0:17- blues clues?

[BreChristie]

@laughalltheway1 b***h? Blue is a girl.

[laughalltheway1]

@BreChristie ohhhhh right i always forget that lol.

[coryldork]

1:51 I was waiting for a bleep.

[CaesarBonaparte]

"Sh%t" is a "swear word" because in England after the Norman invasion of 1066 was split between the anglo-saxon serfs and the rich people who spoke french. Speaking anglo-saxon was considered "vulgar". Sh%t is the anglo-saxon equivalent of a french word such as feces.

[1234tche]

With just his mustache Hank looks like commissioner Gordon in the Dark Knight! I like it!

[Vellwander]

I'm pretty weird. While most people swear excessively but would never utter a racial slur even when not intending to offend anyone, I haven't cursed in public since I was like 8 but can't take the sensitivity attached to slurs seriously.

[Ressilith]

feckin arse biscuits

thumbs up if u love Father Ted

[cjlaxdude]

what the ficus?

[iHASanIDEA]

but hank.. i do drugs everyday.

[TheBehemothShogun]

@iHASanIDEA but black dynamite, i dell drugs to the community! (if ya dont get it watch the movie black dynamite... such a silly film... *DO NOT WATCH IT IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO SWEARING, RACISM AND EXCESSIVE AWESOME*)

[ShadowStrikerNlNJA]

@iHASanIDEA lol me too

[777Searchlight]

A very wise man once told me that cursing is an example of a weak mind trying to communicate . I hold to that belief to this day .

[InsanelyxLogical]

@777Searchlight I know plenty of minds that could in no way be described as "weak" who curse all the time. I use curse words the same way I use any other words, when they seem to fit. Obviously I don't curse in front of my teachers or anything, but really, I don't see what the big deal is, or how using certain words implies that I have a "weak mind." Certainly, my vocabulary is larger than that of others my age, but part of that vocabulary is curse words, and that's not bad.

[platinumpikachu13]

1:55 did you scream "cockfacenugget"?

[renben95]

I love when people say - "f*** this s***!" - because then, in true nerdfighteria fashion, I get to say "uhh . . . I'm pretty sure s*** doesn't reproduce . . ."

[animallover8320]

Sugger Hony Ice Tea

[IImoonifyII]

Hank, chill! Or are you speaking even faster in the video because you're swearing? Ohhh a proof to what scientists think!

[Mystro1989]

Hank, could you direct me to the study were you found that curse words are encoded and stored in the limbic system? i study neural science and would love to read it!!

[sofaleaver1]

swear words are so much better than any replacements. I bet that person with the top comment has a LOT of totally AWESOME friends!!!

[nekoninja1234]

once, instead of swearing, when i stubbed my toe i said "holy biscuits!" without thinking. curse words have been replaced in my brain with childish language.

[aurevoirfarah]

It makes me happy that tobuscus is subscribed.

[streetmystic]

Swearing makes me feel tingly.

[IceMetalPunk]

I think curse words are stored in the limbic system because we ascribe such an emotional meaning to them. We're taught from an early age that these words are bad, and we only hear them when people are emotional, so our brains file them under "emotion sounds". Once we learn their meanings, it's too late; they're already misfiled. I'd love to do a human experiment whereby a group of children is taught from an early age that "shambibble" is a curse. Would shambibble then be stored limbically?

[AkujiMalice]

... No you totally look like a pedophile, sorry. I kept imagining "what do you have in your trunk? Is it children?" ... Yeah that lip-squirrel has to go.

[WhiTLiTT]

if what this video says is true, that cursing is magic, bro im motherf#*%ing harry potter.

[Trigynom]

You've got to use replacement words like - Holy Magickarping FETUS in exchange for holy mother f*****

[thebigpurplemonkey]

Words are magic? FUS RO DAH

[jdwaz28]

he looks likes inspector gordon from batman

[justforkicks1023]

@jdwaz28 my thoughts exactly

[DeemotheAtheist]

The swear word with pain experiment was done at my university GO KEELE!

[wweINFORMATIVE]

Wait... huh?

[wishitweresummer]

Mythbusters ftw

[MaddhatterChannel]

Sometimes I need a person vastly smarter than myself to explain the complexities of things I can't fully wrap my head around. Thank you sir.

Side note: Sweet retro mustache

[DreaminSusan]

@MaddhatterChannel I'm so sorry I meant to like your comment but I missed! D: Sorry, it really did bring a smile to my face. :)

[MaddhatterChannel]

@DreaminSusan Awe, thanks. That's okay :)

[vasalmon]

When I saw the picture of Courtney Love in place of the word "hole" I couldn't stop laughing.

[MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing]

cunt is acctualy not considered abusive where i am. u refer to "anycunt" just like you say "people"

aye - the stephen fry thing on this with brian blessed was great XD really interesting (althought blessed is clearly out of his fucking tree)

[ThisFutureAuthor]

at first i would never ever say f*** but then i tried to get over my little fear of it and now i end up saying it more then i should. i need to convert back to saying "DAMN YOU OBJECT THAT I STUB MY TOE ON EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!!!!"

[IceMetalPunk]

@ThisFutureAuthor Just say "I CURSE THEE TO THE INFERNAL DEPTHS OF MORDOR!" Or "fuck". Depends on how much time you have to spend yelling at inanimate objects :P .

[bellmandi86]

I miss the beard....

[zebratsjki]

Because of this video I've been looking up curse words. Man, it's absolutely fascinating.

[TheBlueLightblub]

The word f*ck is actually an acronym used back in the medieval times. It stands for Fornication Under Consent of the King. My 8th grade teacher taught us this in sex ed.

[th3k3ymast3r]

@TheBlueLightblub Actually, it doesn't. The word most likely derived from the Norwegian word "fukka" which means, oddly enough, to copulate. The "Fornication

Under the Consent of the King" was invented later, around the 17 century, a good 300 years after the first usage of f***.

Source: snopes.com/language/acronyms/f­uck.asp

[concretemess]

swears are just "poetic expressions for the unsayable soul"

[taliby13]

MYTHBUSTERS

[NameWithoutNumber]

Oh you Americans nd your bleeping of words...

[IceMetalPunk]

@NameWithoutNumber Are you telling me they don't bleep out certain words on TV in Sweden?

[NameWithoutNumber]

@IceMetalPunk Yep. That's what I'm telling you. No bleeping bleep, except for as a joke.

[IceMetalPunk]

@NameWithoutNumber That's awesome. Can I move to Sweden, please? :P Sadly, no, because I can't afford it. Plus, my family all lives here. Oh, well.

[27shermanator]

Pedostache

[camsavv]

words are magic? Uhh, Hank, I'm pretty sure you're thinking of friendship.

[MrDilification]

@camsavv Oh thank god for this comment!

[viewwer69]

@camsavv Unicorns

Bronie For life

[dasenteney]

nigger = cracker imo