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Am Sonntag, 16. Juni 2013, 08:09:03 schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
wrote:
> > Do you really think your cursing controls how other people behave?
>
> Yes. In three ways:
>
> - I have magic mind-powers, and cursing releases them, and makes
[…]
> - It turns off small-minded people who care more about tone than
[…]
> - it is a signal for people who have some sense that I'm getting
> irritated, […]

Thanks for sharing.

I especially love the part about your magic mind powers.

So its more or even something different than attacking a person for you and as
I guessed also tells something about your beliefs. Good to know.

> In addition, it turns out that it affects not just other people, but
> the person cursing too: there has also been scientific studies that
> cursing relieves stress and actually relieves pain, and is not the bad
> thing that the PC crowd thinks it is. It turns out that all societies
> have cursing, and it really has an impact.

> Seriously, I'm not just making that sh*t up. Google it.

I think I will have a look at this.

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