That guy is actually scary, though. I think it goes beyond just normal frustration at making mistakes on the guitar. I don't know what ails the guy, but he's probably so angry that he'll never succeed at anything much. I feel sorry for him. I don't imagine he has much control over how he reacts to frustration. He could start by getting somebody to tune it for him. He's really badly out of tune, which isn't helping.
What movie was it—maybe Pulp Fiction? Something where there was a lot of M-F'ers being dropped. I think it starred Samuel Jackson, or somebody known for cussing up a storm like him. Anyway, there was an edited version on regular cable once and they kept substituting Mother Father! Lol, it kind of worked, because it looked like that's what he was saying, but it obviously wasn't his real voice, and nobody says that...
According to a study cursing increases your ability to tolerate pain: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/smarter-living/the-case-for-cursing.html That guitar guy was really upsetting! omg.
Some research has been done on this. The use of expletives during acute pain has an emotional shocking effect that triggers the amygdala, which causes production of adrenaline, which is one of the body's natural pain killers. It doesn't work for very long and is useless in chronic pain, sorry @Cave Troll . Also, if you use swearing in normal conversation, this also dampens the effect as it's less emotionally shocking to you. Amusingly, that's an unusual and practical reason to stop swearing in normal conversation as you'll need the shock value swearing provides when acute pain comes a calling.
I do not swear. I grew up in church, go to church now, and work where swearing is not allowed, so its just not in my vocabulary, or in my writing as a rule. Most of the time swearing does little anyway because it is just a filler. Take it out of the conversation and the conversation loses nothing in meaning. It does make conversation more realistic for 99% of the world, and there are times when saying a well used F-Bomb means, "Hey, I really mean something here". But over used it means nothing! But my wife, she is funny. She NEVER...if the world was going to end...swear, like ever...ever. UNLESS...she is in the throes of passion and going over the edge of bliss, then...and only then...does she use the F-Bomb. It is so funny because in afterglow she prays and asks for forgiveness, and is always embarrassed by what she said. But for me...I feel like I am husband-of-the-year! That, and I feel in that moment of bliss, anything a person says cannot be used against them; in this life, or at the pearly gates.
But why I hate the F-word? It is a acronym after all. It stands for: Fornication Under the Consent of the King So in most conversations, if you apply that, it does not make sense. Take these two sentences: I was driving down the road and an F-ing idiot pulled out in front of me! I was driving down the road and a Fornicating Under the Consent of the King pulled out in front of me? It just does not make sense, so I do not bother using the word. To me it just conveys a lack of intellect.
that acronym thing is a myth... along with the one about it being a police booking term "For unlawful carnal knowledge"... the actual etymology goes back way further, the earliest known use being 1310, and the first definitive record in 1528 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/15/the-f-word-is-even-older-than-you-think/
I've asked this question in anthro classes at a slightly more basic level. Why do we loudly vocalize at all when in danger, out of fear, or in pain? How did that particular little subroutine of cause and effect survive the process of selection pressures. On the plains of East Africa where we evolved, if I stub my silly vestigial toe on a rock and cry out, I've just told every predator within earshot where I am. That doesn't seem to be a very survivalish trait.
I suspect it stems from the point at which when in danger you scream and make yourself look big.. our ancestors were made of tougher stuff and would have shrugged off a stubbed toe... but when confronted with a cave bear up close they'd have screamed loudly in the hope of scaring it out of deciding they were food, and also to summon aid and/or alerting others to its presence. its the same reason birds alarm call when they see a cat
almost certainly - but shitting and pissing yourself is also a biological reaction to a) shed weight b) make yourself smell nasty so that you don't seem edible, and c) the body diverts all the available energy to the muscles and brain for fight or flight.
Having read this far, I'm wondering if my suggestion of "Bother!" as an alternative swear word, when suffering pain in polite company, is quite going to cut the mustard.
We are a tribe. When you see something that scares you, it's unexpected and deserves some attention, so you cry out. Then, if it turns out to be nothing, you all laugh about it. If a baby baboon cries out, the other baboons don't look at the baby baboon. They look at its parents for confirmation. Also if you stub your toe, crying out may not be necessary. But it could have been a snake. That deserves attention. You could have broken your toe, which your hunter gatherer buddies would also like to know about. You might need help. You might be bleeding. Or you might be surprised by a fresh carcass, which means predators are likely nearby. You can't leave out the social context here.
^ Yep. Same reason deer flash white tails as they're fleeing the scene. It's a warning to the rest of the tribe.
