“Groovy Motherfucker”

Stonking article by David Mitchell on the strangeness of people being offended by profanity. “It’s daft to say a particular sound, regardless of context, must never be uttered, and ironically only guarantees it will be, by giving it rebellious cachet.”

I normally can’t be arsed with Steve Yegge, but this one is good — describing the very real disconnect between “I have an idea!” and “How will that idea work in practice?” (Read at least up to where he goes off on Marijuana legalization — it becomes repetitive at that point)