Thoughts on profanity in essays?

poblob14
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:20:36 +0000

Thoughts off the top of my head, as an old (55) guy, and worth exactly what you paid for them:

1. I am completely mystified as to why it’s relevant that this is nursing school as opposed to anything else.

2. Does anybody even consider the B-word “profanity” any more?

3. Wouldn’t it actually be funnier to write “RBF, or spelling it out, ‘resting (female dog) face’?”

4. Isn’t the whole point of RBF that the person isn’t really like that, such that the essay is stating the obvious to anyone familiar with the term?

5. It may just be me, but for reasons completely unrelated to the “profanity,” I can’t stand the term RBF.