i tell stories and like having multiple tools in my arsenal to draw out the emotions i want. i don’t need to shock people with bad words to get the message i want across, in the same way i don’t need to add any spices to my food to make it edible. but in both cases i find that a little is much better than a lot

besides, the contents of what you say is often just as important as how you say it, which words you use and when affect the way your core message is understood. the easiest example is immigrant vs expat, same meaning, but one of those words, for some reason, makes a lot of people lose their minds