can you guys remember the first time you ever heard a curse word? i do. i remember that day like it was yesterday morning, the day my mind was first tainted by the eff bomb. Lets take a journey down memory lane, shall we?
k lets see, it was a warm spring afternoon in the year 1999 at Orchard Hill Elementary School. I had just asked my 4th grade teacher Mr. Franey if i could go to the bathroom. He obliged, and so after grabbin the bathroom pass, i skipped on out merrily into the hallway with my innocence still intact of course. As i was rounding the hallway bend, humming oops i did it again to myself, i see my old third grade buddy with his friend also! Having not seen him in almost 2 hours since lunchtime, i decide to attack him from behind. like a sneak attack, y'know? So i run up to him and yell "AHHH" while pushing/grabbing him playfully. He then proceeds to shout, "Get the F*ck off of me!" I was stunned. This new word bounced around in my prefrontal cortex, not matching anything i had previously known. As the word lingered in my young short term memory, my "buddy" proceeds to enforce the word and transfer it into my long term memory via LTP (long term potentiation) by saying, "you're such a f*cking idiot." He then turns around and leaves. I stood there for a second, gathering my thoughts. "huh" i thought to myself, "what an interesting word." as i finish my business in the bathroom and head back to class, i kept thinking about this new neat sounding word! When class ended, and i got onto the bus, i decided that i was going to incorporate this newly found word into my vocabulary. And who better to try it on then my younger 1st grade brother! I saw my lil bro with a grin on his face climb onto the bus and waddle towards me. He plumps down next to me and goes, "hi!" i go, "your such a f*cking idiot allen!" I saw his face contort in confusion. "what does that mean?" he asked. trying to be cool, i go "haha not tellin." I later on found out it was a word known as a "curse" word through my other 4th and 5th grade colleagues, who shared their traumatizing experiences of being beaten by their parents after saying the words. So i quickly stopped saying it for awhile. Little did i know however, my brother's mind underwent LTP also as one night, i tripped on the stairs while on the way to my room and he exclaims, "your such a f*ckin idiot eric!" This sent chills down my then underdeveloped fourth grade back. "thats a curse word allen! you can't say that!" "whats a curse word?" he asked. "idk, but its bad okay? mommys gonna hit you if you say it"
yeah i can't remember anything past that. so yeah, i taught my brother the eff word by accident.
F*ck.
