Tech | July 25, 2009 | 8 comments

Why Swearing Is Good For You

source: http://www.good.is/post/why-swearing-is-good-for-you/

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"It turns out a potty mouth does more than earn your conversations an R rating: it actually relieves pain, according to a new study by Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of Keele University in the UK. But that’s not all: you’d never know it from what your mom told you, but there are many positive, beneficial aspects of swearing, including harmless venting and social bonding (not to mention reams of adult comedy). Bad language does a lot of good."
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