It adds tone of voice. It sounds like him when you read it. Sure, he might be able to communicate the level of frustration he feels with “double-plus-ungood” or similar, but it would have a different quality to it.
There are benefits to swearing, this is an interesting article on the subject:
> Thanks to a long and sexist history, Byrne was told, swearing is still seen as a gender transgressive act. “It’s a hallmark of being one of the boys, especially if you’re a girl.” I’ve been told, in multiple occasions, that swearing “is just not ladylike.”...
Gender transgressive? This individual has not watched any porn clearly.
Joking aside, these type of sweeping statements that make no attempt at clarifying context, or peddling as fact some individuals anecdotal experience - are making the world a slightly more annoying place.
> People don't take you as seriously if your emotional palette is so scarce that you can't form a phrase without dropping a "frigging" in it
I once attended a trial of a C4I system where a young soldier told a senior officer "Sir, this fucking thing is fucking fucked, sir!". This was all the senior officer needed to know, and the trial was halted ten minutes later.
Well a fucking math problem sounds like orgy logistics, and a fracking math problem a barrier to natural gas extraction so.. Seems like a good word choice to me.
