Brain damage can also produce intemperate outbursts of profanity, and other forms of erratic behavior. One such famous case was that of Phineas Gage, a Vermont railroad worker in the 1800s. In 1848 he was setting a charge in a drill-hole, using a 4-foot long, 1 1/4 inch steel rod to tamp. The bar produced a spark inside the drill-hole, setting off the charge and propelling the rod upwards like a projectile from a cannon. The rod struck Gage under the cheekbone and completely exited through the top of his skull.
He was assumed to be dead, or soon to be dead, but he greeted the doctor back in town with the challenge "You've got your work cut out for you here, doctor", or something to that effect. Somehow he survived and lived another 12 years and resumed his work and life. However, the damage to his frontal temporal lobe changed his behavior in several ways. Prior to the accident he had been a stable, industrious fellow who was very circumspect in his speech and manner. After the accident he was often irrational and irritable, and was given to explosive outbursts of the "...most vile profanity imaginable."
Knowing this, I assume that all people who resort to profanity as the only modifiers to bind their sentences together are exhibiting some form of mental damage or deficiency.
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