at somebody. Seems like the more profanity is used out there by others, and the more we all hear it, the more normalized it will become to the point that profanity won't feel like profanity anymore because it will have become part of common language.

That said, I still tend not to use profanity, but hearing it doesn't bother me nearly as much as it did 20+ years ago. And it was fascinating to serve my mission in New Zealand, a British Commonwealth, where certain words that are still considered swear words here, albeit milder swear words, are not at all viewed as swear words whatsoever in their culture. And yet there are words here that wouldn't be so offensive but are highly offensive there.

Which is so to say, there apparently isn't a worldwide standard for what constitutes profanity and what doesn't. It's largely just a cultural thing. But it's still fascinating how certain words can evolve to become offensive, while others don't, within cultural contexts.