It's a syllable shorter and places emphasis on the statement?
"Forget that" versus "Fuck that", beyond adding a swear, adds some energy to the sentence, which isn't a bad thing. Mind you, this was stated more eloquently (and in 2005) by 37signals, who this post is rather paraphrasing, who put it as:
"Who cares about the Fortune 500? It’s time to care about the Fortune 5,000,000."
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It's a syllable shorter and places emphasis on the statement?
"Forget that" versus "Fuck that", beyond adding a swear, adds some energy to the sentence, which isn't a bad thing. Mind you, this was stated more eloquently (and in 2005) by 37signals, who this post is rather paraphrasing, who put it as:
"Who cares about the Fortune 500? It’s time to care about the Fortune 5,000,000."
http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/sidebusiness_software_the...
Nicer, also, because it doesn't use the obnoxious phrase "all about".
DHH's great talk at startup school also covers this: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/981-the-secret-to-making-mone...