Poll: Swearing
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Do I swear? Every damm day. Usually I swear when it is apropriate. I do not swear around my mother, or others who are offended easily. And I find it easy to swear with those who enjpy it.
yes if only middle aged and up would realise thisJaranja said:
anyway only if im angry or the situation just requires it so not to often its usually only a few times a day, i doubt my swearing ever goes past say 15 or 20
my brother on the other hand lol
i think he tries to get it in every sentence
no hes not a child hes 22
im not calling sweares childish at all but bloody damn crapy hell its every sentance, either that or he hits something. and its for no reason. he often just goes fucking hell because his favourite food isnt in the freezer. or perhaps because he wakes up or mayby theres a cat in his room. or perhaps its when he does every fucking thing!
what am i on know i wonder? technically im not saying but typing so ha found the exception
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I don't swear. I used to swear quite frequently, but then I realized that I just sounded like an idiot. I find swear words are like verbal violence. Violence as an answer to a problem or issue is a poor man's response. If a guy is mouthing off and you slug him, it just shows you lack and willpower, restraint, or ability to either combat him verbally, or just realize the guy is just some guy mouthing off (And therefore just some idiot)...so who cares?
Swearing is the same. It portrays an inability to articulate yourself properly. Now, before the quotes pour in saying 'I can articulate myself just fine and I swear!', then allow me to point out the qualifier word 'portrays'. I know there are plenty of articulate people who swear plenty, but it's hard to take them as serious, intelligent people when their vocabulary seems to be restricted to 4 letter words.
Swearing is the same. It portrays an inability to articulate yourself properly. Now, before the quotes pour in saying 'I can articulate myself just fine and I swear!', then allow me to point out the qualifier word 'portrays'. I know there are plenty of articulate people who swear plenty, but it's hard to take them as serious, intelligent people when their vocabulary seems to be restricted to 4 letter words.
I swear to a degree I find healthy, adding such words to color my language when appropriate, in order to truly express my emotions at the time. Some shit, though, falls under words you never say. You know them; I know them; there's no need to add them to the thread.
Yes, but like all words it's what they represent.Jaranja said:
Say, in real life, I come up to you and say 'God, you're such a loser, why not go off and die?', would you be affected by that? Haha! They're just words! Of course you shouldn't be affected by them! I'm just causing the air to vibrate in such a way that the air resonates in your ear, and the vibrations of the varuious bits and bobs in your ear cause you to hear that! You shouldn't feel bad at all!
Of course, that was both a sarcastic and extreme example. What I was getting at was that yes, they're just words, but some things you just don't want to hear, because they represent different things. Like swearing, for example: to me, it shows a lack of intelligence and respect.
I tend not to swear so much these days - because you need *something* special to exclaim when everything is going to hell in a hand-basket, and if you use many of the expletives every day then it just robs the situation (that is needing a swear-word when things are going horribly wrong) of gravitas.
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Though I still do drop the occasional "fucking" or "shit" as an adjective when chatting amongst mates, even though I dislike doing so in general, but I hear people that use it at least 3 times a sentence and all I can think is "grow up" as it strikes me as being incredibly immature. There's nothing *wrong* with it, as they are indeed just words, but outside of a situation where they are justified it's just incredibly childish and shows a lack of imagination/ability to communicate.
You can keep your "just words that old people get too hung-up about" viewpoint as long as I can keep ignoring you and considering you unintelligible for doing so. If you want someone to take you seriously and respect you (be it in a social situation or in the workplace) then you shouldn't be dropping profanities into every second sentence.
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Pretty much this too (note: the next is not directed at Baby Tea, but to other posters. Have included this parenthesis because I realised it read as though I was accusing Baby Tea when actually I share his far more eloquent viewpoint).Baby Tea said:
Though I still do drop the occasional "fucking" or "shit" as an adjective when chatting amongst mates, even though I dislike doing so in general, but I hear people that use it at least 3 times a sentence and all I can think is "grow up" as it strikes me as being incredibly immature. There's nothing *wrong* with it, as they are indeed just words, but outside of a situation where they are justified it's just incredibly childish and shows a lack of imagination/ability to communicate.
You can keep your "just words that old people get too hung-up about" viewpoint as long as I can keep ignoring you and considering you unintelligible for doing so. If you want someone to take you seriously and respect you (be it in a social situation or in the workplace) then you shouldn't be dropping profanities into every second sentence.
If I swear, I swear. If not, then not. Swearing hasn't been a big thing since primary school or for the christians in the room; Not since the priests touched me.
I probably could not get through the day without cussing it's just part of my culture it was how you talked to fit in a habbit I tried to drop as I got older but it just stuck. Then again I dont see the big thing some people make about it sure its maybe no too polite but its the context that makes the word offensive not the word itself, and I dont buy the poor man's volcabulary argument either I know plenty of words just none of them are as good as fuck off.
I swear like a longshoremen.
I'm just glad we got rid of the swear jar in my house that thing was earning more money than I was. can you believe it I was actually in debt to a JAR.
I'm just glad we got rid of the swear jar in my house that thing was earning more money than I was. can you believe it I was actually in debt to a JAR.
Depends, in a work environment I don't swear, at all, I ground the end of my finger off once (with a belt sander) and merely exclaimed 'ouch, this wasn't meant to happen'.
At home and with friends I swear a bit, usually to emphasise a particular point or if something undexpected or painful happens.
On my bike I swear like a trooper, every other word sometimes..
At home and with friends I swear a bit, usually to emphasise a particular point or if something undexpected or painful happens.
On my bike I swear like a trooper, every other word sometimes..
