Poll: What is so bad about swearing?
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Personally, I don't swear much. For religious reasons. I follow Postel's Law on this. If people swear around me, that's fine. Their choice. I just don't do so often myself.Kirex said:
"Hellfire and damnation" or "Blast it" are about as far as I go personally
I will say that these words have only as much weight as we allow them to.
I also try not to swear because of "religious reasons" as people like to call it, E.G. it's dishonoring to God. Of course that doesn't mean I think I'm perfect and they don't slip out occasionally but I've found that as a whole there's nothing endearing or uplifting about them.
I think it has to do with social circles in times where swearing was made bad
Swearing used to be considered lower class, and unintelligent and it wasn't something a rich noble would do. That is why when you read about these nobles who said these 'highly offensive things' they didn't use profane language. They felt they were above it.
That stigma carried on, but now, no one fucking cares except a couple previous generations, give it another 30 or so years and they will be on another crusade.
Swearing used to be considered lower class, and unintelligent and it wasn't something a rich noble would do. That is why when you read about these nobles who said these 'highly offensive things' they didn't use profane language. They felt they were above it.
That stigma carried on, but now, no one fucking cares except a couple previous generations, give it another 30 or so years and they will be on another crusade.
I'm fine with swearing for comedic value or to prove a point, but in public (i.e. a mall) or in a formal occasion it is a big no-no.
The fist time I swore just slipped out after I joined the forces when we were training and they first used mortar simulators on me - "Holy fuck that was loud!" -, and when everybody froze when they were in the middle of doing the dishes and they threw more mortar sims at us - "You lazy fucks, we're gonna finish these fucking dishes and then were gonna get to fucking cover!"
From then on I don't really swear unless I'm on base or I hurt myself, I say crap a lot but I don't consider it a swear.
The fist time I swore just slipped out after I joined the forces when we were training and they first used mortar simulators on me - "Holy fuck that was loud!" -, and when everybody froze when they were in the middle of doing the dishes and they threw more mortar sims at us - "You lazy fucks, we're gonna finish these fucking dishes and then were gonna get to fucking cover!"
From then on I don't really swear unless I'm on base or I hurt myself, I say crap a lot but I don't consider it a swear.
I dont know. One of my uncles was in the navy, so he literally swore like a sailor. In fact, everytime he came home hed babysit all of us (myself and my cousins) and start telling us all the offensive words he learned in other languages. Then we'd walk arond shouting them at school and giggling and no one would be any wiser.
So I dont know. Youre going to hear it one day, and after you do its not a big deal. I remember the first time I openly swore I was eight and was watching one of hte pokemon episodes where ash lost (I think it was his first battle against brock) and just shouted "Fuck you Brock, pikachu is cool". of course it didnt help that I was in a day care and we were all sitting and watching it.
though the first time i open swore in front of a parent/parental figure I was 12 and my uncle said something and i said fuck that. He grabbed my should and the last thing i saw before I blacked out was a fist flying at me. I woke up with a broken and bloody nose, a loose tooth (one of my canines was late coming in, so it was no big deal when I lost it cause it came in about four months later), and the rather vivid sensation of pain in my face while my uncle just sat over me and said you're not going to say that in front of me or any other figure again, are you?
that was the last time I ever did that.
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So TL;DR i guess maybe a respect issue is the only thing bad about swearing.
So I dont know. Youre going to hear it one day, and after you do its not a big deal. I remember the first time I openly swore I was eight and was watching one of hte pokemon episodes where ash lost (I think it was his first battle against brock) and just shouted "Fuck you Brock, pikachu is cool". of course it didnt help that I was in a day care and we were all sitting and watching it.
though the first time i open swore in front of a parent/parental figure I was 12 and my uncle said something and i said fuck that. He grabbed my should and the last thing i saw before I blacked out was a fist flying at me. I woke up with a broken and bloody nose, a loose tooth (one of my canines was late coming in, so it was no big deal when I lost it cause it came in about four months later), and the rather vivid sensation of pain in my face while my uncle just sat over me and said you're not going to say that in front of me or any other figure again, are you?
that was the last time I ever did that.
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So TL;DR i guess maybe a respect issue is the only thing bad about swearing.
I swear all the time, but I don't do it around children, around patients, or anywhere where people might not like to hear it. It is one thing to do it around those who you know don't care, but I think it is rude and immature to over do it for no reason.
I'm against swearing from a religious standpoint,but swearing serves little purpose anyway--the only reason to use them is because you haven't grown out of that 'forbidden fruit is the tastiest' stage,considering that every swear word was either a normal word with bad connotations attatched to it or has a perfectly acceptable alternative that makes just as much,if not more,sense in nearly any given sentence.
The Demonization of cuss words is a relic of a time past when high society looked down on the more blunt form of speech used by the lower class. In order to separate themselves from the "dredge of society" certain words and phrases were deemed "vulgar". Over time, this way of thinking evolved and wormed it's way into a world where people simply naturally associate Vulgar words and phrases as being somehow bad.
In other words, we feel that "bad words" are bad because we got into trouble for saying them as children. It's a farce; how can a sound be bad? Like racial slurs, a word is only as insulting as long as you are insulted by it. Ignore it, and it loses it's power.
In other words, we feel that "bad words" are bad because we got into trouble for saying them as children. It's a farce; how can a sound be bad? Like racial slurs, a word is only as insulting as long as you are insulted by it. Ignore it, and it loses it's power.
I don't mind swearing at all really. There are some words that I'd rather not hear but otherwise, I'm good.
Can't think of any reason to be against swearing except for propriety. As for the children thing, I figure you can just do what a lot of parents have done. Don't hide the words but make sure the kids don't be repeating it all willy nilly.
Can't think of any reason to be against swearing except for propriety. As for the children thing, I figure you can just do what a lot of parents have done. Don't hide the words but make sure the kids don't be repeating it all willy nilly.
