It’s shit like this that reminds me how much I love this fucking site. When I’m taking a bit of a forum break you do something like this to draw my ass back in.
Profanity is very important to me. I say let people swear all the time - in the street, in stores, in schools, among children and among elders, let them hear it all. Just not in online discussions. Keep them clean and written without any fucking jargon or l33t sp34k, please.
I rarely swear. I usually reserve profanity for when I’m particularly mad or upset with someone and want to make how I feel very obvious. People usually take notice then.
I don’t know man. On the one hand I believe that it’s ridiculous to make a big deal over words. Kind of like nudity in the USA. Folks make a big deal out of it as if everyone does not have their own freaking naked body. We don’t make a dig deal out of it in my household, and thusly, when my kid sees a naked, he does not freak out. When he hears the f-bomb while listening to Downtown by maclamore (sp?) He dosent even get that sly smile other kids get when they hear a grownup say something they shouldn’t. On the other hand, I would like to be able to watch a show like Westworld with him, but they drop the f-bomb lollipop much, that there is no way he would not end up in the principals office the very next day. I mean, it’s unrealistic how much they drop the f-bumbe in these shows. Peoples don’t cuss that much in real life. I work around longshoremen for God’s sake, and even they don’t cuss as much as hbo.
@miko1 I’m able to parse most of what you have said, but really curious what you meant when you wrote “they drop the f-bomb lollipop much” because that one’s throwing me off. I’m guessing it’s an autocorrect fail.
Last time I swore, I getting hit by a car. No problem with profanity, just not where my brain usually goes. I’m more likely to pound my fist on a table, whether for dealing with pain or to emphasize a point.
OK, funny thing is, I rarely use profanity. However, I’ll use abbreviations for it all the time and not think twice about it…
SOL
GTFO
BS
OFN
…all are part of my everyday vocabulary.
@smyle OK - SOL and BS as initials are part of the standard lexicon but actually saying “GTFO” strikes me as stilted. And I have replaced that with “Shut the Front Door” anyway. And for me, OFN, initials or not should just be “Oh Hell No”. Not sure the F adds much to what I would want to say.
However - all that said. I believe this is (or should be) a free country and all this micro-aggression crap drives me nuts. Express yourself however you want.
Honestly, the most offensive fifty things I have ever heard are free to say on TV. Profanity is just a group of words that for some silly reason, we pretend we don’t use.
Never, within conflict or to make an un-ironic or un-humorous point. Unless under my breath or as a kinda quiet exclamation.
I do use it in conversation w a few other people with whine we’ve worked out to talk w each other that way.
If I have to “get something across”, I try to use well considered language that would work on a Sunday AM news show. And if someone talks that way with me in an attempt to “get something across” with emphasis and emotion, it’s the same as pounding the table to me. I have already stopped listening, except to take a few mental notes, and have either walked away or am just in “observing” mode.
My take is: anyone (me included) who talks that way and is not a drill sargeant should not expect to be taken seriously. Even if people have to pretend to, for political or financial reasons.
No combination of words is as flexible as profanity. Hell, you can even make a sentence composed almost entire of it. For example, the sentence “Fuck those fucking fuckers.”
It’s fuck’o’clock time all the fucking time.
I like to use profanity like I use a good dash of cayenne pepper - just often enough to add some excitement to bland situations.
Whenever the fuck I want!
It’s shit like this that reminds me how much I love this fucking site. When I’m taking a bit of a forum break you do something like this to draw my ass back in.
/giphy Fuck, I love you guys
Profanity is very important to me. I say let people swear all the time - in the street, in stores, in schools, among children and among elders, let them hear it all. Just not in online discussions. Keep them clean and written without any fucking jargon or l33t sp34k, please.
I rarely swear. I usually reserve profanity for when I’m particularly mad or upset with someone and want to make how I feel very obvious. People usually take notice then.
@ninjaemilee
Yes. When I cursed at work, due to its rarity, everyone knew they really better pay attention to the next thing I said.
@ponagathos Same here. It doesn’t offend me when others do it, but if I use profanity, it’s like the old E.F. Hutton commercials.
Only in locker rooms.
@awk The world is my locker room. . . . I’m outside peeing in your bushes right now.
/giphy oops what i mean
@chr eh regif
/giphy pee
@chr
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Very seldomly, so that on the rare occasion it has impact
i just came in here to read the witty comments.
@carl669 Needs more fucks.
@carl669 You mean the shitty comments?
I don’t fucking cuss and you can’t fucking prove it.
Fuck everybody
Hardly never
Is this an invitation?
/giphy archer cuss
@chr perfect.
Even more freely in inappropriate company.
@carl669
/giphy What’s the current fuck count?
@2many2no updated
@carl669 Thanks so fuckin’ much.
I don’t know man. On the one hand I believe that it’s ridiculous to make a big deal over words. Kind of like nudity in the USA. Folks make a big deal out of it as if everyone does not have their own freaking naked body. We don’t make a dig deal out of it in my household, and thusly, when my kid sees a naked, he does not freak out. When he hears the f-bomb while listening to Downtown by maclamore (sp?) He dosent even get that sly smile other kids get when they hear a grownup say something they shouldn’t. On the other hand, I would like to be able to watch a show like Westworld with him, but they drop the f-bomb lollipop much, that there is no way he would not end up in the principals office the very next day. I mean, it’s unrealistic how much they drop the f-bumbe in these shows. Peoples don’t cuss that much in real life. I work around longshoremen for God’s sake, and even they don’t cuss as much as hbo.
Anyway, hope you have a good day. See ya.
/giphy never nude
@miko1 I’m able to parse most of what you have said, but really curious what you meant when you wrote “they drop the f-bomb lollipop much” because that one’s throwing me off. I’m guessing it’s an autocorrect fail.
@simplersimon “they drop the f-bomb sooooooo much…”
This should be, When don’t you use profanity…
@somf69 for you? Right now, apparently
I would never use profanity, it’s just wrong.
All the fucking time, EXCEPT when buying knifes. So not today meh… not today…
I am highly offended by the language in this thread!
It doesn’t have enough fucking swearing. You fucks are slacking.
Coitus.
Last time I swore, I getting hit by a car. No problem with profanity, just not where my brain usually goes. I’m more likely to pound my fist on a table, whether for dealing with pain or to emphasize a point.
OK, funny thing is, I rarely use profanity. However, I’ll use abbreviations for it all the time and not think twice about it…
SOL
GTFO
BS
OFN
…all are part of my everyday vocabulary.
@smyle OK - SOL and BS as initials are part of the standard lexicon but actually saying “GTFO” strikes me as stilted. And I have replaced that with “Shut the Front Door” anyway. And for me, OFN, initials or not should just be “Oh Hell No”. Not sure the F adds much to what I would want to say.
However - all that said. I believe this is (or should be) a free country and all this micro-aggression crap drives me nuts. Express yourself however you want.
@Boiler3k OFN = Old … News, so it’s a way of saying “I heard this a long time ago, and you’re really behind the times for bringing it up now”.
@smyle Ah. Guess I’m getting behind on my TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) - but that’s O…N.
“You just sprinkle it over anything you say, and Wham-o! You’ve got yourself a spicy sentence sandwich!”
Here. I only fucking curse on this site.
They say that people who curse tend to be more honest and open.
Isn’t that some bullshit
What kind of fuckin question is that anyway?
More than I should. But it definitely has its place. Not everything you need to say can be expressed without a swear word.
On the other hand. Most of the swearing in this thread is intentionally gratuitous.
butts!
@Lotsofgoats Ass.
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/ass
Honestly, the most offensive fifty things I have ever heard are free to say on TV. Profanity is just a group of words that for some silly reason, we pretend we don’t use.
Never, within conflict or to make an un-ironic or un-humorous point. Unless under my breath or as a kinda quiet exclamation.
I do use it in conversation w a few other people with whine we’ve worked out to talk w each other that way.
If I have to “get something across”, I try to use well considered language that would work on a Sunday AM news show. And if someone talks that way with me in an attempt to “get something across” with emphasis and emotion, it’s the same as pounding the table to me. I have already stopped listening, except to take a few mental notes, and have either walked away or am just in “observing” mode.
My take is: anyone (me included) who talks that way and is not a drill sargeant should not expect to be taken seriously. Even if people have to pretend to, for political or financial reasons.
Weed and Profanity are the Devil’s lettuce. I try to stay away from those things. Both should be legal to use (almost) anywhere.
I do it for the children: Swears for Cares Promo Video
No combination of words is as flexible as profanity. Hell, you can even make a sentence composed almost entire of it. For example, the sentence “Fuck those fucking fuckers.”