How much do you swear?

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I have a friend who exclaims "shut the door!"

I love profanity, but honestly find it kind of lazy and tacky these days. So I don't curse much, personally, and am often thrown off by people cursing around me. But I love it in movies and music, though in the latter I prefer it used judiciously, whereas in the former (as in comedy) often the Rule of Infinity kicks in and takes it to the next level.

a lot but way more in my head / to myself than to others.

I only swear on here in text (somehow, I rationalize it because it "doesn't count" that way or something, idk) and aloud when I'm by myself (usually driving). If you ever hear me swear, then I'm either really afraid of something or having a very bad day.

In general, I find that other people using profanity around me makes me kind of uncomfortable. I don't want to have that effect on someone else, so I watch myself.

I definitely selectively swear tho I’m sure we all do to some extent. My boss is religious so I never swear around her for instance

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

fourpence.

A great deal and not quietly

But I am relatively adept at self-censorship in front of audiences, at least for a while. When we get to the afternoon sessions of a full-day workshop or offsite I don’t really have the energy not to drop a few shits and let some fucks dribble out

i try to swear only swear when i need to/when it's appropriate -- when i am in traffic, when i forgot something, when i accidentally injure myself, etc
i remember buying a sebadoh tshirt with the words "lo-fi...fuckin' whatever" on it and being too embarrassed to wear it. i didn't really feel that strongly about sebadoh or lo-fi recording. i gave it away.

i am pretty sure i have told people to fuck off but i don't think i have ever said "fuck you" aloud directly to a person

I've got to admit, I've gotten into the habit of yelling "shut the fuck up!" in the car when I'm tired of what's on the news and need to change the station.

we mostly speak English at home so chez nous we only swear in other languages, mostly French and Spanish but also Arabic. My kids chafe at it sometimes, they wanna drop F bombs but I like our home life not being like that. Still, if a French or Spanish speaker were here, yeesh, the things my kids say to other, & to us, & vice-versa...

w others / in other settings, it totally depends on the audience. I do a LOT of code switching.

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:30 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are ime at least dmac lvl sweary and tbh it seems worse from you

-i didn't really feel that strongly about sebadoh or lo-fi recording. i gave it away.

This is so hilarious btw

Code switching swearing seems like cheating to me. I admire Euler’s family environment, it sounds rich and complex, but if you can disguise your fucks, are they really fucks?

Same for people who only swear whenever they think nobody can hear. When a tree shouts SHIT and nobody’s around, etc

A shouting tree would warrant some swearing imo

cheating is for prescriptivists
there is no cheating for descriptivists, there is only usage

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:30 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are ime at least dmac lvl sweary and tbh it seems worse from you

phwoar

<3

On that note I hate it when men protest/are disgusted by women who swear but not by men who do. As u all may kno my bf does a crime podcast with his female bestie. They both swear a bit on the show - its that sorta show - but when emails or tweets of complaint come in, theyre always to say "Tara swears way too much" / "Tara has a foul mouth"/ "women shouldnt swear that much".

Once it happened re a show she didnt drop a single F or C bomb in, and Barney had dropped heaps :/ Yet they complained about her swears?

Fucking cunt sexists.

thats so stupid

agree that is very stupid

go jump in the lake
― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:26 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uncalled for

I'm an inveterate swearer, a father and a teacher. Bad mix.

I try not to swear in front of my own kids, with varying results. We've had lots of discussion about language choices and audience etc and I'm mostly sanguine about it. I generally don't swear in front of classes but have slipped a couple of times. I've found Y11s to be generally pretty potty-mouthed, so I tend to have the same discussions about language choices etc and move on.

I swear a fuckton

Bullshit poll

there's no such thing as swear words

it's a myth

Alomar - your face is a bullshit poll.

and here i was about to bump Your Favorite Ross and put you top of the list

Damn. Sorry man

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I predict hella swearing from this crowd

swear like a cunt unless i have to talk like a posh cunt

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

that is an amazing result

i love u ilx

im-fucking-probable

amazeballs

I wonder if the "hardly ever" option would have polled 26 as well.

Wtf