Cursing

[CitiusFortius]

Cussing just seems lazy. I know i shouldnt judge someone, but a group dropping fbombs is a group i probably wouldnt want to hang with.

 

[printcraft]

I swear I never curse.






















^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Does that need a comma? You decide.

 

[halfmileharry]

I rarely curse anymore. I worked hard to eliminate those words from my vocabulary.
It was after I was called into school by the principal for a meeting. It seems my 9 yr old at the time told his teacher to go F*** himself. I had to confess that I was probably the source of the language and I immediately stopped cussing.
Lately I've been associating with a girl that must have retired from the Navy. I've caught myself using the F word on a half dozen occasions. My son has reminded me that kind of talk isn't nice and he'll wash out my mouth with soap IF I do it again.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I personally think that there should not be "bad words"-- only bad thoughts and bad actions. I think it's absolutely ridiculous that a word that means 'poop' cannot be said on television, but TV programs can show hundreds of murders a day in gory detail.

Give me an 'H'!
Give me a 'Y'!
Give me a 'P'!
Give me an 'O'!
Give me a 'C'!
Give me an 'R'!
Give me an 'I'!
Give me a 'S'!
Give me a 'Y'!

What's that spell?

 

[JB357Mag]

You should have heard me the other day when rewiring my guitar,
cause when I was done the ****er wouldn't work.

**** **** **** ******* ********** were just a few!

Jimmy

EDIT: Oh yea my fave son of a *****!

 

[churchmouse]

As to cursing...In my house growing up there were levels of cursing that put us kids in a state of alert. Jesus Christ was the intro to rising levels of stress from the parental units. Not all that bad. Yellow alert or defcon 4

G D it was Defcon 3.

G D SOB was defcon 1....duck and cover.

I was maybe 16 before I knew Gods last name was not "Damn it"

That was a rough as it got.

 

[gregkl]

Very rarely. Zig Ziglar talked about that in a book or a talk, i forget now, and he
was saying how it basically shows a lack of vocabulary.(and/or ignorance)
Obviously this isn't true 100% of the time but, I get the point.
I don't recall much if any at all in How To Win Friends And Influence People Either.

I have had some of the same influences. Also when I accepted Christ, that was one of several bad habits that was relatively easy to give up. Now it is a rare instance if I swear and when I do it is usually because I am directly quoting what someone else said. No need to substitute words unless there are youngsters around.

Funny thing is, you can turn it on and off and on again. It's not a hard thing to control. My son didn't swear much at all...until he came out of Air Force basic training. Now he has quite the mouth on him even though Air Force regs prohibit Training Instructors from swearing. Of course no one would ever turn one in.

 

[CindyE]

I cuss like a sailor, but I try to be respectful of others who may be offended, I'm pretty aware of where it's ok to cuss, and where not. I rarely do it around kids or elderly people, nor higher-ups at work, unless they are cussers, too.
I don't approve of verbal abuse, name-calling, etc., but if you do it to me, don't be surprised if you get an earful!

 

[Snapdragon]

I cuss like a sailor, but I try to be respectful of others who may be offended, I'm pretty aware of where it's ok to cuss, and where not. I rarely do it around kids or elderly people, nor higher-ups at work, unless they are cussers, too.
I don't approve of verbal abuse, name-calling, etc., but if you do it to me, don't be surprised if you get an earful!

Yep, that's pretty much me.

 

[JetGirl]

I don't approve of verbal abuse, name-calling, etc.

Agree^. To a point.
Usually, I'm much more inventive than needing to resort to profanity as a way of describing someone who pushes my anger button. However, there is one... one ...waste of human skin (the spawn of a woman of uncertain marital status, whose paternity remains forevermore in question) for whom I'll absolutely dust off my name-calling repertoire. And twice on Sundays. Sideways. With a chair. To the face.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Well, I won't offend my mom, who I'm sure thinks of me as an unblemished innocent, nor anyone that signs a paycheck for me, but every ************ that's near and dear is liable to get the benefit of my colorful ******* vocabulary. Especially when I'm doing plumbing. Which I have some of to do today. At least when I'm building the deck it doesn't leak ******* water all over the ******* floor if it's not ******* perfect. ************* ***********. (Just getting ready, don't mind me).

 

[Que]

I personally think that there should not be "bad words"-- only bad thoughts and bad actions. I think it's absolutely ridiculous that a word that means 'poop' cannot be said on television, but TV programs can show hundreds of murders a day in gory detail.

Give me an 'H'!
Give me a 'Y'!
Give me a 'P'!
Give me an 'O'!
Give me a 'C'!
Give me an 'R'!
Give me an 'I'!
Give me a 'S'!
Give me a 'Y'!

What's that spell?

I don't see this as hypocrisy. It's an exercise of free speech. Many have stated they curse around certain groups and not others, for various reasons. That seems more like hypocrisy than a comparison of what's on a television show.

 

[JetGirl]

I don't see this as hypocrisy.

You're right. The hypocrisy is not being able to verbally describe sex acts, but the okie dokie-ness of conveying it through the game of Charades called "acting scenes".

Many have stated they curse around certain groups and not others, for various reasons. That seems more like hypocrisy than a comparison of what's on a television show.

Choosing the when/where/why is no different than excusing yourself from present company to do any number of things you'd rather not do in certain company. Bet you've "adjusted" in the vicinity of "the guys" or your wife...bet you haven't in front of church or at a parent-teacher conference. That's all I'm getting at.

 

[jamil]

Well, f*** is my favorite, but I have to be situationally aware especially when rocking the F bomb. I don't want to catch the kid talking like I talk when he's not around. I blame it on factory work and occasional lack of cooth. My typical colorful vocabulary includes most of the George Carlin 7, except I don't find myself saying c*** or c********* ever. But s***, p***, f***, m***********, b****, p****, d*******, g********, a****** are my usuals.

 

[jamil]

I don't see this as hypocrisy. It's an exercise of free speech. Many have stated they curse around certain groups and not others, for various reasons. That seems more like hypocrisy than a comparison of what's on a television show.

I think people talk like they talk depending on the social group because different social groups have different expectations. In the office I [STRIKE]never[/STRIKE] rarely swear. At home in the company of my family I rarely swear. By myself or with friends who aren't opposed to it I speak my mind.

 

[Redhorse]

You're right. The hypocrisy is not being able to verbally describe sex acts, but the okie dokie-ness of conveying it through the game of Charades called "acting scenes".


Choosing the when/where/why is no different than excusing yourself from present company to do any number of things you'd rather not do in certain company. Bet you've "adjusted" in the vicinity of "the guys" or your wife...bet you haven't in front of church or at a parent-teacher conference. That's all I'm getting at.

I'm sure that using formal and informal diction in front of different audiences is not hypocritical at all. If I'm out with my friends, I'm going to turn loose just like them. If I'm in a meeting with instructors at school, I'm going to do a 180 and use a formal vocabulary. If you think about it, it's just words.

 

[88E30M50]

When alone or among close friends and some family, I do tend to drop the F bomb more than I should. But, when at work or around folks not close to me, I am much more reserved in the language I use.

 

[tiretrack]

I have gotten much better about my swearing since becoming a Dad. My wife, OTOH, has taught the boy every dirty word he knows. :o

For all these years I thought that I was the only one

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Well, I won't offend my mom, who I'm sure thinks of me as an unblemished innocent, nor anyone that signs a paycheck for me, but every ************ that's near and dear is liable to get the benefit of my colorful ******* vocabulary. Especially when I'm doing plumbing. Which I have some of to do today. At least when I'm building the deck it doesn't leak ******* water all over the ******* floor if it's not ******* perfect. ************* ***********. (Just getting ready, don't mind me).

Plumbing will make anybody curse like a pissed-off sailor.

 

[CindyE]

Agree^. To a point.
Usually, I'm much more inventive than needing to resort to profanity as a way of describing someone who pushes my anger button. However, there is one... one ...waste of human skin (the spawn of a woman of uncertain marital status, whose paternity remains forevermore in question) for whom I'll absolutely dust off my name-calling repertoire. And twice on Sundays. Sideways. With a chair. To the face.

Yep, because those people did something to deserve it!