Does cursing bug you?

[Gothic Sponge]

I don't mind cursing, but i hate when people use a curse as a period. Even worse, when it's used as a comma! A curse should only be used as an exclamation.

I just got home from food shopping. This guy outside the store was talking on his phone, and every other world was fuck this, and fuck that!

[sendero]

1. I swear way too much....

... but I come by it honestly. If I can tell it is bothering someone, I will make an effort to curtail it :)

[LiberalVoice]

2. I don't see the problem. After all he did use an exclamation.

I don't really give a fuck anyway! Fuck man, who gives a fuckin fuck?!?! Does it even fuckin matter!?!!?

:P

Feel free to yell at me... :bounce:

[salib]

7. that was toooooo easy.

[LiberalVoice]

9. ehh...

I'm stoned and listening to Mozarts Flight of the Bumble Bee...I can't devote too much brain power to anything else.

[salib]

11. that is already too much brain power for me.

Though, somehow I am typing this ....

[Gothic Sponge]

12. You must be stoned.

Flight of the Bumble Bee is by Rimsky Korsakov.

[LiberalVoice]

17. God Dammit!

I should have figured it was wrong. Bearshare(The Prog I use to DL music) had it under Mozart, Bethoven, and Bach. Funnily enough, I was stoned when I DLed it too and I just picked one at random.

Thanks for the info though. I'll have to change it :)

[Gothic Sponge]

20. No problem! If you get a chance.....

Listen to Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov. :thumbsup:

[LynzM]

3. I don't mind it much

When it's every other word, yeah, that bugs me. When it's used for emphasis or exclamation, it doesn't bother me. My speech changes dramatically depending on who I'm around!

[RodneyCK2]

4. Shit! I never use curse words, balls.

Actually, I curse all the time and quite frequently. I think it just another way to pepper your speech with color points and declarations, dammit. :-)

[salib]

5. Maybe

He was just full of exclamations? I curse a great deal, usually in a "good natured" manner, but sometimes not.

[mike_c]

6. hell yes....

All kidding aside, I don't usually curse unless I'm in sudden pain, and I do find it appalling when people manage to work "fuckin'" into every other sentence.

[Mikimouse]

8. Fuck NO!

(ducking thrown objects and hiding behind my cats):evilgrin:

[LiberalVoice]

10. Fuck No!

Not the cats you fuck!(I'm really just using this thread to say fuck as much as possible)

[Mikimouse]

14. Ahhh yes, the old Allen Sherman book would be great here...

'The Rape of the Ape*'

*American Puritan Ethic

In the book Sherman had, IIRC, three entire pages of the word FUCK and nothing else. Great read!

[Gothic Sponge]

21. Ha! I'll check it out!

[name not needed]

13. Fuck no!

Are you fucking dense?

[Gothic Sponge]

15. You guys are just using my thread to spew more profanity!!!!!

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[LiberalVoice]

18. Way to get on the band wagon when it's not cool anymore!

:shrug: Like I said...Stoned...

[the Kelly Gang]

16. 'Cheney no "!

[Wcross]

19. I don't care for it.

Being crude and vulgar doesn't improve anything about a person.

[Dem2theMax]

28. A person after my own heart.

Right here with you Wcross. I just don't like it. Don't do it myself. It's funny, but as I think about my family and friends, NONE of them swear. No one is so religious that that would be the reason why. They just don't swear.

[Wcross]

31. I am agnostic so it is not a religious issue....

Its a matter of respecting those you are talking to. I am an ex-Marine so I have heard my fair share of cussing and foul language, I don't care to hear anymore.

[Zomby Woof]

22. Heavens to Betsy!

Goodness gracious mercy me! Why, it makes my sphincter curl up inside itself when people use the devil's language so! :prim: :proper:

[Kat45]

23. Fuck, no! But you know what does bug me?

When someone tells me that I curse too much.
When someone automatically assumes a person is ignorant just because he or she curses.
When someone won't watch a great movie "because there's too much swearing in it."
When a friend I've had since high school hangs up on me while discussing the subject of the previous sentence and then doesn't speak to me again for about three or four years.

My response to these things: :wtf:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

24. Swearing is not bad

as long as it is not over used and used only in appropriate situations, meaning informal situations in the presence of peers. One thing I don't like to see is young children swearing in front of adults.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Who really needs cursing? Fuck Yeah No Shit

When pondering the essays posted here, I rarely if ever need to be reminded of excrement. On the other hand, "fuck" and its variants have much more glorious associations. This can be summarized pithily as "Fuck Yeah, No Shit".

Aside from trite observations like the above, who really needs cursing? There are some legitimate uses:

* Comedians, for when we feel like indulging in potty jokes. A good potty joke goes a long way here and there. Occasionally there can be very witty use of vulgarity.

* Social commentators focusing on the words themselves, like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin.

* Erotica and pornography.

* Literary or filmic portrayal of some cultures and characters.

* Honest and pure astonishment or surprise or terror.

Most of the other common usages are illegitimate:

* Anger is perceived by those receiving it as "a thoughtless person venting their toxic anger in public".

* Bullying. Disarm the bully with wit.

The remaining use is trivial but can be ugly:

* Reflexive usage due to upbringing that hasn't been over-ridden.

Beyond that, if you can't express yourself without using ugly language, then maybe you haven't thought deeply enough about your concepts.

[Placebo]

26. FUCK NO.

:nopity:

[UdoKier]

27. I agree with you exactly.

I don't like it from kids, and I hate it used in excess, but there is a time and place for it. Constant cursing makes you sound like you have no education, vocabulary, or class.

[seaglass]

29. Yeah, I think it sounds trashy, to be used in extreme

situations when no other words will do.

My daughter uses trashy language and I can't stand it, I told her she needs to learn more adjectives.

We have a running "joke", she gets paid .25 every time she uses a sophisticated word in context.

[Shopaholic]

30. I worked in TV for 10 years. . .

then I spent several more years working in Law Enforcement (as a Public Information Officer). My father says I've got a mouth that would put sailors to shame. :evilgrin:

[Bertha Venation]

32. Yes, especially when I use it.

I am a profane and vulgar woman. It does indeed bother me. HOwever, I can only work on one thing at a time. Eliminating cursing isn't a high priority right now.

[jdonaldball]

33. In some armies

they used to say the word "f---ing" is used to indicate the approach of a noun.
Not naming any f---ing armies in particular here. :-)