Like I said earlier, in some places it's cultural. It's not even a shock value thing, it's just the environment.
Hey, watch the language...
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I swear like a sailor, among other things. 
But really, I have an awful mouth, and my friends and I wouldn't have it any other way. It gets hard when I have to babysit children because I want to drop all sorts of colorful bombs and sexual terminology to describe how I feel or a particular situation. None of it is for shock value. It is purely environmental and conditioned.
But really, I have an awful mouth, and my friends and I wouldn't have it any other way. It gets hard when I have to babysit children because I want to drop all sorts of colorful bombs and sexual terminology to describe how I feel or a particular situation. None of it is for shock value. It is purely environmental and conditioned.
I have a beef with language. And by that I don't mean I object to hearing people swearing occasionally. I mean I object to those objecting aloud to those who swear occasionally.
It isn't unusual for many of us to invoke a curse (most likely the F word) when emphasizing something in conversation. But the goody two shoes who can't resist exclaiming, "hey, watch the language" are tiresome. I usually ignore them, but sometimes I really want to say grow up and live in the real world. If you don't want to contaminate your virgin ears then stay the fuck home. I don't need your holier than thou attitude.
Right, because when a person is in line with their 6 year old kid for Finding Nemo he should tolerate the grown man in line behind them loudly dropping the f-bomb. There's a time and a place for cursing and public places with families and kids usually isn't one of them. Some people don't get that, usually because they're stuck in their own little world.
Where is it you're standing around swearing and someone told you to "watch your mouth"? A recent example would be nice.
I love most curses and i love the word fuck. It may very well be my most favorite word in the world. But i am respectful and careful not to use it or others in front of old people, kids, nuns (heh) or in certain situations.
However, nothing stopped me yesterday when an asshole in a diesel pickup fucking lay down on his horn at me while i was appropriately waiting for someone to make a turn. I actually did something i haven't done in years. Gave him the finger outside my car window and screamed FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!.......even though there may have been a stray nun or two floating around.....
i was in a very pissy mood yesterday....
However, nothing stopped me yesterday when an asshole in a diesel pickup fucking lay down on his horn at me while i was appropriately waiting for someone to make a turn. I actually did something i haven't done in years. Gave him the finger outside my car window and screamed FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!.......even though there may have been a stray nun or two floating around.....
i was in a very pissy mood yesterday....
Must...not...say How you doin'?...MUST...NOT...
As for language: The only time I really swear a lot in public is when I'm at a baseball game. You can probably guess why, and which kind.
At work and out of earshot of customers.
As far as I'm concerned, you let the fucker off easy.
And maybe it's just me, but I distinctly heard you channel the Terminator with your "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!!!!"
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I've never been particularly lady-like. And yesterday i was a fucking loon for most of the morning. Then i gave up (on humanity), sat on the front porch (it was a perfect day weather-wise), and read for HOURS. Then i actually NAPPED on the porch (I NEVER nap). My psyche really needed a day to itself.
i don't think i've even uttered "fuck" outloud once yet today!
I've never been particularly lady-like. And yesterday i was a fucking loon for most of the morning. Then i gave up (on humanity), sat on the front porch (it was a perfect day weather-wise), and read for HOURS. Then i actually NAPPED on the porch (I NEVER nap). My psyche really needed a day to itself.
i don't think i've even uttered "fuck" outloud once yet today!
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I've never been particularly lady-like. And yesterday i was a fucking loon for most of the morning. Then i gave up (on humanity), sat on the front porch (it was a perfect day weather-wise), and read for HOURS. Then i actually NAPPED on the porch (I NEVER nap). My psyche really needed a day to itself.
Sounds like one of my typical Saturdays. Even the napping. Of course one of the (sarcasm) "joys" of having cerebral palsy is, I get to nap wiether I want to or not.
Those people shoulda meet my teamleader.. not the brightest fella (but a decent guy) whose favorite was "Fuck!" to which we almost automatically ask "What did you do wrong/What did you forget?".
Their ears would bleed though he improved over the last year and we rarely hear it more that once or twice a day
Their ears would bleed though he improved over the last year and we rarely hear it more that once or twice a day
Because the goose would have been fed more to get it fatter in time for Christmas dinner, thus, it would have to shit more prior to decapitation.
Jesus, learn some fuckin' history!
Time and place.
When I'm with my brothers/cousins I curse like a sailor. At work? Maybe with certain colleagues-- but for the most part, I work in an environment where cursing is largely inappropriate. If I'm really upset I may curse under my breath, but honestly I find people who can't control their obscenities in public unprofessional and uncontrolled.
That's what I've found too. I won't be hypocritical and say I've never said a bad word but...
I have a beef with language. And by that I don't mean I object to hearing people swearing occasionally. I mean I object to those objecting aloud to those who swear occasionally.
It isn't unusual for many of us to invoke a curse (most likely the F word) when emphasizing something in conversation. But the goody two shoes who can't resist exclaiming, "hey, watch the language" are tiresome. I usually ignore them, but sometimes I really want to say grow up and live in the real world. If you don't want to contaminate your virgin ears then stay the fuck home. I don't need your holier than thou attitude.
Yeah! Fuck those people who don't want to hear offensive language! You should fucking say whatever you goddamn well please whenever the shitfuck you want to! If they don't like it they can just fucking un-listen to you! I mean, they don't have to hear it, right! Why should you respect their wishes and calm your language a bit?! They're a bunch of panzy candy-assed wussy liberals whose ears melt when they hear bad language!
I had a similar conversation with colleagues recently at the children's centre where I work. It goes without saying that swearing is completely unacceptable there (though what comes out of some of these kids' mouths would make a sailor blush) and even in our staffroom we must take care as we could be overheard by clients. However most of us owned up to swearing a lot while driving home, as if we've been saving up swearwords all day and release them all at once in the car.
I try not to swear much in front of my kids as my 9-year-old is on the autistic spectrum and will use these words at the most inappropriate moments. He once screamed "You fucking idiot" at the school's deputy headmaster, which didn't sit too well with the man but was the highlight of the afternoon for the dozens of kids who heard my son's outburst as this man really is a bit of a fucking idiot.
I try not to swear much in front of my kids as my 9-year-old is on the autistic spectrum and will use these words at the most inappropriate moments. He once screamed "You fucking idiot" at the school's deputy headmaster, which didn't sit too well with the man but was the highlight of the afternoon for the dozens of kids who heard my son's outburst as this man really is a bit of a fucking idiot.
I have a beef with language. And by that I don't mean I object to hearing people swearing occasionally. I mean I object to those objecting aloud to those who swear occasionally.
It isn't unusual for many of us to invoke a curse (most likely the F word) when emphasizing something in conversation. But the goody two shoes who can't resist exclaiming, "hey, watch the language" are tiresome. I usually ignore them, but sometimes I really want to say grow up and live in the real world. If you don't want to contaminate your virgin ears then stay the fuck home. I don't need your holier than thou attitude.
Right, because when a person is in line with their 6 year old kid for Finding Nemo he should tolerate the grown man in line behind them loudly dropping the f-bomb. There's a time and a place for cursing and public places with families and kids usually isn't one of them. Some people don't get that, usually because they're stuck in their own little world.
One could argue that the parent who objects to the foulmouthed fellow ahead of them in line is actually the one stuck in their own little world. A world in which everyone should modify their personal behavior for the sake of somebody's else's child.
If you don't like the outside world, it's your job to protect your child from it.
It's called living a society. In such a society people should see a child in and not using foul language in front of them.
Why do we always say someone cusses “like a sailor”? Why are sailors the traditional exemplar of profanity-laden speech? I say it's a slap in the face to those who serve proudly and honorably in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. I'm sure those motherfuckers swear just as much as Navy men, if not more so!
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Exactly. Nobody should be standing in line at Toys R Us talking about pimpslapping bitches and fuckin' sheep.
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