Poll: What is your stance on swearing?

[Ljs1121]

Quite a few people in our day and age are into the cuss words and I figured I'd make a poll asking Internet users if they swear because I have nothing better to do.

So, do you think that swearing is bad or a'ight? And do you swear or choose not to? Personally, I think it's a-ok, but I don't typically use swear words. I don't really know why.

 

[tippy2k2]

It's all about context.

Do I swear while I'm with my friends out on the town? Fuck yeah! Although I don't swear often; it's more for emphasis or when I'm wicked unhappy...

Do I swear while at work/church/school? H - E - double hockey stick no!

 

[Maeta]

For me, it's all about what you mean behind it. One thing that always gets me is: why are words associated with things in the first place (but I don't obsess on this because I accept that they are what they are...) and that certain things may cause offence in other languages such as the car MR2 when said in a french accent says merde, meaning shit.

Mark Watson made a point once on his radio show about 5 years ago to a pretty similar point, such as why you can't, say, replace 'frisbee' and 'twat'?

I often swear at people and call them things like 'daft tosser' but I mean no harm by it, and the tone of my voice (or surrounding statements when in written form) show that I'm not being cruel, I'm being jokey and harmless.

Certain people I do reserve ire for, I could call them anything, and with vitriol behind it, the offence becomes clear. Of course, it's easier to be insulting with profane words, but I don't feel that this nor the opposite need be true.

 

[Shadowstar38]

Yes, I swear. And there's nothing wrong with it. How you're using the word in context is the base of wheter of not someone should get angry, but that's true of every word.

When I walk into a room with my friends in it, I say "Hey assholes". They full well know I havnt said it to indicate I'm mad at them.

 

[Goofguy]

I use it mostly to emphasize a point. I swear anywhere (never excessively) except in front of strangers.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Personally, I don't swear all that often because I take context and emphasis into consideration. It's not so much that swearing is out and out "bad," it's more that there are really very few situations where it's at all appropriate. It also basically totally defeats the purpose of swearing if every second word you say is a swear. There's no emphasis to the word choice any more and, quite frankly, you just end up sounding like you don't have the intelligence to get your point across in any other way.

 

[Dags90]

I swear a fair amount. I've accidentally dropped an f-bomb drop in front of my grandma before, but she didn't hear it so it's OK, right? I also swear in front of children sometimes.

IDK, both my parents curse like sailors so it's not much of an issue.

 

[FalloutJack]

You're fucking kidding me, right? It has its place.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

Swearing is appropriate is certain situations, and sometimes it is not.

Example:

Library- Not appropriate

Getting in a car accident in which a small child is jettisoned from the opposing car into your car whilst a pterodactyl is wrestling with a SWAT helicopter only feet above the ground-appropriate

 

[Zaik]

It's seasoning for words.

In the proper amounts it's useful, but overseasoned food is generally garbage.

 

[Jonluw]

People who insist that people shouldn't swear have my contempt.

This kind of stuff is some of the worst shit I know of.

I swear whenever I want to, which is often in regular conversation. There's nothing wrong with it, and certain people need to stop taking offense at words.

 

[Esoomspark]

Honestly, I know for kids it might be at least a bit understandable, saying words with alternate meanings they probably shouldn't know about.

But Adults/Older teens? Perfectly fine. Everyone has to express themselves in their own way.

 

[Lionsfan]

It's all about context.

Do I swear while I'm with my friends out on the town? Fuck yeah! Although I don't swear often; it's more for emphasis or when I'm wicked unhappy...

Do I swear while at work/church/school? H - E - double hockey stick no!

ninja'd on the first post.

When I'm out and about with friends or driving, I swear like a sailor, just because it's what I do.

But I work at a summer-camp, and there's no way in heck I would ever even think about swearing there, or at any of my other jobs either

 

[Username Redacted]

I don't swear around young children or my grandmother. I don't use racial, ethnic or sexual slurs. Other than everything is fair fucking game.

 

[Neonbob]

I absolutely love swearing.
In its place. When it's done right, it's like adding a little bit of spice to your words.
But as with any spice, if it's overused, it's just unpleasant. So I try to use moderation.
Try being the key word there.
I've been known to make sentences out of nothing but swears when I drive.

 

[xmbts]

I swear constantly, not in front of children, parents, or people I don't know particularly well though.

 

[Savo]

Occasionally, but only to add emphasis or when I'm pissed. It honestly feels better if I save it up for when I really want to use cuss words, not just using them willy nilly all the time. I don't know what it is, but I have to resist the urge to laugh when I hear someone who structures their sentences around curse words.

 

[Vegosiux]

I'm a more precision-F-strike type than the cluster-F-bomb type. Not to add emphasis, but to point out I've been really aggravated and the gloves have come off.

Though, the inside of a car, specifically the driver's seat...that exists in a weird parallel universe.