Poll: Why do you swear?

[Captain Pirate]

Just.... because. If there was a reason, I done and forgot it. I blame society.

 

[Rednog]

It is just a habit I've developed over time though its never really in an angry or any special tone. I mostly use it for expressing disappointment, like aww fuck, or fucking hell. Though I will drop it significantly when around certain people.

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

Because I've somehow worked all swears available into my everyday vocabulary.

I often get in trouble at school (and home) for it. But fuck them, I can say what I want.

 

[Eternalsun]

Cause i fucking can

 

[Comrade Mateo]

My option wasn't in the poll.

I'm guessing it's an age thing to swear. It makes me feel adult.

More or less I agree with you, but I also have been noticing that not swearing has an emphasis in itself. It seems a bit more mature, or conceded.

 

[Artina89]

I actually don't swear that much to be quite honest. I just don't really feel the need to swear every other word, even though it is also dependent on who I am with. With certain friends I tend to swear more, but when left to my own devices I tend not to speak that much, let alone swear.

 

[Kasawd]

I use profanity for how I perceive its purpose in language: Extreme emphasis.

 

[AndyVale]

Simple pleasures and chemical releases.

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

Emphasis, and I like the way it sounds. Plus, it's funny.. take '**** wagon' for example, it wouldn't be funny without '****'. Cockney rhyming slang is fun too, 'fuck it' becomes 'bucket' and so on, fun stuff..

 

[KiKiweaky]

Really dont know why, but absofuckinglutly love it.... Oh and another thing people who stop you mid sentence and tell you to stop swearing bug the living shit out of me. Even though it was my boss i still felt like roundhouse kicking her in the face.

 

[Godhead]

Because it's fun.

This, and it has been scientifically been proven to make you more resistant to pain.

(according to the Mythbusters)

 

[Jonluw]

For emphasis I suppose. That's not to say that I don't normally swear for no good reason though.

 

[Castratikron]

Wow i saw this thread right above a thread titled Well.... Shit

 

[Outright Villainy]

Usually emphasis. I don't try and fucking censor myself or anything though, so if I swear it's no biggie.
Cockmongers.

 

[ultimateownage]

Because I fucking sometimes fucking swear, it's a shitting habit and I can't stop cunting swearing all the crappy time.

Also, this was brilliant.

 

[F-I-D-O]

I loved how this was above the Well...shit thread...
DAMN YOU ULTIMANTEOWNAGE! YOU NINJA'D ME! (see what I did there?)
OT:I swear for emphasis, effect, comedic relief, and when I just got injured. If I fall on my knee coming out of the shower and land on the hardwood, I'm going to swear. A lot.
Usually I don't swear a lot in public, but when I'm with friends I tend to swear more.

 

[Firoth]

I don't swear. I just say words that seem to annoy people who think certain words have voodoo powers of criminal harm against the minds of others, that have the same meaning as other perfectly socially acceptable (if possibly childish) words. Usually out of pain, surprise, or for humors sake.

 

[Crimson King]

I use swearing when I need to make a loud point.

 

[Chogg Van Helsing]

coz

'aw, crap, im losing'
isnt the same as
'FUCK FUCK SHITTY FUCK!!!'

lol

 

[OmegaXzors]

Because it's fun.

That's my reasoning. To me, I think it's just that the world is socially retarded when they try to ban particular words. "No kids, FUCK YOU!"