Poll: Why do you swear?

[superbatranger]

I have a few reasons why I swear. It's one way to emphasize what I'm trying to say, sometimes clean words can't properly portray how I feel. Other times, I swear just because it's fun. Nothing like some colorful language to spice up an otherwise dull conversation. In the end, they're just words.

 

[Quesa]

I didn't swear, and then, Everquest.

 

[Jark212]

Mostly to stress my opinion, and other times because I just feel like it...

 

[Dxz5roxg]

For me swearing gets my opinion across. That or it can be funny.

 

[Cyanin]

You should've included an "emotional expression" option there. I.e. When i'm intently angry i'll use swearing as emphasis, but when i'm passive i won't usually swear. It's a special occasion thing. =P

EDIT: I'm Irish, and can therefore ride the stereotype wave as far as I FUCKING DECREE.

 

[micky]

i only if i hurt myself or im very angry

 

[Gaderael]

For emphasis and because it's a fairly innocuous way (in most people's company) to let off steam in frustrating situations.

 

[wfpdk]

I never swear, shit, fuck, ****, *****, they are all just words. Just air passing through your larynx and with help from your tongue and teeth forms syllables and words which are just a series of noises which are there to help convey a point or imply urgency or just to make a sentence sound more fuck'n spiffy. online, however, I curse like a drunken sailor, 'cause I'm normaloly drunk when I post... yar!

 

[Saarai-fan]

For emphasis on what I'm saying. But when I'm working, or around kids, or at someplace that swearing isn't good, I tend to say toned down stuff like dang it, freakin, or rat farts!

"RAT FART'S!!!"

I also say swear words from Star Wars expanded universe canon. Like kriff [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kriff], kark [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kark], choobies [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Choobies], shavit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit], and wagyx [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass].

 

['-_-]

Because swearing can be a FUCKING art.

But only if you know how and when to use the correct FUCKING word.

 

[Thundero13]

I don't really swear much, I don't think that there's anything wrong with it I just don't usually see the need to and if I do see the need to swear then I will

 

[Wicky_42]

For emphasis. And when I'm pissed off at something. Like you might expect. Trouble is, you get used to it and say something inappropriate in front of someone you really shouldn't...

 

[shaboinkin]

Shit is my favorite word. It just rolls off the tongue for me.

 

[Dorian6]

because i f*cking feel like it

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

I used to swear a lot, as in every other sentence involved some sort of swear word. But I've grown up since then and I've found myself swearing only when either joking with friends or if I'm seriously annoyed they tend to slip out.
I don't really see the point in using swear words for emphasis if anything I find it has a detrimental effect to your argument and I tend to either not pay much attention to people like that or build up an idea about them that is less than pleasant.

 

[drisky]

My option wasn't in the poll.

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

Really, because I find that swearing all the time is immature, thats why the kids on x-box live are so annoying. In fact I when I was in middle school I was very unpopular and someone told me one of the main reasons was because I didn't swear enough. Swearing is very immature.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

Because I can *****! I mostly curse when I'm pissed, which is all the time, when I'm trying to make a point, or as an explicative.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

I was raised around it, so it just comes natural to me.

 

[lizards]

because some stuff sounds more funny that way

 

[pwnzerstick]

Because I like to imagine that if I yell loud enough and use harsh language right in someones face, then it well blast their hair back and peel the skin off their face.