Poll: Why do you swear?

[carpathic]

I swear for the same reasons I lie - If I think it is my interest for some reason.

 

[cyber_andyy]

I swear to add emphasis. If im honest however, I can't fathom the reason behind why you cannot use a certain word, so I don't really care if I swear or other people do.

 

[Hessmn212]

I swear when someone or something pisses me right off. Sometimes I'll just swear as much as I can in one sentence just for fun.

 

[Hand-E-Food]

I don't swear. When I do swear, it gets peoples attention and they know I mean it.

 

[Broady Brio]

Because everyone else around me does. And so grew on me.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I don't swear regularly.

I only swear when I'm furious (I rarely get really angry) and when I've hurt myself in a stupid manner. Usually when a hammer is involved.

I have been known to swear around friends who swear a lot but I'm far more restrained than they are.

 

[no oneder]

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.

You maybe see it as immature because you're older. You have gotten to an age when everything is too loud, and too fast and you have to be at bed early so you can't die in your sleep, and you have to use chairlifts, walkers.

Basically Abe Simpson actually.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I swear when I feel like it, when my mind dictates that it's the most accurate method for me to express myself at a given point.

 

[Hurray Forums]

I don't cuss in real life, though I do online at some times, usually for emphasis. I blame the internet for being a bad influence and turning me into a potty mouth.

 

[Mr Scott]

Because I can, and anyone who says otherwise is full of shit!

 

[snow]

Because in all reality, there's actually "Nothing" wrong with words... Any of them! There is no bad voodoo behind the words. We only see them as bad because our parents punished us or told us it was wrong when we were younger. So we live the rest of our lives with this strange feeling that these words are evil, whether we use them or not.

 

[Mr. Gency]

For the sake of humor.

I don't like resorting to "because I fucking can" jokes on this kind of thread.

 

[Teeth Kicker]

It's in my American blood! Americaaaaa! Fuck Yeah!

 

[The Warden]

Fuck if I know.

 

[James Hueick]

When I run out of other words to describe a certain situation.

 

[Yoshemo]

Emphasis, comedy, and stress relief

YOSHEMO!? O_O
What the hell are you doing here!? O.O
(It's Honmaru by the way!)

OT: Pretty much everything he just said.

I been here for ages!

 

[DarkRawen]

When I run out of other words to describe a certain situation.

This, not because i`m stupid, but because it explains it so well.

This sucks.
This is ekstremely unpleasant.

Ya see?

 

[AvsJoe]

I don't swear much. If I do, it's for one of two reasons:

1. Emphasis
2. Comedy

I never swear when I'm angry. Rather, I bust out my vocabulary. You know I'm pissed when you can only understand half of my speech.

 

[Kukakkau]

Because it's cool duh!

Nah it just helps get a point across/show annoyance or dismay etc. But I tend to use other words more often (example - bandit)

 

[Biosophilogical]

Whenever I either have no words to express my anger/rage/angst/anxiety/etc or when I'm in the same situation, have the words, but realise that actually using the overly complicated way of explaining my emotions would cause my self-expression to lose impact.

I also use it for comedic purposes but not to excess.