Study Claims Profanity Causes Aggression

[duchaked]

I was thinking more like aggression causes my profanity

or pain. or irritation. but not the other way around lol

generally profanity (swearing) coming first sometimes causes hilarity. well, depends on who you're with. for some friends the emphasis is am amusing added oomf, whereas for others it's GASPPP oh no you didn't! lol

 

[Eveonline100]

Because it couldn't possibly be that naturally more aggressive individuals are more likely to swear! Clearly swearing causes aggression.

Critical Thinking: Would you guys mind more language filters in games, if that will stop the complaining that games cause violence and bad for kids? You gotta admit, hearing what a 12 year says on a videogame with adults does not sit well with people, lol.

Show your work.

Eh, I doubt it would do anything. This is just another excuse to bash games and television. Get rid of the profanity and they will just find something else. People will find a way to complain about Elmo Teaches Typing!

now you know why i can't take take fox news, the vast majority of anti game actvist seriously.

 

[Eefness]

Bull-****. I cus all the god ****ed time. But in life I am the nicest person you have met........ mother-****ers.........

 

[Nurb]

Maybe kids are more active and aggressive because that's how they are biologically at certain ages and they have no outlets for them, so studies like this come up as an excuse to censor art and medicate kids into quiet complaint zombies

 

[BabyRaptor]

If swearing causes any sort of reaction, it's because kids are taught the nonsense that those few words are somehow "bad," and worse than every other word. It's the negativity assigned to the words, not the words themselves.

They're sounds used to convey an idea, people. You wouldn't like the idea they're used for any more if it was conveyed using different sounds. Quit getting wrapped up in how it comes across.

 

[Penguinishka]

Preposterous.
If what they claim is true then after seeing Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (they use damn it) and subsequently any actually good movies I saw not long after that which contained swears, then I should be in a maximum security prison receiving an hourly sedative to stop foaming at the mouth.
This is the limit of silly. Personally, I swear so that if I'm really that pissed, I DON'T hit other people. Because hitting people, however much they require it, is not cool. I think my reasoning is pretty sound.

 

[Rzztmass]

I cannot believe no one has quoted xkcd yet.. http://xkcd.com/552/
One would think that *finger-quotes* researchers *finger-quotes* had to know such stuff...

Personally, I find profanity in games mostly amusing, I don't use it myself that much. Except of course when I fuckin' hurt people and spread rumors

 

[Heroic One]

Studies show stubbing one's toe causes severe pain

 

[dangoball]

What the fuck is that stupid shit supposed to mean?

Ehm, excuse me. What I originally intended to ask is if any of you ladies and gentleman would be so kind as to enlighten me in the matter at hand since my understanding of mentioned scientific conclusion seems to be somewhat flawed.

Seriously though... Really? I can swear all I want and not doing so is my conscious choice. I know vulgar terms in three (maybe four) languages (granted, my vocabulary is extensive only in two of them), however, I don't go around kicking elderly. Passive knowledge does not make someone prone to actively exercising it. I know how to pull a trigger yet I've never shot a gun.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

People need to fucking stop doing these "reports", they're nothing but fabrications made by charlatans who want to be called heroes of society by right-wing fuckwits who have zero education (not that they ever had any).

Captcha: education opilea <-- What the fu-booom.