Swearing in the forums

[Jessie]

haha you sooo don't want to talk to me in person...I fall under the 'put strings of words together to express yourself' like, 'you hippopotumus bat brain sardine!' Though I use 'fudge', Popsicle stick, dog poo, bloody apple when I'm not creative.

LOL That's not too bad. Sounds like you're being creative with the swearing. "Bloody apple" took me a minute, actually! I do have to admit, I love preceding my cuss words with "bloody" and I've had people get irritated with me for it because I'm not British. But it's such a fun word!

Other pet peeves: human genitalia. I can't stand "cootchie", "weiner", "keetchie", (my mother-in-law its notorious for this one. My niece, her grand-daughter, is Nakita and we often call her Keet. Too close for comfort, I think.), "va-jay-jay", and so on. LOL Okay, so I have a ton of irritants. But, that's my problem to deal with unless someone goes out of their way to push my buttons!

 

[SamuraiBigEd]

Context is everything...

 

[Roze]

LOL That's not too bad. Sounds like you're being creative with the swearing. "Bloody apple" took me a minute, actually! I do have to admit, I love preceding my cuss words with "bloody" and I've had people get irritated with me for it because I'm not British. But it's such a fun word!

If I'm mad and I have to THINK about words to use to cuss...it cools me down a bit and it makes the other party laugh, thus lessening the tension. Though when I become 'hulk' mad...I become very vulgar XD

I love the word bloody, one of my favourite british words, lol. And I get mocked for using it and not being British. But bloody is such a great word to express yourself. Once, I was really angry at my friend and called him a bloody fetus. I thought that was pretty graphic and creative.

 

[Crude]

I have my name for a reason. I'm happy with who I am too. I am honestly more put off by people who honestly think the rest of us care about what they think so much that they have to state their opinion and then drive it home...in every thread...twice.

 

[Roze]

I have my name for a reason. I'm happy with who I am too. I am honestly more put off by people who honestly think the rest of us care about what they think so much that they have to state their opinion and then drive it home...in every thread...twice.

lol, example?

 

[Vihzel]

I have my name for a reason. I'm happy with who I am too. I am honestly more put off by people who honestly think the rest of us care about what they think so much that they have to state their opinion and then drive it home...in every thread...twice.

So... should we all just shut up then since no one cares and only talk about phones? Perhaps... close down the Politics subforum?

 

[smacky]

NSFW: YouTube - ‪Pointless Profanity‬‎

YouTube - ‪Pointless Profanity Ep. 2‬‎

 

[ekyle]

I have my name for a reason. I'm happy with who I am too. I am honestly more put off by people who honestly think the rest of us care about what they think so much that they have to state their opinion and then drive it home...in every thread...twice.

I thought forums for discussions... pointless or not

 

[bbrosen]

*@#$!&&&)%!@$%@!! yes!

LOL ,no it does not bother me but I try not to do it so as not to offend others..

 

[Crude]

I thought forums for discussions... pointless or not

BUT if you constantly talk you become background noise...

 

[SB13X]

I clicked YES but not because I am genuinely offended but I do believe it brings the intellectual age of the forums down a great deal and does tarnish its image when you find it banded about without good reason. Maybe I'm old fashioned even though I'm 25 but swearing is everywhere and is becoming part of our culture to be ignorant and vulgar on both sides of the Atlantic. I find it irritating enough having to walk round my local town with my children while every uneducated plum finishes every sentence with a F**k. I can't take my children anywhere without them hearing obscenities. I don't even like hearing it when on my own. However I will swear when its appropriate such as when someone crashes into my car or insults me on the basest level.

You know because I have principals, manners and morals. However I understand the masses and the majority of people don't so have given up trying to see everyone fall in line with base respect for others and with the results of this poll showing such what can I do. I mean there are people out there with these phones because their parents bought them who are under 18 and will visit here and be impressioned upon that swearing is acceptable in yet another 'forum' of life.

 

[HappyHipster]

Swear words are simply sounds we produce. I don't think people should be offended when people make these sounds. Over many years, certain words have been seen as offensive, and these words change over time. Back in the day, it was seen as incredibly offensive to use the word "breast" in public. I recommend everyone to watch "Penn and Teller: Bullshit - Season 2 Episode 10

Social culture defines profanity. WE have made these words offensive. If people stopped being offended by the combinations of sounds that make up a swear words, then it would just...not be offensive...

 

[Vihzel]

Swear words are simply sounds we produce. I don't think people should be offended when people make these sounds. Over many years, certain words have been seen as offensive, and these words change over time. Back in the day, it was seen as incredibly offensive to use the word "breast" in public. I recommend everyone to watch "Penn and Teller: Bullshit - Season 2 Episode 10

Social culture defines profanity. WE have made these words offensive. If people stopped being offended by the combinations of sounds that make up a swear words, then it would just...not be offensive...

Words are not just simply "sounds". There's a meaning and connotation behind every thing that we say to each other, whether it be "I love you" or "I hope you burn in hell". You're treating it as if those "sounds" have no meaning because they're simply waves. Until society becomes more and more liberal with words, they will stay profane. As a society evolves, there will be new words that are considered profane. Some perhaps will not change so easily... such as the "n" word for blacks, "c" word for chinese (or asians in general), "f" word for homosexuals, and so forth. Of course it depends on who is using it and how it is being presented.

As a parent, one should teach his or her child(ren) to be weary of using those "sounds" in school. This is one of the reasons why society can regulate what is acceptable and what isn't but the guidance of parents'. I've learned very early on to not use those words from my parents and grew up with it. It wasn't until... I'll call it "MTV culture"... that things started changing.

Added: MTV is such a joke. There's a reason why it's not really respected. You can figure out just by looking at what programs they have and who their target audience is.

 

[HappyHipster]

Words are not just simply "sounds". There's a meaning and connotation behind every thing that we say to each other, whether it be "I love you" or "I hope you burn in hell". You're treating it as if those "sounds" have no meaning because they're simply waves. Until society becomes more and more liberal with words, they will stay profane. As a society evolves, there will be new words that are considered profane. Some perhaps will not change so easily... such as the "n" word for blacks, "c" word for chinese (or asians in general), "f" word for homosexuals, and so forth. Of course it depends on who is using it and how it is being presented.

As a parent, one should teach his or her child(ren) to be weary of using those "sounds" in school. This is one of the reasons why society can regulate what is acceptable and what isn't but the guidance of parents'. I've learned very early on to not use those words from my parents and grew up with it. It wasn't until... I'll call it "MTV culture"... that things started changing.

Added: MTV is such a joke. There's a reason why it's not really respected. You can figure out just by looking at what programs they have and who their target audience is.

I didn't say words didn't have a meaning. I'm saying that these sound waves we use, don't mean something unless we make them mean something.

The word "cock". In my culture, we use the word in different ways. It means both male chicken and male genitalia. "I have a huge cock" could be shouted out loud in public and seen as an innocent sentence or it could be seen as a crude sentence that people might find offensive. The effect a word has and the meaning it portrays depends completely on the meaning WE give to it. Some of you will sit there discusted by that sentence, but many of you will also be appreciating the size of my domesticated fowl.

If everyone decided to change the meaning of the word "hate", and ONLY ever use it when we meant "Love", and only every in interpret it as "Love" the then it would no longer be offensive to shout "I hate you". It would actually be a nice thing to say to someone. This could be applied to any word providing everyone used and interpreted the word in the desired way.

My parents taught me not to swear and I very rarely do. Especially in forums like this. I'm aware that people might be offended by what you could call "Strong" language so I don't use it.

I'm not suggesting we should go around changing the meanings of words, but I do think that people should not take offence by words, but rather the way in which they are directed. Phrases like "Android is f***ing amazing" for example...I struggle to see how anyone should be offended by that.

The words do not hold the "strength", but we as the people who create them do.

//I have NO idea what MTV has to do with any of this.

 

[Psychokitty]

Oh yes, I saw this thread and knew it was just right for me. LOL
This forum is simply way too uptight. I know it's only a matter of time before I'm banned, though more likely for calling smug & pompous members out on their own acts of indiscretion and hypocrisies.
Frisco, your command of the English language is fantastic. You are obviously well read, and you seem to enjoy flaunting it. (Here my good man, have a biscuit.) But to suggest that "swearing as a form of expression is probably the least effective in communicating one's thoughts on the subject at hand, while it succeeds in only communicating ones lack of command of the English language and/or willingness to intrude on the sensibilities of those to whom they're exposing their crass, vulgar mindset" is simply stunning to me, coming from someone of your apparently keen understanding of the English language. There is a huge range of emotion that can be conveyed with the use of "swear" words. Anger, frustration, cynicism, hostility, etc. For example, I use the taboo words to accentuate and or illustrate my frustration with idiots here. I'm cynical about it, which often requires a snide sarcasm that can often only be truly projected or articulated using swear words and calling people names.
The use of swear words may in fact be demonstrative of selfishness in some cases, but I have to disagree with your other assessments of those who use them. I will say that people who are well read that frequent forums with such a mixture of compositions as this often behave as if they are more intelligent than others by default, basing this silly assumption on how well other members write. Acts of misspelled words, poor grammar, lack of punctuation, mistypes and... swearing are no more indicative of selfishness or a lack of intellect as suggesting that they are is indicative of a genuine pompous ass.