POLL: Profanity

[Johnny Carwash]

Just a thought I had recently. I've dropped an f-bomb or several dozen here, though in real life I use profanity much less often. I use it with strategic reservation, to add extra emphasis to a particular point, and even then I only do so when I'm in company I know would be 100% okay with it. (Reactions to video games and TV sports broadcasts when I'm alone are a different story, however.)

So, where does everyone else stand?

[rass]

Pretty consistent between Swampself and workself, at least. As a father, I can't get my fucks off at home, and give them where I can.

[sancarlos]

I think of myself as a pretty good dad, but I've always been horrible about cussing in front of my daughter. Usually not even in anger, just as an expression, as I forget who I'm with. Not so many f-bombs, but lots of hells and dammits and shits. I cuss in the Swamp for emphasis, but I cuss more in real life, because I often don't even realize I'm doing it. My daughter is 15 now, and she occasionally says "shit", and when I rebuke her, she laughs and points out how much worse I am than she is.

[P.D.X.]

I swamp how I talk.

[blundercrush]

I swear way more in real life than I would in posts, if I ever posted before today.

[howard]

I swear a lot. Here and real life. Probably more in real life, but (slightly) less at work. I swear at work much more than I should, but fuck it. I'm sure if I was a parent I would've changed this bad habit.

[Moreta]

I never swear at home. I swear occasionally at work. I swear occasionally here (although as a percentage of overall posts, it's probably artificially high). In most other online environments I don't swear at all.

[The Sybian]

I never swear at home. I swear occasionally at work. I swear occasionally here (although as a percentage of overall posts, it's probably artificially high). In most other online environments I don't swear at all.

I thought swearing in a police station was mandatory. I'd say I swear more here, but I type politics a lot more than I speak about it, and politics is where my profanities typically come out. I swear a lot more here while drinking, probably the same in real life.

[Johnnie]

I'm in the military. I swear all the fucking time.

[Pruitt]

I swear like a moron when watching sports, but in the rest of my life, I still speak as though my Mother were around.

Fuck Rex Ryan.

[tennbengal]

I swamp how I talk.

Yes.

[mister d]

I think my curses per word is higher in person, just because of shocked/annoyed "fucks" or whatever. And I'm also not doing a great job of avoiding it in front of the oldest.

[A_B]

In the car, alone, WAY more than in the swamp. Normal life, with family around, way less. So about the same all things considered.

[Ryan]

In the car, alone, WAY more than in the swamp.

Like, in a "F. Lee Bailey in the courtroom" way or...?

[A_B]

I hate other drivers. But I also will just curse to myself, like, going to the fucking house, gonna drink a fucking bourbon oh yeah, to the tune of whatever song happens to be on.

[Ryan]

♫♬ We didn't waste the bourbon
It was fuckin' bourbon
Since the bourbon's bourbon ♫♬

[A_B]

If you've ever heard Patton Oswalt's bit on being in the car and the random shit that's me, but with more cursing and less wit.

ETA; Here it is:

[mister d]

♫♬ We didn't waste the bourbon
It was fuckin' bourbon
Since the bourbon's bourbon ♫♬

♫♬ Fuckin' coal! Fuckin' A!
Had a great, fuckin' day!
Bourbon! Fuck! Gotta say!
Fuck I love bourbon every ... May ♫♬

These stupid things are going to be in my head forever.

[DSafetyGuy]

More in real life, but it's accepted, if not almost a requirement in the entertainment industry.

[degenerasian]

I swear much more at work where people and work can annoy me.

I live alone so there's not really anything to swear at or anybody to swear about.

And I swear here just for emphasis.

[Steve of phpBB]

I swear a lot. Here and real life. Probably more in real life, but (slightly) less at work. I swear at work much more than I should, but fuck it. I'm sure if I was a parent I would've changed this bad habit.

I am embarrassed to say that I did not change this bad habit as a parent.

[Shirley]

Yeah, I swear a lot at home, work and here. Fuck's just a good word. I do try to keep it down in front of the kids, but I slip up every now and again. Just the other day, I was showing my son how to fix the toilet if the handle gets loose (one of ours has a plastic screw that's always coming loose and that's WAY too much hardware trouble for my wife to deal with). I showed him and explained that's all he ever needs to do if it gets fucked up again. I didn't even NEED to curse there and it just came out.

[mister d]

Exasperated "fuck" when I dropped a waffle tonight, and it was only one of like 14.

[TT2.0]

Usually 2 or 3 fucking times a fucking sentence you nosey cuntmuppet

[rass]

Exasperated "fuck" when I dropped a waffle tonight, and it was only one of like 14.

Fucks or waffles?

[Giff]

My daughter will be the first one in her class to use the word fuck.

[Steve of phpBB]

My daughter will be the first one in her class to use the word fuck.

That will go in the Parental Crowing thread, yes?

[Giff]

My daughter will be the first one in her class to use the word fuck.

That will go in the Parental Crowing thread, yes?

Absofuckinglutely!

[Jerloma]

I swear a lot. I love it. As for the kids, I try not to make it seem too taboo because at the end of the day it's just letters arranged to make sounds. I also don't want my kids to sound like truck drivers so I'll watch myself a little but if it comes out, and they catch it, I owe them a dollar. This also goes for anyone in my house. My buddy, Jim just hands the evil one 20 bucks when he walks in the door so he's covered. This has worked incredibly well. Like I would be absolutely mortified if I heard a swear come out of either one of them. Alex won't even say "hell."

[The Sybian]

Alex won't even say "hell."

Saying the word makes her homesick?

Growing up, my parents didn't really care if I swore. It was never out of hand, and I don' think I swore at school or anywhere overly inappropriate. I remember being about 8 and letting an F-bomb go in casual conversation with my mother, and seeing s look of shock and horror on my friend's face. I don't think my mother or I would have even noticed the swear if we didn't see my friend's expression. Later my mother said she should probably care that I swore. I think it is only a big deal if you make it a big deal. Who the fuck cares, right? It's all about context, though. I very rarely swear in front of the kids. Probably single digit instances. My wife lets it slip more often, which is funny, because she rarely swore before kids. The kids used to make a big deal when she swore, now they just tell her she shouldn't say that word in front of them.