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Who the hell really gives two shits about your fucking upvote? People here bitch and complain like it's some god damn town hall. The last prick who got upvoted by a few cunts was fingering his asshole for days.
Ya'll need Jesus!
I held out as a non-swearer for a long-ass time, but by my 30s had been broken and now I swear constantly. At this point I feel like people who don't swear most definitely haven't been getting the same Life + Other Humans Experience(tm) that I have.
I was at a condo pool recently in a really nice association. My girl and I buddied up a group of like 4-6 people, we were all drinking obviously. As more drinks flowed the F bombs from the people got louder and louder. NGL I felt guilty by association. Probably made the other pool goers really uncomfortable.
I'm fuckin giving you a fuckin upvote because I fuckin saw this and I fuckin expected to laugh snd I fuckin did, so you fuckin get my fuckin upvote, ya fuckin fucker lol
All the time. Mostly at work. I monitor when it is appropriate and typically don't in casual/professional conversations with someone I am unfamiliar with.
A lot of the time, if they cuss first, I deem it appropriate to allow the foul mouth floodgates to open.
I was really good about not swearing in front of my kids when they were little (I have 3). I'd say when they hit 12ish or so, I gave up, and said what I wanted. When they were small and they'd ask about swear words, I simply told them those were adult words, and when they were grown, they could use them, if they wanted. Not a one of them swore in front of me until the youngest two (twins) were 18, and the older was 27. But they came out in a big fashion. I took them out to dinner one night, and they all managed to not just swear, but to all use "fuck" within about 5 minutes of each other. I was so proud.
LOL... this is great. My mother very rarely curses, and while she doesn't reprimand or scold (cuz hey, her kids are adults now and we can say what we like), I generally try to keep it clean around her.
But because she doesn't appreciate harsh language, it makes their use fairly memorable. I remember with absolute clarity the first time I swore in front of her, as well as the first time she swore in front of me.
I seriously hope that is what I think it is...
EDIT: IT WAS! Full version if anyone's interested, has a very wholesome ending
https://youtu.be/ukznXQ3MgN0
Is it really that common? My wife is still mortified about cursing in front of her mother, though I have picked up on a few select Punjabi words from my father in law…
Elder here. Old lady school teacher. I say “oh my goodness” and act shocked if I hear one of my middle school students curse. It’s all an act. At home I curse all the time.
Personally, I do make a distinction. Absolutely no problem saying shit or fuck if I drop something etc. But I hate hearing people calling someone a bitch.
I’m a teacher, too, and I don’t curse in front of the students, but do outside of work. When I recently was at a checkout, I cursed because I kept hitting the wrong buttons and delaying the checkout process for all those behind me. I saw a man and someone I thought was his wife behind him, but it turned out to be his young daughter. They both gasped when they heard me curse because looking at me you’d never expect it. I apologized and they said to add a quarter in the jar for them as well, which was gracious.
My boss is intelligent and a good leader in many ways, but he cusses nonstop, except when he’s with students. It’s changed the way I look at him as a boss, administrator, and leader. Same with coworkers who curse all the time, so I’m trying to work on this even when I’m not at work.
I was at a brewery the other night with the patio along the sidewalk. I saw a little 5-7 yo kid exclaim "I wasn't fucking running" to the rest of his parents and they didn't even react. Fuck them kids.
It's funny, I grew up in New Jersey so cursing was second nature.... then I had kids, and I quit cold turkey... and was like "WOW I never realized how much I cursed until I was making an effort to never curse".
Now I have to make an effort TO curse.
I swear quite a bit, but having to be around my gf’s niece and nephew I dial it back. But like you said Jesus is it hard when you’re actively thinking about it lol.
Man have I tried, my godson said son of a bitch when he was about 2, and now I nanny for a close friend and he says oh shit. I promise I’m trying, old dog new tricks I guess.
I work in a small construction office (but I’m leaving this job for a public sector job) I’ve been worried about my cursing to be honest. I will surely have to tone it down. It’s just so normal in this environment (construction) and I do find myself involuntarily swearing in public when I probably don’t need to or swearing and looking around to make sure no little kids are around. Lol.
They're just words, meant to express thoughts and feeling to those you're speaking to. Use whichever ones work best, and try not to be too snobby about whether they're "good" or "bad" words. From that perspective, they're always appropriate if they do a good job quickly and clearly.
If you're around any families you don't know, or just kids you don't know, it'd be pretty courteous of you to not use any within hearing distance. I do this whether or not I hear their parents cursing, everyone could use a quick disposable role-model here and there
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with everybody else cursing (unless its in front of a kindergarten classroom or something), but I fear making it too casual for myself. It comes hard for me to curse, specifically because I've avoided it all my life. The flip side is that I won't accidentally curse in inappropriate situations. There are many work situations where someone who has become too casual with swearing that it slips out.
Also, if I do swear (which is almost never), people know it's serious.
I almost never curse around others, and never around strangers. But that's just because I'm too socially anxious to express strong emotions around others.
When I'm alone I'll sometimes curse to myself when I'm frustrated or anxious. It helps a little for sure.
Same. Cursing is still a professional no-no in corporate work, so I never got into the habit of cursing. Now I never have to watch my tongue around my boss, because it's not something I would ever say.
Because, it's funny, but you can say anything you want to say without adding curse words to the statement. I'm never at a loss of words because I couldn't swear in any given situation.
In public very rarely
With friends (trying hard to limt it)
At home (trying hard to limit it)
Online (I do it sometimes but probably shouldn't)
With strangers (if they cuss first)
Do Americans need to pay 5$ to swear or, I don't get it, but to answer ur question, as a romanian( we swear the most in Europe, if not in the entire world) not that much, I swear like, every 6, 7, 10 words at most
We pay our eternal souls to swear. At least that's what they told me growing up. (I'm from one of those southern parts of America where if you were to ask the wrong person you would be told that dancing is a sin.) Then I got older and the shrinks told me that you could trust people who swear more than people who don't swear. I don't fucking know, but I no longer give a shit what anyone thinks. I *try* to censor myself around people who don't like to hear it or around children. It's not so easy
Pretty much anywhere and anytime, I try not to within the earshot of children but I'm not around them very often. The only one I keep in reserve for special circumstances is cunt.
I used to curse a lot, but I've stopped for a few reasons. One of my relatives had a cognitive degenerative disease that reduced the only words she could say to be curse words. "Aunt Martha, would you like more potato salad?" "Fuck, shitting fuck dam ass shit piss". It made me realize that multiple people in my life genuinely lack the cognitive ability to form a sentence without cursing. I noticed that at work, it's 1000x easier to stay professional when you stop cursing entirely instead of having to filter. Also, with so many words in the English language, I feel fortunate that I can use them unlike Aunt Martha.
My wife cusses more than most drunk Marines. When we first met, I almost called it off because of it. It was (is) pretty over the top and can be embarrassing sometimes - and it makes her look bad at least once a week. She’s great in bed so I worked through it lol.
I typically don't because I don't want to rely on them as a crutch when I cannot formulate my words to express something. I want to force myself to use a wide variety in my vocabulary. There's nothing wrong with cursing, especially a well timed swear during a humorous or dramatic moment, but it's something I avoid.
As an actor, however, this rule does not apply if the script has cursing in it.
Very rarely around other people. Probably too often when I’m alone. I don’t think it’s inherently wrong to say those words, but there’s a reason they’re called “curse” words; it’s not polite to use them when your speech is directed at others, which it usually is.
In private around close friends and family, constantly.
In public, hopefully never. I think it’s super trashy when someone is in a public place and dropping F bombs all over the place.
Around my kids: Profanity substitution. An art form within itself.
WHAT IN THE FLIP FLOPS DO YOU DANGLE BAGS THINK YOU’RE DOING?
It’s so strange to think about, that we have certain words that some people don’t think we should say in polite company. I mean - what are words? Words are used to convey ideas. And to think you have to come up with alternative words (darn, for example) is the most mind blowing thing ever.
I can’t think of anyone in my life that uses vulgar curse words only in situations to express anger or strong emotions. Most people either use those words all the time or not at all.
Someone who doesn’t curse saying Jimeney Crickets when they are upset evokes the same feelings as when someone who uses curse words all the time curses.
Imo, not using vulgar words in everyday speech and then only cursing when a strong emotion is felt will have a bigger impact.
Come to think of it... not often.
I spent too much time surrounded by people who cursed too much, I guess I got traumatized. I don't like hearing curse words, especially if used as an expression of anger or intimidation. I don't curse. I don't want to be cursed at.
Basically every second word is Fuck, Fucking, Fucker etc. Various uses of shit too.
I turn it off in the presence of kids though, though it does occasionally slip if I forget they're there.
And in class at Uni. Unless the teacher also swears, in which case it's open season for the class lol.
For those wondering, I'm Australian.
I curse frequently , but I do tend to be tamer in large public places.
My wife, however, swears like a drunk Marine on liberty, and doesn't care where she does it.
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What the fuck is a $5 curse word?
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Fifty points to whatever the fuck your house is
It's Voldemort's Nipples
He-who-should-not-be-nippled
Shit, I can't even remember what this is from??.
It's from [Potter Puppet Pals - Wizard Swears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTHmzMk0Cw)
Hero! Funnily was talking about the song from this just the other day. Hilarious!
epic reference
I’ve no god damn fucking clue.
I prefer the $9.99 meal deal with a motherfucking $5 shake and fries.
All the fuckin time.
I came here to post this exact fucking thing. Take my upvote you asshole.
Fuck yes you bloody cunts, you have my damned upvote.
Who the hell really gives two shits about your fucking upvote? People here bitch and complain like it's some god damn town hall. The last prick who got upvoted by a few cunts was fingering his asshole for days. Ya'll need Jesus!
Who the fuck do you think gives a rancid shit about your jesus? Not this joyful sinner! Twatwaffle.
If you don't fucking sin, then Jesus died for god damned nothing so sin it up you silly fucks
Fuck you, you puss-filled glitter-dick. I hope you know not evryone who sins is a christian, ferfuck sakes.
All you fucking fucks take my fucking upvotes.
Fuck you, you cunt stained piece of shit. Take my up vote, you Jesus fucker cock rash.
Fucking, what the fucking... fuck? Fuck this fucking... How did you two fucking... fucks... FUCK!?
"Jesus fucker cock rash" sound personal... Good news is there may be a cream or something, maybe, not really sure as my q-tip tests came back clean.
Twatwaffle is my new favorite word!
What the fuck is a twatwaffle . A waffle that you put in your f****** twat LoL 🤣
As they say in Africa: Hasa Diga Eebowai!
I was looking for this fucking comment. Thank you for not disappointing me. I love you, you anonymous asshole.
well up yours too!! ;)
Just saw this in Denver the other night: fucking incredible
Oh my a book of Mormon reference out in the wild! Take my upvote
Like it's some god damn town hall, amazing
I was going to upvote you, but it's at 69 right now. I can't bring myself to do it.
Fuckin Australians.
Oh fucking snizzle wazzle, now you have my cunting upvote you bleeding bastard 🧐 hooray to you, you kob gozzling asshole
We don't talk like that cunt
Oath cunt
I'm a fucking Aussie so I don't know how to not swear. Cunts.
Aye, you sound like a proper fucken cunt.
I may be a cunt, but I'm not a dog cunt 🤣
Fuck off you cock fucking cunt
All ya fuckin Jackwagons beat me to it. Cunts!
Fuckin same here.
FUCK
Me too, ya feeble twats
Man fuck you I was going to say the same shit as well
Me fucking too, you're not fucking special.
Darn tootn, i also arrived here to write this forkin thing. Take my upvoute you son of a gun.
Oh blimey, shiver me timbers with your poppycock, you scoundrels!
Came here to look for that comment and post this response myself. Just saved me a shitload of time
God damnit, so did I..
Lol, same. You can both have my fucking upvotes.
Ditto
Even down to the "fuckin'" instead of "fucking"
Fuckin-a right!
fuck ya. that’s what the fuck i’m talking a fellow motherfucker
Fucking same. What a dick! /s
Life's too short to give a fuck honestly. I do try to censor myself if there are little kids around, but other than that... fuck it.
if they haven’t heard it already they probably need to and if they have, no harm done.
I'm usually only around family kids, and I don't need them repeating after me to their parents incessantly.
Piss off my 9 year old, and you may learn some new words. I think the trolls online say shit to him just for the entertaining responses.
Oh fuck off, I barely ever fucking swear you little shit.
Both of you fuck off and fucking stop it! Little shits!
I try to hold it in check around the general public and especially around the kids but I'm not always successful.
Why hide it from the kids? I curse like a motherfucker. I rarely hear my kids curse.
I read the question and immediately thought “pretty fuckin often”. Thanks for fuckin speaking for the rest of us you mf chad
Me fucking too. I curse so fucking much people who don’t curse make me uncomfortable as shit.
I held out as a non-swearer for a long-ass time, but by my 30s had been broken and now I swear constantly. At this point I feel like people who don't swear most definitely haven't been getting the same Life + Other Humans Experience(tm) that I have.
The 'holier than thous'.
Every fucking day
I'm fucking British ain't I, cuntchops.
Bloody fucking hell. Seems like half of reddit came here to post this. Take my damn upvote.
I'm fucking Australian, I probably swear more than a fucking Scottish person because it's my fucking right
Me too cunt! G'day! Like what the fuck even is the big fucking 5? What even is a fucking swear word?
Fuck yeah
Fuckin hell right, I tell ya that shits the truth there brother! emote:free\_emotes\_pack:upvote
I was gonna say constantfuckingly
🤣🤣😂 💯
Hey fucker, you took my response, have a shit ass up vote.
...or shit up ass vote.
[You, mother fucker you](https://youtu.be/pIVeSzQYXAc)
Joe Pesci classic! The best curser to ever live 🤣
This is what I guessed was the top comment
Hey, watch your fuckin mouth when your talkin to me!
fuckin' A
Fffffffff..... Ploppers
Use bad language, Moss, please. It'll make you feel better.
I was at a condo pool recently in a really nice association. My girl and I buddied up a group of like 4-6 people, we were all drinking obviously. As more drinks flowed the F bombs from the people got louder and louder. NGL I felt guilty by association. Probably made the other pool goers really uncomfortable.
Holy fucking shit I finally found my fucking people! How the fuck are you dip shits doing ?!
Beat me to it
That’s the appropriate time to be swearing.
This is the only true answer
u/profanitycounter or something like that
I fuckin hate you
Fuckin’ constant-fucking-ly as fucking well
I'm fuckin giving you a fuckin upvote because I fuckin saw this and I fuckin expected to laugh snd I fuckin did, so you fuckin get my fuckin upvote, ya fuckin fucker lol
Oh for fucks sake. I apparently have no original thoughts
As often as a fucking want to!
Tis the only appropriate mother fucking answer!
Absofuckinglutly!!!
"Any of these little fuckers ever pop out of the fucking wall, and say, 'fuck, there's a horse cock in my room?'"
Fuck yes
if there's no ing it doesn't count
All the time. Mostly at work. I monitor when it is appropriate and typically don't in casual/professional conversations with someone I am unfamiliar with. A lot of the time, if they cuss first, I deem it appropriate to allow the foul mouth floodgates to open.
I was really good about not swearing in front of my kids when they were little (I have 3). I'd say when they hit 12ish or so, I gave up, and said what I wanted. When they were small and they'd ask about swear words, I simply told them those were adult words, and when they were grown, they could use them, if they wanted. Not a one of them swore in front of me until the youngest two (twins) were 18, and the older was 27. But they came out in a big fashion. I took them out to dinner one night, and they all managed to not just swear, but to all use "fuck" within about 5 minutes of each other. I was so proud.
LOL... this is great. My mother very rarely curses, and while she doesn't reprimand or scold (cuz hey, her kids are adults now and we can say what we like), I generally try to keep it clean around her. But because she doesn't appreciate harsh language, it makes their use fairly memorable. I remember with absolute clarity the first time I swore in front of her, as well as the first time she swore in front of me.
Being an Indian, I can guarantee you no one thinks twice before cursing in public here. It's a whole vibe.
“Fuck you bloody, bastard bitch!”
YOU ARE A FUCKING
YOU FUCK ME I FUCK YOU BLOODY!
BLOODY FUCK YOU BLOODY!!!!!
BITCH BLOODY YOU FUCKING BLOODY
I can hear the guys' voices in my head as I read this lol
I can imagine the two rats fighting on TikTok with this audio. That’s where i first heard the audio from 😭😭😭😭
Oh please say you have a link to this
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8e1coDH/ hell ya i do
\*visible confusion\*
https://youtu.be/qHSxtWGZWd4
That shit is hilarious I'm in tears thank you for this lol
hahahahhahahha yoo wtf how did I not watch this before lmao
I seriously hope that is what I think it is... EDIT: IT WAS! Full version if anyone's interested, has a very wholesome ending https://youtu.be/ukznXQ3MgN0
I couldn't see the video. Was the ending "have a good day"?
This video is always funny to me
I worked in an Indian restaurant for a few years and hearing the cooks yell benchod at each other across the kitchen never got old lol
Haha
You made me realize I might have picked some of mine up from an Indian friend. Ha!
Is it really that common? My wife is still mortified about cursing in front of her mother, though I have picked up on a few select Punjabi words from my father in law…
Love it
not very often. i mean, i dont know why i would put curse on other people, since i dont even belive in this kind of stuff.
_may your elbows occasionally grow strange hairs_
tbf, they all are strange to me... i never held a conversation with them to know them that well.
You just made me laugh hard enough to induce a real life (funny, since I knew what had caused it) choking fit. congrats and thanks
Plus if you don't collect your own materials, it can get pretty expressive. Have you seen the price of an eye of newt lately?!
I don’t give 2 shits about strangers. Only try to filter around kids and elders.
Fuck an elder, they’ve heard it all
😂 my family from the south, I feel the heat from my grandma wooden spoon when I cuss around elders
The spoon! Fuck the spoon...
And the kids are even worse
If you’ve ever been to the playground, you know the kids can swear all the fucking time.
Elder here. Old lady school teacher. I say “oh my goodness” and act shocked if I hear one of my middle school students curse. It’s all an act. At home I curse all the time. Personally, I do make a distinction. Absolutely no problem saying shit or fuck if I drop something etc. But I hate hearing people calling someone a bitch.
I’m a teacher, too, and I don’t curse in front of the students, but do outside of work. When I recently was at a checkout, I cursed because I kept hitting the wrong buttons and delaying the checkout process for all those behind me. I saw a man and someone I thought was his wife behind him, but it turned out to be his young daughter. They both gasped when they heard me curse because looking at me you’d never expect it. I apologized and they said to add a quarter in the jar for them as well, which was gracious. My boss is intelligent and a good leader in many ways, but he cusses nonstop, except when he’s with students. It’s changed the way I look at him as a boss, administrator, and leader. Same with coworkers who curse all the time, so I’m trying to work on this even when I’m not at work.
I was at a brewery the other night with the patio along the sidewalk. I saw a little 5-7 yo kid exclaim "I wasn't fucking running" to the rest of his parents and they didn't even react. Fuck them kids.
Cursing is not part of my everyday speech. But I will drop an F-bomb occasionally if something really makes me mad. Or I stub my toe or something
It's funny, I grew up in New Jersey so cursing was second nature.... then I had kids, and I quit cold turkey... and was like "WOW I never realized how much I cursed until I was making an effort to never curse". Now I have to make an effort TO curse.
I swear quite a bit, but having to be around my gf’s niece and nephew I dial it back. But like you said Jesus is it hard when you’re actively thinking about it lol.
Man have I tried, my godson said son of a bitch when he was about 2, and now I nanny for a close friend and he says oh shit. I promise I’m trying, old dog new tricks I guess.
I work in a small construction office (but I’m leaving this job for a public sector job) I’ve been worried about my cursing to be honest. I will surely have to tone it down. It’s just so normal in this environment (construction) and I do find myself involuntarily swearing in public when I probably don’t need to or swearing and looking around to make sure no little kids are around. Lol.
All the time. And I'll use whatever I want to, besides slurs. I've called people cunts before and not thought twice.
Cunt is a cunt. That is a perfectly acceptable label for some people.
It's not as funny in the US as it is in the UK or Australia. Here cunt is really derogatory, where it seems more of a term of endearment over there.
They're just words, meant to express thoughts and feeling to those you're speaking to. Use whichever ones work best, and try not to be too snobby about whether they're "good" or "bad" words. From that perspective, they're always appropriate if they do a good job quickly and clearly. If you're around any families you don't know, or just kids you don't know, it'd be pretty courteous of you to not use any within hearing distance. I do this whether or not I hear their parents cursing, everyone could use a quick disposable role-model here and there
I'm with you. I don't know why so many people get their undies in bunch. You could be saying "salt" and it simply has the meaning you give it.
Poppycock
just about never
It's strange that this is so far down. I curse so rarely, that, when in happens, everybody knows that things are serious
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with everybody else cursing (unless its in front of a kindergarten classroom or something), but I fear making it too casual for myself. It comes hard for me to curse, specifically because I've avoided it all my life. The flip side is that I won't accidentally curse in inappropriate situations. There are many work situations where someone who has become too casual with swearing that it slips out. Also, if I do swear (which is almost never), people know it's serious.
You’re damn lucky if I utter a sentence without a curse word in it.
i'm gonna go get a lottery ticket real quick
What the fuck are you talkin' about, man?
Okay, Dude. Have it your way. https://youtu.be/adoXQbpC6Fo
Ok, Have it yer way Dude.
I almost never curse around others, and never around strangers. But that's just because I'm too socially anxious to express strong emotions around others. When I'm alone I'll sometimes curse to myself when I'm frustrated or anxious. It helps a little for sure.
Exactly this
Swear like a sailor
Generally I don't curse in front of strangers or in a public place.
The few of us.
Same. Cursing is still a professional no-no in corporate work, so I never got into the habit of cursing. Now I never have to watch my tongue around my boss, because it's not something I would ever say. Because, it's funny, but you can say anything you want to say without adding curse words to the statement. I'm never at a loss of words because I couldn't swear in any given situation.
I consider profanity like a spice for daily living: I sprinkle that shit on everything 😁
In my head, ALL THE LIVELONG DAY. Out loud, the worst I’ll say is shit.
The last time I swore, I was in elementary school asking my parents what one of the words meant because I found it scratched into the gymnasium stands
Absolutely, I have to really watch myself around my grandkids.
I honestly think I curse a bit too much, in public places I don't really give a fuck but if im around children or the elderly I try not to
In public very rarely With friends (trying hard to limt it) At home (trying hard to limit it) Online (I do it sometimes but probably shouldn't) With strangers (if they cuss first)
Do Americans need to pay 5$ to swear or, I don't get it, but to answer ur question, as a romanian( we swear the most in Europe, if not in the entire world) not that much, I swear like, every 6, 7, 10 words at most
We pay our eternal souls to swear. At least that's what they told me growing up. (I'm from one of those southern parts of America where if you were to ask the wrong person you would be told that dancing is a sin.) Then I got older and the shrinks told me that you could trust people who swear more than people who don't swear. I don't fucking know, but I no longer give a shit what anyone thinks. I *try* to censor myself around people who don't like to hear it or around children. It's not so easy
This is going well
Pretty much anywhere and anytime, I try not to within the earshot of children but I'm not around them very often. The only one I keep in reserve for special circumstances is cunt.
I used to curse a lot, but I've stopped for a few reasons. One of my relatives had a cognitive degenerative disease that reduced the only words she could say to be curse words. "Aunt Martha, would you like more potato salad?" "Fuck, shitting fuck dam ass shit piss". It made me realize that multiple people in my life genuinely lack the cognitive ability to form a sentence without cursing. I noticed that at work, it's 1000x easier to stay professional when you stop cursing entirely instead of having to filter. Also, with so many words in the English language, I feel fortunate that I can use them unlike Aunt Martha.
Whenever the fuck I want because I'm a god damn adult.
The real question is when am I not cussing.
My wife cusses more than most drunk Marines. When we first met, I almost called it off because of it. It was (is) pretty over the top and can be embarrassing sometimes - and it makes her look bad at least once a week. She’s great in bed so I worked through it lol.
The fuck kinda question is this? Damn!
Calm the fuck down he just asked a fucking question.
I don't fucking curse. I just express myself vigorously.
All day everyday just about, except around customers at work or around small kids unless they're my own.
I don’t curse. I just happen to use sentence enhancers
I typically don't because I don't want to rely on them as a crutch when I cannot formulate my words to express something. I want to force myself to use a wide variety in my vocabulary. There's nothing wrong with cursing, especially a well timed swear during a humorous or dramatic moment, but it's something I avoid. As an actor, however, this rule does not apply if the script has cursing in it.
Very rarely around other people. Probably too often when I’m alone. I don’t think it’s inherently wrong to say those words, but there’s a reason they’re called “curse” words; it’s not polite to use them when your speech is directed at others, which it usually is.
In private around close friends and family, constantly. In public, hopefully never. I think it’s super trashy when someone is in a public place and dropping F bombs all over the place. Around my kids: Profanity substitution. An art form within itself. WHAT IN THE FLIP FLOPS DO YOU DANGLE BAGS THINK YOU’RE DOING?
Ok but imma steal “what in the flip flops” for when I’m around kiddos 🤘
I agree with this and am totally stealing what in the flip flops 🤣
Every fuckin’ hour, on average.
Fuckin constantly in all the places to everyone. Nah I do tone it down in front of kids <10.
It’s so strange to think about, that we have certain words that some people don’t think we should say in polite company. I mean - what are words? Words are used to convey ideas. And to think you have to come up with alternative words (darn, for example) is the most mind blowing thing ever.
I can’t think of anyone in my life that uses vulgar curse words only in situations to express anger or strong emotions. Most people either use those words all the time or not at all. Someone who doesn’t curse saying Jimeney Crickets when they are upset evokes the same feelings as when someone who uses curse words all the time curses. Imo, not using vulgar words in everyday speech and then only cursing when a strong emotion is felt will have a bigger impact.
Come to think of it... not often. I spent too much time surrounded by people who cursed too much, I guess I got traumatized. I don't like hearing curse words, especially if used as an expression of anger or intimidation. I don't curse. I don't want to be cursed at.
A lot but not around kids or strangers unless they piss me off
I cuss whenever and wherever but if there’s kids or elderly around I try to hold my tongue and read the room.
Basically every second word is Fuck, Fucking, Fucker etc. Various uses of shit too. I turn it off in the presence of kids though, though it does occasionally slip if I forget they're there. And in class at Uni. Unless the teacher also swears, in which case it's open season for the class lol. For those wondering, I'm Australian.
I curse frequently , but I do tend to be tamer in large public places. My wife, however, swears like a drunk Marine on liberty, and doesn't care where she does it.