how often do you use profanity?

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aka1nas

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Aug 30, 2001
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Only at work. We all swear quite a bit there, though.:)

At home or around family I flip the "PG-Rated" switch and watch it a bit better.
 
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angminas

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I used to curse moderately, but I was often ashamed of it. Now I've toned it back down to about 5% of where I used to be, which was never much. There's always a better way to express yourself than just the same few dozen words, even if you don't think they're dirty (and I do). People who think cursing all the time makes them look cool amuse me. It's just thinly veiled rebellion that doesn't accomplish anything.
 
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GPett

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I used to feel like I was saying something wrong. But, when you think of it.. words, sounds, are just some utterance from our vocal chords.

How can one compilation of wavelenghts be bad and another good? The answer is that it is not the actual sound to a word that is bad, it is the ideas, and images within someones mind that is bad when they hear them.

So, the utterance of a word could mean an entirely different thing in the mind of the person that hears it compared to the person that vocalized it.

So, since I realized that sound, words, ideas, are all open for interpretation by everyone then I realized that I could care less about swear words.

It is not my responsibility to edit or censor myself from any expression that I feel. It is the onus of other people to hear me. If they do not like the reverberations in the air we share that is their problem.

What sort of world do we live in that it is censored to reverberate air in a certain way. Come on.. use your head... Let people feel and express emotions. If you deny people their emotions you deny them.

We should all be more open and accepting of people, their words, and their emotions. Because, if we we all filter what we say we will all turn into double talking, back stabbing, politicians.

 
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ForumMaster

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The Stranger: There's just one thing, Dude.
The Dude: And what's that?
The Stranger: Do you have to use so many cuss words?
The Dude: What the ****** you talking about?
The Stranger: Okay, Dude. Have it your way.
 
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Jeff7

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Very rarely, maybe once or twice a week, though I don't exactly consider words like "damn" to be profanity. They get used more frequently, though still maybe only every other day. But then, I don't talk much in the first place.;)


Originally posted by: GPett
I used to feel like I was saying something wrong. But, when you think of it.. words, sounds, are just some utterance from our vocal chords.

How can one compilation of wavelenghts be bad and another good? The answer is that it is not the actual sound to a word that is bad, it is the ideas, and images within someones mind that is bad when they hear them.

So, the utterance of a word could mean an entirely different thing in the mind of the person that hears it compared to the person that vocalized it.

So, since I realized that sound, words, ideas, are all open for interpretation by everyone then I realized that I could care less about swear words.

It is not my responsibility to edit or censor myself from any expression that I feel. It is the onus of other people to hear me. If they do not like the reverberations in the air we share that is their problem.

What sort of world do we live in that it is censored to reverberate air in a certain way. Come on.. use your head... Let people feel and express emotions. If you deny people their emotions you deny them.

We should all be more open and accepting of people, their words, and their emotions. Because, if we we all filter what we say we will all turn into double talking, back stabbing, politicians.
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But words aren't just utterances of sound. They are representations of ideas, a way to get everyone "calibrated" so that communication is possible. If I make the sound for the word "red" then I don't want the thought formed in someone else's mind to be "lampshade." I want them to think of the color. Similarly, if you say a curse word, you're trying to form that thought in someone else's mind, not make them think of a rabbit with a pancake on its head. For each person, true, it does mean something slightly different, but the general idea is the same. My idea of "red" may differ slightly from someone else's, but it's approximately the same thing. Take that into account too when speaking: thoughts are as pure as it gets in terms of thinking, if that makes any sense. A concept might be perfectly clear to you, in your own mind, but expressing that thought requires words, which are mere approximations of thought. Too often, when going from thought to words, something gets lost in the translation, and bad translations can lead to problems.
 
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xtknight

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Depends on who I'm around. Rarely if ever directed towards people, mostly just toward weird assignments or devices that are "misbehaving". Sometimes I'll just say it out of impulse 'cause I'm in a crappy mood. I can be one angry mfer. :)
 
BabaBooey

BabaBooey

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Jan 21, 2001
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Daily....most of the time it is moron drivers,especially the dames in the 6000 pound expedition,while in the passing lane doing 50 and gabbing on the cell...:roll:


bad habit but better than smoking....:p
 
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