Do You Use Profanity?

[Sprayber]

When I was in the military, I amazed myself with how many times I could insert Fvck into a sentence. As profane as I could become, I never used it around my mother and rarely around my wife. When I suddenly found myself living in the same household with young children, I tried really hard to moderate my language. That proves difficult when we are driving someone

On the few occasions that I have used profanity in front of the kids I have noticed the impact it has.

Do you have a potty mouth?

[KrazyHorse]

**** no.

[Lorizael]

I curse around everyone except my bosses.

[BlackCat]

Strange, I think that I heard/used fewest profanities when I was in the military.

[Dis]

yes. About 6 months ago I tried to go cold turkey. Didn't work.

I almost never use profanity around other people, however. Just when I'm alone and I'm pissed off at something. If I die in a computer game, of course I'm going to cuss. Or driving...

I find this is a happy medium. If I don't cuss around other people, I don't have to worry about cussing accidently at work. Which could get me fired or in trouble for sexual harrassment. Yes I have gotten in trouble for using the F word at work. Even though the context in which I used the F word was not sexual in nature, I was told it was still possible sexual harrassment because I used it towards a woman. I had to sign a write up for using that word.

[BlackCat]

To be honest, I've started to use a lot of such words since I was forced to use -Wall with the newest version of gcc

[Murg]

No, I generally find that people swear because they are unable to articulate what they are thinking. Though that could just be because I came from a little farm town so most of the people that I grew up around that swear all the time tended to be the biggest uneducated rednecks you can find.

But outside of that I dont have any problems with swearing, I do swear when telling jokes and such. They just don't enter into my everyday vocabulary.

[DanS]

Rarely in conversation with others. Often in conversation with myself.

[Sprayber]

Rarely in conversation with others. Often in conversation with myself.

[BlackCat]

Rarely in conversation with others. Often in conversation with myself.

Commenting on your self or others ?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes. And occasionally around other people.

[SlowwHand]

F*** yes, I use profanity. In particular, I'm fond of f***. Can be used as a noun, adjective, verb, the possibilities are endless.

[Jon Miller]

I had cussed like 5 times in my life before my sophomore year of college.

There were times I did quite a bit. Right now not so much.

I am not one to stub my toe and say ****, for example, though. It is more like 'that was a ****ing cool movie'.

JM

[Asher]

No, I generally find that people swear because they are unable to articulate what they are thinking. Though that could just be because I came from a little farm town so most of the people that I grew up around that swear all the time tended to be the biggest uneducated rednecks you can find.

But outside of that I dont have any problems with swearing, I do swear when telling jokes and such. They just don't enter into my everyday vocabulary.

Oh, come on.

"Go **** yourself", for instance. I think that perfectly articulates how I feel.

What would you say instead of that? Can you say it as succinctly?

[alva]

**** no.

Meh... see... that's the difference between us... I saw the thread title and thought " **** yeah! ".

Guess I'm just a more positive person.... * sigh *