I'm trying not to curse but when you fix things for a living you curse a lot.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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Yes, because I was forced to exist against my will. Don't do that next time please kthnxbye.
I went from never swearing as a Protestant to swearing sometimes too much now. I need to simmer down but sometimes it makes a point!
"Go fudge yourself" is linguistically intresting. With "fudge" being slang for feces, would you say "go fudge yourself" is closer to "go fuck yourself", "go shit yourself", or both ("go fuck yourself up the ass")?
I would be the odd one out if I did. Hell, my general manager curses more than I do. It's just how it is in my line of work.
I try to avoid it as much as possible since I think its a good habit. I don't have any issue with people who swear I just choose not to. It does become an issue occasionally since there just is not always good replacements for a lot of swear words meaning it can be difficult to express the emotion you are trying to say. I don't think there is anything wrong with choosing to do this but I still find it odd that we as a society just kinda accept that a certain set of words are special and can't always be said.
It's impossible to take people seriously that do what you are describing.
I go to church now for the last few years so I've retrained my choice of words to a degree so not to offend, but I still curse loudly.
I read somewhere that intelligent people swear more, so I've decided to start.