How are you on swearing?

[Eja117]

Someone told me the other day in 5 years they have never heard me swear. It's true that in my travels I have worked in a lot of places where I couldn't swear. Various customer service with old people or young people. I suppose I have built up some good habits. But I wasn't always that way.

[BudweiserCeltic]

I'm a mix of swearing a lot and here and there it has its place.

[Eja117]

I saw a hot young earnest bank teller mess something up the other day and she said "sugar" and I thought it was one of the cutest things I had ever seen.

[jambr380]

It really doesn't have a place in the professional realm, but swearing can be quite satisfying and accentuate a point. As a 'punk' for the last 20+ years, I don't see a correlation between swearing and education and I think people can be arbitrarily sanctimonious about it.

As for how it relates to this particular board, I think it's best to keep the profanity away. Swearing can turn into insults very quickly and everything derails once that happens.

[Donoghus]

I'm awful at it.  Swear like a sailor.  Pretty much use the f word in every part of speech (noun, adjective, verb, etc...)

[hwangjini_1]

how am i swearing? its none of your [dang] business! 

[D.o.s.]

It really doesn't have a place in the professional realm, but swearing can be quite satisfying and accentuate a point. As a 'punk' for the last 20+ years, I don't see a correlation between swearing and education and I think people can be arbitrarily sanctimonious about it.

As for how it relates to this particular board, I think it's best to keep the profanity away. Swearing can turn into insults very quickly and everything derails once that happens.

This is a good post and I agree with it.

[CelticsFan166]

Boy. We really are in the deep offseason, aren't we? Haha

[Hemingway]

I think I've done a pretty good job on here holding back from swearing. But seriously, it usually does make a person come off as not tat smart, unless it;s done right. Sometime,'s it's just funny and makes a regular funny comment extra funny.

[fairweatherfan]

Profanity is a crutch for conversational cripples 

Just kidding I do that %@$* all the time.

[mef730]

Almost never swear, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Mike

[alldaboston]

At the start of high school i wouldn't ever THINK of swearing out loud, let alone think such words in my head. Alas, times have changed. Unfortunately, swear words are now a part of my everyday life as a HS senior. I honestly wish i could stop, but it's difficult.

[Tr1boy]

Boy. We really are in the deep offseason, aren't we? Haha

Very deep f#%@$@

[KGs Knee]

I don't see a correlation between swearing and education and I think people can be arbitrarily sanctimonious about it.

Pretty much how I see it.

I'll swear if I want to, when I want to, and don't particularly care what others think about it. I've never thought swearing makes a person sound less educated.

As for how it relates to this particular board, I think it's best to keep the profanity away. Swearing can turn into insults very quickly and everything derails once that happens.

But I also can see the value in this point of view as well.

[fairweatherfan]

I don't see a correlation between swearing and education and I think people can be arbitrarily sanctimonious about it.

Pretty much how I see it.

I'll swear if I want to, when I want to, and don't particularly care what others think about it. I've never thought swearing makes a person sound less educated.

As for how it relates to this particular board, I think it's best to keep the profanity away. Swearing can turn into insults very quickly and everything derails once that happens.

But I also can see the value in this point of view as well.

Oh yeah, both points are valid.  I swear a fair bit in everyday life, but when you allow it in a forum setting it quickly starts drowning things out, even if you keep the no personal attacks stuff in place.  It's just easier to swear a bunch than make a coherent argument.