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[TabbyTrap]

So, Shayne and I have been having this arguement for years, and I want you and a few other forums to answer. He says curse words are awful and should never be said at any time. I respond that if he is going to say things like darn and dangit, then I should be able to curse since he is just replacing the curse words with other words, aka, hes still smurfing cursing. If you could somehow convince the hole world to quite cold turkey, fine, but as it is, cursing helps relieve stress, and the only reason they are taboo is because people use them in such a way. A word is a word.

He then responds by reminding me of an incedent where I cursed in front of a 6 year old girl, and I say we've been over this, it was an accident.

Thoughts?
Cursing good or cursing bad?

[Agent Proto]

He's cursing using replacement words. He just chooses not to say the actual curse words himself. There's nothing wrong with cursing, so I'd say it's good if you want to let out some steam.

[Beowulf]

I curse all the smurfing time.

Except around kids. Kids are so smurfing impressionable that I don't want them to start cursing. The little smurfers.

Nah, I like kids.

But I curse like a sailor.

[Shorty]

I'm usually on my best behavior if I don't know someone very well. Once that veil is drawn, though, it all comes out.

I usually forget to censor myself around kids.

[Beowulf]

Honestly, I couldn't care less what people think of me.

If people don't like me because I curse? smurf them. If people don't like that my sense of humor involves cursing, smurf them.

I'm so polite. Zzz.

[The Man]

I usually don't use anything more severe than damn or hell at work, but apart from that I swear like a smurfing sailor.

[fire_of_avalon]

There are many, many times that a swear word is the most appropriate word to use in a given situation.

There are also many, many times when a swear word isn't appropriate to use or its use is overwrought.

Knowing how and when to swear is an art. Dammit.

[Denmark]

"gosh dangit" way more impact than "god dammit"

i have the dirtiest mouth when i'm driving. but i'm not too foul-mouthed when talking to people usually though most of the time

[Tigmafuzz]

I'm able to filter myself around kids, because when I'm around children I'm pretty much a completely different person. But other than that, I spent a few months living with Marines, so I kinda let myself go once in a while without realizing it. Also,

Knowing how and when to swear is an art.

I don't see why people make a big deal about "swear words." You shouldn't be offended by swear words. Unless you're one of those people who wants to be offended by things, in which case smurf you and quit being a about it.

Anyway yeah social constructs and blah blah

[NorthernChaosGod]

Swearing is a perfectly legitimate way to communicate and the only people that don't like it are children. Using replacements is smurfing stupid.

[Jiro]

*snip*

[Foa]do you know how hard it is to edit single words from my phone?! You can't go around the swear filter just to prove a point. You fix it, sir, or wait until I get home tonight.[/foa]

[Laddy]

I'm a surprisingly heavy curse word user, which you would never guess by my ordinarily calm demeanor. Ultimately, I'd say just go for it. Curse like a smurfing maniac going battrout ass-crazy at those bitches. Hotdamn it feels pretty goddamn good.

See? It works in text too!

[Citizen Bleys]

With the exception of the n-bomb, which only PG uses, every so-called "swear word" has approximately the same emotional weight as "criminy" did in the 19th century. If you're going to get pissy with someone for saying "piss," then you should get pissy with them for saying gosh darn.

That is, that's how it would be if the anti-swearing crowd made any sort of logical sense whatsoever, but they don't and never will, so meh.

[Pike]

I'm too lazy to answer this in much depth because I just answered this in the thread we had on this topic a few weeks back

Short answer: I never got in the habit of swearing so I don't do it very often. I say replacement words a lot, also by habit. If that makes me some sort of wuss and/or awful person in denial about the nature of language then so be it.

[Chris]

I usually just do it.

Who actually wastes time thinking about whether or not they swore when they were negotiation a salary increase with the boss?