mothersmurfing trout rapists ye hoebag.

[Mirage]

(Self) censored curse words aren't a bit better than actual curse words. Especially when it's done with bleeps like on TV. The only thing it accomplishes is drawing even more attention to the fact that there is swearing going on.

The worst part about american TV shows is the mother fcuking bleeps all the time.

They're just words. Who cares? I swear pretty regularly. I also use slurs for more or less any group of people pretty often, including groups I am part of.

I think people just need to calm the smurf down and stop caring about the exact words themselves, but instead the meaning behind the words in the current context.

[Old Manus]

Looks like he got over his brain tumour (thread mysteriously disappearing notwithstanding).

[Mirage]

Who had a brain tumor? What am I missing?!

[Quindiana Jones]

A words practical meaning is determined by its context. Using damnit instead of trout when you stub your toe does not make you more polite: your word has exactly the same meaning.

[TabbyTrap]

I can agree with not cursing in front of children and not just cursing because it makes you feel badass, but I see no reason they shouldn't be used when feeling strong emotions about something, they help you get the point across.

[Unbreakable Will]

I've been arguing this with Nikki for years. The tabooing of words is utterly ridiculous, it's a word folks it didn't run down the streets raping your churches and burning your women. It's bears with bulletproof vests that do that.

[Araciel]

smurfing ridiculous.

owait that was censored.

[Christmas]

I thought this thread is about raping, and I was like got so many exciting things to share and it turns out....

[Pumpkin]

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.

I am offended by swearing and I am offended by this post.

YOU offend me.

[Raistlin]

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.

The people who make a big deal about the use of "replacement" swears are just as silly as the people who make a big deal about swearing, period. They're just words.

I generally don't swear around family or in professional settings. Otherwise I will swear occasionally (though I don't consider "damn" and "hell" to be "bad" words).

[The Man]

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.

Basically this. There are a couple of other ethnic slurs that have somewhat more emotional weight than the average swear, and I can kind of understand why some people are offended by the c-word as well, but by and large most swears shouldn't be a big deal at all. The only reasons I avoid swearing at work are (1) management doesn't like it, (2) we have a lot of kids that come in, and (3) there are a lot of easily offended old people that come in as well. Though to be honest, even that doesn't make much sense since we display plenty of titles with blatant swearing on the covers.

[Psychotic]

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

I... agree with Aaron Freed? Wow.

[Mirage]

Oh yeah, of course. I do not consider trout, damn or hell to be very cursy words. I'd use them around my family no problem. Words that I avoid using around people I don't know are comfortable with it are far worse than that.

[Shorty]

The c-word is just plain ugly and I hate it.

[Quindiana Jones]

Shaddup y'.