How much do you swear?

I probably swear more on ilx than I do irl. But then I have more conversations on ilx than irl.

Way too cunting much.

Not nearly enough tbh

almost never irl

keep yr powder dry

Fuckin all the fuckin time fuck ya

keep yr powder dry

also my theory (but not my practice)

Swearing is the music of life

Occasionally. Not out of any kind of prudishness, really; I think I just like it to have a dramatic impact when I bust out with a fuck or, much more infrequently, a cunt.

Not much, only comfortable swearing around people I know very well and who are not co-workers.

most people are bad at it

i'm alone a lot, and still swear a lot

i scream profanities in the subway *fairly* often

it’s part of my dna.
it’s not swearing it’s just how I talk

keep yr powder dry

Wise advice. Alas I often outdo Malcom Tucker :/

I'm perfectly capable of maintaining a civil tongue in situations where salty language is frowned upon or strictly verboten. In all other situations, I happily let those f-bombs fly like uncaged eagles.

i dont believe in the concept

language is language

i dont believe in the concept

however, I'm pretty sure you believe in other people and they believe in the concept of swearing, so you may as well humor them because you'll never convert them all to your way of thinking, no matter how sane or logical.

Australian swearers unite xxxp

✊🏻

Fark yair Matt

whaddoo we want
more swears
when do wannem
now ya cunce

i'm alone a lot, and still swear a lot

i scream profanities in the subway *fairly* often

Lol, why does this not surprise me?

however, I'm pretty sure you believe in other people and they believe in the concept of swearing, so you may as well humor them because you'll never convert them all to your way of thinking, no matter how sane or logical.

― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 03:54 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck em

Profusely when I was younger, less as I get older. Hearing your six year old son say fuck and realising he got it from you kind of makes you tone it down

Way less as I get older. Taking other ppls feelings into account (parents, women (who often dislike swearing ime)) mostly.

I swear quite a lot I think. An uncreative peppering of my speech with fuck, at work, home, wherever. Despite this, I used to find it easy to moderate my speech in the presence of children. Now, I find swear words slip out and I instantly apologise instead.

No real idea how much I swear compared with other people in my world. I think I'm not unusual but if you asked me to say for sure which people at work didn't regularly swear, I'd struggle.

yes

My mouth is a sewer tbh. Swearing was not allowed when I was growing up, my grandma would not stand for it and my mum wouldn't allow it either but mostly so that grandma wouldn't get mad at her if she heard us swear. This even included milder words like shit or bloody. Only flipping was allowed. Maybe because of that I swore all the time when I wasn't at home.

Not that much really.

Morbius’ answer made me laugh hard

I would pepper my sentences with swears but fuck that doggerell ass shite

Also veg otm

It's possible that I swear more at work than in any other situation. But I mean come the fuck on, look at this shit, man.

Old lunch - you’re lucky! No one swears at my current job and it’s a real drag.

Definitely relate to Alba’s post. A swear slipped out in front of a baby the other day and I apologized to the mother. She says “he can’t even understand anyway” lol

My work swears are mostly under my breath or in the midst of commiseration with a coworker, but there are definitely some people here who've popped that DGAF cap all the way off wrt swearing that carries across the entire office (and possibly to other floors, who even knows). And this workplace is chill AF compared to my last!

Lol

My ex once sent an email to all staff telling them to go fuck the selves. It’s a wonder she wasn’t fired

I'm trying to do it a LOT less outside of the house, but it ain't easy.

i'm a little bit sweary out loud, but tbh if there was an internal swearbox in my head, my brain would be halfway round the world on a superyacht and living the billionaire lifestyle as we speak

Lots. I probably should be ashamed of it, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I used to never do it at any job I had til I got a boss that curses; now it’s like sailors constantly stepping on plugs.

I do manage to hold back around other half’s parents who are both older than mine, which isn’t to say I’m always successful.

i find it easy to manage around the kiddies and the prudes tbh

Does flipping the bird count as swearing? (I think so.)

unless u wanna exclude deaf ppl i think it must

btw i curse in the subway for direct cause, and in the hope of convincing others we need to rebel violently

also i am turning into a Crazy Old Man

I've called my laptop a cunt at least 3 times today. tbf it is a cunt

I work in IT support, so I swear a pissing lot.

Swearing was not allowed when I was growing up

I have relatives who I'm certain have never used a swear stronger than "blimey".

Swearing wasn’t allowed when I grew up either.
One incident resulted in me getting my mouth washed out with soap to which I said “fuuuuck”

I probably swear to myself/at my computer a couple times a day at my desk at work, generally don't swear in conversation except with people I know well

All the fucking time.

dozens of times every single day.

I’m concerned. I swear like so much there’s no sentences anymore. It’s like “fuck cock ass bitch mother Mary whore ass shit”.

I’m partially kidding

my 8-year-old nephew favours 'what the chicken' as an all-purpose exclamation, which my wife and i have started using occasionally

Wait, this poll is cross-polling: there are options about frequency vs options about mode

Wait, this poll is cross-polling: there are options about frequency vs options about mode

I hardly ever swear around other people but do it all the time when I'm by myself. Swear words are pretty much the only words I say out loud when I'm alone.

there's quite a lot of swearing at my office so I'm pretty much around profanity all the time. which means I almost invariably slip up at least once or twice when I'm around my nephews.

My siblings broke the 'swearing freely around my mom' seal ages ago but, aside from a slip-up here and there, I just can't quite relax my apparently prudish crack to that extent.

Re cross posting

Basically the poll options are this

- swear sometimes
- swear quite a bit you ass fuck head
- duck your hat and fuck your family
- premium sewer mouth.

Evol. Slip up? Fuck that shit

Ps silverfish is my main mAn

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328707362l/6743655.jpg

I have a friend who exclaims "shut the door!"

I love profanity, but honestly find it kind of lazy and tacky these days. So I don't curse much, personally, and am often thrown off by people cursing around me. But I love it in movies and music, though in the latter I prefer it used judiciously, whereas in the former (as in comedy) often the Rule of Infinity kicks in and takes it to the next level.

a lot but way more in my head / to myself than to others.

I only swear on here in text (somehow, I rationalize it because it "doesn't count" that way or something, idk) and aloud when I'm by myself (usually driving). If you ever hear me swear, then I'm either really afraid of something or having a very bad day.

In general, I find that other people using profanity around me makes me kind of uncomfortable. I don't want to have that effect on someone else, so I watch myself.

I definitely selectively swear tho I’m sure we all do to some extent. My boss is religious so I never swear around her for instance

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

fourpence.

A great deal and not quietly

But I am relatively adept at self-censorship in front of audiences, at least for a while. When we get to the afternoon sessions of a full-day workshop or offsite I don’t really have the energy not to drop a few shits and let some fucks dribble out

i try to swear only swear when i need to/when it's appropriate -- when i am in traffic, when i forgot something, when i accidentally injure myself, etc
i remember buying a sebadoh tshirt with the words "lo-fi...fuckin' whatever" on it and being too embarrassed to wear it. i didn't really feel that strongly about sebadoh or lo-fi recording. i gave it away.

i am pretty sure i have told people to fuck off but i don't think i have ever said "fuck you" aloud directly to a person

I've got to admit, I've gotten into the habit of yelling "shut the fuck up!" in the car when I'm tired of what's on the news and need to change the station.

we mostly speak English at home so chez nous we only swear in other languages, mostly French and Spanish but also Arabic. My kids chafe at it sometimes, they wanna drop F bombs but I like our home life not being like that. Still, if a French or Spanish speaker were here, yeesh, the things my kids say to other, & to us, & vice-versa...

w others / in other settings, it totally depends on the audience. I do a LOT of code switching.

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:30 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are ime at least dmac lvl sweary and tbh it seems worse from you

-i didn't really feel that strongly about sebadoh or lo-fi recording. i gave it away.

This is so hilarious btw

Code switching swearing seems like cheating to me. I admire Euler’s family environment, it sounds rich and complex, but if you can disguise your fucks, are they really fucks?

Same for people who only swear whenever they think nobody can hear. When a tree shouts SHIT and nobody’s around, etc

A shouting tree would warrant some swearing imo

cheating is for prescriptivists
there is no cheating for descriptivists, there is only usage

i’m trayce and vg-level sweary

― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:30 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are ime at least dmac lvl sweary and tbh it seems worse from you

phwoar

<3

On that note I hate it when men protest/are disgusted by women who swear but not by men who do. As u all may kno my bf does a crime podcast with his female bestie. They both swear a bit on the show - its that sorta show - but when emails or tweets of complaint come in, theyre always to say "Tara swears way too much" / "Tara has a foul mouth"/ "women shouldnt swear that much".

Once it happened re a show she didnt drop a single F or C bomb in, and Barney had dropped heaps :/ Yet they complained about her swears?

Fucking cunt sexists.

thats so stupid

agree that is very stupid

go jump in the lake
― estela, Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:26 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uncalled for

I'm an inveterate swearer, a father and a teacher. Bad mix.

I try not to swear in front of my own kids, with varying results. We've had lots of discussion about language choices and audience etc and I'm mostly sanguine about it. I generally don't swear in front of classes but have slipped a couple of times. I've found Y11s to be generally pretty potty-mouthed, so I tend to have the same discussions about language choices etc and move on.

I swear a fuckton

Bullshit poll

there's no such thing as swear words

it's a myth

Alomar - your face is a bullshit poll.

and here i was about to bump Your Favorite Ross and put you top of the list

Damn. Sorry man

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I predict hella swearing from this crowd

swear like a cunt unless i have to talk like a posh cunt

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

that is an amazing result

i love u ilx

im-fucking-probable

amazeballs

I wonder if the "hardly ever" option would have polled 26 as well.

Wtf