Outgrowing Swearing

[PyroChamber]

Do you think there comes a time when as you get older cursing just becomes somewhat unnecessary?

I don't mean stop cursing period but just not doing it so much like you may have when you were younger; also to the point when hearing someone constantly doing it kind of annoys you.

[ChickenScratch]

Overgrowing? Well since we are not trees or shrubs, no.

Outgrowing swearing is another issue. Yes.

[Figs]

When someone talks and just about every other word is a curse word, that's what gets annoying. I think it's ok to use them every now and again to really emphasize something but i'm getting close to 30 and I try to cut down and watch what I say.

I'm not trying to watch what I say because it might offend someone but because it is a bit low class and a bit immature.

I tell you though, it's almost harder to stop swearing completely then it is to quit smoking. Probably has to do with the fact that you have to actually go out and purchase cigarettes and then put them to your mouth and with swearing it becomes trivial and you don't realize if you swear too much at times because speakin and communicating is part of who we are.

[Optimus_Prime_]

This is actually something I give a lot of thought to, haha.

Especially at work. I mean I swear, in fact, I try to not acknowledge swearing as swearing or cursing because I feel it's ridiculous to have problems with words like f*** when "decapitation" and "impale" are perfectly acceptible. Like, for some reason, these words are religiously or morally wrong but extensive discussions of medical treatments, threatening violence against opposing public servants, and ole' chestnuts about gruesome accidents are all well and good. However, that all said, I like to keep official business discussions free of crude language, off-color remarks, and swearing because I think it cheapens the discussion.

Same thing with official documents. I don't want a performance review to say "Jim is doing a f***ing great job motherf***ers". But maybe Jim is the f***ing man? So why am I so uptight about it there?

I guess I kind of see it this way: it's really annoying when someone uses big words inappropriately, right? Well I guess that's how I see swearing. If some guy came up and said "I juxapose my car next to my wife's car every night" as opposed to "we park are cars next to each other" I'd think he was a little odd. So I like swear words, I just think they have appropriate uses otherwise they loose their potency and meaning.

[Majic Walrus]

**** no *******.

[Figs]

Originally Posted by Optimus_Prime_

Same thing with official documents. I don't want a performance review to say "Jim is doing a f***ing great job motherf***ers".

That made me chuckle but I would probably laugh out loud if I read a performance review and that was actually in there.

[Bad Superman]

It's very difficult not to swear when you drive down here.

[BlueLightning]

I think that avoiding cursing and swearing is the best way to go. I manage to live my live without doing it. Ate very very rare moments maybe I'll slip one but I make a continuous effort for not doing it. It is not ellegant and void of class to live cursing and swearing like that. I am daily annoyed by people who live like this, but I discovered that if you treat others with respect, others (even your swearing/cursing friends) avoid doing that when you hang out with them.

[KevanG]

I tend to avoid cursing if i can help it mostly because I'm usually with my friends and they have kids. I tend to just make up curse words or use abbreviations for them in public between roars of rage. I tend to use Fugnuggets, nutbunnies and JFC (you can figure out the last one pretty easily).

[dsfjr1190]

I outgrew swearing after graduating high school.

[Scourge2099]

I used to cuss alot in high school and my early 20s , but now I don't cuss as much. I'll cuss up a storm when I'm pissed though.

[knowsbleed]

i swear
by the the moon and the stars in the sky
and i swear
like the shadow that's by your side

i see the questions in your eyes
i know what's waiting on your mind
you can be sure i know my part
'cause i stand beside you through the years
you'll only cry those happy tears
and though i make mistakes
i'll never break your heart

and i swear
by the moon and the stars in the sky
i'll be there
i swear
like the shadow that's by your side
i'll be there

for better or worse
till death do us part
i'll love you with every beat of my heart
and i swear

[Kelly]

In High School, didn't cuss at all, College, no more than oh ****.... now, dear lord, I cuss like a sailor. BUT, I'm working on slowing that down quite a bit.

[Venomfan]

i never got into swearing. i'm actually very thankful of that. although i did just find out that c*nt is an extremely bad word, like worse then the f word to some people. i always figured it was only as bad as c*ck but apparently its pretty foul.

[Gilpesh]

I will never stop saying the c-word. EVER.

[Venomfan]

Originally Posted by Gilpesh

I will never stop saying the c-word. EVER.

judging by post times i'm guessing that your post coming directly after mine was a coincidence, a pretty funny one though

[Gilpesh]

It was a hilarious coincidence. And that word is the most vile swear in America and thus is hilarious.

[Wesley Dodds]

I'm with Gilpesh. The ****.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

The c-word is like an umbrella. You may not need it today, or the next day, or next week, but when it comes times it use it, you'll be glad you had it.

[Gilpesh]

Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg Bop

The c-word is like an umbrella. You may not need it today, or the next day, or next week, but when it comes times it use it, you'll be glad you had it.

And sometimes you should just take it out, cause the sky looked a bit gray that day.

[knowsbleed]

Now I'm horny.

[Gilpesh]

That's just because you've been listening to the Mel Gibson arrest tape again.

[knowsbleed]

**** off you ****ing **** **** *******face.

[Gilpesh]

Now let me tell you about the jews, sugar tits.

[Lunar_Wolf]

Originally Posted by knowsbleed

**** off you ****ing **** **** *******face.

Why did you have to say ****? I mean, I understood the meaning behind ****...But **** is just rude.