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Jan 25, 2022
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Virginia Ute
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In the right context, sure. Gotta know your audience.
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I’m not a prude when it comes to language and I even admit to dropping the
gwalker
1/25/22 9:55am
Yep.
Dr MoBYU
1/25/22 9:56am
For me it depends on context. In a professional situation it doesn't work.
Archaea
1/25/22 9:56am
In fact tempted to say, “Sir, there are ladies present. Including your wife.”
gwalker
1/25/22 9:57am
I'm pretty sure that in most cases the response would be
Sea Chicken
1/25/22 9:58am
Probably.
gwalker
1/25/22 9:58am
My wife swears more than I do
Slim
1/25/22 9:58am
You give her more reasons to.
Sea Chicken
1/25/22 9:59am
Mine too. Though I've been working to catch up since I met her.
Loon to the Moon
1/25/22 5:32pm
Only time I asked someone to calm down, I simply said
Archaea
1/25/22 9:59am
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
Sea Chicken
1/25/22 9:59am
Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low intelligence.
RH84025
1/25/22 9:59am
There have been studies suggesting that highly intelligent people cuss more.
Archaea
1/25/22 10:00am
Great....now I have to go to my FO list to adequately respond here!
StarMan
1/25/22 11:23am
There is, in fact, no truth to this.
ReyOso
1/25/22 10:02am
You don't think that people who rely too much on profanity to make a point are
AggieWeekendCougar
1/25/22 10:06am
If it's used as a crutch, maybe. But the use of the word itself, no.
ReyOso
1/25/22 11:13am
Board liberal endorses swearing. Check.
EQD2
1/25/22 11:50am
RE: Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low
Richard McCoy Jr.
1/25/22 10:03am
This had been my view of a lack of sophisticated vocabulary/language but later learned that’s not true.
Soupie
1/25/22 10:12am
It's changing language. There are still taboo words, just different ones.
ReyOso
1/25/22 10:00am
tik tok is accelerating this language change, so much vulgarity all day long in
doubled1981
1/25/22 10:04am
Also, I wonder how these people ratchet things up when they need to. How do they
gwalker
1/25/22 10:00am
East Coast v West Coast makes a huge difference. I really wish I had not started
Socrates Johnson
1/25/22 10:00am
My boss in Buffalo NY would shout obscenities in the most natural way
towerman
1/25/22 10:11am
100%
CopperLix
1/25/22 10:00am
I think my issue is more with yelling at people than swearing. Adults don't ever
dYrtbYkerYder
1/25/22 10:01am
It's especially appalling how teenagers talk. We've gotten so coarse and vulgar
runnincoug
1/25/22 10:01am
They just tryna be cray bruh
777
1/25/22 10:03am
I've kicked a few people out of my office for language. But most people are very
JAGA97
1/25/22 10:01am
Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcibly...
AggieWeekendCougar
1/25/22 10:02am
I've pondered this over the years and come to believe it 100% accurate
OldFogey
1/25/22 10:07am
There is a skill to cursing. It takes some training….
kotacoug
1/25/22 10:07am
SWK quote, nice quip but not true I have discovered.
Archaea
1/25/22 10:48am
Feeble mind can be a fleeting phase…people hear that and think he was calling
AggieWeekendCougar
1/25/22 11:02am
Less cultured but not feeble
Archaea
1/25/22 12:58pm
Profs I know who can't speak two sentences without swearing would swear they are
AggieWeekendCougar
1/25/22 1:03pm
they might be well-versed in culture, but a truly composed, cultured person uses
Archaea
1/25/22 1:58pm
I recently watched a video of a high speed police chase (from the officers' body cameras) and when they finally
buhlcougar
1/25/22 10:02am
Those words just turn into common words and some other word replaces it as crass
kotacoug
1/25/22 10:02am
Swearing is nbd IMO.
Virginia Ute
1/25/22 10:04am
Too bad.
Bob Vance
1/25/22 10:06am
I’m kind of in the middle. A word or two is fine. When it gets to 15% or more of
gwalker
1/25/22 10:06am
We’ve got a guy on our hockey team that can’t say 4 words without dropping
kotacoug
1/25/22 10:09am
Well, you are a Ute, so there's that playing into this attitude. 🙂
OldFogey
1/25/22 10:08am
Really? U ok with Your 12 yo daughter saying F***?
Dr MoBYU
1/25/22 10:09am
What's surprising is how woke we are as a society, and yet so liberal with M--F-
runnincoug
1/25/22 10:12am
racist? never made that connection
fattycoug
1/25/22 10:13am
Yeah, I can't really explain on CB, but if you study up the history of it...
runnincoug
1/25/22 10:45am
In the right context, sure. Gotta know your audience.
Virginia Ute
1/25/22 10:40am
Not buying it
OldFogey
1/25/22 10:42am
I can think of several situations where it would be appropriate
jellyfish
1/25/22 2:18pm
why would you need yo know your audience if it's nbd, though?
fattycoug
1/25/22 10:45am
It’s no nbd to me. This thread is evidence that is a big deal to certain prudish people that judge people who swear
Virginia Ute
1/25/22 10:56am
If we desensitize the use of cuss words, then what do we do when we need to
fattycoug
1/25/22 10:11am
Just use the word "literally" for emphasis
HandwovenBox
1/25/22 10:40am
perfect example of devaluing a word
fattycoug
1/25/22 10:43am
Use no f words at all to really shock them with just how serious you are being.
joelvandyne
1/25/22 10:42am
I've become numb to the language around me at work.
LegitCoug
1/25/22 10:05am
Your last sentence is the key. If everything gets that emphasis from someone
gwalker
1/25/22 10:08am
I think this is worth noting when we complain about fans saying/chanting "F you BYU"
krindorr
1/25/22 10:19am
A lot of people are just really angry these days. For those of us in the
cougfanz
1/25/22 10:13am
When my Father was in the navy, a navy chaplain gave a sunday sermon that changed his life
Pollster
1/25/22 10:28am
I've got trouble in my house and my wife blames it on me.
Belboz
1/25/22 10:31am
I've worked around a number of women who regularly drop F-bombs at work.
HiLife
1/25/22 10:44am
Swearing is great!
A_blue_car
1/25/22 11:04am
The summer after I graduated high school I worked for a Utah contractor who ...
icecougar
1/25/22 12:07pm
I would enjoy watching shows like Ozark and Succession a whole lot more
neboutefan
1/25/22 3:38pm
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