To think banning swearing is immature?

[Sounddofsilence]

I'm part of a diet group on Facebook.

Someone wrote that they were pissed off and the mod replied - whoops I see there is a swear word hun, please edit your post.

It's a private group.

I understand saying certain words, like fuck, cunt etc can be offensive but surely as adults we should be allowed to openly swear in an adult environment?

[PiperChapstick]

YANBU. They sound like twats. Some FB admins let the power get to their heads, and prefer to play teacher!

This is why I stay away from nethuns I fucking love a good swear!

[educatingarti]

To be fair, i think "needing" to swear is more immature! There will be a variety of people in the group and everyone will have different ideas of which words are offensive and which acceptable. As the thread is solely about dieting the mod is probably just trying to keep things commemorative for everyone who wants to do this.

[educatingarti]

Comfortable, not commemorative!

[Itinerary]

To be fair, i think "needing" to swear is more immature!

I agree.

[momtothree]

I have teens - I tell them swearing makes them look ignorant -

Sorry I agree -

[sugarfreepolo]

hun is more offensive

[PPie10]

To be fair, i think "needing" to swear is more immature!

Completely agree and not to mention makes someone look vulgar and cheap.

[ExtraHotLatteToGo]

If anyone used 'whoops' & "hun' like that, in my direction, they'd get told to stop being a twat. I'm an adult, if I want to say I'm pissed off, I will. I won't have some 'hun' telling me off of Facebook, stupid cow.

However, that said, if 'no swearing' is a group decision or she has set the group up then I'd just leave. Plenty of weight loss groups out there!

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

'Pissed off' isn't swearing is it? definitely OTT of the moderator!!

[NerrSnerr]

Is saying pissed off really immature or offensive? What is actually offensive about it? I agree that it would be offensive if you told someone to fuck off but it's all about context.

[Oswin]

Ppie how can you describe someone as cheap. That's disgusting

[NerrSnerr]

I would be pissed off if a mod said that to me though. How patronising Hun.

[eurochick]

I think that group might not be for you if you are a typical mner!

[ExtraHotLatteToGo]

Vulgar & cheap.

Riiight.

I think, that thinking swearing makes you look 'vulgar & cheap', makes you like a ridiculously outdated, prim & proper nightmare, but each to their own...

[EveryoneElsie]

Wouldnt it be nice if we were all nice like nice girls. Swearing is so common, its so council etc.

No. Fuck off.

[MaddyHatter]

lmao, you lot are on the wrong fucking forum.

Did you know swearing is actually a sign of intelligence?

[MaddyHatter]

www.sciencealert.com/people-who-curse-a-lot-have-better-vocabularies-than-those-who-don-t-study-finds

[TooOldForGlitter]

I've never understood an adult being offended by a word. If you don't like it, don't use it but to get your knickers in a twist over a fuck or a shit, when nobody us under 16, is a but attention seeky IMO.

[TooOldForGlitter]

*is not us

[AtSea1979]

TooOld I could think of a few words, none of them sweary though.

[CodyKing]

I've never understood an adult being offended by a word

Plenty of sexist racist words that offend - but hey they are just words and we are grown ups who can chose not to say them -

We should be able to chose not to hear them too!

[NewYearNewToads]

That's why I like MN. If I want to swear on here I can and nobody will care.

[NewYearNewToads]

hun is more offensive

Probably a nethun