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To be appalled by the bad language used on this forum

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moomoo44 · 06/10/2011 18:11

I know I will probably be shot down as I am a newbie on here but I recently found this site whilst searching for something and found the AIBU threads very interesting. I find it intriguing how different people react to the same situation and it really makes you realise that we are not all the same, and the world is better for it.

What I have found so appalling though is the frequent use of swearing throughout these posts. I have been truly shocked by this as it is a forum used mainly by parents. Is this the example to set children?

There is something about swearing in writing which makes it so much worse than in conversation, although that is not nice either. It seems so much more deliberate in writing.

When did it become acceptable to use such language unnecessarily and excessively just for effect?

OP posts:
slightlymad72 · 06/10/2011 18:30

I want to know what Proudnscary has been up to. Cunt=candle? Mmmmmm I think that needs a thread all of its own

Crosshair · 06/10/2011 18:31

:o

ColdSancerre · 06/10/2011 18:31

GetOrf did show her DD my flowery fuck though, is that like swearing in front of children?

TakeThisOneHereForAStart · 06/10/2011 18:31

" you can't accidently type BOLLOCKS"

"To be fair, with the autocorrect on an iPad or an iPhone you probably could."

I've just spent a happy ten minutes on the Damn You Autocorrect sight and lots of people have accidentally typed that very thing.

My favourite Autocorrect of the day has been the one that had one poor person paint their house the colour of "effervescent shitstain" though.

OP I do sometimes swear on here but rarely do in spoken conversation. There are many other parenting forums that you won't see/would rarely see people swearing on, but it would be a shame to discount MN just for this.

moonferret · 06/10/2011 18:31

The censorship and "non-censorship" policies on this site are an absolute joke, nothing more to add.

BeerTricksPotter · 06/10/2011 18:31

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JamieComeHome · 06/10/2011 18:31

I've put this on before,but it's good comedy non-swearing

Fun you! Money-funster!

Roseflower · 06/10/2011 18:31

Love it

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Pagwatch · 06/10/2011 18:32

Yes Jamie, it is the gift that keeps on giving.
Dh enjoys to spin his version as being terribly embarrassed by my clumsy attempts at sexting.

Coldsancere. You have a classier phone than me. Ibought mine for £40 about 6 years ago. It is like an antique.

TakeThisOneHereForAStart · 06/10/2011 18:32

not sight sorry.

Proudnscary · 06/10/2011 18:32

Slightly - pork off you cheeky candle.

fuckityfuckfuckfuck · 06/10/2011 18:33

effervescent shitstain? I am crying laughing Grin WHat did they mean??

Proudnscary · 06/10/2011 18:33

Yes I've had the anus anus thing before

FabbyChic · 06/10/2011 18:34

effervescent shitstain - is that what you get when you wank off with a glow stick?

Proudnscary · 06/10/2011 18:35

Jamie - my dh and I often refer to our dc as 'acouple of cunts' behind their backs when they are being particularly trying.

Pagwatch · 06/10/2011 18:35

Whole other thread there proudnscary

excitedLJ · 06/10/2011 18:35

pag clearly in all this swearing no-one picked up on you needing to text about cous cous - i have witnessed people being flamed for much less poshness on here! Wink

Oh and I have been positively inspired by some of the swear words on here.

excitedLJ · 06/10/2011 18:37

fabby does wanking make you shit? I've obv being doing it wrong all these years... Grin

JamieComeHome · 06/10/2011 18:38

Oh yes me too, Proud. It makes the whole parenting experience bearable doesn't it?

Pag - you would not want to introduce cous cous into your love play, would you? Your poor DH wouldn't know which way to turn.

Pagwatch · 06/10/2011 18:38

I got away with it excitedlj.

By the way you autocorrect to excitedly.

So sometimes I will be talking to you. Other times I will actually be excited.

Pagwatch · 06/10/2011 18:40

If I ever post excitedly excitedly it definitely will be you because I am rarely that excited.

But could you try not to be excited in anyway that I may talk to you about. Because excitedly excitedly excitedly will just look deranged

SoupDragon · 06/10/2011 18:41

Cows cows
That's what I get from my ipad instead of cous cous

NellieForbush · 06/10/2011 18:41

dd is asking what I am laughing at. Looks like the OP was right!

mrjellykeepskidsquiet · 06/10/2011 18:42

This was never going to go well for the OP.

Cuntspanner.

INeedAHipHoperation · 06/10/2011 18:42

I'm afraid it's nut up or shut up around here OP. Save yourself now!

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