To ask people to stop swearing so much

[user1497264327]

Frankly, the language of some of the posters on this site is disgusting and I wonder if they talk like this in front of their children. I also wonder if their parents would be proud of how they post on the internet. Swearing every time isn't big and it isn't clever. It makes people come across as uneducated chavs.

AIBU to ask people to clean up their act and stop swearing?

Op

I don't like swearing but I occasionally do on MN (usually when reading about abusive men) otherwise I try not to use bad language.

I agree that some of the language used on here is distasteful and unnecessary but the vultures are out today so you better get your coat of steel on and your tin hat!!

Meh I really couldn't care how people perceive me when I'm swearing...
My personal favourite has to be thunder cunt or cockwomble.

This just about sums up my feelings.

I fucking love swearing. I'm as far removed from an uneducated chav as you can get. I don't swear at children (out loud)

User149 you presumably didn't know as you're clearly new but we get some new poster starting a thread complaining about exactly this with tiresome regularity.

If you have recently joined Mumsnet then welcome, but please remember that this is an established community, with a well establish modus operandi and millions of users.

If the social mores of this particular community don't suit you that's completely fine I'm sure there are other sites which will be a better fit for you.

What is incredibly rude is joining a new group and immediately lambasting its members.

As for my (non-swearing) family, my parents would be embarrassed by your abject lack of manners. So would my children.

Have a lovely day. I'd suggest a name change and lurking for a bit, to get a feel of the place.

The OP has fucked off I see...

Yes indeed, the OP has fucked the fuck off to the very far side of fuck, with all intentions of fucking off some more once she arrives.

I don't usually think that the Internet is full of perverts, pleasuring themselves over my every word but I do think tha these threads are started by the kind of folks who get off on hearing women swear.

I imagine you didn't last past the first few responses or I'd give you a screen full because I'm nice like that.

Science found that swearing actually helps lending more weight to a statement.

Rest assured, I only swear when there's very good reason to.

Sadly, there's very often reason to be very angry on mumsnet.

Perhaps you could persuade people to be less misogynist. That would make me swear a lot less!

Doesn't really matter how long someone has been around. It's still okay to point up the poor reflection that excessive swearing has on the poster and some people will understandably judge them for it.

Thanks for that, OP, I needed a fucking good laugh.

One of the things I've noticed (and love) about MN is that the most sweary posters, and indeed posters with usernames like 'cuntybollocks25' ; 'sweatyfucksocks' etc, often tell the wittiest, most erudite stories; put forth eloquent, reasoned arguments; and offer the most compassionate advice to people who really need it.

Unlike posters who bandy about class-based insults like "chav"...

I also wonder if their parents would be proud of how they post on the internet

Seriously guffawing here at that! This is a site for grown ups, OP.

It's still okay to point up the poor reflection that excessive swearing has on the poster and some people will understandably judge them for it.

My mother told me that it was really rude to offer unsolicited advice on other people's behaviour.

Oh poot, too much swearing?
Actually I am more bovvered by the use of the word 'chav' .

Fuckity cunty splatting wankchopped pissflaps

Bill

The one thing guaranteed to make me want to swear is some twat telling me what to do and how to behave,so get fucked.

YABFU, you hoofwanking bunglecunt.

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And once more, with feeling.

Cunt!

You are not unreasonable to ask.
You are unreasonable to think that people talk in front of their children like that, though.
The same as you would be unreasonable if you accused us of talking to our kids about some of the stuff we talk about on here.

Lighten up. This is a place for adults. Think of it like a huge pub lounge, not as a soft play centre.

Oh & credit us with the sense to know the difference.

My mother told me that it was really rude to offer unsolicited advice on other people's behaviour.

She was wrong.

I'm highly educated and quite posh and you can fuck off.

On another note; these threads coming up every so often and they're all told to fuck off, too.

I barely ever swear IRL. Swearing on MN is a hugely cathartic outlet for me. If you don't like it, there are other fora you can frequent.

I think it's staggeringly self-centred behaviour to complain about swearing on a site that bills itself as 'the one with the swearing'.

After all, it's not as if there's a shortage of sites where it's not permitted.

Nethuns is the site for you. Such delicate little snowflakes there.