Do you view someone differently if they swear?

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I don’t really mind the odd swear word - I swear myself from time to time, but why do people swear inappropriately as in normal sentences or use the C word? Its not that it offends, It’s just really quite repulsive both spoken or written down, I just switch off and lose any respect I would have had for this person.

Is it a regional thing? People just don’t talk like that in my area

Doesn’t bother me in the slightest and for what it’s worth some of the rudest, most vile people I know NEVER swear!!!!

I never used to care if people swear and I still don't in most cases. I don't swear in front of my kids and I do get a bit twitchy when people do. There's a 6 year old kid at the school who swears like a trooper and I find it odd. Lovely kid but makes me uncomfortable.

@CecilieRose

Your choice but there is literally no reason for me to lie to a random person on the internet about this.

@WomanStanleyWoman

I judge people who don’t swear. I just know I’m going to find them a bit pious and po-faced.

Yep, pretty much this!

Love swearing!

@RobertaFirmino

I’m in very middle class circles, affluent rural/farming/hunting

There's nothing 'classy' about hunting...

Oh do fuck off

I always assume they're a bit thick, my Dad used to tell me that people who swore only did it because they weren't clever enough to win an argument without it.

I do swear occasionally but have found that people who swear in every other sentence are indeed a bit dim.

Oh do fuck off

She’s right though.

@RobertaFirmino

I’m in very middle class circles, affluent rural/farming/hunting

There's nothing 'classy' about hunting...

Agreed - it’s a very bumpkin thing!

I always assume they're a bit thick, my Dad used to tell me that people who swore only did it because they weren't clever enough to win an argument without it.
Yep, me and my PhD. Thick as shit

Always find the ‘aren’t clever enough to win an argument’ one funny- how would anyone know. It’s just another ridiculous assumption non swearers make to help them feel superior.
I swear, I’m not interested in other peoples views of me because they’re non of my business.
I don’t think swearing makes you a god or bad person they are just words. My parent fir eg often prides herself on never swearing but is selfish and narcissistic. I

@Gilead

I always assume they're a bit thick, my Dad used to tell me that people who swore only did it because they weren't clever enough to win an argument without it. Yep, me and my PhD. Thick as shit

I've met quite a few thick people with PhDs. Intelligence isn't a requirement.

The c word?? I'm guessing cunt? Or does it make us appear less intelligent if we use the actual word? I never understand it. Fuck, twat, dick, voldemort, c.word. Why??

@Gilead

I always assume they're a bit thick, my Dad used to tell me that people who swore only did it because they weren't clever enough to win an argument without it. Yep, me and my PhD. Thick as shit

Me too

@Gertie75

I always assume they're a bit thick, my Dad used to tell me that people who swore only did it because they weren't clever enough to win an argument without it.

I do swear occasionally but have found that people who swear in every other sentence are indeed a bit dim.

I so seldom argue. I don't see the point. I never swear in anger either, I do think that is a bit different to one's language being peppered with it.

@Mumoblue

No, I’m not a wanker.

Swearing is very common in most places I’ve lived. Judging someone on the words they use rather than what they’re actually saying is… kinda fucked up.

This with fucking bells on.

It all depends on who I'm around. If you asked my mum, she would say I don't swear. If you asked my colleagues they'd say the complete opposite. I swear A LOT, but only around people who also swear. Or my driving instructor 🙈
And as a response to previous posters: I am not immature or thick, nor am I unreliable or in need of more help than others. 🙄 Please take the fucking sticks out of your arses.

@CecilieRose

As I have mentioned earlier, the one person I have worked with who swore more than anyone I have ever known was one of the Equity Partners (big City law firm) who was from a famous old money family and has been privately educated practically from birth. Every other word he said was "fuck, fucking, fucked". Everyone commented and laughed about it because it was such a contrast with his very posh persona

I think it's about time we reclaimed the c word. Why has slang for a female body part got to be the worst swear word? Prick, dick, nob...hardly any reaction but cunt...seen as deplorable. Hacks me off tbh.

@WeasilyPleased Totally agree. I’m a big fan of the word cunt. It’s a good, old-fashioned swear. If we all (especially women) used it more often then it’s status as “most offensive” swear word wouldn’t last long. Women saying cunt more would soon make it lose a lot of its power to offend. I do my bit.

I think women need to reclaim 'cunt' too. It's supposedly a word for the female anatomy
It's offensive if you decide it is.

YANBU OP. Swearing all the time is poor form

Don’t understand people who don’t swear or judge others for swearing. They are just words. Why are they offensive?

I’m not one for using cunt but my in-laws are. Can’t say I find them lesser people for using it (except my sister-in-law who frequently calls her mum one - that I hate).

I remember my father-in-law asking quite frequently whether I was offended by swearing and do my family swear or apologising for swearing. My family do and have always sworn. They swore in front of us as children and me and my husband do too.

My nieces and nephews don’t swear because we tell them that they can’t swear until they are adults. They understand so don’t. My children don’t talk yet. And I am aware of not swearing around other people’s children as can respect that not everybody likes swearing around their children. But equally don’t care if others swear around my kids.

I’m not a bad person. I have pride in myself, hold myself well and am polite. I don’t judge people who don’t swear or find it vulgar, just don’t understand what is so upsetting.

I've met quite a few thick people with PhDs. Intelligence isn't a requirement.
But do they also swear? 😉

@Marelle

I swear occasionally but not as an adjective in a normal sentence. I do judge people who use swear words in every sentence, it wouldn’t stop me being friends with them but it is a bit scummy and lower class.

I am like you too. None of my friends swear unless they are expressing anger or extreme annoyance in a conversation. It loses its currency if there is an F-bomb in general talk. People who use it all the time do sound common, like it or not.