People who swear all the time

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You are not big and not clever. Had to endure a woman on bus who swore at every other word.

Hate parents swear at kids. Best thing I heard was “stop f*cking swearing”. Well if you keep using swear words, kids won’t know if these words are fine.

On the contrary, I grew up with parents who were very careful not to swear around me.

Why the assumption that people who swear are trying to be clever?

The thread is 'people who swear all the time', not 'people who swear'. Don't think OP has a problem with swearing per se.

I completely agree. I'm not somebody at all who says that swearing is always a sign of limited vocabulary; BUT when half of the words you say consist of swearing - often the same swear words too - you're clearly very lacking in eloquence.

Replace the swear word used constantly as punctuation with any other word and it's instantly evident how stupid and irritating it sounds (genuine conditions such as Tourette's notwithstanding).

If you're going to swear, at least own it and show that you understand when it's appropriate to swear and when not to - or indeed use any other word - just like you presumably wouldn't start a job application cover letter with "Oi, wotcha!"

At the moment, there must be so many people out there who use swear words as punctuation - quite possibly having been brought up by parents who do the same - who (as PP recounted) genuinely don't understand why they always struggle and maybe get rejected in a whole load of situations where good, appropriate communication is key.

I have an utter potty mouth, but as I wfh it's usually just me talking to myself, or under my breath. Wouldn't dream of directing it anyone, and never in front of kids. But it does have a place I think,

But if I asked you not to swear, I’d be painted as an uptight cow, for stopping the cool kid expressing themselves.

I don't know whom by, certainly not by me!

Apart from the use of various slurs whose offensiveness is self-evident, I think the idea that there are "bad words" is ridiculous.

I swear A LOT but never ever in front of kids (I don’t have any but I’m always aware if there are any nearby). In my garden is different though, I don’t filter my language when I’m gardening.

I wonder if we were on the same bus, I had a woman like this a couple of days ago on the bus. She sounded thick as shit (sorry for the swear word but she did)

I can (and often do) swear like a trooper but not in public/in front of colleagues, and never in the company of children. Usually when trying to catch a horse that's refusing to be caught or at my evil cockerel when he stealth sneaks up behind me and launches an attack 😂
It does make me cringe when people drop the f bomb into every sentence. Or casually use the c word.

I assume they have a limited vocabulary and intelligence

My recent ex swore in every sentence is really irritated me. Apparently all scosers swear. I hate it.

Would you? By who?

There's always someone who quotes this stupid statistic in threads like this. There are clearly lots of intelligent trustworthy people who live in the deprived areas of town who are well known to social services.

reminds me when a poster said they hated all the swearing on MN and a poster replied “fuck of then cuntychops “

It's the ones with every other word is a swear, that gets me., Either in real life or a film, peppered into every sentence. It's not offensive to me, it's just annoying. Would be the same if they said for example 'banana' in every sentence. Jarring and unnecessary

What a wonderfully judgmental post.

Now that was just the first article that came up when I Googled having read similar things before, but Professor Emeritus I’m guessing means pretty qualified, phone him and tell him he’s stupid if you like but he’s more than likely much brighter than you.

To summarise, and in the spirit of the thread, if you don’t like it feel free to fuck off!

There’s a time and a place to swear.

i was out to dinner on Saturday and it was only 6pm and my friend was telling a story (loudly) with tonnes of sweating. There were kids next to us and it made me cringe.

if it had been 9pm I wouldn’t have cared because the parents would have made the decision to be in an adult space at that time.

I don't particularly mind swearing, although I don't like people doing it liberally in front of children. But like so many other social mores, it ain't what you say its the way that you say it...

Occasional, well-placed and colourful expletives when they are deserved are absolutely fine in my book (yes even sometimes around children). A harmless bit of expressive catharsis and light relief.

F-ing and blinding constantly is ugly and the swearing loses its power and becomes part of the fabric, making the swearer seem brutal, ill-educated and lacking in self-awareness. If it's a stream of consciousness with f-ing this and f-ing that every third or fourth noun it lends itself to a sense of stupidity, brutality and an inability to read other people's needs.

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Unless some dickhead cuts me up, then I do but only realise when my DD points out that I said 'a swear'

I always wonder which an individual who dislikes swearing finds more egregious - that another autonomous adult uses a vocabulary of which they disapprove, or that they care nothing for their disapproval?

Agreed. In the same way I’m not impressed by OPs moral high ground.

What exactly are you trying to imply?

That if you weren’t born into a middle class, well off family you’re a scumbag was my interpretation. @AmadeustheAlpaca might not swear but appears to me to be pretty terrible person. I’d rather swear a bit and be a decent human being.