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NEED TO SWEAR IN POSTS

29 replies

CocoFifi · 30/03/2023 19:07

I am no prude, but I am amazed at the amount of swearing, in posts, on this site, with the F word used commonly and the C word also reared its head earlier. Can people not articulate their thoughts without resorting to it

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gamerchick · 30/03/2023 19:09

Oh dear...

pncr · 30/03/2023 19:09

Oh dear. We are a shower of fucking cunts really.

Hoppinggreen · 30/03/2023 19:09

Fuck me this is going to be good

CrkdLttrCrkdLttr · 30/03/2023 19:10

ODFOD …

pncr · 30/03/2023 19:11

I agree with Billy Connolly

A lot of people say that it's a lack of vocabulary that makes you swear. Rubbish. I know thousands of words but I still prefer "fuck".

LubaLuca · 30/03/2023 19:20

Nobody needs to swear, we just like to. You could learn to love it too if you just gave it a chance.

SinisterKnitter · 30/03/2023 19:22

Why the fuck are you shouting?

Hawkins003 · 30/03/2023 19:22

@CocoFifi
It's a mix at times, it seems it's a pity that various words are not gaining popularity of its easy to use curse words instead

wordsthreerandom · 30/03/2023 19:24

I love a good sweary rant. Makes me feel better.

GoodChat · 30/03/2023 19:24

You don't seem like much of a cunning linguist. Maybe you should have posted in AIBU Grin

Rogue1001MNer · 30/03/2023 19:27

One of the reasons I fucking love mn is because we're allowed to swear here.

If you don't like it.... 🤷‍♀️

Prim little asterisks (eg my dh called me a b**the other day) annoy the shit out of me

user1471453601 · 30/03/2023 19:31

Understand. People should be able to express themselves but not use the letter "i".

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 30/03/2023 19:32

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GoodChat · 30/03/2023 19:34

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That's fucking extreme. Not even funny. Just out of order.

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 30/03/2023 19:37

Oh bollocks. You're right. I'm so arsing buggery ashamed.

babasaclover · 30/03/2023 19:38

Why do you care? Presume you are an adult?

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 30/03/2023 20:00

Fuck me, I can't believe that got deleted! I thought we were adults on here! 😆

WishingMyLifeAway · 30/03/2023 20:07

I love a good swear. Sorry not sorry.

Tealsofa · 30/03/2023 20:09

Why the fuck not??

Giggorata · 30/03/2023 20:14

Come now, surely you get that it is the very taboo nature of the words, and the potential shock value that is the point.

This is why I think that weird constructions like wankbadger and cockwomble don't achieve anything like the sheer venom and power of the proper expletives.

Then we have the ultimate taboo word “cunt”, full of power and danger, as it should be. This Is where life comes from!

Also, “Fuck” is one of my favourite all purpose words - expletive, oh fuck; noun, shall we have a fuck? verb, they were fucking; adjective, that's fucking gorgeous… it has a multitude of applications, the imperative, fuck off; the insulting, fuck you; expressing wonder, what the fuck? expressing defeat, we're fucked; express disdain, I don't give a fuck…
sooo many more.

ThatFraggle · 30/03/2023 20:15

Have you watched 'In the thick of it?' Of you haven't, watch a 5 minute clip on YouTube. Do you not understand that swearing is seasoning?

Just like some people think mayonnaise is too spicy, and vanilla ice cream is too outrageous, some see adults swearing as something deserving a pearl clutch.

The rest of us live in the fucking real world where people are fucked literally and metaphorically every day, and namby pamby Sunday-school minced oaths won't get you far.

teacakie · 30/03/2023 20:18

Can people not articulate their thoughts without resorting to it

I struggle. I didn't have the benefit of a good education sadly and I'm also autistic so being articulate is very hard for me. I find it much easier to use 'fucking' than I do proper descriptions. It makes the same point in the end.

If you think you are better then me because of that, I don't fucking care Smile

Hmmthatsgoodchicken · 30/03/2023 20:23

Not the point of the thread but wankbadger is my new favourite saying. I intend to use it all the time. Thank you 😘

Giggorata · 30/03/2023 20:25

😂
well, fuck me (expressing surprise)

SammyScrounge · 30/03/2023 20:39

CocoFifi · 30/03/2023 19:07

I am no prude, but I am amazed at the amount of swearing, in posts, on this site, with the F word used commonly and the C word also reared its head earlier. Can people not articulate their thoughts without resorting to it

Never mind, CocoFifi. You have to imagine them swearing aloud. Some of them are very middle class in here and they don''t swear properly. They enunciate perfectly, even the -ing at the end of f*ing. It's hilarious to hear.