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Does swearing offend you?

Do you get offended when people swear in front of you?

  • No way, I swear like a truck driver.

    Votes: 221 83.1%

  • Yes, I hate it when people swear in my presence.

    Votes: 45 16.9%
  • Total voters
    266
It doesn't offend me, it annoys me. I feel that if one swears, they are bad at articulating oneself

What I don't get is that there are some posters here that tend to like to write swear words in PRSI threads. I mean comeon..
 
Like others stated it does not offend me, but I do think it typically means the person fails to have a deep enough vocabulary to articulate himself without resorting to f-bombs and what not.
 
maflynn said:
Like others stated it does not offend me, but I do think it typically means the person fails to have a deep enough vocabulary to articulate himself without resorting to f-bombs and what not.
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Yeah. The screenwriters for Pulp Fiction need to expand their vocabulary.:p

Inappropriate swearing bugs me. I see it as someone compensating for a sense of inferiority. Swearing in normal conversation. That bothers me.

Swearing at the appropriate time, OTOH, doesn't bother me at all. I hear it all the time while driving. I've lost count of all the people calling me Mike Foxtrot, in military parlance. I've driven around friends who don't speak a word of English and they ask what the other drivers where saying. I tell them, "They're calling me 'Dad'.":D
Some inconsiderate driver cuts me off, I'll spew a stream of colorful metaphors that would have truckers and sailors blushing.
 
I would nearly always prefer to not be around swearing. I do not like it and in general, would say it mildly offends me.

then again, I don't get overly offended unless there is actually venom in the curse (difference in saying a curse word and meaning a curse word). Then I do not like it, regardless of whether its a curse or simply a phrase that is meant strongly. You can curse without cursing and curse without cursing.
 
Depends. I don't like hearing people swear in general conversation - like it's just part of their lingo, no aggression or reason to say a swear word.

If it's used effectively, or even in wit, then I've no problem. But I generally think people who swear in general conversation are most likely to be poorly educated, and will be unable to have a decent conversation with, displayed by their lack of vocabulary.
 
Kilamite said:
Depends. I don't like hearing people swear in general conversation - like it's just part of their lingo, no aggression or reason to say a swear word.

If it's used effectively, or even in wit, then I've no problem. But I generally think people who swear in general conversation are most likely to be poorly educated, and will be unable to have a decent conversation with, displayed by their lack of vocabulary.
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While I agree with your first paragraph, I don't so much with second. I know a few people that have world-class education that do swear far more often than once a year.

I'm guilty of swearing too on occasion but I mostly do it in a language other than English. That language has far more colorful swears so it's more effective. I do think that swearing properly is impressive though. Some people are extremely good at it.
 
yg17 said:
Dick and cock aren't offensive (look, they're not even censored at MR!) but for some reason, that word just pisses people off.
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"That word" has no other meaning, unlike Dick or cock.

This poll is obviously too black & white, judging from the responders.

Swearing is like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. ;)
 
Synchromesh said:
While I agree with your first paragraph, I don't so much with second. I know a few people that have world-class education that do swear far more often than once a year.

I'm guilty of swearing too on occasion but I mostly do it in a language other than English. That language has far more colorful swears so it's more effective. I do think that swearing properly is impressive though. Some people are extremely good at it.
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Swearing more than once a year and every sentence having f....... in it is quite different. Using a swear word for dramatic effect is fine, but there's certain folk (neds, chavs, scum) who use swear words as part of their everyday language, and aren't using them for dramatic effect. They just blurt out the f...... words in normal conversation, in pretty much every conversation. While I'm not offended by that, I can't help but look down on those people, especially when it's in public. No one wants to hear someone spew a constant load of swear words in mellow conversation in public.
 
Synchromesh said:
While I agree with your first paragraph, I don't so much with second. I know a few people that have world-class education that do swear far more often than once a year.

I'm guilty of swearing too on occasion but I mostly do it in a language other than English. That language has far more colorful swears so it's more effective. I do think that swearing properly is impressive though. Some people are extremely good at it.
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I couldn't agree more on all of your points. Dismissing people who swear as having poor educations and limited vocabularies just makes those saying that appear completely ignorant, in my opinion.
 
Queen of Spades said:
I couldn't agree more on all of your points. Dismissing people who swear as having poor educations and limited vocabularies just makes those saying that appear completely ignorant, in my opinion.
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I didn't say people who swear are poorly educated. I was meaning those who swear in general conversation (i.e. a sentence without a swear word is rare) have poor vocabulary and probably uneducated.
 
Kilamite said:
I didn't say people who swear are poorly educated. I was meaning those who swear in general conversation (i.e. a sentence without a swear word is rare) have poor vocabulary and probably uneducated.
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More than once a year would include many more people than your recent example.

Either way, my comment wasn't directed at you, but at all the other posters in this thread who have said as much. It's a ridiculous generalization, and quite frankly, narrow-minded.
 
Where is the "it depends" choice?

It depends. Mixed company, all male, work environment, mild, severe, etc... It can offend me, not by what is said, as much by who is forced to listen to it...
 
i would live in the wrong country if i would be offended by swearing , my guess is they invented swearing here and developed it to fine art
 
Of course it doesn't offend me, because I am not a sissy. When I am around people who don't like it, I do it even more than I normally would. I love seeing people get worked up of nothing.
 
I like swear words in the right situations like others said. I can't say how many times I have heard the N word but if I had a penny for every time, I'd be rich. The word should be f---ing banned. Black people use the word like who cares about history but once a white guy says it, he is the bad guy. F double standards!
 
Kilamite said:
I didn't say people who swear are poorly educated. I was meaning those who swear in general conversation (i.e. a sentence without a swear word is rare) have poor vocabulary and probably uneducated.
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thats strange i got the impression swearing belongs to the british culture :confused: especially the F- Word , never heard that word so often then in England ;)
 
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It annoys me when it's inappropriate for the situation. Like teenage kids on the intercity train with the loud gangster-rap music (every second world swearing) playing over the speaker for all to hear, and singing along with it - and then deciding to compare their various states of sunburn on their backs and various 'other' places for all to see. :rolleyes:

That's when it annoys me.
 
I don't find swearing offensive. What I do find offensive is the attitude that develops when people are too crowded together, like you find in a peak hour city like Sydney.

It is just a complete lack of regard for anybody else. I work odd hours so don't see it that often, but when I do it horrifies me. It is just plain old rudeness. I could not imagine it any better in any other 1st world city.


****ing rats in a cage.
 
I'm a stagehand, amongst other things, so swearing is just part of conversation. I'm perfectly fine with it, when we are talking amongst ourselves in the workplace or whatever.

But, on the other side of the coin, are the people who loudly vocalize it in normal situations. I was in a quiet little Asian restaurant in Melbourne, Australia a few months ago, when a group of twenty-something Americans came in. They sat down and proceeded to very loudly talk in excessive shock talk about other people. The one girl kept saying stuff like "Yeah, that stupid c*** bitch tried to ********** tell me what to do. I ********** told her ********** ass that I'm ********** 21 you ********** b**** a** c***." This went on for several minutes until my wife finally caught her eye and made her shut up. Being complete white gutter trash didn't help.

I can handle swearing in the right situations, but keep it zipped up in normal public.
 
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