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View Poll Results: How many times do you swear daily?? | |||
nadda | 4 | 2.31% | |
I sometimes let one slip | 39 | 22.54% | |
10-20 times daily | 40 | 23.12% | |
20-40 times daily | 16 | 9.25% | |
I lose count... | 74 | 42.77% | |
Voters: 173. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-24-2003, 10:09 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: the tangent universe
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how many times do you swear??
How many times do you swear a day?
I know that I do it waay to much, and should probably think about cutting down. But sometimes its just a stress reliever, and I feel like I might just BLOW UP if i didn't at times! But anyways, I was wondering how many people actually don't swear at all? I can't get through a day without a countless # of 4-lettered words flying out of my mouth...
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12-24-2003, 10:29 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Like John Goodman, but not.
Location: SFBA, California
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On the one hand, I need friends with a nill tolerance for obscenity like I need a hole in my head.
On the other hand, Malcom X (movie) still sticks in my head with that a man curses when he doesn't have at hands the words he really wants, so I try to find the words I really need. Sometimes, they are curses, so be it! |
12-24-2003, 11:26 PM | #5 (permalink) |
Observant Ruminant
Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town
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Not often, only when my emotions get the better of me.
One of the advantages of swearing rarely is that I only tend to do so when I'm truly excited or pissed. So that people who know me realize that a swear word from me is actually a sign to really take notice of -- which is pretty much the original function of swearing. |
12-24-2003, 11:35 PM | #7 (permalink) |
The Northern Ward
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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I voted 10-20, but then like 2 minutes ago I just exceeded that limit in one sentence.
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12-25-2003, 12:56 AM | #10 (permalink) |
Bang bang
Location: New Zealand
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Depends on the situation, if I'm in high company I don't swear, in order to be respectful. If I'm at a party or at the bar with some friends I cuss like a sailor.
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12-25-2003, 02:40 AM | #12 (permalink) |
Desert Rat
Location: Arizona
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I cuss like a soldier. no other way to describe it.
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12-25-2003, 03:17 AM | #13 (permalink) |
Hello, good evening, and bollocks.
Location: near DC
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well WHAT THE FUCK, who's counting?!?! i curse where and when i want, but if i'm in company where i know it's not the right place, then i try to avoid pissing people off. it works sometimes. but inevitably i'll drop an F-Bomb in front of someone's mother and get blasted for it
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12-25-2003, 05:20 AM | #16 (permalink) |
Metal and Rock 4 Life
Location: Phoenix
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This makes us people who swear only in the presence of others who swear look bad.
Theres a difference of swearing anywhere, and swearing smart. (That just doesnt seem right :P ) Oh, I voted 20-40
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12-25-2003, 06:13 AM | #17 (permalink) |
Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!!
Location: IN, USA
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Ok, I sorta Hijacked this thread, I'll leave what I said. I did create a new thread so that my thoughts can be discussed in further detail without taking away from this thread any. The link is here:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=39893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, this leads me to question what exactly a "swear" word is in your views. To me a word is a word is a word, and shit means nothing more than shoot does when used in the same context.. Two 'O' replacing a single 'I' does name make a word mean any less than it did before. There is the quote by Shakespeare, "What is in a name? A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet". This is by what I mean.. Also, I don't see a "swear" word as a "Swear" word unless it is used in such a context used to demean someone. As to be used in hatred, anger, or simply to put someone down. THAT is what a "swear" word is to me. Society took words and made them "bad" yet allowed you to use another word that means the EXACT same thing and be acceptable? Thats crap. My working defination is what I find to be a much better meaning. FROM THIS, if I call someone an idiot and its not plainly obvious that I'm joking, then I'm swearing. If I'm angry with them and tell them they should go to hell then I'm swearing, and so on and so forth. I will vote accordingly to this. Society's terms just do not make any sense to me. From this, My answer would be "Sometimes I Let One Slip"
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12-25-2003, 03:15 PM | #21 (permalink) |
Natalie Portman is sexy.
Location: The Outer Rim
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I lose count.
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12-25-2003, 03:23 PM | #22 (permalink) |
beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Hey, what can I say, Im a sailor
I swear a lot, but I try to avoid the more unsavory words, especially in a social context. I swear at my computer all the time though.
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12-25-2003, 05:31 PM | #24 (permalink) |
Registered User
Location: Deep South Texas
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Man, I used to "cuss like a sailor". one day my wife asked if I talked like that around those young people a church---I honestly did not know.....so, I made an effort to stop and think before I spoke and I have pretty well over come the foul mouth.....
The only time I let fly now is when I am driving by myself around some of these stupid winter texan drivers..!!@#$#^^^^&& IDIOTS... |
12-25-2003, 06:22 PM | #25 (permalink) |
Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
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All the fucking time.
Edit: Actually, while I do tend to swear what I consider frequently, I was hanging out with a buddy the other day who I have always considered fairly cultured, and the man couldn't seem to finish a sentance without swearing. I was floored. It's not like he was raising his voice or anything, but more in the nature of punctuation. After a while it was just null sounds to me, though the barkeep (an older woman) was giving him the stinkeye. When I think about it, I find that I actually tend to swear when I am either angry, surprised, or deliberately speaking in dialect. I don't shy away from it, but words have more power the less you use them.
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12-25-2003, 07:28 PM | #26 (permalink) |
Existentialist
Location: New York City
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I rarely do unless I see a true need to. In my opinion curses are supposed to express a very explicit emotion. If you abuse the words, you lose the "meaning."
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12-25-2003, 11:48 PM | #30 (permalink) |
Tilted
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I try not to cuss often. At least, I try not to when I'm around people like my family, a female, people like that. Basically I only cuss when I'm trying to add extra oompth to my point, or I let one slip out when I make a mistake, or something along those lines. I used to cuss a lot, but then I realized how afwul it sounded talking like that. So I stopped.
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12-27-2003, 08:35 AM | #35 (permalink) |
Free Mars!
Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time
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Every goddamn minute of the day
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12-27-2003, 02:05 PM | #37 (permalink) |
Stick it in your five hole!
Location: Michigan, USA
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I swear so much that when I say something without swearing, it feels wrong. Besides, fuck just goes with everything.
in example: unfuckinbelievable congratufuckulations you've gotta be fist fucking me what the fuck could you hand me that fuckin thing over there fuck you and anyone who looks like you who's that guy? You know, Mr. what his fuck? and so on, and so on............. |
12-27-2003, 03:01 PM | #38 (permalink) |
Junk
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I'm a hypocrite because at times I say what I want. Yet, in other company, I tone it down. But then sometimes I just don't give a fuck.
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12-27-2003, 03:24 PM | #40 (permalink) |
Indifferent to anti-matter
Location: Tucson, AZ
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I speak very few words in an average day. I think a lot of foul language but don't say it out loud.
Out loud: sometimes I let one slip In my brain: I lose count cuz it's WAY more than 40 (it's probably more than even 40 per hour) We've started a swear jar at home 'cause I heard my four year old son say "big fuckin' bitch" while he was in a restaurant bathroom (he thought he was alone). Now we all have to watch our mouths (or pay up) so's not to negatively influence the impressionalble.
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