“Phoebe Hurty hired me to write copy for ads about teen aged clothes. I had to wear the clothes I praised. That was part of the job. And I became friends with her two sons, who were my age. I was over at their house all the time.

She would talk bawdily to me and her sons, and our girlfriends when we brought them around. She was funny. She was liberating. She taught us to be impolite in conversation not only about sexual matters, but about American history and famous heroes, about the distribution of wealth, about school, about everything.

I now make my living being impolite. I am clumsy at it. I keep trying to imitate the impoliteness which was so graceful in Phoebe Hurty. I think now that grace was easier for her than it is for me because of the mood of the Great Depression. She believed what so many Americans believed then: that the nation would be happy and just and rational when prosperity came."

-Kurt Vonnegut in Breakfast of Champions-

Swearing is a valuable and effective form of communication, if done "gracefully" as Kurt says. I suck at it, but I am not going to give it up.

My southern manners kick in when they'd be important, for introductions, business transactions, formal exchanges with institutions or academia. If you work with me or speak with me casually for long you might as well get your clutches on those precious pearls of yours now though, Sally, cause you're gonna hear me curse up a fucktacular shitstorm of epic proportions before too long.

Don't worry; studies show that us motherfuckers who swear a lot are 3x more goddamned trustworthy than your average cocksucker. So I've got that goin for me, which is nice.

I work in an office of 9 women. All of us swear. Well, maybe except one lady. Because seriously, "idiot" just doesn't convey the level of stupid like "fucking idiot" does.

I swear a lot. Some would say too much, I'm sure. I tone it down when I'm in company of family or kids. It's not for my sake, but those are the people that don't appreciate my "potty mouth" and/or don't want their kids exposed to it, so I respect that. But I think it's hilarious when people (adults) get their panties in a knot because of expressive words. When a gentleman says he won't swear in front of me, and I respond with something like, "That's fucking stupid!" I always get a smile in return, and then we're buddies!

If I could stop saying fuck all the time, I could get a better job LOL

I use the word fuck all the time. It's one of my favorite words. I am a potty mouth most times. I do not trust a man who does not cuss.

Shit, did I say FUCK?!
I curse like the proverbial sailor. It doesn’t offend me to hear it. I can tone it down on occasion...the above statement is one I actually made to my dad, when I cursed at a family thing. I was just, oops!

Depends....when it is for the general public, as yours is here, I think it would be against the rules of decorum...these are not groups that people can select to see or not see, so whatever is done outside of groups has a wider range of people with different sensibilities...

In groups, where people can turn off viewing, there appears to be an inordinate amount of swearing to the point of being ineffective...I am sure that is where you saw that post...

Personally, I swear worse than a sailor and admit doing so ...just not in public with people I don't know; I will also refrain if asked...

I am a lovely woman but I curse a lot. Has nothing to do about anything else in my life...my values or beliefs... I just speak that way and have always done so just not on the job or in front of kids.

A word is merely a sequence of phonetic values, and how people react to words usually tells you more about THEM than it does the speaker of the words. Being an ex-sailor, I have a very wide vocabulary, including many words in other languages . . . .

My job experience was in the printing industry as an offset camera operator, not many women working the production end of printing. I swear like a trooper and am not offended when the word is not used in anger. I will never say f you to someone during a discussion / argument. I may use it too much sometimes and I do try to not use it if I know someone is really offended by it. i think I fail a lot. Never used it in a sexual context cause I always made love.

Sometimes just saying (yelling even better) that F word relieves so much tension!

Juicy words are a wonderful addition to the mundane ! They accentuate in a way that nothing else can. While I don't use them all the time, I savor the moments when I do ... "fuck yeah !"

I think a person that can express strong feelings without profanity is far more clever than one who cusses all the time. You do want to feel a person knows there is a time and a place for it.

Oh, the thrill, the impact, the shock of finally saying "fuck" but not till in my 40's! Now it's used in appropriate situations & acceptable audiences. I'm pretty good at recognizing them. Just recently uttered, sort of under my breath, for the first time, "motherfucker". That's surely influenced by my only sports hero, Marshawn Lynch.
What saddens me is that young people don't have any bad words left to rebel or shock with now.

I swear all the time

I also vary rarely filter myself because of the company I am in, often swearing in public, sometimes in the presence of children....

I am not trying to offend or to be offensive it just does not occurs to me to filter myself,

Part of this I am sure is because I legitametly do not find the swear words to be offensive, or even comprehend how others do find them offensive, they’re just words.

I also enjoy using Blasphemous words

But again I fail to understand how words are offensive

I can understand being offended if the offensive words are directed at you, but one assumes in this case offence was intended....

I deliberately lessened my swearing after I had kids. They're 20 and 18 now so I generally start out by not swearing but if the people I'm with do swear then I gravitate towards it as well.

I swear all the damn time when I'm with friends or fighting with household objects but I tone it down in public and at work or with anyone who I know doesn't appreciate it. It's always this funny dance when you meet a new person and you're trying to figure out how much profanity is ok ?

I'm not bothered with someone who uses profanity. As long as it's not directed towards me in anger, he can speak his mind.

I sometimes have a colourful vocabulary... ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports. Dallas Cowboys. Need I say more? ??

Check this site out. It's an interesting read...

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My current take on ptofanity...

1. Words, in and of themselves have no power
2. Perceived word power is on behalf of the perceiver. The listener has to choose whether or no to be offended, regardless of the intent. I have better things to do with my time than being perpetually offended.
3. Many in society will judge. Such is a "perk" of freedom. Those who opt to use profane language have to be able to roll with those who will choose to be offended by it. Both sides have the right.
4. There can be times when a terrible word really meets the need. I prefer to not use the "golden biggie" (thanks Mr. Carlin) casually, reserving it for such circumstances.
5. Overuse of profanity, IMO, shows a lack of creativity. Can't you come up with a less tiresome word than that?
6. I actually APPRECIATE some profanity, especially in certain comedy dialogue. When censored, a lot of these movies/shows lack flavor. I actually like filth to have the original dirt in it!

As to the original post. No, the prevalence of public profanity does not really bother me, except to say that "fuck" has somewhat lost its impact through overuse, which is unfortunate. I think society needs to choose its next "golden biggie".

WTF! I didn't actually say it, lol

Words, words, words. We all use them, some are angered and insulted by some words, others believe they need certain words to express their true feelings. I use the F word to much and my New Year resolution is to try and use it less. I don't think most adults really care how other adults express themselves. I certainly don't care what word you use to describe trump as long as orange and asshole are mentioned.....LOL