| What the fck is wrong with swearing? 11:22 - Oct 8 with 1508 views | bluelagos |
That thread is quite an eye opener, lots of valid opinions but underlying it is a belief that kids swearing is wrong?
Why is it? If we are quite at ease at adults using industrial language why would it bother us if kids do too?
It may not fit our image of sweet little kids but at the end of the day it's just a child acting in a grown up manner, which it seems to me is what we want them to do...
So what's the issue? Struggling to see why anyone would let it worry them. |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 13:44 - Oct 8 with 314 views | FrimleyBlue |
I dont mind swearing
However, words like C, i really dont like, it's just not nice, sounds awful and really aggressive |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 13:48 - Oct 8 with 302 views | bartyg |
Might be a generational thing as I don't really care about it at all. If someone else swearing was the biggest problem in my life then I'd be quite grateful |  | | |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 13:52 - Oct 8 with 285 views | WeWereZombies |
If you start using swear words then you have already lost whatever argument or 'bold' stance you are adopting, use your brain to reason with instead. |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 14:07 - Oct 8 with 246 views | EddyJ |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 13:44 - Oct 8 by FrimleyBlue |
I dont mind swearing
However, words like C, i really dont like, it's just not nice, sounds awful and really aggressive |
Going to disagree strongly with this.
There is something wonderfully abrupt and germanic about words like c()nt and f()ck that gives them a real presence in a sentence. Its definitely a case of form fitting function.
Not to mention the versatility of said words. |  | | |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 14:10 - Oct 8 with 244 views | bluelagos |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 12:33 - Oct 8 by MattinLondon |
I don’t have any issue with swearing and I swear fairly often - but not in front of my young kids. And I don’t like it when people swear loudly in front of them.
I know that this is my issue but I don’t want my young’uns to grow up and act like an adult before their time. To me the grown-up world is scary - social media, hatred based on skin colour and mindless arseholes. And to me swearing is one of those small things which reminds me that they will grow up very quickly.
Not that long ago my youngest burst into tears because he couldn’t comprehend why there are homeless people on the streets ‘why don’t their mummies and daddies help them? And it upset him.
I want them to stay innocent for as long as it’s reasonable. To find excitement in very small thing, to believe in Father Christmas and not to have anything to worry about out apart from what game to play next.
I know that I’m going all over the place in my reply and I apologise. But swearing or being exposed to a lot of it is just another reminder that the adult world can be s**t. |
For me you've hit the nail on the head - imagine getting angry over strangers swearing rather than the fact that we live in a society where some people are homeless.
There are so many things that are proper messed up in our world - and to get angry over something as trivial as the type of language people use - it's right up there with people who get upset over a misplaced apostrophe.
Think that's the bit I can't get my head round - that that is the issue that gets some people upset. [Post edited 8 Oct 14:18]
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 17:52 - Oct 8 with 138 views | NthQldITFC |
I flicked a stick up on my gravel bike today and it struck me on the shin. "Cnt!" I said, but it didn't do me any good. Nor did it do anyone any harm because the only thing within earshot was a kestrel. |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 18:04 - Oct 8 with 129 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 11:33 - Oct 8 by EddyJ |
Intent is so much more important than the word used:
"I'm going to break your leg"
"You deserve to have your leg broken"
"You are a tw@t"
"How are you doing, me old c()nt?"
IMO, these statements get less offensive as you go down. The first expresses a violent threat. The second expresses a sentiment that you would be happy with violence, even if you did not perpetrait it. The third is a negative, but not threatening statement. The final one uses a rude word in a non-negative context.
I would not be upset if my children used 3 or 4 in an appropriate context. I would be very upset if they said 1.
This is why sexual swear words (f()ck, c()nt etc...) have become more acceptable over time and discriminatory swear words (ni88er, fa88ot, sp@stic etc...) have become less acceptable. The latter group have an in-built context which is inherently offensive. The former do not. [Post edited 8 Oct 11:38]
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^this |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 23:32 - Oct 8 with 89 views | LuciBlue |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 11:43 - Oct 8 by DJR |
I can't say I am a fan of adult swearing either, and try to avoid doing it as much as I can.
If nothing else, constant swearing lessens the impact of what is being said to be point it becomes meaningless, as in the case of the not very funny (to my mind) Australian sketch on the current Mitchell and Webb series. [Post edited 8 Oct 11:45]
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That M&W weekly joke became tiresome very quickly. |  |
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 00:01 - Oct 9 with 63 views | rkc123 |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 17:52 - Oct 8 by NthQldITFC |
I flicked a stick up on my gravel bike today and it struck me on the shin. "Cnt!" I said, but it didn't do me any good. Nor did it do anyone any harm because the only thing within earshot was a kestrel. |
It probably did do you a little good actually as there is research that shows that letting out the plosive sounds usually found in swear words (such as hard t, f, k etc) actually increases our pain tolerance. [Post edited 9 Oct 0:02]
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| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 00:47 - Oct 9 with 38 views | Cotty |
Quite apart from the language, that could easily get them kicked out of school, the level of aggression in that description is not something I would condone in my children. I feel sorry for your upbringing, and that of any children you might or might not have. |  | | |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 00:50 - Oct 9 with 38 views | Cotty |
| What the fck is wrong with swearing? on 11:43 - Oct 8 by DJR |
I can't say I am a fan of adult swearing either, and try to avoid doing it as much as I can.
If nothing else, constant swearing lessens the impact of what is being said to be point it becomes meaningless, as in the case of the not very funny (to my mind) Australian sketch on the current Mitchell and Webb series. [Post edited 8 Oct 11:45]
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This is the best point on the thread. That sketch is dog sh*t. (Please excuse my language). Swear until funny is truly the lowest form of wit. And M&W are among my comedy heroes. | | | |
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