Why does everyone have to swear all the time?

[Jeric 46,848]

I find the whole idea of a word being 'bad' to be stupid.

I'm quoting you because that statement finds you on great company. To quote a famous Literary Critic in response to an editorial that F Scott Fitzgerald was an ignorant foul mouthed writer destroying the English language when he wrote The Great Gatsby!

 

But do we need […] a justification, beyond the one a writer might mount for any word—i.e., that it works? There is, after all, no such thing as an intrinsically bad, boring, or lazy word. There is only how it is deployed, and one of the pleasures of profanity is how diversely you can deploy it.

 

Writers don’t use expletives out of laziness or the puerile desire to shock or because we mislaid the thesaurus. We use them because, sometimes, the four-letter word is the better word—indeed, the best one.

Ask ask a room of Literary Fiction authors to sound off if they disagree with the above, and you will be met with the deafening sound of silence.

[Princess Pinny 6,099]

Because they want to prove a point, and they feel the only to express is to swear.

[Ardhacandra 133]

Words have no more value than the value you give them. Most people nowadays don't pay attention to those words, so they aren't affected by them. Some people DO give it a lot of value, and they feel offended.

 

Swear words like the F bomb are actually very usefull. You shouldn't just randomly spout it about, BUT you can properly use it to give your arguments and opinions some extra bang (Hench, F bomb).

 

I respect people's opinions, but I personally can't really stand it if people make such a big deal about vulgarity. We don't live in a time where we believe that a couple of words can put a magical curse upon you. Words are just a means of communication, and they are strong as you make them. It is nothing more, nothing less.

 

I do agree that excessive swearing is annoying (Think, stereotypical Call of Duty fanboy), but just remember... These people are too stupid to understand how to properly use these words.

[Alicorn Fluttershy 152]

I don't see why people give a damm about swearing. thier just words. and as the rhyme everyone has heard atleast once says words can never hurt you. also why do you shrink into a shell when people do that it makes no sense I get you dont like them but. afraid?

when someone swears at me yeah!

[Jeric 46,848]

when someone swears at me yeah!

 

Do you mean directed at you? If so, I can understand that a lot. I'm not a fan of someone going off on me either unless it's in humor. Also, I do have one or two choice words that I do happen to find distasteful to the point that I do an inward sigh when I hear them.

[Barbaloot 198]

 

 

swearing just shows that you really need to learn more vocabulary,

 complete disagreement. i see swearing as the most extreme in a set of emotions. for example; make love, have sex, and fuck. they all mean the same thing, but all imply a different intensity of emotion.

 

 

so no, i don't see swearing as having a lack of vocabulary, but instead dismissing it because it's simply not strong enough.

[Paladin Butters 163]

The Generations vocabulary has deteriorated to VERY low levels.. I may swear at times but that's when I'm pissed but I don't drop the "F" bomb at all in real conversations, on the internet I do more than in real life but that's just me.

[ShadowPirateX 600]

I mainly use curse words for emphasis. Nothing wrong with that.

[ScaleWrangler 122]

its well documented sweaing helps people deal with pain although its more sciency and convoluted than just saying the words

 

but who decided what words are bad and what words arent?

imagine if banana was (in societys eyes) a bad word .. its just interpretation

Curses can be used in allsorts've ways other than aggressive and derogatory so it hardy seems fair to deem those that do use them as less intelligent 

 

Swearing on the site is bad yes, and it does raise a point as to should there be a 18+ section for more adult themes and discussions in which you would be allowed to (if so inclined) to swear ? (anypony with me on this?)

and elsewhere on the site it be curbed to prevent .. situations where people get hurt

[Shift 4,272]

You can't tell me what to do! screw you

 

But I have a massive vocabulary and I swear because fun is fun. Also, it makes sense in context.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Shift

[GGG 176]

cause we fucking can.

 

i really dont have any goddamn reason, i just like to fucking swear.

 

that i know a large number of swears and how to combine them (naziwaffle) shows my extensive vocabulary

Edited July 31, 2014 by twistedmetalero

[Lighting Star 93]

Well yes, there are plenty of different words you could substitute in for swear words, but they wouldn't have the same effect. Vulgarity is mainly used to show great disrespect and/or anger towards the subject one is speaking about. 

 

For example, if someone you really hate just beat up, saying "He got his ass kicked" brings a much heavier effect on the person's negitivity towards the other person than saying "He got his butt kicked."

[Midnight Blade 80]

Normally I don't swear at people, I do at my computer though because games crash all the time, it's a very old custom computer though.

 

 

 

i dont swear AT people unless they're my friends.

Don't all guys do that? I do. 

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I only swear to express my anger and to be funny I don't swear as much as I use to looking back at my old videos *facehoof*

[Omega Centauri 316]

I swear when I need to get a point across, I used to never swear but through high school I started cursing more and more, now I use pretty much every word in the book, and to be honest, I see nothing wrong with them, they're just sounds you make with your mouth.

 

Why would we invent words we're not supposed to use anyway?

 

Word of Advice: When you tell someone not to swear, odds are it will make them want to swear even more, though I'll resist the temptation in this case.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Omega Centauri

[Gernia 691]

I don't really feel offended when someone curses, usually just surprised if I happen to know them as somebody who did not swear much.

 

I usually swear when I am either angry, or when I am trying to prove a point. I think vulgar language can be a nice way to spice up what someone says, but I think it needs to be used in moderation.

[Untitled Goose Q 5,137]

I do swear, but rarely. I just do not feel the need to swear often, and as such will not.

 

If someone else choose toy swear words, then that is their choice.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

There are 2 answers to this really. One is for connotative stress, and the other is for actual emotional relief. I wish I had links to the research, but what I say here is really things I know from just observation and occasionally cursing myself. Occasionally isn't often enough for my friends, since occasionally is rarely, and 99% of the time, in private or on public video game servers. I get teased for it. My friends aren't the greatest people. Luckily, one learned to not smoke weed recently. Good thing.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Twilly F. Sniper

[Jeric 46,848]

Swearing on the site is bad yes, and it does raise a point as to should there be a 18+ section for more adult themes and discussions in which you would be allowed to (if so inclined) to swear ? (anypony with me on this?)

and elsewhere on the site it be curbed to prevent .. situations where people get hurt

Sorry for partial quoting you, I agreed with everything up until the quote. The users on MLPF do a pretty good job of self policing, which is impressive for an active board like this.

 

I disagree with an adults only section. Vehemently. I suppose this is really the elephant on the room. Many if the under 18 members if this board have shown by action that they are as mature, or more so, than the older users. I'm not going to stroke some egos by name dropping but I'm certainly not going to say that just because I've walked the Earth longer I'm any more mature than a 17 year old.

 

It's an arbitrary line that doesn't account for cultural differences either.

[Discordian 6,015]

Few people swear intentionally. It often comes to us without even thinking about it.

 

The thing about cursing is that regardless of what word you use the meaning is the same. Even if you replaced "fuck" with "fudge" they would mean the same thing. The only reason you see it as different is because you've been taught, whether through lesson or by example, that words like "fuck" are bad and "fudge" is not but neither is technically better than the other in this context.

 

No one has to swear but people do and you're gonna hear it the rest of your life. You'd do better building up a resistance to it than trying to get people to stop.

[boiteporte 591]

I never swear. Even if I'm really angry.

People do not swear at me either and that is because they are adults. And adults do not swear at people who are not their friends.

 

However, if people want to swear, they sometimes do so because it makes them feel better.And that is OK by me.

 

But I am not one of them.

[ScaleWrangler 122]

Sorry for partial quoting you, I agreed with everything up until the quote. The users on MLPF do a pretty good job of self policing, which is impressive for an active board like this.

 

I disagree with an adults only section. Vehemently. I suppose this is really the elephant on the room. Many if the under 18 members if this board have shown by action that they are as mature, or more so, than the older users. I'm not going to stroke some egos by name dropping but I'm certainly not going to say that just because I've walked the Earth longer I'm any more mature than a 17 year old.

 

It's an arbitrary line that doesn't account for cultural differences either.

 

 

Thats entirely ok

 

It was a fleeting suggestion and i've been here nowhere near long enough to make an informed suggestion

You know better than I

[KatieBelle 302]

I don't swear. I just never have.

I surrond myself with good friends, so I was never under pressure to swear. I actually got respected for it.

 

It doesn't bother me that much just to hear it, I mean I heard people swear like saliors while we in the 6th grade. (To make them seem cool or something? I even knew a girl in 5th grade that swore. She was a jerk. :okiedokielokie: )

 

I am really sensitive, though, even though I hide it. If someone really thought of me poorly enough to swear dirctly at me calling me whatever they were saying...

It would definitly make me want to crawl into a ball.

[Mae Borowski 356]

i do occasionally swear when angry, upset, or the like...but mainly when i get hurt...hence this...

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-we-swear/

[Tigerpop198 696]

I try not to swear, it is rather hard especially when angry. That being said I see no point in swearing. Only when it is very necessary to use it.