profanity.

[Koz]

I'm not a fan of it and I rarely use it. It is reserved for rare occasions. But when I do use it, my staff knows I'm trying to make a point.

[Captain Phil]

Profanity itself is OK with me, but I rarely use it in public and never around women.  Old people like me have a different perspective on many things considered common in today's society.  I was raised to have respect for women.  Using the "F" word around a lady is disrespectful to her.  Tattoos, nose jewelry and weird colored hair were considered low class or downright weird.  For some reason, many young people today seem to want to look as poor as possible.  This is confusing to us old folks.  When our jeans got holes, we threw them away.  The only man I ever saw as a kid with a piercing was a wildman in a circus sideshow.  Nose septum jewelry makes you look like you have a runny nose. Man buns make me laugh.  As the Baby Boomer generation fads into history, these things are now common.   I am not wishing for a return to the past.   The "Old Days" weren't all that good. Many of us don't remember that.

[GaryH]

I definitely can spew cuss words with friends when joking around or when I’m mad. But I never cuss in front of women or kids. And I try not to cuss at people.

 

 

[flyfisher]

13 hours ago, Bird said:

Never used profanity until I got married and had kids.

I am an educator and let me tell you....many have told me the same thing in regards to being an educator.

[gim]

2 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

When our jeans got holes, we threw them away. 

 

Hey @Team9nine, TAKE NOTE

[Darth-Baiter]

13 hours ago, Kirtley Howe said:

Quickest way to end a friendship with me is to use a racial slur in my presence or in a post. We are all Gods' children, and I really wish people would act like it. I am fine with someone disliking someone else, but not if it is based on their skin color or nationality. 

100%. But profanity isn’t racism to me.  I grew up with racism around me.  You don’t have to call me or use a slur on me to show racism.  A person can act racist. A person can’t act profanity. 
 

 

[Mike L]

What gets me is that I hear more and more twenty something and up people of both sexes use the “F” word in just normal or casual conversation. 
Never been that way. 
It’s seems it’s just a normal part of their vocabulary and it isn’t given a second thought. 

My son in law did it once just after he married my daughter at a family party with my wife, grandkids and others in the room.
It was the last time!

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Team9nine]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

Hey @Team9nine, TAKE NOTE

I didn’t come from money. When our Toughskins (Sears) got a hole in them, Mom patched them up and you kept wearing them. You didn’t just throw them away and go buy a new pair.

[Eric 26]

[TOXIC]

Having a career that paired me with people from all walks of life including top level executives all the way down and everything in between, you gotta play the room.  Words to live by!

[Eric 26]

@Darth-Baiter I listened to the podcast yesterday, thanks for the link. Not sure if anyone watched or remembers the Nicholas Cage show “History of swearing” it was on Netflix.

[deaknh03]

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.

Frank Zappa

[N Florida Mike]

I heard my dad say 1 cuss word the whole time I was growing up. My mom - not even one. It was part of their raising. I said “ butt” to my mom once and got my mouth washed out with soap. 

A lot of it is who you’re around. I had some rough and rowdy friends growing up, but they weren’t even big cussers., except one that took the Lord’s name in vain in every sentence.

That and the F word bother me, especially when my wife or grandkids are around. I don’t enjoy going to sporting events much anymore, it is so bad. People ought to respect others enough to be able to restrain theirselves, especially around kids or women. 

[Captain Phil]

31 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I heard my dad say 1 cuss word the whole time I was growing up. My mom - not even one. It was part of their raising. I said “ butt” to my mom once and got my mouth washed out with soap. 

A lot of it is who you’re around. I had some rough and rowdy friends growing up, but they weren’t even big cussers., except one that took the Lord’s name in vain in every sentence.

That and the F word bother me, especially when my wife or grandkids are around. I don’t enjoy going to sporting events much anymore, it is so bad. People ought to respect others enough to be able to restrain theirselves, especially around kids or women. 

 

I'm with you Mike. When a person uses profanity in public, it sends a message about how they were raised.  Back in the day, people wanted to be seen as moving up in society.  Today, it seems people want to move down.  It's like there is a rush to get down to the lowest level possible.  When I hear someone using the "F" word, I wonder if their parents talked like that?   Maybe they did, mine didn't.   If you want people to treat you with respect, you have to act like you deserve it.

[BrianMDTX]

What is and isn’t profanity is an interesting subject. When I was a lad, saying something sucks or blows was looked upon as profanity. I don’t think too many folks bat an eye at those two words anymore. 
 

After twelve years of parochial school, joining the Army opened my eyes to profanity. But man, oh man! No branch of service can touch the Navy when it comes to profanity. I guess being at sea with nothing but men does that to a fella! ?

[volzfan59]

@N Florida Mike, I too have noticed standards of public behavior, and behavior in general have slipped. I never heard any type of profanity used by my mother. My father was a WW2 veteran, that said he may have dropped a knuckle buster type of profanity slip but to be completely honest I don't remember him ever cussing. My sister's rarely use foul language, I'm the only one in my family that uses any type of profanity,  nothing that I'm proud of.

[Cbump]

Navy, oil field, law enforcement…yep I cuss. 
Also have a BS, an MBA, and just got accepted to law school. So i don’t buy the weak mind/lack of intelligence theory. 
 

I know when to not use profanity though. 

[volzfan59]

5 hours ago, Cbump said:

Navy, oil field, law enforcement…yep I cuss. 
Also have a BS, an MBA, and just got accepted to law school. So i don’t buy the weak mind/lack of intelligence theory. 
 

I know when to not use profanity though. 

Congratulations on your acceptance in to law school! Well done 

[Cbump]

@volzfan59

 thank you! Super excited but nervous for what the future holds. 4 years of part time law school while trying to make It work with a full time work schedule is going to be tough. I’ve always been just kind of a jump in and see what happens kinda guy though.