I've worked around a number of women who regularly drop F-bombs at work.

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Jan 25, 2022
10:44:46am

HiLife Truly Addicted User

I've worked around a number of women who regularly drop F-bombs at work.

Some of them are otherwise so mild-mannered and 'proper' that you are shocked to see them say it. I honestly think that they are trying to act tough and fit into what they perceive to be "a man's world". The problem is that things have shifted so radically over the last few decades, that in reality, it is no longer "a man's world".

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I’m not a prude when it comes to language and I even admit to dropping the

gwalker

1/25/22 9:55am

Yep.

Dr MoBYU

1/25/22 9:56am

For me it depends on context. In a professional situation it doesn't work.

Archaea

1/25/22 9:56am

In fact tempted to say, “Sir, there are ladies present. Including your wife.”

gwalker

1/25/22 9:57am

I'm pretty sure that in most cases the response would be

Sea Chicken

1/25/22 9:58am

Probably.

gwalker

1/25/22 9:58am

My wife swears more than I do

Slim

1/25/22 9:58am

You give her more reasons to.

Sea Chicken

1/25/22 9:59am

Mine too. Though I've been working to catch up since I met her.

Loon to the Moon

1/25/22 5:32pm

Only time I asked someone to calm down, I simply said

Archaea

1/25/22 9:59am

You kiss your mother with that mouth?

Sea Chicken

1/25/22 9:59am

Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low intelligence.

RH84025

1/25/22 9:59am

There have been studies suggesting that highly intelligent people cuss more.

Archaea

1/25/22 10:00am

Great....now I have to go to my FO list to adequately respond here!

StarMan

1/25/22 11:23am

There is, in fact, no truth to this.

ReyOso

1/25/22 10:02am

You don't think that people who rely too much on profanity to make a point are

AggieWeekendCougar

1/25/22 10:06am

If it's used as a crutch, maybe. But the use of the word itself, no.

ReyOso

1/25/22 11:13am

Board liberal endorses swearing. Check.

EQD2

1/25/22 11:50am

RE: Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low

Richard McCoy Jr.

1/25/22 10:03am

This had been my view of a lack of sophisticated vocabulary/language but later learned that’s not true.

Soupie

1/25/22 10:12am

It's changing language. There are still taboo words, just different ones.

ReyOso

1/25/22 10:00am

tik tok is accelerating this language change, so much vulgarity all day long in

doubled1981

1/25/22 10:04am

Also, I wonder how these people ratchet things up when they need to. How do they

gwalker

1/25/22 10:00am

East Coast v West Coast makes a huge difference. I really wish I had not started

Socrates Johnson

1/25/22 10:00am

My boss in Buffalo NY would shout obscenities in the most natural way

towerman

1/25/22 10:11am

100%

CopperLix

1/25/22 10:00am

I think my issue is more with yelling at people than swearing. Adults don't ever

1/25/22 10:01am

It's especially appalling how teenagers talk. We've gotten so coarse and vulgar

runnincoug

1/25/22 10:01am

They just tryna be cray bruh

777

1/25/22 10:03am

I've kicked a few people out of my office for language. But most people are very

JAGA97

1/25/22 10:01am

Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcibly...

AggieWeekendCougar

1/25/22 10:02am

I've pondered this over the years and come to believe it 100% accurate

OldFogey

1/25/22 10:07am

There is a skill to cursing. It takes some training….

kotacoug

1/25/22 10:07am

SWK quote, nice quip but not true I have discovered.

Archaea

1/25/22 10:48am

Feeble mind can be a fleeting phase…people hear that and think he was calling

AggieWeekendCougar

1/25/22 11:02am

Less cultured but not feeble

Archaea

1/25/22 12:58pm

Profs I know who can't speak two sentences without swearing would swear they are

AggieWeekendCougar

1/25/22 1:03pm

they might be well-versed in culture, but a truly composed, cultured person uses

Archaea

1/25/22 1:58pm

I recently watched a video of a high speed police chase (from the officers' body cameras) and when they finally

buhlcougar

1/25/22 10:02am

Those words just turn into common words and some other word replaces it as crass

kotacoug

1/25/22 10:02am

Swearing is nbd IMO.

1/25/22 10:04am

Too bad.

Bob Vance

1/25/22 10:06am

I’m kind of in the middle. A word or two is fine. When it gets to 15% or more of

gwalker

1/25/22 10:06am

We’ve got a guy on our hockey team that can’t say 4 words without dropping

kotacoug

1/25/22 10:09am

Well, you are a Ute, so there's that playing into this attitude. 🙂

OldFogey

1/25/22 10:08am

Really? U ok with Your 12 yo daughter saying F***?

Dr MoBYU

1/25/22 10:09am

What's surprising is how woke we are as a society, and yet so liberal with M--F-

runnincoug

1/25/22 10:12am

racist? never made that connection

fattycoug

1/25/22 10:13am

Yeah, I can't really explain on CB, but if you study up the history of it...

runnincoug

1/25/22 10:45am

In the right context, sure. Gotta know your audience.

1/25/22 10:40am

Not buying it

OldFogey

1/25/22 10:42am

I can think of several situations where it would be appropriate

jellyfish

1/25/22 2:18pm

why would you need yo know your audience if it's nbd, though?

fattycoug

1/25/22 10:45am

It’s no nbd to me. This thread is evidence that is a big deal to certain prudish people that judge people who swear

1/25/22 10:56am

If we desensitize the use of cuss words, then what do we do when we need to

fattycoug

1/25/22 10:11am

Just use the word "literally" for emphasis

HandwovenBox

1/25/22 10:40am

perfect example of devaluing a word

fattycoug

1/25/22 10:43am

Use no f words at all to really shock them with just how serious you are being.

joelvandyne

1/25/22 10:42am

I've become numb to the language around me at work.

LegitCoug

1/25/22 10:05am

Your last sentence is the key. If everything gets that emphasis from someone

gwalker

1/25/22 10:08am

I think this is worth noting when we complain about fans saying/chanting "F you BYU"

krindorr

1/25/22 10:19am

A lot of people are just really angry these days. For those of us in the

cougfanz

1/25/22 10:13am

When my Father was in the navy, a navy chaplain gave a sunday sermon that changed his life

Pollster

1/25/22 10:28am

I've got trouble in my house and my wife blames it on me.

Belboz

1/25/22 10:31am

I've worked around a number of women who regularly drop F-bombs at work.

HiLife

1/25/22 10:44am

Swearing is great!

A_blue_car

1/25/22 11:04am

The summer after I graduated high school I worked for a Utah contractor who ...

icecougar

1/25/22 12:07pm

I would enjoy watching shows like Ozark and Succession a whole lot more

neboutefan

1/25/22 3:38pm

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