Board liberal endorses swearing. Check.

Jan 25, 2022
11:50:04am

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Allowed that to the previous noted endorses exposing 8-year-olds to sex scenes in marvel movies.

My profile of a cougar board liberal is rounding out nicely!

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EQD2

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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

dYrtbYkerYder

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.

Virginia Ute

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.

Virginia Ute

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

Virginia Ute

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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