What Your F-Bomb Habit Says About Your Intelligence

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-16-2015, 02:38 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: I've been known to use a swear word or two in my day. And I still do, in certain situations. It depends upon the circumstance and the 'audience', if you will. For instance, I used the "s**t" word on here yesterday in a post for slight shock value (shocking because I don't think the CoC allows that) and to emphasize a point. I was also writing a bit in vernacular to a particular audience (young men, football fans, etc.) who I thought the statement might reach better.

I also have been known to blurt out an expletive occasionally when frustrated, sick, and or angry. But, being that I generally try to avoid all three of those situations, that is a very rare occurrence. Growing up, my dad would drop the "GD" line about as often as Samuel L. Jackson uses the "F" word. There were six of us kids, and that was his way of venting frustration. I didn't like that very much, but understood the source. Because I grew up around that, the urge to respond in that way is pretty strong. Therefore, I've found replacement phrases over the years, such as "God... Bless America!!!" or "What the....?" (always left unfinished). Sometimes I even say "Dagnabit!".

I never call a person an expletive in anger. A wise friend in school once told me that if I really wanted to let someone know I was angry or disappointed with them, then don't cuss at them. Cussing obfuscates the point you are trying to make. And in a confrontational situation, you really want your point to be as clear and direct as possible.

Likewise, I never cuss in the workplace or around clients or vendors for the same reason. You don't want your meaning to be clouded in business dealings. And business partners, vendors, clients, co-workers, etc. are generally not my friends. I maintain a degree of separation, the need for which has been reinforced repeatedly over the course of 21 years in business.

I generally don't cuss around people I don't know. I'm not sure who I'm talking to or how the message would be received. In my experience, you want to be very clear and to the point if you are speaking to someone you don't know. The degree to which I use expletives varies to the degree of which I know the listener and how they will take the message. In a bar with friends, I can do excellent Samuel L. Jackson or Gunny Sergeant Hartman ("Full Metal Jacket") impersonations. But a person has to have invested the time to get to know me before I share those.

I tend to agree with St. Lucie about modelling behavior for your kids. But, as much as I'd like it that my son would never cuss, I would much rather have him understand the circumstantial reasoning as to why or why not to cuss in a situation.



















And as for this study, that's some f***ed up s**t, mother f***er! I can f***in' name all the mother f***in' animals and I ain't gotta f***in' cuss to do it, b***h! How do you like them apples!  

In all seriousness.....this.  Although, I have some customers who have actually become friends of mine....so we share some barbs.  I deal with contractors, the larger the entity, the more reserved and professional the demeanor.  With some of the local boys that I might tip a beer with on occasion?  Let 'em fly.