Your philosophy on swearing

[Opsinis]

I simply want to know your "swearing/cursing/cussing" limits (or lack thereof) and when you use it.

Personally, I don't swear at all aloud. I feel there are plenty other words to express great joy, pain, hatred, sorrow, etc.
I did say aloud though. As much as I try to stay free of swearing, with all the language used in my family, school, community, it gets stuck in my head.
So sometimes a word or two will be thought. That is all.

[kimham8a]

Same here, though none of my friends irl agree. They all swear as much as they want and it really sticks to my head. Makes it hard to find other words in some situations.

[Rutarete]

Most of my friends have taken it up since starting college. I've managed to keep it out of my head for the most part. I don't like it.

[Kuroaitou]

I use curse words in a conversation occasionally.

Only a few times have I ever -directed- a curse word towards someone else directly, and most of those were used in a highly liberal and jokingly manner (none of the words used were discriminatory, so I'll let you figure it out). I don't mind thinking about profane words either, since most of them come from absurd quotes or dialogues found TV shows or videos (if you watch Game of Thrones or 'The Most Popular Girls in School' for example).

I avoid swear words at all costs around the elderly and children under the age of 10 (for the most part) though.

[ARTHANASIOS]

I am thinking a lot of swearing words in my head, though rarely use them in a conversation, except if I am having fun with friends and swear each other just for fun (we do this sometimes).

[Dm]

Look at the flag beneath my post.

Now look at the thread title.

Half the teenager fun will come from swearing at eachother. I disagree, but 'ey.

[RootRanger]

Swears are most effective for describing extreme, emotional situations because it is considered unacceptable to use them for moderate claims. If 5% of my claims are amplified by swears, then people will know that those 5% are something I feel emotionally passionate about.

[whatifidogetcaught?]

Cuss words are used by me only in moments of extreme pain (smashing your hand while working on your car) and when bad things are happening. Sometimes I let them slip, but not because it is in my head all of the time.

[Bloodshadow]

I never fucking swear.

When on the internet, I generally use swear words to show that I mean serious business. Or that I'm seriously pissed off. In real life it's the opposite; I only use them in a joking manner, and only if whoever I'm talking to also uses swear words in a joking manner.

[rob77dp]

I simply want to know your "swearing/cursing/cussing" limits (or lack thereof) and when you use it.

Personally, I don't swear at all aloud. I feel there are plenty other words to express great joy, pain, hatred, sorrow, etc.
I did say aloud though. As much as I try to stay free of swearing, with all the language used in my family, school, community, it gets stuck in my head.
So sometimes a word or two will be thought. That is all.

I avoid swearing.  As for most that avoid cursing, it does slip from time to time.  In the end, I believe it to be each person's choice to use or not use such language but I'll always side with non-swearing in discussions about the topic.

[Absol]

Swearing. I only did that to emphasis how screwed we are. (IE Precision F Strike)
Usually i only use light cursing, the most common is "damn" and "hell".

[Naesala]

I divide most swears into two categories: Blasphemy and Vulgarity. Blasphemy is, in my opinion, somewhat bad, and also makes little sense when atheists use blasphemous terms. Vulgarity is never bad as it mostly stems from old versions of racism that aren't as true today.

To me, words are words and language evolves. I don't use curses of either nature terribly often, out of habit, but I see no issue with people using them in a certain manner. What I dislike, however, is if one such word is used with hate attached to it. It is the hate that should be avoided, not the word.