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**Fgunehjf** · 07-08-2009, 04:29 AM

The problem with your insult is it makes you look stupid. If the posts keep wasting your time, why do you keep doing it?

I dont know why people would bother to post their anger at each other on a forum, it was just an example. As you suggest I tend to ignore stuff that doesn't interest me.

I was under the impression that this was about ordinary conversations and personal interactions as opposed to forum posting. As such, my experience is that 15 word "zingers" such as the one you've provided sound either rehearsed, in effect a snootier version of "yo momma" or it comes off a bit Costanzian "I had sex with your wife." I drop f bombs all the time and then move on, I don't have time to waste with unnecessary verbiage, I'm moving way too fast for that.

I can't say that I have much opportunities to really insult people in person (or on a forum) so it doesn't really come up. You are right that clever things may just sound rehearsed. Lets take a few examples of times you might swear:

1. In a fight with someone. This isn't something I typically do, but I would tend to say something more specific to the situation. But who knows, the only people I really fight with are my wife and my boys (normal family stuff) and I would never swear at them and I wouldn't expect that they would swear at me.

2. To show irritation. This is the big one where I suspect most people swear and I probably don't. Let say someone pulls out in front of you in traffic. Some people would swear or call them a name. Which leaves me wondering why they are so upset about it that they have to act out. Being the father of 2 boys it reminds me more of the physical tantrums they used to throw. I try not to let these sorts of things get to me.

3. Common conversational language. This is the category I meant where it just sounds uneducated to me (this is my bias, if you swear or not probably has little to do with your education and more to do with your upbringing and environment). Im not impressed by people that say: "Im going to the f***ing cafeteria to get a coffee, they better not have that same f***ing coffee that they had yesterday. That s*** was f***ing awful." To my ears it sounds like they have given up on appropriate verbs and adjectives.

4. Jokes. I use swear words all the time in jokes or to be funny. It isnt a morale issue for me and I have no problem tellign the dirtiest, ranchiest jokes possible.

5. During sexy time. This is actively encouraged.

07-08-2009, 04:29 AM	#9
Fgunehjf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	The problem with your insult is it makes you look stupid. If the posts keep wasting your time, why do you keep doing it? I dont know why people would bother to post their anger at each other on a forum, it was just an example. As you suggest I tend to ignore stuff that doesn't interest me. I was under the impression that this was about ordinary conversations and personal interactions as opposed to forum posting. As such, my experience is that 15 word "zingers" such as the one you've provided sound either rehearsed, in effect a snootier version of "yo momma" or it comes off a bit Costanzian "I had sex with your wife." I drop f bombs all the time and then move on, I don't have time to waste with unnecessary verbiage, I'm moving way too fast for that. I can't say that I have much opportunities to really insult people in person (or on a forum) so it doesn't really come up. You are right that clever things may just sound rehearsed. Lets take a few examples of times you might swear: 1. In a fight with someone. This isn't something I typically do, but I would tend to say something more specific to the situation. But who knows, the only people I really fight with are my wife and my boys (normal family stuff) and I would never swear at them and I wouldn't expect that they would swear at me. 2. To show irritation. This is the big one where I suspect most people swear and I probably don't. Let say someone pulls out in front of you in traffic. Some people would swear or call them a name. Which leaves me wondering why they are so upset about it that they have to act out. Being the father of 2 boys it reminds me more of the physical tantrums they used to throw. I try not to let these sorts of things get to me. 3. Common conversational language. This is the category I meant where it just sounds uneducated to me (this is my bias, if you swear or not probably has little to do with your education and more to do with your upbringing and environment). Im not impressed by people that say: "Im going to the f*ing cafeteria to get a coffee, they better not have that same fing coffee that they had yesterday. That s was fing awful." To my ears it sounds like they have given up on appropriate verbs and adjectives. 4. Jokes.* I use swear words all the time in jokes or to be funny. It isnt a morale issue for me and I have no problem tellign the dirtiest, ranchiest jokes possible. 5. During sexy time. This is actively encouraged.
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