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  "The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic."- Stephen Fry
context: I think people who are against it are annoying, but people who just don’t use profane language and don’t care that others do aren’t inherently snobs, they might’ve just been raised to not do it and haven’t picked it up. >
  
  This pretty much sums me up I grew up in a strict family so ANY profanity was taboo right down to darn. However, a few years ago at work I slipped and feel down some stairs 10 in all and I swore like an angry truck driver. But I have no right to police other people's language just like OP. >
  
  it shouldn't be something we have to "pick up". If I don't want to swear I don't have to, and I shouldn't be called annoying for it >
  
  Nobody has called you annoying for not swearing.  We've called people annoying for objecting to others swearing. >
  
  Well I lost interest in being friends with someone because they began to swear a lot. Is that not reasonable? >
  
  In my opinion, no. >
  
  swearing shows egoism, being immoral, and not courteous of who is around. >
  
  Your first two allegations are utterly ridiculous, and I challenge you to produce one iota of proof that  people who swear are more likely than people who don't to be egotistical and unethical.  (I prefer that word to "immoral" so indulge me please. )   And proof means scientifically obtained proof, not anecdotal nonsense such as  "I knew a guy named Bob who swore a lot and he kicked kittens and cheated on his wife."
  As for "not courteous of who is around", maybe, but if who is around is a bunch of prigs, that's okay by me. >
  
  So you believe that to have a good vocabulary and to use it is a mark of egoism?  And you believe that 95 words is a very lengthy passage to read? 
  Well, congratulations.  I'm at a loss as to why anyone would believe that.   My ego is shattered, lol. >
  
  The only person I know that doesn't swear isn't a snob...he just doesn't like to swear, so he doesn't. He doesn't care if others swear though >
  
  You can respond by doing all the same things to them. >
  
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  Why are people that just don't use swearwords snobs? That's the more controversial part of this post that you should defend. >
  
  Look, I swear like a sailor at work. But there's a time and place for everything, and not swearing doesn't make you a snob. >
  
  I had a friend in school who sliced his knee and hand open and the teacher was more concerned about his swearing rather than the blood running down his body or the open wound he now had. >
  
  I don’t care if other people swear, it’s pretty much unavoidable, I just don’t do so myself. It’s also more fun to come up with words than saying the actual ones >
  
  Fucking A >
  
  Too fuckin' right >
  
  Mother fucking right you are bro. This OP bitch got it god damned right. >
  
  I am someone who swears. A lot. But there are certain times where it’s not appropriate, like in a professional setting. If I’m around someone who I know doesn’t or has an issue, I try to watch it. But to me, they’re just words. If used in a derogatory way towards someone then obviously that’s not cool but just in conversation? 
  I 100% agree that people who don’t are generally very judgy. I say fuck a lot. It’s just usually the word of choice 😂 I was in a grocery store and waiting in line to check out with my husband and we were talking. Not loudly or anything, just to ourselves. So of course, I said it, and no joke the older lady behind us tapped me on the shoulder and told me that if she were my mother she’d slap me for swearing. Oh god, or being told to “talk like a lady”. Or that swearing is “trashy”. >
  
  I hope you said "Fuck you" to her. >
  
  My husband did before I could. And he’s really freaking tall so this lady was all wide eyed 😂😂 >
  
  I swear on occasion but try not to use it all the time.  I just hate it when people use a swear for every other word. >
  
  I don't know if "snob" is the right word, but yeah, people who call for their smellng salts if they hear "Fuck" or "Shit" are annoying as hell.
  Worse than that though are the "Goddamn" haters.  This is mostly a Southern thing.  I grew up in the North, where "Goddamn" is considered pretty mild, and many people who would never say "FucK' or "Shit" will say "Goddamn".  I've now lived in the South for years and jeez some people have pee'd their pants and fainted in horror when they've heard me say "Goddamn".
  For one thing, they totally misinterpret the word because they seemingly temporarily forget the role and importance of word order in the English language.  They interpret it as the sayer damning God.  If the sayer were damning God, then the word would be "Damngod".  But it is "Goddamn" because one is asking God to damn whatever it is the sayer is upset about.  "God" comes first, so "God" is the subject, not the object, and since "damn" follows "God",  following Subject-Verb-Object word order,  it's God doing the damning, not the sayer.
  I've had friends ask me not to say it, and I've refused to comply with that request.  Because it is just so stupid to object to "Goddamn". >
  
  I agree with you on the Goddamn thing. In 95% of cases, when someone says goddamn they're not intending on calling God to action - it's just a thing people say when they're frustrated or shocked by something. >
  
  That's still using the Lords name in vain. >
  
  So is "Oh my God" but the people I'm referring to have never objected to that. >
  
  Because saying "goddamn her" implies you are calling upon God to send that person to hell, which is a lot more serious than simply bringing up God's name as one would when they say "oh my God". >
  
  LOL.  I'm an atheist, so I really don't care.
  But.....um.... don't preachers  and priests call upon God to send other people to Hell like all the time?  Haven't they done so throughout history? >
  
  No, priests say that only God can send someone to hell. Priests are supposed to pray for people and promote forgiveness. Not all do unfortunately. >
  
  Rachael Maddow always makes a great big deal out of not quoting a swear word and it  always seems very phony and snooty to me, as in "Grab them by the... ahem... use your imagination... um... I can't say it... uh... p-word."  Just grow up Racheal. >
  
  Yes that’s true >
  
  SKULL YEAH MAFUCKER! 
  Wait, wrong group.....or is it? >
  
  Fudge you gatekeeper >
  
  My mother tells me that, "swearing is fine, but incorporating it into your vocbaulary is harmful". Honestly solid advice. >
  
  This opinion is in no way unpopular. >
  
  Swearing keeps people from saying truly mean things. >
  
  Wut. >
  
  Because if a person feels that they can't express their anger with  a simple "Fuck you", they may instead express it by saying something that contains only "clean" words, such as "You are the saddest most sickening piece of humanity existent and just looking at you makes me feel ill and I hope you fall down the cellar stairs tonight and break your neck and then I hope that Satan claims you as his own and you burn in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks." >
  
  That's a slippery slope fallacy. "If people don't swear, then some other imaginary bad thing will happen". >
  
  Perhaps.  But the point was really which is worse?    To say "Fuck you" which contains a dirty swear word but is also short and vague, or to not use any dirty swear words, use only words that your Grandma and church would find unobjectionable, and yet really tear a person down at length while doing so?
  Which is why I think it's dumb to designate certain words as Too Bad To Utter. >
  
  I once dropped a subtle “fuck” into a conversation to emphasise a point. The guy i was speaking to looked as if I’d slapped him!