Swearing proven to have a 'pain-lessening effect'

[pgc hunter]

No wonder I don't feel pain when I use physical violence against my computer when it freezes up, when it's cloudy or when someone cuts me off

[AstralTraveller (David)]

At a place I used to work someone bought in a document that would prevent us from having to swear in front of members of the 'public'. (Just why we shouldn't swear in front of a bunch of truckies was never made clear, but anyway...) This had all the offensive words and phrases listed by theme and each one with a code number. So people would say something like "502 you 607" to which I would go over to the counter with the sheet on it, work out what had been said then shout back "well 417 you, you 627 128). This provided a few days amusement until we all went back to just swearing at each other, the foreman, the job etc etc. I supposed you could say that swearing by numbers helped lessen the pain of a boring tedious job.

[Outbackmanyep]

Why do we need Uni people to tell us something that we already know! They could have just got Mythbusters in!

[GrahamL]

A couple I can remember went both ways , my eldest son always around from an early age when friends and I where trying to make an old car go faster or longer with heat an a hammer .. on his second birthday was presented with one of those little wood blocks with pegs and a hammer.He happily started knocking down the pegs but every now and then would go ar****. My mother looked at him alittle funny and then to me and said whats he saying

Work x-mass party /golf day my first tee off sliced I blurt out ar ****
My superviser reminds me of the many ladys present (fair call)and suggests I try and control my outbursts , done , but we get to the last hole he tees off with a small island in front with 3 rocks in the middle , his ball skys and land right between the 3 rocks
Gets feet wet and tries again, ball again lands between the 3 rocks.. wow never heard
so many f bombs going off at once , lucky i was there to remind him there were ladies
present.

[renormalised (Carl)]

That means that when I have a heap of assignments to do, all I have to do is swear and cus', and I'll be feeling perfectly fine

[TrevorW]

Exactly

[astro744]

It saddens me that language standards have dropped to the gutter level where swearing thrives.

Why is it that television media now show close-up slow motion replays of foul mouth footballers where in the past they would not promote such offensive behaviour? Some of our kids want to watch the footy and unfortunately do not have a say in whether they want to be subjected bad language or not. We as parents cannot censor the video footage unless we turn the entire broadcast off.

You can blame the footballer for the bad language and really I dont expect any better from most (not all) footballers given their continual public trouble they manage to get themselves in, but I think the TV station is ultimately responsible for what is broadcast and in my opinion should be just that; more responsible.

Also, why is it that so called comedians can't get a laugh unless they swear? Is their material that poorly written? Well I'm not laughing. I used to like Tim Allen in Home Improvement but then I saw his stand-up routine and it was full of swearing and just NOT funny. Jerry Seinfeld doesn't swear in his routines and he is one funny comedians around.

I saw a local comedian on stage once many years ago and he was quite funny. He was selling audio tapes of his act after the show and I bought one. After the show I played the tape in my car and I was not impressed since the tape was full of swearing and not what I just heard on stage. I turned the car around and went back to the club and luckily saw the comedian outside waiting for a cab. He exchanged the tape for a non-offensive one and it is much funnier. I'm sure he too remembers this story.

I agree with JimmyH155 and have no time for swearing. I am sick of listening to it in the workplace, media and sometimes even in public. It is the lowest form of language and should never be allowed to enter our normal everyday vocabulary. The media just want ratings and they believe that promoting offensive behavour will appeal to their viewer base and that is the most saddening thing.

As everyone gets older and retires from their jobs youger people fill the position. I believe that standards in the censorship bureau have fallen because the younger censors have a lower bar and know no better. I'm sure there are some with higher standards but probably never enough win a vote.

Well I've had my say, "serenity now!". For the record I am in my 40's.

[TrevorW]

Sorry you've missed the point swearing is historically inherent to all our cultures. !!!!

[pgc hunter]

Using profuse swearing, the pain rendered by this extremely cloudy weather is less severe than if I were to be "patient" and "calm"

[JimmyH155]

Have you noticed that on the tele, when promoting the next programme, the announcer says "This programme contains "Coarse language"" Why dont they speak the truth and call it foul, obscene, offensive - no, to water it down it is just coarse. Another downward trip for the human race to the gutter. At least I have one supporter - thanks astro 744.

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by JimmyH155

Have you noticed that on the tele, when promoting the next programme, the announcer says "This programme contains "Coarse language"" Why dont they speak the truth and call it foul, obscene, offensive - no, to water it down it is just coarse. Another downward trip for the human race to the gutter. At least I have one supporter - thanks astro 744.

probably because it IS "Coarse" language.

[JimmyH155]

Because "Coarse Language" is an euphemism for "offensive, obscene, foul"
Euphamism - a mild term for a harsh reality

[astroron (Ron)]

Hear Hear astro 744

[Rhino1980 (Ryan)]

Agreed, watch your mouth around women and children. Astro744, the blokes I work with on the railway would make your toes curl up. But truly I have never met a better bunch of human beings, despite their supposedly "subhuman behaviour". We spend all day working hard and do it in fits of laughter. I never used to swear but before the railway I was a walloper for nearly 8 years, and 8 years of getting abuse hurled at you by the public rubs off on you eventually. Having been in the reserves too, you can bet I got a lot of pratice in there aswell. I do not consider myself a gutter dweller just because I have a swear. I have done more for this country than some of the "pure" people. Lighten up dude.

Peace out.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by DavidU

My wife should be pretty much pain free then LOL

Originally Posted by Rhino1980

Ahh, so that's why I'm dropping F-Bombs all the time. I better get wifey to read this so she understands me better

These two comments cracked me up
Opps i just dropped the F_BOMB

[marki]

Interesting discussion I must say . I will add my bit as I believe swearing is essential for the well being of educators (which I am) as well as the well being of the children we teach. Yes swearing has a time and place but to state that the fairer sex may be overly sensitive to the use of said expletives is quite frankly the biggest load of horse manure I have heard in a long time. As an educator I am predominantly surrounded by the fairer sex all day. There would not be one day I can remember in the last ten years when one of the girls has not come bursting into the office after a difficult class using language that would make a sailor blush. How is this good for the kids??? Simple, if we did not have such an outlet then I imagine many students would suffer physical harm at the hands of a lunatic without any other outlet. Yes it makes us feel better and is often very entertaining .

Mark

[TrevorW]

All in context !!!

a time and place for everything

[JimmyH155]

Swearing is so completely boring. I worked with a person who made it a habit to string as many f words together as possible. Swear words are nearly all 4 letters and there is only a handful of them. The use of them over and over and over again in a conversation shows a moronic pathetic dull intellect that cannot even begin to understand the English language.
As I said in my first post, the use of English invective is so much richer, completely harmless, usually funny, and there is a huge selection to choose from.
I give an example.......
"I hate that **?!!X # wit, he is a f^&*##!?>**, f**^%##@, f**^%##@!**xx?>, f**^%##@"

"I detest that ugly looking moron, he is a half-witted spawney eyed parrot-faced wazzock!"
THAT'S invective

[TrevorW]

or more succinctly

"He looks like the north end of a south bound Camel"

[JimmyH155]

SPLENDID You've got it, Mate