heh. we need humor and cursing

Saw this and had to post. It makes me laugh. Mostly when people talk about the good old days when people didn't swear as much. They need to read about the 19th century. Why do people somehow get the idea that in historical times, people didn't swear? Hah. Hah, I say.

More women than men said they encounter people swearing more now than 20 years ago — 75%, compared to 60%. Also, more women said they were bothered by profanity — 74% at least some of the time — than men (60%.) And more men admitted to swearing: 54% at least a few times a week, compared to 39% of women.

Ok, I understand. I don't necessarily want to hear profanity everywhere. But I think the biggest thing is context. In anger or hatred or rage, or when it is abusive, profanity bothers me. When it is humorous or self-depracating, not so much. And let's not even talk about during a golf game.

Of course, as I have said here often, I am more offended by people who find swearing more offensive than poverty or abuse or war or torture.

Wondering specifically about the F-word? (For the record, we needed special dispensation from our bosses just to say 'F-word.') Thirty-two% of men said they used it at least a few times a week, compared to 23% of women.

"That word doesn't even mean what it means anymore," says Larry Riley of Warren, Mich. "It has just become part of the culture." Riley admits to using the F-word a few times a week. And his wife? "She never swears."

A striking common note among those interviewed, swearers or not: They don't like it when people swear for no good reason.

Darla Ramirez, for example, says she hates hearing the F-word "when people are just having a plain old conversation." The 40-year-old housewife from Arlington, Texas, will hear "people talking about their F-ing car, or their F-ing job. I'll hear it walking down the street, or at the shopping mall, or at Wal-Mart.

Note: don't go to Wal-Mart. That will solve part of your f-ing problem.

"What they do it their own home is their business, but when I'm out I don't need to hear people talking trashy," Ramirez says. She admits to swearing about once a month — but not the F-word.

Hah.

Here is the poll number on the f-word. My favorite part is the 1% answer.

5. Thinking specifically about the F-word, how often do you personally use that word in conversations?

* Several times a day, 8 percent
* Once a day, 7 percent
* A few times a week, 12 percent
* A few times a month, 13 percent
* About once a month, 9 percent
* A few times a year, 15 percent
* Never, 35 percent
* Not sure, 1 percent

TOTAL A FEW TIMES A WEEK OR MORE -- 27 percent
TOTAL A FEW TIMES A WEEK OR LESS -- 37 percent"

"Not sure?" Not sure? I think there are a lot of liars in this poll. F-ing liars. Damn ass hell f-ing liars. :)

Now I feel better.