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Replacing millennials with snake people is especially funny in this article. I wonder if millennials are more likely to replace words with other words using browser plugins.
> especially funny in this article. So it's marginally funny at best? on topic: I swear occasionally, not that often, in conversations with people. I mutter swear words under my breath at my computer in a constant stream some days.
Yeah, my bar is pretty low for this.
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Nope. I am a sysadmin, I frequently swear in the most vulgar and crass way. However I do not and will not tolerate 'bro' culture. If you are acting like a cunt to my fellow worker, I will make your work life a fuck sight more testing. Do not pick on my fellow man/women, for I shall haunt you like a wet fart.
Oh a sysadmin who is proud to be an asshole to people. No one saw that coming
Secondly its not proud of being an arsehole, its proud of standing up for people. No one bullies on my watch.
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Oh a sysadmin who is proud to be an asshole to people. No one saw that coming
firstly its "arsehole" Secondly its not proud of being an arsehole, its proud of standing up for people. No one bullies on my watch.
Click bait I'm not clicking on. Advice from an almost-millennial (born 1981) and someone that's hired and fired countless programmers: don't swear at work, it makes you sound stupid. Some days you will swear more than others because some days and situations fucking suck. Don't call people names regardless of your stance on swearing. Know the audience, all communication should be tailored to who is listening, you shou…
I agree with the "know the audience" part. As in: much of your audience here isn't American, and you obviously are.
I'm also not sure why my comments have anything to do with being an American. I think not swearing at work would be universally good advice. I guess if swearing at work is integral to your identity you may be offended by someone declaring that you shouldn't swear at work. But it's generally not a good idea if you're wanting to optimize your career progression.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't give two shits about swear words. They are the same as other words to me and have almost no negative connotation. I don't think twice about swearing at work, and neither do the other people my age (24) that I work with.
I'm sure there are plenty of words you think are beyond the pale, they're just different from the ones previous generations did.
I'm late GenX. I used to swear like a sailor at work (and everywhere really) until I had a kid and I actively had to mitigate the use of my preferred expletives. A lot of fricks and dangs these days. My favorite? "Poop on a stick."
I learned about "get your poop in a group" from a coworker who works with children.
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Careful with that slippery slope! I curse profusely and I think referring to people as bitches is 100% unacceptable. I think there's room for respectful swearing. Swear about ideas, don't swear about people.
I suppose. I do see the difference, but go into a sales meeting after the client leaves and tell me how they speak about the client. The expletives are directed at both animate and inanimate entities.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't give two shits about swear words. They are the same as other words to me and have almost no negative connotation. I don't think twice about swearing at work, and neither do the other people my age (24) that I work with.
Swearing is fucking lazy. Fuckig thing adds bloody nothing to damn sentences. No fucking value. Observe. Swearing is lazy. It adds nothing to sentences. No value. Which version was clearer? Caveat: swearing used strategically can be fucking beautiful.
I dunno, the old French guy at our office swears like a sailor, most of the younger peeps are quite tame in comparison.
In the grandest tradition of Anglophones, I have at times borrowed words like "merde", "schiesse", and "cào nǐ mā" (with atonal pronunciation) from other languages, whenever I'd like to express something in colorful metaphors without other people necessarily understanding it to be vulgar. So if I were you, I'd probably take notes. This might one day get me into trouble while traveling outside the US, which generally…