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This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Swizec wrote: post #18
lightbyte wrote: post #13

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.

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Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by gh1 »

There might be correlation between workplace stress and the amount of swearing. Health care coming out on top at 64 % closely followed by finance at 62 % suggests this pattern to me.

This article doesn't make sense at times. It says young women are more likely to swear in the workplace and follows this up by saying millennial men are more comfortable with workplace swearing compared to millennial women (hypocrisy alert). They follow this up with a histogram that shows that men are more uncomfortable with workplace swearing. Huh?

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Post by rubber_duck »

lightbyte wrote: post #13

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 know that in my environment swearing does have a tone to it, it isn't a taboo but it isn't something you throw in to every sentence either. It's useful to sound more aggressive/assertive/confident - but if you use it all the time it loses weight.

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Post by WallowC_33 »

mc32 wrote: post #16
lightbyte wrote: post #13

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 think it's about the attitude it fosters and enables. It enables and fosters 'bro' culture and 'bachellorette' culture. And that can lead to people thinking it's okay to refer to others as bitches and duchebags etc.

At offices I worked where swears were "ok", where even the CEO or other upper management were dropping F-bombs, it was still against the "rules" to call a person a "fuckface".

Generally expletives are/were ok when stuff like tests fail, deploys fail, etc..

Calling a person a "douchebag" or "shithead" was not OK.

"We're building fucking cool shit!" -- OK

"Our PM is a useless asshole. Fucking prick!" -- Not OK

Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by [deleted] »

Swizec wrote: post #18
lightbyte wrote: post #13

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.

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Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by zild3d »

rubber_duck wrote: post #23
lightbyte wrote: post #13

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 know that in my environment swearing does have a tone to it, it isn't a taboo but it isn't something you throw in to every sentence either. It's useful to sound more aggressive/assertive/confident - but if you use it all the time it loses weight.

The vulgar spectrum (darn -> poop -> ... -> shit -> fuck -> ... -> cunt) and context are hugely important as well

Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by some-guy »

I think it's important to also point out that this generation is also a little more sensitive about using derogatory / racist / sexist terms towards others that target specific groups and/or individuals. So you could say it's a wash -- some words (fuck, shit, etc) just don't have the same negative connotations anymore and are used very frequently even in professional settings, but other types of speech have become more taboo.

Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by mc32 »

roflc0ptic wrote: post #20
mc32 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's about the attitude it fosters and enables. It enables and fosters 'bro' culture and 'bachellorette' culture. And that can lead to people thinking it's okay to refer to others as bitches and duchebags etc.

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.

Re: This Generation Is Most Likely to Swear at Work

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Post by zipppy »

Swizec wrote: post #18
lightbyte wrote: post #13

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.

Your lazy form of swearing only involves using them as adjectives/adverbs.

Something being 'fucking lazy' might not add more than something being 'lazy', but something being 'fucked' is an altogether different use.

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