I like your style, Dude, but do you have to use so many curse words?

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

My honest opinion? It is not possible to give offence. Offence is something that must be taken.

The "britted up' version? Bloody 'ell Evan! you can be a total ****** sometimes! It's not like I give a crap, You are just a git, and you have no sodding ettiquette! (Thanks for the opportunity to get that off my chest)


Oh bugger!! I can't seem to stop!! You are a frigging twonk! Close the bloody poll now before I does go all Dick Van buggery Dyke on your ass!

Chim chiminy chin chiminy chim chim cherooo.......Oh Bollocks! Make it stop!!! Me bloody eyes is bleeding!


Edit:....Just checking, this IS the drunken rants section, right?

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Well since you're not actually cussing - you either type a few *** characters or the board puts them in for you, I have no problem with it at all. Even if you were cussing, it's no different than the conversations that I have with my buddies, so it doesn't offend me in the least.

I'm not quite sure what you expected to accomplish with the poll though. I very seriously doubt that anyone is going to actually reply to this saying "Yes, your swearing offends me so please stop" because that person will probably get ripped to shreds and told to grow a pair and speaking up isn't likely to change your actions unless the modhammer gets dropped on yo ass.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Yes, your swearing offends me so please stop

 

[Rezilynt]

Actually, it does bother me. I'm a west coast liberal and believe anyone can do whatever they want. That is, until I'm not getting any from the SWMBO, get cranky and decide that you have violated my constitutional rights to hear only what I want to hear. Then I'll just have to take your f#$king a$$ to court and sue you for every motherf#**ing thing you have.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Actually, like literally just after joining this site, I basically thought Evan! basically seemed like a literal *********. (these are the truths folks) He sounded to me basically literally like a right wing foul-mouthed fascist hate monger.....Then I read another couple of his posts, and hey, what's basically not to like? Literally! At least he says basically what may or may not be on his mind. It's like, when like, someone is basically putting themselves on the line literally for your entertainment. Basically, you gotta respect that!

He's probably just a ****** though, I never met the guy

 

[Evan!]

Well since you're not actually cussing - you either type a few *** characters or the board puts them in for you, I have no problem with it at all. Even if you were cussing, it's no different than the conversations that I have with my buddies, so it doesn't offend me in the least.

I'm not quite sure what you expected to accomplish with the poll though. I very seriously doubt that anyone is going to actually reply to this saying "Yes, your swearing offends me so please stop" because that person will probably get ripped to shreds and told to grow a pair and speaking up isn't likely to change your actions unless the modhammer gets dropped on yo ass.

Actually it was in response to another thread that got locked before I could respond where someone called me out for cursing too much. I thought, really? So I just wanted to check. You never know.

 

[Evan!]

Actually, like literally just after joining this site, I basically thought Evan! basically seemed like a literal *********. (these are the truths folks) He sounded to me basically literally like a right wing foul-mouthed fascist hate monger.....Then I read another couple of his posts, and hey, what's basically not to like? Literally! At least he says basically what may or may not be on his mind. It's like, when like, someone is basically putting themselves on the line literally for your entertainment. Basically, you gotta respect that!

He's probably just a ****** though, I never met the guy

Hm, yes, if by '******', you mean, 'one who wanks it', which I am terribly fond of

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Actually it was in response to another thread that got locked before I could respond where someone called me out for cursing too much. I thought, really? So I just wanted to check. You never know.

Ya, I saw that the political thread got closed. If people are offended by what you type on here, they should avoid the chat room after 9 pm est fo sho.

 

[Rezilynt]

Actually it was in response to another thread that got locked before I could respond where someone called me out for cursing too much. I thought, really? So I just wanted to check. You never know.

No way. That must have been the only one that thinks that way. Thanks for caring about our feelings though! Sure do wish there was a smile for a group hug about now. JK

 

[Yooper]

Well, of course, I don't curse at all. But if I was a cursing sort, it wouldn't offend me.

 

[Evan!]

No way. That must have been the only one that thinks that way. Thanks for caring about our feelings though! Sure do wish there was a smile for a group hug about now. JK

Actually it turned out that the only reason he was calling me out was because he caught Zee Modhammer for being "too offensive", so he was using me as the "yeah, well, others on here do much worse so leave me be" kind of example. I get it now. At first it seemed odd, though, but yeah, I actually do care if I happen to be pissing off the general forum membership.

 

[blacklab]

I don't walk around cursing, I just like to do it around here, because it's like my own little virtual pub.

Exactly. I pretty much never curse in real life. That's mostly because when I am not sleeping I am either at work or with my wife and kids. HBT is my virtual pub; here I can rant and rave and curse 'till the cows come home and it's usually cool.

I'm goin' to shut the f%ck up now.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's difficult to ask how offensive you might be without breaking pub character. I applaud your efforts for the good of the forum

 

[Yooper]

Well, of course, I don't curse at all. But if I was a cursing sort, it wouldn't offend me.

Um, that is a joke. I have been known to curse, but I'm trying hard to not say the Fbomb in church. I do have my standards.

I'm trying not to say "tits" at the hospital where I work. Like, "Good beer is the tits" is something I'm trying to not say to patients. I know that's not a real "curse" but I do get some blank stares. Particularly in the over 80 year old set.

 

[Rezilynt]

Actually it turned out that the only reason he was calling me out was because he caught Zee Modhammer for being "too offensive", so he was using me as the "yeah, well, others on here do much worse so leave me be" kind of example. I get it now. At first it seemed odd, though, but yeah, I actually do care if I happen to be pissing off the general forum membership.

I remember that now. I thought it was chickensh!t how he did that. It doesn't take too long on this board to realize that you are not being personal (most of the time). I like how you call people out and make them actually think.
BTW - I was joking about being a west coast liberal (just thought I'd tell you so you didn't rip my heart out)

 

[blacklab]

Umm. I think that was a joke? Seems kind of uncool though. You should most likely back off that.

 

[pickles]

I'm F***ing confused; are we talking about voodoo? If thats the F***ing case I curse the whole F***ing lot of ya!

 

[the_bird]

Cursing's not the issue, as far as I'm concerned. I need to remind myself to not drop too many f-bombs in tech forums (or, ****-bombs), but I don't care what words get used in Drunken Ramblings.

The more general issue that needs to be addressed by all - and I would hope those who are guilty of this would know who they are - is what I see as a general decline in the level of civility and respect people get accorded around here. I don't mind an f-bomb, but it seems that people (and there are many, this isn't spoken to any one individual) seem to say stuff that's deliberately designed to piss people off, or just to be a prick. That's not cool.

 

[Rezilynt]

Umm. I think that was a joke? Seems kind of uncool though. You should most likely back off that.

It was a joke and in reference to something she posted last night. No offense was meant at all. And you are right - gone.

 

[blacklab]

OK - my bad. let's hug it out like the G's do.

 

[c.n.budz]

I curse way too much, must be all those years of catholic school. I've had to really watch myself lately with the new job, nobody in my office seems to appreciate the random 9am F-bomb.....

 

[Rezilynt]

OK - my bad. let's hug it out like the G's do.

I'd rather give you a HB if you ever drive north a few hours

 

[adrock]

Nah man, don't go changing who you are because of one or two people..........it's clear that the majority of us anyway don't give a sh*t. I'm sure we'd hate to lose our resident political sh*t-stirrer (watch out for Edwort) -- and I think you could lose some of that effectiveness if you can't say f**k, sh*t, or p*ss. Oh, or c*ck or b*lls.

P.S. I was gonna mix up those asterisks with other crazy symbols, but as it turns out I'm lazy.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Swearing does not f**king offend me in the slightest bit. I spent four years in the US Marine Corps. So I'm not easily offended.

I ONLY FIND CUM BELCHING WHORES OFFENSIVE!
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[PeteOz77]

Actually it was in response to another thread that got locked before I could respond where someone called me out for cursing too much. I thought, really? So I just wanted to check. You never know.

I'm sorry Evan!, but your naughty words have offended me, and bruised my eyes (would have been ears, but I didn't hear you type it).

Dude! I have no issues with your language. I only mentioned it as a comparison to my own, and suggested that if I had insulted or offended a person reading that thread, I couldn't figure out why...as my language was no more colourful than yours is, and my comments were no more imflamatory than Ed's However I received a written warning for my deeds. Oh well.. live an learn...something..

Now shut the F**K up and drink some beer

 

[s3n8]

I curse way too much, must be all those years of catholic school. I've had to really watch myself lately with the new job, nobody in my office seems to appreciate the random 9am F-bomb.....

HAHA, yeah... I am a recovering Catholic school survivor as well.

I used to work with a mormon guy. When he got fired up, he would drop a few cuss words, but I told him "you swear at a 3rd grade level". Never heard him say "that guy is a f-er" again.

I do not have kids, don't want any, rarely am around them, so I cuss like a sailor.

I admire Evan!s ability to dish out a verbal (written) a$$-whoopin. I generally agree with his politics, so that probably helps.

 

[stever]

I guess it is just how you interpret it.

 

[BierMuncher]

I've never understood the fascination with...or the allergic reaction to...a string of letters that really mean nothing.

I had to go back a ways, but was able to find a quote by someone who put it best:

...I curse up a storm under my breath. Doesn't mean I do it out loud around others.

Excessive (out loud) cursing is a sign of the minds inability to rationalize and work through a situation that requires some mental processing...resulting in an eruption of explicatives to induce some immediate sense of relief from the frustration that is brought about by this mental "stall".

In other words, too many out loud F-words means your brain isn't up to speed.

Plus, you sound like a f@rt knocking, Sh!t4Brains, FeckFace when you do it.

The sad truth is...excessive swearing makes people look dumb.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Actually it turned out that the only reason he was calling me out was because he caught Zee Modhammer for being "too offensive", so he was using me as the "yeah, well, others on here do much worse so leave me be" kind of example. I get it now. At first it seemed odd, though, but yeah, I actually do care if I happen to be pissing off the general forum membership.

I don't think that's the case. You're a douchenozzle and we all know it.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Swearing does not f**king offend me in the slightest bit. I spent four years in the US Marine Corps. So I'm not easily offended.

... pictures not included in quote because they are freaking nasty...

Oh now damnit... THAT offends me. Someone post some eye bleach, quickly!