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I learned all the best swear words from my grandma.
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Siding with NH on this one. First time I heard a little old lady swear, it was An Event.
But you work in the same field...
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See CY knows what I'm talkin' 'bout.
"Foul" language is only such because stuffy douches with sticks up their ass say so. When I was a kid, sucks was a perfectly acceptable phrase, but when I taught parents got mad at me because I used it colloquially.
Content is all that matters. Why is "I'm totally urinated off about this bovine excrement" acceptable but "I'm pissed off about this bullshit" is not? They mean exactly the same thing. Because some stuffy twat who thinks twat is somehow less holy than the word vagina thinks so.
"You're f+!+ing awesome" is way better language than "You're a dummy" - because content.
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First time I heard Granny swear I was nearly 30. It was the funniest thing I had ever heard. The salesman had no idea what to do with her after that.
With my other Grandma, kitchen swearing was common, but outside of that, rarely.
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Anyway it's not like this generation invented swears...
Or sex...
Or violence...
Or being a dick...
Yeah, it seems like old people are, in fact, people.
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Lady...you don't have to talk on the phone loud enough to be heard from another gate. Also, by your own description, your boyfriend did nothing wrong. Your expectations are completely out of whack and you're just whining.
So not only are you loud, you are completely uninteresting.
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Okay, I am Officially Concerned.
Amby, Tacticslion, bring your families to my house. I dont want you hurt in any way.
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Okay, I am Officially Concerned.
Amby, Tacticslion, bring your families to my house. I dont want you hurt in any way.
Nothing to be concerned with! The storm is scary and all, but we are in no hurry to shuffle off the mortal coil or in any other way to join the ex-parrot. We are decently inland, surrounded by hills, and have a nice closet and plenty of water for if things get really hairy.
Though we have already lost (and regained!) power twice, so that fun. But thank you for the care and concern. We will be cautious.
Now back to water skiing on the street with all the downed powerlines/FloridaMan scenario
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One of my former juniors asked me to read over their paper for College English. So many errors that I'd docked them for and left feedback about last year.
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Hoo, boy. I look forward to seeing how this goes over.
Being a Bay Area school, one of Impus Major's instructors is having him post a short essay about himself and answer a few questions.
One of the questions? "What pronoun to do you prefer for yourself?"
His answer: "I prefer 'he' or 'him'. Please do not use 'he he' because I'm not that funny."
I expect a firestorm of condemnation for not taking the question seriously enough. But we'll see...
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I think it's funny, but most of my kiddos would inform me that puns are never funny.
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On the plane to Chicago. I just overheard someone honestly and seriously say "Oh, I don't know if we'll be able to do that. Chicago is in the middle of nowhere."
The follow up reply to that was "Yeah, you're right, so I'll email it to you tomorrow so you'll have it by Monday."
I really hate people.
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Chicago is in the middle of nowhere."
But you work in IT. You should be beyond used to dumb.
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On the plane to Chicago. I just overheard someone honestly and seriously say "Oh, I don't know if we'll be able to do that. Chicago is in the middle of nowhere."
The follow up reply to that was "Yeah, you're right, so I'll email it to you tomorrow so you'll have it by Monday."
I really hate people.
technically, it is.
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When you're the third largest city in the nation, that is not true.
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When you're the third largest city in the nation, that is not true.
I mean geographically. Driving 20 hours from Ny to Chicago shows there isn't a lot immediately outside of it.
Wow... "think globally, act locally" is harder than you might think.
It's 73°F outside. Impus Minor got home from school and cranked up the portable air conditioner he pulled out of the studio, because he prefers it to be 64°F in his room.
NobodysHome: You shouldn't be using the air conditioner on a day like today! It takes a ton of power! Save it for days you need it!
Impus Minor: But... don't we have solar?
Yes, I could have gone off on a long lecture about how yes, we're producing a surplus, so energy we don't use at home prevents the power company from having to run less environmentally-friendly plants, and every little bit helps...
...except even if we were 100% off the grid, I wouldn't want him running the AC willy-nilly just because he's a teensy bit warm.
I'd say that I'm a grumpy old man and I believe that discomfort builds character, but it's more that getting into wasteful habits just because you're in a place you can be wasteful just seems like a really bad idea, so I'd rather nip it in the bud.
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You help enough people, NH. More than most. Hella more than most in your income bracket. Let the boy be comfortable. You buy him his preferred clothes, no? A nice bed? Good shoes? Then why is that any different? It isn't wasteful if it's his comfort zone. No more than drinking anything that isn't water or wearing anything with a label on it.
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When you're the third largest city in the nation, that is not true.
You obviously haven't been to Chicago enough, it is in fact, nowhere.
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You have obviously never been to Tisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Of course you haven't!
I have, but I wasn't even sure I was there when I was there. Maybe I was dreaming.
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You have obviously never been to Tisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Of course you haven't!
I have, but I wasn't even sure I was there when I was there. Maybe I was dreaming.
I misread this as Titsbury. Which I really, really want to visit.
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You help enough people, NH. More than most. Hella more than most in your income bracket. Let the boy be comfortable. You buy him his preferred clothes, no? A nice bed? Good shoes? Then why is that any different? It isn't wasteful if it's his comfort zone. No more than drinking anything that isn't water or wearing anything with a label on it.I'll respectfully disagree. As I just typed at GothBard, "Don't develop bad and wasteful habits just because you can."
Yesterday I left before anyone woke up to head out to the recording studio. When I got home in the afternoon, nobody was home (yeah, yeah), yet every single light in every single room was turned on.
It cost us absolutely nothing, because the solar dwarfs the amount of energy the lights take.
But it's still a habit I don't want them developing, because not all houses have solar. If I'm going to be a responsible dad, I need to teach my kids habits that they can take with them anywhere and still feel welcome.
fair.
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You help enough people, NH. More than most. Hella more than most in your income bracket. Let the boy be comfortable. You buy him his preferred clothes, no? A nice bed? Good shoes? Then why is that any different? It isn't wasteful if it's his comfort zone. No more than drinking anything that isn't water or wearing anything with a label on it.
I'll respectfully disagree. As I just typed at GothBard, "Don't develop bad and wasteful habits just because you can."
Yesterday I left before anyone woke up to head out to the recording studio. When I got home in the afternoon, nobody was home (yeah, yeah), yet every single light in every single room was turned on.
It cost us absolutely nothing, because the solar dwarfs the amount of energy the lights take.
But it's still a habit I don't want them developing, because not all houses have solar. If I'm going to be a responsible dad, I need to teach my kids habits that they can take with them anywhere and still feel welcome.
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I misread this as Titsbury. Which I really, really want to visit.You have obviously never been to Tisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Of course you haven't!
I have, but I wasn't even sure I was there when I was there. Maybe I was dreaming.
That may depend on what the tits in question are burying...
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Chicago is in the middle of nowhere."
But you work in IT. You should be beyond used to dumb.
I will never accept it, to the detriment of my greying hair. And sanity.
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I want to post something, but don’t have anything to post on. Alas!
(Y’all should watch Saiki K., though. Rather: I highly enjoy Saiki K. and want other people to watch and enjoy it, so I can enthuse over the silly show with them. :D)
Uuuuuugh. Spent, like, four days on a series of stat blocks that should have taken less than one. What am I even dooooooing.
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You should play Starfinder, they fixed that.I cannot explain why, but I despise sci-fi RPGs.
I can't justify my distaste, I can just admit I have it and move on.
Well then, you should play Pathfinder 2nd Edition, they fixed it there too, plus it's so much simpler, and elegant.
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no, this is outside of New York. I have travelled for work professionally. It's most old folks. Once they pass a certain age they dont care what anyone thinks.You're from New York. Being foul-mouthed is something toddlers learn before they can walk.I know we work in very different fields but jesus christ, old people have had foul mouths for as long as I have known them professionally.A Brief Review of Cultural "Progress" in the Last 42 Years:
As I was cleaning the kitchen this morning, an unfortunately-odiferous pile of dirty dishes made me think back to a scene in the hilarious Kentucky Fried Movie (a movie made by the same people who did Airplane!, but three years earlier. It's quite hilarious, but hit-or-miss, but usually hit, unlike their "sequel" Amazon Women on the Moon that was more miss than hit).
Anyway...
A stereotypical housewife opens the door to let in guests, and each one in turn says something more derogatory about the smell in the house, from (paraphrasing), "Wash day tomorrow?" to "Plumbing problems?", until at the end a little old lady walks in and says, "C****t! Did a cow s*** in here?"
It was hilarious at the time because it was such a non-sequitur to hear such language coming out of a little old lady.
And as I thought of that scene, I thought, "Y'know, these days such language and behavior would be perfectly normal, and most people wouldn't even bat an eye."
How "far" we've come...
I'm with Freehold on this one.
After seven years in long term care administration, I was no longer shocked by *anything*.Some of it is neurological: one of the early symptoms of dementia is that you start to lose your "should I say this?" filter.
And then, yes, you get the ones who just don't give a cr*p anymore.
And the ones who are so used to living alone and talking to themselves that they don't realize they are saying things out loud.
And everything in between.
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I'm with Freehold on this one.
After seven years in long term care administration, I was no longer shocked by *anything*.
Some of it is neurological: one of the early symptoms of dementia is that you start to lose your "should I say this?" filter.
And then, yes, you get the ones who just don't give a cr*p anymore.
And the ones who are so used to living alone and talking to themselves that they don't realize they are saying...
I'm not counting that, but I also worked in long-term care and I know exactly what you mean.
What I'm talking about:
It wasn't until 15-20 years ago that I ever heard people casually swearing in public, except from boorish drunks. And not just in my secluded corner of the rural open fields, but everywhere I went.
After sitting in two busy airports today and easily overhearing multiple conversations... it's just not a big deal anymore.
I'm not saying whether it's good or bad - I see compelling reasoning either way.
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I'm with Freehold on this one.
After seven years in long term care administration, I was no longer shocked by *anything*.
Some of it is neurological: one of the early symptoms of dementia is that you start to lose your "should I say this?" filter.
And then, yes, you get the ones who just don't give a cr*p anymore.
And the ones who are so used to living alone and talking to themselves that they don't realize they are saying...I'm not counting that, but I also worked in long-term care and I know exactly what you mean.
What I'm talking about:
It wasn't until 15-20 years ago that I ever heard people casually swearing in public, except from boorish drunks. And not just in my secluded corner of the rural open fields, but everywhere I went.After sitting in two busy airports today and easily overhearing multiple conversations... it's just not a big deal anymore.
I'm not saying whether it's good or bad - I see compelling reasoning either way.
I remember being extremely astounded to hear some of the mouths on kids in the early 2000s and thinking that that kind of language would never have been that commonplace or open in most of the families I knew growing up in the 90s. Even the kids in my age group who were particularly foul-mouthed typically kept it at a more limited amount, comparatively, even without the immediate fear of punishment such as swearing in school or under the direct observation of a parent or adult.
Nowadays, unless I'm at work, with family, or at a church function, I pretty much just expect there to be fairly regular F-bombs in day to day conversation with anyone relatively my age or younger. (The only reason I discount older folks in this case is because all the older people I spend any amount of time with are either family, coworkers, or churchmates, and therefore would not be swearing in my company to begin with. I don't really know any older people who are not in those groups that I spend any time with in-person on a regular basis.)
My main complaint about the whole thing is that swearing kinda loses its punch when it's used so freely and flippantly. I'm a lot less uptight about language than I used to be and I pretty much just don't care about swearing anymore (again, other than those situations listed above), but I tend to refrain from it myself unless I'm trying to provide sufficient evidence and/or make a point.
Slipping an F- or GD-bomb into all your sentences every third word makes them lose their oomph. It's when the person who almost never swears at all emphasizes their message with a tactical application of vulgarity that it makes its most effective point.
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I'm taking my chances with the lottery. They're asking for a volunteer to not get on the plane home tonight, stay in a hotel, and catch the flight tomorrow afternoon instead.
No thank you. I've been away long enough. This is not a vacation.
Stop overselling flights with the assumption people will cancel. This is a flight to Peoria. The only people buying tickets for this flight are people that live there. They all want to go home.
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I'm taking my chances with the lottery. They're asking for a volunteer to not get on the plane home tonight, stay in a hotel, and catch the flight tomorrow afternoon instead.
No thank you. I've been away long enough. This is not a vacation.
Stop overselling flights with the assumption people will cancel. This is a flight to Peoria. The only people buying tickets for this flight are people that live there. They all want to go home.
preach.
You help enough people, NH. More than most. Hella more than most in your income bracket. Let the boy be comfortable. You buy him his preferred clothes, no? A nice bed? Good shoes? Then why is that any different? It isn't wasteful if it's his comfort zone. No more than drinking anything that isn't water or wearing anything with a label on it.I'll respectfully disagree. As I just typed at GothBard, "Don't develop bad and wasteful habits just because you can."
Yesterday I left before anyone woke up to head out to the recording studio. When I got home in the afternoon, nobody was home (yeah, yeah), yet every single light in every single room was turned on.
It cost us absolutely nothing, because the solar dwarfs the amount of energy the lights take.
But it's still a habit I don't want them developing, because not all houses have solar. If I'm going to be a responsible dad, I need to teach my kids habits that they can take with them anywhere and still feel welcome.
I feel that leaving a bunch of lights on when you are out is a totally different habit than keeping the air super cold while you are home. One is a comfort issue - the other is laziness.
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I'm with Freehold on this one.
After seven years in long term care administration, I was no longer shocked by *anything*.
Some of it is neurological: one of the early symptoms of dementia is that you start to lose your "should I say this?" filter.
And then, yes, you get the ones who just don't give a cr*p anymore.
And the ones who are so used to living alone and talking to themselves that they don't realize they are saying...I'm not counting that, but I also worked in long-term care and I know exactly what you mean.
What I'm talking about:
It wasn't until 15-20 years ago that I ever heard people casually swearing in public, except from boorish drunks. And not just in my secluded corner of the rural open fields, but everywhere I went.After sitting in two busy airports today and easily overhearing multiple conversations... it's just not a big deal anymore.
I'm not saying whether it's good or bad - I see compelling reasoning either way.
I remember being extremely astounded to hear some of the mouths on kids in the early 2000s and thinking that that kind of language would never have been that commonplace or open in most of the families I knew growing up in the 90s. Even the kids in my age group who were particularly foul-mouthed typically kept it at a more limited amount, comparatively, even without the immediate fear of punishment such as swearing in school or under the direct observation of a parent or adult.
Nowadays, unless I'm at work, with family, or at a church function, I pretty much just expect there to be fairly regular F-bombs in day to day conversation with anyone relatively my age or younger. (The only reason I discount older folks in this case is because all the older people I spend any amount of time with are either family, coworkers, or churchmates, and therefore would not be swearing in my company to begin with. I don't really know any older people who are not in those groups that I spend any...
In my youth, I used to revel in trying to find new and interesting combinations of swear/curse words.
Nowadays, because I am a dull Old, 99.44% of all my swears is some conjugation of "f!cking idiot."
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A horse walks into a bar and orders a beer. The barkeeper says, "You're in here pretty often. Do you think you might be an alcoholic?"
The horse replies, "I don't think I am," and vanishes from existence.See, the joke is about Descartes' famous philosophy of 'I think; therefore, I am", but to explain that part before the rest of the joke would be putting Descartes before the horse.
I think this might be your best joke, yet, gran
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In my youth, I used to revel in trying to find new and interesting combinations of swear/curse words.
Nowadays, because I am a dull Old, 99.44% of all my swears is some conjugation of "f!cking idiot."
Yep. I didn't swear as a kid. Bad habits abounded in college...just in time to have to not do that because practicum and student teaching, which led to a lot of "how can I creatively express frustration in a way that doesn't get me in all of the smurf with the principal?" And now, when I'm in an environment that lets me, it's just "...f+@@ing really?" But hey, simple gets the job done.
My main complaint about the whole thing is that swearing kinda loses its punch when it's used so freely and flippantly. I'm a lot less uptight about language than I used to be and I pretty much just don't care about swearing anymore (again, other than those situations listed above), but I tend to refrain from it myself unless I'm trying to provide sufficient evidence and/or make a point.
Totally agree. It's what I try to emphasize with my kids. I, personally, am not offended by their language, just bored with it because they haven't developed the sophistication to actually use swears to enhance their point...and not willing to go round the merry-go-round with my administration and the school board (which is made up of the aforementioned pole-up-butt type of parents VE mentioned) about changing district policy.
"The Great Gatsby f&!%ing sucked."
versus
"The Great Gatsby focuses on the absolute dregs of humanity by telling the story of a vapid, selfish stalker of a conman's affair with an airhead socialite, and I will never get back the time I wasted. F*@$ you, Gatsby."
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Yay, three day weekend!
That's all I got.
I'm really digging Alien Archive 3.
I'm not a huge fan of the first 2nd edition Adventure Path so far but it's not bad.
2nd edition is fun, but I love the wealth of options available in Classic. Still, anything to stick it to D&D I'm up for.
Also, I'm absolutely loving Attack of the Swarm, they totally nailed the Starship Troopers vib.
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School starts on Tuesday.
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...
I'm with Freehold on this one.
After seven years in long term care administration, I was no longer shocked by *anything*.
Some of it is neurological: one of the early symptoms of dementia is that you start to lose your "should I say this?" filter.
And then, yes, you get the ones who just don't give a cr*p anymore.
And the ones who are so used to living alone and talking to themselves that they don't realize they are saying...I'm not counting that, but I also worked in long-term care and I know exactly what you mean.
What I'm talking about:
It wasn't until 15-20 years ago that I ever heard people casually swearing in public, except from boorish drunks. And not just in my secluded corner of the rural open fields, but everywhere I went.After sitting in two busy airports today and easily overhearing multiple conversations... it's just not a big deal anymore.
I'm not saying whether it's good or bad - I see compelling reasoning either way.
I remember being extremely astounded to hear some of the mouths on kids in the early 2000s and thinking that that kind of language would never have been that commonplace or open in most of the families I knew growing up in the 90s. Even the kids in my age group who were particularly foul-mouthed typically kept it at a more limited amount, comparatively, even without the immediate fear of punishment such as swearing in school or under the direct observation of a parent or adult.
Nowadays, unless I'm at work, with family, or at a church function, I pretty much just expect there to be fairly regular F-bombs in day to day conversation with anyone relatively my age or younger. (The only reason I discount older folks in this case is because all the older people I spend any amount of time with are either family, coworkers, or churchmates, and therefore would not be swearing in my company to begin with. I don't really know any older people who are not in those
I do everything I can to keep my curses as vile as possible for maximum freshness and offensivity. From mild oaths
WHOA! Sheepf~%@er, that was close! Someone should call the f@~@ing city to patch that goddamn prom night!
to more serious swears
Shiteating Sunday Night Special! What skullf@%+ed ball gargler thought it was a good idea to throw bottles into the whedon loving street! Good thing I have my repair kit, otherwise I would have to find that walking assberry and make him lick shit this up like it was salad tossing day at the vegan place down the street!
cursing should be used as a way to creatively relieve stress and let the world know your opinions simultaneously.
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English Teachers Ruin Everything
I just got a mailer for switching coverage. Okay, not a big deal. Into the shredd...wait.
"We love saving people, like you, money on car insurance."
The...inclusion of that appositive as a nonrestrictive leaves some...concerning implications.
Do they have non-people clientele?
Are they a company of not-people?
Have they suspected I am not people but want me to know they're playing along with my facade?
Am I overthinking a multimillion-dollar corporation's comma error that anyone should have been able to catch before they mailed them all out to the thousands of people they wish to do business with?
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English Teachers Ruin Everything
I just got a mailer for switching coverage. Okay, not a big deal. Into the shredd...wait.
"We love saving people, like you, money on car insurance."
The...inclusion of that appositive as a nonrestrictive leaves some...concerning implications.
Do they have non-people clientele?
Are they a company of not-people?
Have they suspected I am not people but want me to know they're playing along with my facade?
Am I overthinking a multimillion-dollar corporation's comma error that anyone should have been able to catch before they mailed them all out to the thousands of people they wish to do business with?
I love Flo, but this had me in stitches
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I am convinced Flo is a harbinger of the singularity.
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I am convinced Flo is a harbinger of the singularity.
And Chandler is the har-har Bing-er of the singles hilarity.