Language
In this post, I used some, err, crass language. In comments, I wondered if it was a detriment to the blog and, you know, if maybe it could haunt me one day should I try to legitimize myself. A reader emailed that he likes to forward news/blog items to people and if the items are laced with profanity, he opts to not forward them. Any way, I don’t use that language all the time and use it when I want something that is either 1) shocking or 2) funny. What say you?
Update: more language issues. I don’t mind and John Timoney can go fuck himself.
November 28th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I am probably the wrong fucking person to ask…
November 28th, 2007 at 10:43 am
The only thing I saw was the flavor of the lollypop. I think it made a good point. (ugh! what a mental image.)
November 28th, 2007 at 10:48 am
I try to avoid using it excessively, but every once in a while you have to vent a little at some of these clowns (like John Timoney).
November 28th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I don’t mind it (and I curse pretty freely in the comments sections of blogs where it seems to be tolerated) but I use it sparingly at VFTP because:
A) I have some family-oriented readers. For them, I avoid the f-bomb.
B) It loses its punch if overused. If someone is reading me and sees a “goddamit”, then they know “Oh, Tam’s really pissed and is about to tee off on a rant“
November 28th, 2007 at 10:53 am
No big deal.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:05 am
I think you stake the claim to being a civilized man by using appropriate and civilized language.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Dad always used to say, “The use of profanity shows a limited vocabulary. I raised you better than that, damn it.”
November 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Greatest multiple choice poll ever. Sometimes the salty language is called for. I wouldn’t read blogs that were written “liek this 2 mak ur point, j/k!” That’s monumentally worse than the periodic f-bomb.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Looks to me like most of us don’t give a fuck 🙂
November 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I have to say, seeing “cock-flavored lollipop” threw me for a loop, but only because I’d never seen those words used together before. After the initial shock (about half a second, at most), I couldn’t stop giggling.
Sometimes the most vulgar description is the most direct. Do whatcha gotta do.
And your content by itself should lend itself to the conclusion that you’re not a fucking retard.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Are you flirting with me? You say the sweetest things 😉
November 28th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
you’ve learned an important lesson, never put a “fuck you” option of an internet poll. It will win no matter what.
actually they should put it on presidential ballots. Can you imagine it?
[ ] (R) Rudy Giuliani
[ ] (D) Hillary Clinton
[ ] Fuck You
November 28th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
You’ve never seen “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”?
November 28th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Sometimes there just isn’t any other word as appropriately descriptive as a good flaying with deserved obscenity,or profanity.
November 28th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
My mother doesn’t know I blog because occasionally when I’m in the mood, I try to find the most vulgar turn of phrase I can. It’s rare that I get super vulgar, but I do drop the f bomb enough to rate a second look before hitting “Publish”.
I gave up on attempting to be taken seriously when I realized I didn’t take myself very seriously.
November 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Fuckin’ fuck them fuckin’ fucks.
November 28th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker.
I am stealing this. Because plagiarism is the last refuge of the non-creative motherfucker.
November 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
If that’s merely flirting in your universe, I’d hate to see a full-blown relationship…lol.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Honestly, I really do not care about language… I do not use it myself on my weblog, simply because I do not, but my verbal speech is laced quite heavily with it. *shrugs* Never saw the reason to get my panties in a twist over words describing, more or less, relatively common (well, some more common than others) bodily functions or genetic heritage.
Oh, and that should read “… anal-dwelling buttmonkey.”
November 29th, 2007 at 12:11 am
I rarely cuss, so when I do, people who know me sit up and pay attention.