The Fruit Never Falls Far From The Tree

[AF6LJ]

With the self esteem and all the feel-good stuff brought up in that thread I found this up on Slashdot.org to be an appropriate follow on thread.

We have noticed this on the ham bands it seems to be a bellwether of where society as a whole has gone. Besides the problem with slang used in everyday life by media figures who should be setting high standards. There is that other problem, profanity.

I noticed this at the convention young women dropping the F-Bomb, among the attendees the older they were the less you heard any four-letter words.

Here is a short article from Slashdot....

Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths

tetrahedrassface writes "When the Sociolinguistics Symposium met earlier this month swearing scholar Timothy Jay revealed that an increase in child swearing is directly related to an increase in adult swearing. It seems that vulgarity is increasing as pop culture continues to popularize vulgarities. The blame lies with media, public figures, politicians, but mostly ourselves. From the article: 'Children as young as two are now dropping f-bombs, with researchers reporting that more kids are using profanity - and at earlier ages - than has been recorded in at least three decades.'"

[KD8JFO]

With the self esteem and all the feel-good stuff brought up in that thread I found this up on Slashdot.org to be an appropriate follow on thread.

We have noticed this on the ham bands it seems to be a bellwether of where society as a whole has gone. Besides the problem with slang used in everyday life by media figures who should be setting high standards. There is that other problem, profanity.

I noticed this at the convention young women dropping the F-Bomb, among the attendees the older they were the less you heard any four-letter words.

Here is a short article from Slashdot....

Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths

tetrahedrassface writes "When the Sociolinguistics Symposium met earlier this month swearing scholar Timothy Jay revealed that an increase in child swearing is directly related to an increase in adult swearing. It seems that vulgarity is increasing as pop culture continues to popularize vulgarities. The blame lies with media, public figures, politicians, but mostly ourselves. From the article: 'Children as young as two are now dropping f-bombs, with researchers reporting that more kids are using profanity - and at earlier ages - than has been recorded in at least three decades.'"

doesnt surprise me.....

[KI4NGN]

With the self esteem and all the feel-good stuff brought up in that thread I found this up on Slashdot.org to be an appropriate follow on thread.

We have noticed this on the ham bands it seems to be a bellwether of where society as a whole has gone. Besides the problem with slang used in everyday life by media figures who should be setting high standards. There is that other problem, profanity.

I noticed this at the convention young women dropping the F-Bomb, among the attendees the older they were the less you heard any four-letter words.

Here is a short article from Slashdot....
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Says who?

What are "high standards"?

[WA6MHZ]

They must be listening to 435! That's where they pick it up
http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?StationId=100985&

[AC4UT]

What in the &*%$#@^&*%#@#%^&* are you talking about?

[N2RJ]

$#!+ my dad says?

[N0WYO]

when you hear it all the time, it becomes part of the vernacular. I NEVER swore until I joined the military. Heck I was a teenager before I heard the F-word.

I remember when I was younger, it was considered 'unladylike' to swear. I very rarely heard the F-bomb from a girl or woman then.

There seems to be a rising indifference when it comes to offending or verbally abusing anyone these days.

One thing my Dad used to tell me...He said that people who swear all the time either have self esteem problems, a limited vocabulary, or both.

[N0WVA]

I have not so fond memories at the age of 5 of taking a bite out of a bar of soap. I think it was Dial. YUK! Thats some disgusting stuff. I had to wash my hands with it and look at the bite mark untill it was all gone.

[KI4NGN]

when you hear it all the time, it becomes part of the vernacular. I NEVER swore until I joined the military. Heck I was a teenager before I heard the F-word.

I remember when I was younger, it was considered 'unladylike' to swear. I very rarely heard the F-bomb from a girl or woman then.

There seems to be a rising indifference when it comes to offending or verbally abusing anyone these days.

One thing my Dad used to tell me...He said that people who swear all the time either have self esteem problems, a limited vocabulary, or both.

Fourth choice: they're using words that they like to use, for whatever reason, and just don't care what you think about it.

[N0WYO]

Fourth choice: they're using words that they like to use, for whatever reason, and just don't care what you think about it.

My Dad said that 40 years ago. Looking at the youth today, I'd say you're probably right.