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pavel_lishin06/16/20253 repliesview on HN

> 3 Some people just can’t say a fucking sentence without gratuitous swearing which makes them sound fucking stupid.

I think this is subjective.


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josephg06/16/2025

It’s also incredibly cultural.

Swearing in the workplace is much more normal here in Australia. In my first job at an American company, I was shocked how prissy people were about swearing. In my head I thought “these are adults, right? Why is everyone acting like a blushing teenager?”. I’m sure I sounded rough as guts to them. It took ages to learn to scale it back depending on who I was talking to.

Swearing with someone about / at work is kinda an Australian way to say “I trust you and feel relaxed around you”. Forcing myself to not swear felt at first like I was pretending I didn’t like my coworkers. It was weird.

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emushack06/17/2025

I was thinking the opposite actually. https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-inte...

paulddraper06/18/2025

I would subjectivity say correct…