astroman wrote:
Posters on here venerate "Blue Collar " ethos but can't handle blue collar speech. On the farm that is how people talk.
My grandma grew up on a farm. Didn't go to a fancy college or ANY college. Worked an hourly job her entire life. Never heard her say even a mild expletive. She also wasn't a trashy person. I'm unsure why lifelong suburbanites think they know the truth about anything outside their cushy bubble.
Pontiac Vibe wrote:
My grandma grew up on a farm. Didn't go to a fancy college or ANY college. Worked an hourly job her entire life. Never heard her say even a mild expletive. She also wasn't a trashy person. I'm unsure why lifelong suburbanites think they know the truth about anything outside their cushy bubble.
Great story, bro.
You can take the girl out of the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the girl.
Seriously, standards have really changed over the last 20-30 years. The Internet especially has almost completely normalized profanity to the point where words that wouldn't even have been listed in dictionaries in the past are considered mild emphasis.
Hey Kitty Girl wrote:
Pontiac Vibe wrote:
My grandma grew up on a farm. Didn't go to a fancy college or ANY college. Worked an hourly job her entire life. Never heard her say even a mild expletive. She also wasn't a trashy person. I'm unsure why lifelong suburbanites think they know the truth about anything outside their cushy bubble.
Great story, bro.
We ALL need to be more like Pontiac Vibe's grandma. Elle should have asked herself "what would pontiac vibe's grandma do?" before answering the interviewer's question
I loved it. Shows true joy. There was a study once that showed that people who swear are overall more honest. So I would suggest that you lighten up. It’s just a word
You mean like the "N" word?
Love how people think a swear word is a poor sign of a civilized society, but trolling is noble.
Pontiac Vibe wrote:
bladerunner wrote:
You're the 8 year old. No one said she's a bad person. But to use bad language on national tv
shows a real lack of self control. There are certain rules of behavior in a civil society. I know were in an era of people saying and doing whatever they want - whenever they want, but as we have seen over the last year, that doesn't work out so well.
I tend to agree. I also found Shalane's "eff yes!" moment diminished by the taint of what looks like a childish outburst. I figure that's what tickles most who like it, the childish response to giggle at the taboo of an athlete letting fly with expletives on-camera. It's not about honesty, it's about rawness and rawness is not synonymous with honesty as you can be raw and dishonest as well. My boss is a characteristically honest person yet he's classy enough to not drop expletives at work, no matter how stressful the situation he's responding to. He's measured and composed, like a fully-formed adult. Yes, they're words and words have power. There's nothing wrong with using them on the face of it, in polite society they're to be used privately in appropriate adult situations. If you have friends who are happy to drop f-bombs and s-bombs regardless of company, do you invite them over so your kids can giggle at the profanity-laced conversations you have with this friend in your home? Do you f-bomb and s-bomb your own parents on the regular? Why or why not?
Oh dear god, Karen, don't let this bother you. It's a word that everyone uses, and if you don't, then that word really needs to happen to you.
Pontiac Vibe wrote:
astroman wrote:
Posters on here venerate "Blue Collar " ethos but can't handle blue collar speech. On the farm that is how people talk.
My grandma grew up on a farm. Didn't go to a fancy college or ANY college. Worked an hourly job her entire life. Never heard her say even a mild expletive. She also wasn't a trashy person. I'm unsure why lifelong suburbanites think they know the truth about anything outside their cushy bubble.
Pontiac Vibe has thoughts outside of its own cushy bubble. Good for it.
Always happy to hear genuine reactions from athletes. Fortunately she hasn't had to go through Nike charm school. Hate the more corporate sounding athletes speaking meaningless platitudes.
fghrunner wrote:
Did anyone catch that in her post race interview? Made me laugh
And MacLean slapped her a$$.
I guess it's "cool" if you're in junior high or have a junior high mentality
Do any of the drugs that distance runners use have cursing as a sympton?
Cemsorship, overprotective parents, and prudeness are all examples of what's F#cking wrong with this country.
oldschoollrc wrote:
Always happy to hear genuine reactions from athletes. Fortunately she hasn't had to go through Nike charm school. Hate the more corporate sounding athletes speaking meaningless platitudes.
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bladerunner wrote:
fasterfsster wrote:
Stan, swearing makes you a bad person? Are you 8 years old?
You're the 8 year old. No one said she's a bad person. But to use bad language on national tv
shows a real lack of self control. There are certain rules of behavior in a civil society. I know were in an era of people saying and doing whatever they want - whenever they want, but as we have seen over the last year, that doesn't work out so well.
LRC crew has too many teetotalers, tattletales, and virgin ears. Get over yourself with this civil society crap. Seriously, she just won the OT and showed a human moment. It wasn't at some formal dinner with the Queen of England where people get the evil eye for chewing too quickly.
"But oh no the kids!" Spoiler alert, your 8 y.o. curses when you're not around, and censoring it just makes kids want to do it more.
runningchick wrote:
The pearl clutching about a swear word is so hilarious. Grow up people lol
If it is hilarious, why would you want less of it?
STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""--""""-'--'-'-"-----^' wrote:
Cemsorship, overprotective parents, and prudeness are all examples of what's F#cking wrong with this country.
I think addictions, Steve, are a worse problem than overprotective parents and prudishness.
I'm not trying to cancel anyone so why are you? And why didn't you answer any of the questions I posed?
Larry Dickman wrote:
Pontiac Vibe wrote:
I tend to agree. I also found Shalane's "eff yes!" moment diminished by the taint of what looks like a childish outburst. I figure that's what tickles most who like it, the childish response to giggle at the taboo of an athlete letting fly with expletives on-camera. It's not about honesty, it's about rawness and rawness is not synonymous with honesty as you can be raw and dishonest as well. My boss is a characteristically honest person yet he's classy enough to not drop expletives at work, no matter how stressful the situation he's responding to. He's measured and composed, like a fully-formed adult. Yes, they're words and words have power. There's nothing wrong with using them on the face of it, in polite society they're to be used privately in appropriate adult situations. If you have friends who are happy to drop f-bombs and s-bombs regardless of company, do you invite them over so your kids can giggle at the profanity-laced conversations you have with this friend in your home? Do you f-bomb and s-bomb your own parents on the regular? Why or why not?
Oh dear god, Karen, don't let this bother you. It's a word that everyone uses, and if you don't, then that word really needs to happen to you.
oldslow wrote:
the media is corrupt wrote:
What a vapid culture we live in where this delights people. I guess when people live meaningless and self-centered lives, this is the type of thing that amuses them. Sad actually.
I loved it. Shows true joy. There was a study once that showed that people who swear are overall more honest. So I would suggest that you lighten up. It’s just a word
Didn’t see it. If it was a live mic where it shouldn’t of been then that’s not on her. If it was her answering a questions it’s a little much. There was also a study done that showed people who swore a lot had a lower IQ than people who didn’t. They can’t think of any other word to describe what they mean. Meaning their vocab is sh!t. Haha
VroomVroom wrote:
oldslow wrote:
I loved it. Shows true joy. There was a study once that showed that people who swear are overall more honest. So I would suggest that you lighten up. It’s just a word
Didn’t see it. If it was a live mic where it shouldn’t of been then that’s not on her. If it was her answering a questions it’s a little much. There was also a study done that showed people who swore a lot had a lower IQ than people who didn’t. They can’t think of any other word to describe what they mean. Meaning their vocab is sh!t. Haha
Profanity is the language of anger, not stupidity.