How often do you use profanity in your real-world interactions with people? In my case, not that often. I'm usually pretty careful about keeping my speech pretty G-rated around people until I know for sure that they wouldn't have a problem with me using a little bit of profanity (probably a pretty good policy). That's probably something that got drilled into me at a certain point; I can vaguely remember a few times when I was a kid that I got in trouble for using new words that I picked up without really knowing what they meant (at that age, I think I found the idea of certain words being "bad" or "off-limits" for some reason to be a little strange).
Also, I somehow just never got entirely comfortable with casually using profanity. I can use it in writing with no problem, but actually using it in my speech is another matter. "****" is usually about the strongest cuss word I use in everyday situations; I might drop the occasional "f-bomb" but usually not unless I'm fairly angry about something (or at least really surprised).
I think the reason I thought about this subject in the first place is because I was thinking about a few times that I've used profanity when people seemed a little shocked by that; not so much by the profanity but because I was using it. I wonder if maybe people were a little surprised by that because I seemed a little too "prim and proper" for that or something or because it sounded slightly unnatural coming out of me. I can't help but wonder if there's something a little bit AS-related going on there (I thought this topic would be kind of appropriate to bring up since it falls under the general heading of "social skills").
The one situation where I'm entirely at ease letting loose with a little bit of profanity is when I accidentally hurt myself (often by stubbing my toe). I think there's actually some scientific evidence that doing that provides a little bit of pain relief.
Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain: Scientific American Podcast
Also, I somehow just never got entirely comfortable with casually using profanity. I can use it in writing with no problem, but actually using it in my speech is another matter. "****" is usually about the strongest cuss word I use in everyday situations; I might drop the occasional "f-bomb" but usually not unless I'm fairly angry about something (or at least really surprised).
I think the reason I thought about this subject in the first place is because I was thinking about a few times that I've used profanity when people seemed a little shocked by that; not so much by the profanity but because I was using it. I wonder if maybe people were a little surprised by that because I seemed a little too "prim and proper" for that or something or because it sounded slightly unnatural coming out of me. I can't help but wonder if there's something a little bit AS-related going on there (I thought this topic would be kind of appropriate to bring up since it falls under the general heading of "social skills").
The one situation where I'm entirely at ease letting loose with a little bit of profanity is when I accidentally hurt myself (often by stubbing my toe). I think there's actually some scientific evidence that doing that provides a little bit of pain relief.
Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain: Scientific American Podcast