Is cussing in public getting worse?

Question

I'm no prude, but I am old fashioned and believe in respecting others. I own a store, and I feel like it's a losing battle. It's just unbelieveable, how some of these social rejects think they can act as if they're in their own disfunctional living room.

Answer 1

actually, why does it offend you? Because society said its bad? Lets face it: they are just words. Consider it a sign of the times but dont act like you were any better when you were young. Sorry, but you are a bit of a prude. The world does not nor should not revolve around you.  

Answer 2

You're certainly not wrong. Curses have become nouns, adjectives and verbs. Sometimes it seems like f*** especially is every second word for some people.

Answer 3

Been times that cussing was a lot worse than it is now. Old west comes to mind where it was the norm.  

Answer 4

What the fu ck are you talking about? Ain't nobody doing any goddam cussing nowhere. That's some stupid **** man. Don't make no d**n sense.

Answer 5

I do agree, people are swearing so much more.

I used to hate people who swore excessively, but I guess you could say I caught onto the fad.. I swear a lot. :l

I do think some words a WAY too inappropriate, such a the n word and the c word. Those I just can't stand.

Answer 6

I was in Wendy's yesterday and some 50-ish year old guy was talking to himself for about 20 minutes invovling alot of cussing. I told myself that if he said one more cuss, I was getting up and letting him know what I thought of it. He didn't swear anymore.

Answer 7

It is incredible, and sad, that so many young people have such a paucity of words in their vocabularies that they use the 'f' word as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction or just as something to fill in space while they think. Yes, public speech has become much cruder. I'm not a prude - there are times when swearing is more or less justified - but unless you are expressing some cogent thought with your swearing, there's no point to doing it.  

Answer 8

Effin A it is :)

Answer 9

Just because they are cussing up a storm does not mean that it is their dysfunctional living room or they are social rejects.  Cussing has been around for years, I bet if the dinosaurs could talk they would have b****ed us out.  It is what it is!