Am I so out of touch?
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Posted Jun 11, 2022, 5:03 PM UTC · locked
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You're not alone. I could count on my fingers the number of times in my adult life I've heard people call each other cunts in a friendly way. And usually it's been that drunk cunt turning up late somewhere and yelling "hello cunts" while we all curse him under our breath. I don't think it's routine at all.
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Good cunt
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A lot of Reddit is very young and doesn’t get out much. They think this is how the grown up world works.
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Dick, twat, nob, Bell end, dumbass, nobhead, dickhead, numpty, and many many more are banded around my friend group, but cunt is very rarely used.
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Yeah this matches my experience more.
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Same here for me. My parents in specific never really used it and in turn I don't often.
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I think it's a regional thing. In Central Scotland, it's quite common.
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Pretty much this, I work with folk from all over the UK and it's most prevalent with central/west coast Scots. (In my experience)
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You have to be an actual cunt for nobody to call you a cunt out of endearment.
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Fair enough
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I can relate especially with other things like crisps sandwiches and the drinking culture. I’d say it depends on your background
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My mum and dad used to refer to lots of things as being “cunts”. It was a very common word for me. My dad was half Scottish and half Irish and mum was born in the northeast of England.
I was raised mostly by my grandparents who were far more puritanical and did not approve of swearing. They drilled it into me that swearing was a symptom of having a lesser mind. I don’t think I really even started swearing until my mid-to-late teens, and I certainly didn’t feel comfortable swearing around my elders for many years afterwards.
I’m 38 now and give far fewer fucks than I used to. I still think that to some degree, if you can’t string a sentence together without every second word being a swear word, then you might be a little developmentally challenged, but the occasional sweary embellishment can serve to highlight emotion or get a point across.
I definitely think that there is something to be said for a c-bomb being dropped in a Scottish or an Aussie accent. It just sounds more natural, but I’ve definitely heard plenty of people from many walks of life use it over the years.
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It is all about context, it is used frequently and affectionately between mates, you wouldn't say it to a stranger.
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it is used frequently and affectionately between some groups of mates
I wouldn't think about saying it, neither would the people I know
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Yes, fair enough. It is common amongst people I know.
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Yeh, I don't know anyone who uses that kind of language either. I use 'fuck' quite a lot, and I think even that is pushing it.
Also, swearing in front of children is out of the question.
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Never been to Manchester, I take it?
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"No, it's the children who are wrong"
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No they are not. In most workplaces for example it would be completely unacceptable even amongst close colleagues.
What is your job out of interest?
I work for a well-known multinational. If someone called someone a cunt in the office it would be a fairly serious misconduct issue I think. We have quite a low conflict culture though.
Ye office work fair enough. There’s a level of professionalism. Ive worked in factory’s for 20 years and hear it daily. Even the women in the canteen shouted “oh cunt,you forgot your toast “. That’s factories for you.