+++ layout = "post" title = "Frenetic Scribblings #21: Why I don’t swear online, and why I’ve decided fuck that" date = "2017-12-22" categories = ["writing"] tags = ["freneticscribblings"] resources name = "header thumbnail" src = "*5BWm5g2Hn_CGBZSQ_Z7sDQ" +++ Those that know me will be well aware that I swear like a sailor. Working in a commercial kitchen really hasn’t helped that. I can now swear in several new languages though!

But until now I’ve kept profanity away from my public Internet presence. The reason I’m more cautious to swear on the Internet is the indelible nature of anything written on here.

A vital rule of thumb is ‘nothing is ever deleted from the Internet.’ I urge you to be cautious about what it is that you post, lest it come back to bite you. Hence the PG language policy I’ve held until now.

It wasn’t about being kid friendly, since control of a child’s Internet usage and the language they are exposed to is up to the parents. It was more about being… cautious.

Particularly about future employment. But I’ve realised — and I don’t know why it took me this long — that anywhere that wouldn’t hire me based on (justified!) profanity is a place I wouldn’t have wanted to work at anyway.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to become foul mouthed for the sake of it. But I’ve decided that using the full breadth of language is important. Sometimes emotive language is necessary to get a point across — and profanity is one of the foremost forms of emotive language.

Maybe I’ll come to regret this decision. Regardless, I’ll enjoy my freedom to use the full breadth of language. Sometimes it’s necessary.

Out.

Thought for the day:

You are pretty fucking awesome. Keep that shit up.