You Know You're a Sanderfan When...

[Calderis he/him]

Hell is a swear word? 

[Sparkrunner he/him]

Among the presence of intellectual society.

Or Mormons.

[Calderis he/him]

4 minutes ago, Roadwalker said:

Among the presence of intellectual society.

Or Mormons.

I'll note it as the latter. 

I know quite a few people who work in research and STEM fields, and while they obviously operate with proper decorum in presentations and official functions, their intellect does not make them any less likely to swear. 

The idea that swearing is a sign of low intelligence is hilarious to me. The entire point of having a wide vocabulary is to choose the correct word for the given situation and desired meaning. 

Swear words have a proper place. Eliminating them is not a sign of intellect, only arbitrary self restriction. 

Edited August 15, 2017 by Calderis

[Sparkrunner he/him]

Methinks that the need to express anger, frustration, etc. Through curses or crudities is the offense, not the word.

[Calderis he/him]

1 minute ago, Roadwalker said:

Methinks that the need to express anger, frustration, etc. Through curses or crudities is the offense, not the word.

Which is why the distinction between swear words and other words always confused me. 

You can express the crude parts of the words and change the language to make it both far more eloquent, and for more inappropriate at the same time. 

Yet a child can be allowed to swear via replacing one word with another considered more socially acceptable with no consequence. 

I personally think the intended meaning is the only part that should be relevant. If a child says shoot, and obviously uses it and means it in the same way someone else would use an expletive, then what is the difference between the acceptable and unacceptable words, other than an arbitrary line drawn in the sand? 

[Sparkrunner he/him]

Sometimes I say "What in the world?" or "What in the world is going on here?"

This is an exclamation, not an expletive.

When someone replaces a curse with another word, they are still cursing.

I believe the difference is exclamation versus expletive. I believe people curse because

A ) That's how they grew up.

B ) They want to be rebellious.

C ) They want to seem tough.

People who curse because of reason B or C are more at fault, individually, than A.

[AngelEy3 he/him]

24 minutes ago, Calderis said:

I'll note it as the latter. 

I know quite a few people who work in research and STEM fields, and while they obviously operate with proper decorum in presentations and official functions, their intellect does not make them any less likely to swear. 

The idea that swearing is a sign of low intelligence is hilarious to me. The entire point of having a wide vocabulary is to choose the correct word for the given situation and desired meaning. 

Swear words have a proper place. Eliminating them is not a sign of intellect, only arbitrary self restriction. 

You just got 4 upvotes from this guy 

Edited August 15, 2017 by AngelEy3

[AngelEy3 he/him]

13 minutes ago, Roadwalker said:

Sometimes I say "What in the world?" or "What in the world is going on here?"

This is an exclamation, not an expletive.

When someone replaces a curse with another word, they are still cursing.

I believe the difference is exclamation versus expletive. I believe people curse because

A ) That's how they grew up.

B ) They want to be rebellious.

C ) They want to seem tough.

People who curse because of reason B or C are more at fault, individually, than A.

B & C as reasons plus the idea of any fault rely on the assumption that its inherently wrong in the first place. 

Otherwise it's logically sound from your point of view, imo 

I always enjoy this topic 

Double post. Thought I was editing the last one, but I guess not. Sorry everyone 

Edited August 15, 2017 by AngelEy3

[Calderis he/him]

11 minutes ago, AngelEy3 said:

B & C as reasons plus the idea of any fault rely on the assumption that its inherently wrong in the first place. 

Otherwise it's logically sound from your point of view, imo 

I always enjoy this topic 

Double post. Thought I was editing the last one, but I guess not. Sorry everyone 

Quoting breaks edits. Only way I've found to deal with it is to actually copy paste in a quote box and ping the person

[Draginon he/him]

1 hour ago, Calderis said:

Hell is a swear word? 

It's such a minor curse it doesn't count depending who you ask. In England when you say bloody hell its the bloody part that's the curse if I recall correctly.

But it's mainly seen as a curse word for children since it is seen as childish to use it.

[Draginon he/him]

When you see your favorite character die or get hurt you act like the alternate ending in the above video! (Go to 1:50 for the section I mean)

Edited August 15, 2017 by Draginon

[Tesh Any pronouns]

Well thank you @Draginon, for ending that... um... interesting conversation.

Well, you know you are a Sanderfan and a band nerd when you get the idea for shard bells.

Edited August 15, 2017 by Tesh

[Nathrangking he/him]

When someone starts to say that they are in hell and you cut them off and you tell them to never say that they are in hell.

[+Extesian he/him]

When you say (not type) "I see" and get upset when normal people (eg your boss) don't get the Renareference.

Edited August 16, 2017 by Extesian

[Tesh Any pronouns]

When 95% of your inside jokes with @Cel (I reference her a LOT) are Cosmere related, 3% are from girls camp, 1% percussion related, and 1% completely random.

Or when you go crazy when you realize the brand of your family's new (2nd hand, but new to us) car is Sel. No joke.

Edited August 16, 2017 by Tesh

[Calderis he/him]

When between reading and sharding, your bedtime continually creeps farther and farther back, even though you're waking up at the same time. 

In a few more months I'll just not sleep. 

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

When you find such a similarity between the Herald Nale and Inspector Javert that you start creating a parody of the Les Miserables song Stars from Nale's perspective, but then you get to the lyrics "the flame, the sword" and realize that it reminds you of Lightsong's nightmares instead.

When you wish at least one of Sanderson's books could be made into a musical.

[King Cole he/him]

3 minutes ago, Calderis said:

When between reading and sharding, your bedtime continually creeps farther and farther back, even though you're waking up at the same time. 

In a few more months I'll just not sleep. 

I've already forgone sleep

[+Extesian he/him]

7 minutes ago, Calderis said:

When between reading and sharding, your bedtime continually creeps farther and farther back, even though you're waking up at the same time. 

In a few more months I'll just not sleep. 

Sleep is for the WoBless.

[Oversleep]

6 hours ago, Calderis said:

When between reading and sharding, your bedtime continually creeps farther and farther back, even though you're waking up at the same time. 

In a few more months I'll just not sleep. 

Do you know how I got these scars that name?

[Calderis he/him]

Just now, Oversleep said:

Do you know how I got these scars that name?

I think I do now. 

[Draginon he/him]

I wish I could go without sleep. I just need to get rid of the Sandman's rope first.

[Sami she/her]

Speaking of which, I should probably go to sleep...

Edited August 16, 2017 by Sami

[+Extesian he/him]

16 minutes ago, Calderis said:

I think I do now. 

Well, 6 hours between your posts, I've seen worse from you

Just... please fill bronze for a bit before Oathvember.

[Oversleep]

12 minutes ago, Extesian said:

Just... please fill bronze for a bit before Oathvember.

Novebringer!

Edited August 16, 2017 by Oversleep