"Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest."

https://phys.org/news/2017-01-links-honesty.html

F' yeah!

I am going to start swearing more... I don't want people to think I am a $&@&ing liar!

I AM STILL mormon, but I also I have dark side. I do like to swear once I am while and I feel like massturbating can be healthy if done in moderation. Both are wrong, but I do I think they are good

Do you live in Utah?

Raised in utah

You have to get out of there if you haven't already. Even the church is better outside of Utah. Lol

Once again, we draw the conclusions we want, just as we did in church.

Why not conclude that swearing is a sign of stupidity?

Perhaps dumb people swear more, due to lack of adequate vocabulary, and are also too dumb to be good liars.

They didn't conclude they were too dumb to be good liars. Just not liars - good or bad.

Perhaps too dumb to lie at all? Is that what honesty is? Stupidity. Maybe.

> Why not conclude that swearing is a sign of stupidity?

You did read the article before you made your conclusion that "we draw the conclusions we want", right?

The collected and analyzed data and based their conclusion on that. They did not conclude that swearing was a sign of stupidity because the evidence does not support that conclusion.

Sounds like it is you, Free Man that is drawing the conclusion you want.

I'm sure I swear way too much. I have a lot of years to make up for. It most certainly didn't stop me from turning into an excellent liar. The mormon church made sure of that. If I learned nothing else as a mormon, I learned how to lie well.

Let go of your LDS judgemental attitude. That was exactly how I thought while a TBM. Release your anger, and your journey toward the dark side will be complete!

There's another correlation that shouldn't be overlooked:

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/steven_pinker_on_swearing_and_violence/

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/steven_pinker_on_swearing_and_violence/

http://living.thebump.com/effects-cursing-children-them-17783.html

https://nobullying.com/curse/

I originally thought of it in connection with domestic violence. "Honesty" there? The linked article begins, "It's long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest."

Yeah, and waiving a loaded gun around or discharging it into the wall *can be* cathartic and "honest"...but should it be encouraged or condoned? Is swearing, then, just a neutral implement...like a knife (can kill...or perform surgery)? or what have you?

If swearing lets one express more "honest" feelings, what about its effect on others? Or don't they matter?

I swear, my wife swears and all my friends swear. All good.