i am pretty shocked by how often arch students swear in the studio.....Everytime I work on projects in there, I hear the offensive words from someone like every 10 minutes....That reuslts in me getting a habit of blurting out sth foul very easily.....when i do something wrong...
Is there any way to stop swearing frequently while you work in the studio?
From my observations it seems the more a person swears the less impact his or her swearing has on other people. The guy who drops f-bombs every 12 seconds barely raises an eyebrow after you've spent a few days around him. On the other hand, I've never been one to swear much so on the rare occasions when I do swear, people really stop in their tracks.
i trained myself to change the swear words to more comical noises...haha... when i ran the woodshop at the university for 4 years, i had to watch myself....
fuck was considered common unvulgar usage for "sexy boom boom" until the 1600s. bloody effing church!
anyway, i drop the ol' f-bomb as much as possible. except in the presence of a a smokin hot "Can't Understand Normal Thinking" - hey, that actually describes my last boss!
oh youuuu...have got to be motherFUCKin' kidding me
having said that, i do feel the kids (i.e., young people) in the office actually have much to gain by taking the high road and keeping their mouths clean...kind of lets us geezers at least feel that we've earned the right.
of course, i'd also strongly suggest that the kids avoid relying too heavily on a few of their other favored colloquialisms such as "like" and "dude"...and some of them have the audacity to wonder why they're not getting respect (and pay raises) more quickly, sheesh
LOL LB! You know it's bad when your three year old kid starts shouting fuck at his toys. Frankly, living in NYC and being an arch student its hard NOT to say fuck every other sentence.
Figured this would be a good thread for Carlin's Seven Dirty Words:
I thought mongolian clusterfuck was on that list? Or am I thinking of someone else?
And that raises what I thought this thread would be about: I don't think we architects are necessarily very creative cussers - we seem to use the old standards - classics? are we all cuss classicists? - like a good solid "f*ck!" more than anything fun such as the things Steve Carrell was saying while his chest was being waxed in 40-y-o-virgin.
Our mighty media has spent hours researching 'appropriate' substitutions to replace curse words in our beloved ready-for-tv movies. Often more hilarious than the original comments, these pseudo-swears can be quite creative: motherfucker=
mickey-fickey
motor-scooter
mother-father
monkey-lover
maggot-farmer...
*quoted direct from the tube; I'm now going to find the full list in a notebook...I am also accepting research grants and fellowships based on the necessity of a clean, healthy motherfucker alternative.
speaking of three year olds...i had a friend (sales guy) who was constantly talking about/rating/complimenting women until one day he's walking down the street with his three year old who loudly remarks "look daddy...it's a hottie" upon seeing a young woman who ostensibly resembled kristina aguilera. the woman turned and looked at him before laughing it off...but i can only imagine how embarrassed he must felt (wonder if his face turned red) because—as he explained it—"the kid's only three so you know he isn't picking that up at school yet. it could only come from me." ha ha, cracks me up everytime i think of it.
I did manage to change my typical "JEEEzus christ" (sorry - I know that's rude) to "jeepers creepers" since my son was born - thus my now nearly constant use of "jeepers!" as an exclamation of every emotion.
Ha, I had forgotten fuck me running - that's a good one. I also used to always refer to projects way out in the country as "...out in Bumfuck, Illinois" , said with much scorn.
bronson, good call on the dubbed-over profanity. it's best when they don't get the voice match just right because it draws extra attention to the ridiculousness of their attempt.
vado, that lebowski video is hilarious.
i hear 'shitballs' alot from my PM, usually under his breath after talking to a consultant that's behind schedule...
If you think architects swear alot, you should spend some time on a construction site... 'motherfuck' is pretty popular now, though 'clusterfuck' is an oldie but goodie.
i am pretty sure my cussing stems back to my days in the army (ok elementary school - so fucking what), however the years in this profession has only perfected the art of inserting the work fuck between every other word in a sentence.
architect - best at swearing?
i am pretty shocked by how often arch students swear in the studio.....Everytime I work on projects in there, I hear the offensive words from someone like every 10 minutes....That reuslts in me getting a habit of blurting out sth foul very easily.....when i do something wrong...
Is there any way to stop swearing frequently while you work in the studio?
drink until you pass out
zap-a-gap your mouth shut
are you a born again christian???
swearing and working on models at 3am go together like vodka and chereos.
Shit, wait until you start working in a real office. It's f-bomb central around here!
don't do anything wrong...
hell yeah!
Swearwords are just punctuation.
um, yeh, just get it right the first time
From my observations it seems the more a person swears the less impact his or her swearing has on other people. The guy who drops f-bombs every 12 seconds barely raises an eyebrow after you've spent a few days around him. On the other hand, I've never been one to swear much so on the rare occasions when I do swear, people really stop in their tracks.
Dropping the F-bomb on a job site just makes you one of the guys.
swear at your drawings until they swear back at you...then run.
"son of a bitch!" has become the unofficial mantra of my workplace. it's therapeutic, cleansing even.
shop talk is common...haha......
i trained myself to change the swear words to more comical noises...haha... when i ran the woodshop at the university for 4 years, i had to watch myself....
2:37am
Archilearner, that's fucked up.
I have found a great word that allows for interpretation and desciption of many situations. We use it all the time in our office.
fuckery
fuck is the most versatile word in the english language. respect it.
gefickt!
fuck was considered common unvulgar usage for "sexy boom boom" until the 1600s. bloody effing church!
anyway, i drop the ol' f-bomb as much as possible. except in the presence of a a smokin hot "Can't Understand Normal Thinking" - hey, that actually describes my last boss!
could you not fucking swear so much please?
swearing and working on models at 3am go together like vodka and chereos.
(?)
LOL Strawbeary - that's totally me.
My 3yo did drop his Thomas Train the other day and say "Oh fuck it". !!!!!!! I have made a pretty concerted effort to clean up my language since then.
I thought this thread was going to be about me.
oh youuuu...have got to be motherFUCKin' kidding me
having said that, i do feel the kids (i.e., young people) in the office actually have much to gain by taking the high road and keeping their mouths clean...kind of lets us geezers at least feel that we've earned the right.
of course, i'd also strongly suggest that the kids avoid relying too heavily on a few of their other favored colloquialisms such as "like" and "dude"...and some of them have the audacity to wonder why they're not getting respect (and pay raises) more quickly, sheesh
LOL LB! You know it's bad when your three year old kid starts shouting fuck at his toys. Frankly, living in NYC and being an arch student its hard NOT to say fuck every other sentence.
Figured this would be a good thread for Carlin's Seven Dirty Words:
SHIT
PISS
FUCK
CUNT
COCKSUCKER
MOTHERFUCKER
TITS
I thought mongolian clusterfuck was on that list? Or am I thinking of someone else?
And that raises what I thought this thread would be about: I don't think we architects are necessarily very creative cussers - we seem to use the old standards - classics? are we all cuss classicists? - like a good solid "f*ck!" more than anything fun such as the things Steve Carrell was saying while his chest was being waxed in 40-y-o-virgin.
Fornicate Under Command of the King
F.U.C.K.
good call LB,
im going to use "fornicate you" from now on.
great time for a first post...
Our mighty media has spent hours researching 'appropriate' substitutions to replace curse words in our beloved ready-for-tv movies. Often more hilarious than the original comments, these pseudo-swears can be quite creative: motherfucker=
mickey-fickey
motor-scooter
mother-father
monkey-lover
maggot-farmer...
*quoted direct from the tube; I'm now going to find the full list in a notebook...I am also accepting research grants and fellowships based on the necessity of a clean, healthy motherfucker alternative.
speaking of three year olds...i had a friend (sales guy) who was constantly talking about/rating/complimenting women until one day he's walking down the street with his three year old who loudly remarks "look daddy...it's a hottie" upon seeing a young woman who ostensibly resembled kristina aguilera. the woman turned and looked at him before laughing it off...but i can only imagine how embarrassed he must felt (wonder if his face turned red) because—as he explained it—"the kid's only three so you know he isn't picking that up at school yet. it could only come from me." ha ha, cracks me up everytime i think of it.
I did manage to change my typical "JEEEzus christ" (sorry - I know that's rude) to "jeepers creepers" since my son was born - thus my now nearly constant use of "jeepers!" as an exclamation of every emotion.
Ha, I had forgotten fuck me running - that's a good one. I also used to always refer to projects way out in the country as "...out in Bumfuck, Illinois" , said with much scorn.
Nice screen name, bronson.
Fuck is the worst word that you can say/
Fuck is the worst word that you can say/
No you shouldn't say fuck/
No you shouldn't say fuck/
FUCK NO!
fuckaroonie, seems to have become the default curse in our office. god knows where it originated from.
bronson, good call on the dubbed-over profanity. it's best when they don't get the voice match just right because it draws extra attention to the ridiculousness of their attempt.
vado, that lebowski video is hilarious.
i hear 'shitballs' alot from my PM, usually under his breath after talking to a consultant that's behind schedule...
I heard that there is an interesting story behind the word-fuck.
Does anyone know about it?
what the fuck are you talking about?
that's fuckin bullshit.
that's krunk!
If you think architects swear alot, you should spend some time on a construction site... 'motherfuck' is pretty popular now, though 'clusterfuck' is an oldie but goodie.
quoting from a subtitled indian film in a rape sequence: "sisterfucker"
i don't think she was the rapist's sister though.
i am pretty sure my cussing stems back to my days in the army (ok elementary school - so fucking what), however the years in this profession has only perfected the art of inserting the work fuck between every other word in a sentence.
did you take into account all the swearing in other languages too?
that's actually a much more exciting world...
and to answer your question... fuck no!
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