Now that Spring is almost here I’ve discussed WordPress spring cleaning and found a couple of spring WordPress themes.
I’ve also noticed that the birds are starting to return (the pigeons stay year round). I like birds ok but I frequently wonder what they are so happy about at 5am. At that point I feel like cursing them. And this leads us into today’s post.
If cursing or swearing offends you, then you will probably want to stop reading now. You’ve been warned.
While I swear quite a bit in real life, I try not to online. I am frequently amazed at how casually certain words are used online, especially on twitter. Tweets and almost everything done online is being indexed by search engines so I would think people would use a little more discretion. Unless, of course, swearing is part of your online persona.
Well, now we have Cursebird, which tracks and has a live stream of all swearing on Twitter. You can also search on a username and get their cursing score.
And to prove that I really don’t swear online here is my cursebird score.
You can compare this to my friend @chrissmari ‘s score.
I like viewing the live stream when I am grumpy. I don’t know but something about all the silly swearing just makes me laugh.
How about you? Are you a goody-goody like me? Or are you more extreme?
I’m a swearer in real life and in email with people I know but I try to avoid it on Facebook and other places online. Especially if its someplace where I’m using my real name. I’ll occasionally let one fly here and there but considering how easily accessible everything is I try to avoid cursing like a pornstar, enthusiastic or otherwise.
Hahaha, lame of 100.
I love the cute little swearing bird too!
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Hi Jim – You swear? I’ve never noticed ;-)
I added the little curse symbols to the twitter bird – poor little guy.
i don’t swear either but that realtime thingy is really fun to track :)
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Hi Stratos – Never? Wow! It is fun to track some of the ridiculous things people are saying.
no not never when tweeting i mean… you should see me when i am programming or configuring a server… that is swearing all right :D
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What language do you curse it? ;-)
I think the funniest thing is that since my twitter has been locked for a couple of months that score could be a lot higher than it is.
Hi! I was going to tell you about this article but you found it before I had a chance. I didn’t realize that your account was locked – that explains why the search results were only as recent as December.
It’s a shame because otherwise you could make 100% ;-)
Hahaha this is funny.
I generally don’t swear, online or offline. So I guess I’m just as lame as you are. :)
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Hi Vered – LOL – I guess it depends on how we define lame ;-)
This is super funny app :P I guess, I should myself attach one of those curse cuckoos though I do not swear that often.
Some of these twitter apps, plugins have really funny names…like Quitter and now this one.
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Hi Ajith – It is pretty funny. Sometimes I think the developers make apps like this just to practice using the API.
I am lame of 100, too! I feel so bonded to you!
I do sometimes curse online, but mostly in my blog or on my forums, for effect. One of my forums is named “OFFS” because I found myself saying that all the time while reading the rest of the forum.
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Hi Tracy – Took me about a minute to figure out what OFFS was – that’s a good one. I used to work with someone who would say “Oh PFO” , which always made me laugh. He also used PITA a lot too.
I swear every now and then in real life (especially when I bang up my knee!) but rarely do it online and definitely not on my blog.
Score: Lame of 100 :D
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Hi Carla – I swear an awful lot in real life but only around certain people – like Jim. I try not to around my daughter … she has started saying our cat is pissy. Cracks me up – especially because I NEVER use that word.
Hilarious! =) Fun app!
Hi – Glad you enjoyed it.
oh yes, i’ve seen this – someone tweeted it and of course, even though i know i don’t swear, i tried out the service anyway.
okay sometimes only a curse word will do, but i am turned off by people who do in, especially a lot. why it hurts my ears, i don’t know. just does.
Hi Natural – I’ve tried putting different usernames in it to see what the rating is – a lot of the are funny. It really depends on the context and where you are – even though I swear I don’t appreciate the people swearing loudly on the subway.
We are equals in the sense that I curse a lot more in real life (especially when driving), but I’m a curse mute on Twitter. :)
~ Kristi
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Hi Kristi – I don’t drive but cars inspire me to curse even when walking ;-)
Like you I swear a lot in real life but not online–just don’t want the evidence out there digitally.
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Hi Tracey – I think while it has become a verbal habit for me it has not become a written one. And all my communication online is written.
Because I don’t swear on Twitter I’m a lame mute, apparently. Which if you think about it is not very flattering!
I don’t swear much anywhere, but have no problem if others do. Even on Twitter. I’m just amazed at what Twitter applications are out there! What will they think of next?
Hi Ian – No, it isn’t flattering at all. I supposed I wouldn’t want to be an enthusiastic porn star either. ;-)
Don’t swear at all, unless completely passionate about the subject I’m taking about. No … I’ll take the word passionate back and replace it with angry. Good post for discussion.
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Hi Phil – Most people I know in real life do. My brother doesn’t, however, but he makes up ones. His “son of a biscuit eater” always cracks me up.
LOL!! nice little service! I have one curse word it seems. My bad!
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Hi Raju – I think one is acceptable ;-)
Lol this is really funny.. I mean the comments that the Cursebird makes.
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Hi Ben – It’s a funny app for someone to develop. Another friend of mine scored 100%! She said her Mom would be so proud ;-)
I think people need to be less careless about anything they say online, including swearing. Basically, if you don’t want it to bite you later, be proactive in what you put out there. Would you swear during the typical job interview?
Just my thoughts. You’ll be held accountable for anything you put online.
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Hi Tim – That’s a good point. It will be indexed forever.
I don’t think I’ve ever cursed during a job interview ;-)
I believe I would get a score of 0 but one never knows for sure and the most interesting thing to me is that i don’t know how to look this up or figure it out….such an Lame IT person too!
Still having fun
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Hi Patricia – I checked for you. You scored 0 – same score as me :-)