Yeah, I think I just don't like Emily Yoffe all that much. I've enjoyed some of her "Human Guinea Pig" stuff, but I liked the old "Dear Prudence" much better.

My Mother never heard the word "fuck" until she went to college. She i had seen it in grafitti and was aware of its existance.

When we were kids swearing around Mom was a BIG deal. We were also not allowed to say "shut up" (it is very dismissive and disrespectful) and that got her angrier than Shit or Damn. She was hardcore.

Around 16 or so I told her I was old enough to decide to risk people judging me as all the things people judge you to be when you use bad words. She agreed and asked me to not use them around her.

Of course I did. And sometimes to great effect. In time, my siblings and I wore her down and she got over the horrible horrible shock of our language.

Now I really try not to swear around her (unless for comedic effect) because I know she doesn't like it. Now she occasionally will swear herself -- and my sisters and I are always starteled when she does.

We were also not allowed to say "shut up"

us neither! That or the "n" word were the only things that would get your mouth washed out with soap.

My Mother never heard the word "fuck" until she went to college.

I think I heard the word "fuck" maybe a half-dozen times before I went to college. Um, not counting movies... and I must have had an album or two with the f-word....

I was suprised that I found the swearing in Deadwood so off putting but I found the show unwatchable because of it.

Me too. I couldn’t handle it. The rampant use of the c word was so offputting.

Hivemind Question: I'm working on a screenplay right now (no mocking, I beg you), and I am in need of an illness or condition that is chronic and requires regular short stays in the hospital (could be as frequent as a few days a month or maybe a bit longer a few times a year) but that is not life-threatening or overly debilitating (at least not when treated). The character thinks of this condition as annoying rather than frightening. I don't want to give her migraines since those tend to be very debilitating. Thoughts?

I made it to 13 before I swore at one of my parents, which was a couple of years better than my sister.

an illness or condition that is chronic and requires regular short stays in the hospital

I can't think of anything that's not eventually fatal

My parents were strict about bad language. I got away with quoting something to my mother, which included a "damn," when I was about 12. I think that was about as far as I went in front of them until the relationship really fell apart.

One thing about using strong language sparingly. When you do use it, people take notice.

But if it's a screenplay you can just make something up. She suffers from chronic handuavia.