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US ranks first in swearing (www.popsci.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

this is just for online discourse and has no bearings on spoken vulgarity

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would say as someone who has spent significant time in the UK, US, and Australia. That irl, people outside the US swear far more. Maybe USians are taking out their frustrations online since they don’t let themselves do it as much irl?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Well we have to be real careful because if we swear at the wrong person we get another mass shooting. Also that just happens anyway but we don’t like to identify the real reasons for that kind of thing so let’s blame swearing for a while.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Those silly cunts don't know where I'm from. I'd question the accuracy of it even for online-only discourse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I wonder how they know if the post is American or from other English speakers?