[BB] What did you do with your weekend?

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I cannot imagine how adding profanity to an environment can make it more inviting to anyone I would want to invite. If this is just a failure of imagination on my part, I am quite content to leave it at that.

I found that in high stress situations such as interviewing, when the interviewer swore, it helped me to relax making the interview less intimidating. Based on many of the presentations I've seen I find that swearing can help to relax unnecessary tension. I don't believe any interview or presentation should really be stressful. We should have fun with life and take it less seriously. The occasional curse helps to lighten the mood and minimize the pretentious nature of a many stressful activities.

But here we get into an ethical debate, and I guess I look at certain topics more liberally than others. As I always say with politics, there is always a right answer for both sides, so no matter how you answer, you are always right... but you are also always wrong. It comes down to personal opinion in most cases.

I love it when my mom apprehensively swears because she thinks it is critical to delivery. Hearing someone swear who almost never does creates an interesting emphasis on what they are saying.

I'm assuming you are one of the many people who never hire Gary Vay to speak because of his language. He admits that this has happened plenty of times, but that his language is part of his delivery, and helps him to give a good presentation. I think if someone else were to give his talks they would be somewhat monotonous. Now that is not only because of swearing, but it his case it helps to lighten the mood and make him more inviting and exciting.