Talk:Mother of the Year Choices/@comment-34901233-20191020011645/@comment-3452092-20191026010521

No convent needed, just probably didn't go to public school. For me, those were not words I heard until I was at least in high school if not older. In my case, I was homeschooled most of my schooling and the majority of the kids I was around were fellow homeschoolers or kids on my block. Of course the internet also wasn't a thing back then, but you did say in school. I most certainly didn't hear stuff like that from my mom or younger siblings. And I doubt I heard any of that in the private schools I attended for three years and I sure know I didn't hear stuff like that in the colleges I attended, so for me, I've probably never heard any of that sort of language in school, probably not even once and I most certainly have never been in a convent.

That said, I'm probably the staff member who is the least strict on language. I think we should be careful what we say and I definitely don't like that sort of language and wouldn't use it myself, but I think that the reactions of others are the punishments we should get for them most of the time, though there are exceptions usually exemplified by our trolls. And I do believe in following the rules.

And then there's my literal mind. Once I know the definition of a swear word and understand its origins I can't help but think that the person using them is usually being ridiculous. I get why this thing or that is an insult, but most of the time they make no sense when you take them literal and I so like to take things literal. It's not that I don't understand the figurative. It's just that the literal is so much more fun, especially when everyone else is using the figurative.