Can't we think of other words to convey our thoughts? Every other post seems to have "WTF" or "F___ing", etc. embedded in the heading or text. What gives? Is it necessary? What does it have to do with keeping our MBs on the road? This forum is great for sharing our collective knowledge about our cars, but the implied cursing really has no place in it.

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1983 300SD "Helga"

Why do we allow some words to have the power to disturb us?

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'87 300SDL

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People here express their initial feelings about certain subjects freely. I personally don't find the cursing interesting, but you must acknowledge the power of reading one's initial feelings and then seeing how they "cool" down just less than 30 minutes later after other forum members calm them down with their posts. Human nature, simple.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver

I made a mental note as you did about the increased use of those kinds of words but working on these cars has definately added more color to my vocabulary. I understand feeling the need to express the headbanging problems these cars can present.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

Cursing, use of Anglo Saxon, uttering profanities.

All the above are primarily due to lack of large vocabulary.
It is also reinforced by the work enviroment / tv /video films/movies etc.

We live in a world where your kind of comments are supressed due to the need to be seen as politicaly correct.....

Who said..." I was 10 years old before I found out my brother name was not Jesus Christ..... and mine was not Dammit."



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[http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/ ]

"A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."

Bill Cosby! Man do I love that show!! "Bill Cosby: Himself" is my favorite standup routine of all time!!

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

The french have the largest number of curse words in the world, but i prefer the Ron Burgundy style of epithets, like "jumping knights of columbus" or i just grit my teeth, after working on cars long enough, it is pointless and improfessional to curse at something, go out relax for 10 min come back and look at it logically and see if you cant figure out how it was designed to come off. This is more productive (usually :p ) than grabbing the biggest hammer you can find and swearing to kill the next mb engineer you can find.

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I like cars.

I'm with you on this one Keith all the way. I know most of it is just youngsters who think that kind of thing is clever. To lots of folks there is simply nothing wrong with that, they were raised around it. To others it just isn't necessary.
I will say this: I quite smoking a few years back (finally), and I have tried like crazy to quite cussing (Christian thing)
Quitting smoking has been allot easier.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I'm 18 and I decided on my own to limit that kind of language, especailly around the women I work with. One of my best friends is a very devout Christian whom I've known for 12 years and I can still remember the exactly three times he got so mad it slipped out. Sometimes it just happens but I do agree it can be taken too far.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

see thats the thing i have never understood. its just a bunch of words. how do we figure that they are bad?

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

NOT using profanity is called RESPECT.

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84 500 SEL (307,xxx miles)

folks who are profanity free.

i am a life long curser. seldom around women. and trying to cut down. succeeding somewhat. seldom need to use them here. well never NEED to.

what i find much more disturbing is any degrading comments, and ridicule. i am with Mr. Rodgers on that. (the tv guy with the cardigan sweater).

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

One, I was raised in a home, where if something was messed up, it was F$%$ed up. Course with my dad being a mech so to speak, and me following his steps, I guess it just followed that I would be sort of the same way.

Two, since I'm a sailor, guess I have no choice but to curse like one..

I feel we are all adults.....besides this site has built in censor software in use....so the only thing thats going to bother you is insinuation not the actual words...my suggestion is lighten up....go over to www.benzworld.org hang out there for a while then let us know....they censor nothing...

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I have talked with my boss several times about attitude and language, at work and in general. I try not to cuss and he rarely does even if flesh damage is accumulated. And if a bolt or part is being stubborn he says,"Come on you snot!" and what do you know,boom! it works! fits right up. personally I think it's kinda funny.Imagine this being said with a Yugoslavian accent(technically Serbian) He is great.
anyways I was replacing a ground wire for a work light on a tow truck lastnight and I was reaching up to the frame and bumped my thumb on the edge of the tailpipe (6.0 ford powerchoke.
does any one at all like these?) and yeoow. jeez that hurt, and through the black soot on my hands some nice red was seeping through. washed up and bandaged it + electrical tape = all good. Pretty much healed now. I don't know if any one actually wanted to hear about this but don't care anyhow. You can just skip right over it and I won't even know. It is kinda nice that way, not rude at all unlike ignoring someone when being spoken too. bla bla bla. have a good one. zacharI