Do you often curse at inanimate objects when they misbehave?
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RadishRose
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I don't usually cuss at objects but I did last week. I was putting bags of frozen vegetables in the top freezer compartment of my refrigerator and they kept sliding off each other before I could get the door shut. Though I think my distress was being fed by having watched some YouTubes about how my brand of refrigerator is a lemon and they are breaking down after a year or two and there is a class action lawsuit but the manufacturer is saying they can't be sued because they have a arbitration clause on the outside of the cardboard packing box. Of course no consumer sees the box because we pick by floor or online samples/pictures and the store unboxes it before they bring it into the house.
I need to order some little baskets to put inside the freezer so the vegetables don't slide out.
I need to order some little baskets to put inside the freezer so the vegetables don't slide out.
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As a mechanic, I pride myself on the many cuss words that spew from my foaming mouth at inanimate objects. Of course I save the best for what ever engineer designed what I'm cussing at.
I could give an example, but, it's mighty hard on tender ears.
I could give an example, but, it's mighty hard on tender ears.
Judycat
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Haha
Murrmurr
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Yes, and the older I get, the more they misbehave.
debodun
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I don't curse, I just go get a hammer and smash away.
Lilac
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Fluently when called for.
VisualBrian
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More often than not, I curse myself for not being smarter than an inanimate object.
Rosie56
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This contraption got my mouth washed out with soap today…………
caramel
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I don't usually curse at inanimate objects. If they have the ability to change based on what I'm saying, I want to be very nice. I'd rather it not turn on me.
If they can't change because it's an inanimate object, I'm yelling at myself.
I do curse at people when they're out of earshot. My reasoning is that if I have to be nice to their face for them to change, I don't have to be when they're not around and it's not affecting them. Maybe I should treat them more like inanimate objects.
If they can't change because it's an inanimate object, I'm yelling at myself.
I do curse at people when they're out of earshot. My reasoning is that if I have to be nice to their face for them to change, I don't have to be when they're not around and it's not affecting them. Maybe I should treat them more like inanimate objects.
Wayne
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per topic NO
fuzzybuddy
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Oh, yeah, I swore up a storm at things that didn't go right. But some people got upset, like when I started to swear and beat on those self checkout machines, etc.
So, I made up my own swears. "Gooscow" and "snurfidanna". It depends where you put the "you". You gooscow, or gooscow you.
So, I made up my own swears. "Gooscow" and "snurfidanna". It depends where you put the "you". You gooscow, or gooscow you.
Teacher Terry
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No and I find it odd that people do this.
LoveTulips
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Yup, which really makes things worse. 
Because when I am calm, things do what they're supposed to do usually.
Because when I am calm, things do what they're supposed to do usually.I do not curse at inanimate objects because I believe that they want to serve their intended purpose, and that their whole is greater than the sum of their parts. Some just require a little additional help to serve that purpose, or overcome/correct poor design. A tinkerer is happy when he can restore an inanimate object to its intended purpose.
There is actually a subdivision of “Otherkin“ who identify with machine objects, with robots being perhaps the most common and technological or science fiction devices following. I hasten to add that I am not one of them, but find them interesting …
There is actually a subdivision of “Otherkin“ who identify with machine objects, with robots being perhaps the most common and technological or science fiction devices following. I hasten to add that I am not one of them, but find them interesting …
hollydolly
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I actually do similar... never actually swear at them.. but I'll say ''Good one''..sarcastically if something falls and breaks...
.. or ''You Would'' .... or when I can't get a thick plastic packet open which threatens to slice my hand ..I'll say'' for crying out loud what's the MATTER with you... ?
hollydolly
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we only ever see washers that big in the laundrette...
Homes in the uk, don't have HUGE machines.. because the vast majority of uk households don't have utility rooms so our machines are in the kitchen. On average they hold a 20lb load... that's plenty big enough..
For me, stubborn things get a 'Oh, why not!'
hollydolly
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Dr. Jekyll
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Not so much cussing, but in a related way, why do we always look at the inanimate object as if it was the one that did something wrong?
It's a guarantee when playing pickleball that when someone misses a shot they stare at the paddle as if it had a giant hole in it.
It's a guarantee when playing pickleball that when someone misses a shot they stare at the paddle as if it had a giant hole in it.
Alizerine
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I don't usually curse at inanimate objects. If they have the ability to change based on what I'm saying, I want to be very nice. I'd rather it not turn on me.
If they can't change because it's an inanimate object, I'm yelling at myself.
I do curse at people when they're out of earshot. My reasoning is that if I have to be nice to their face for them to change, I don't have to be when they're not around and it's not affecting them. Maybe I should treat them more like inanimate objects.
It sounds like you think it through. The profanity has already escaped before I realize I've said anything.