I wonder if “butthurt” counts.
Army of Dog links to a thingy that tells you how ill-mannered and uncouth your blog is. My results:
Around 65.6% of the pages on your website contain cussing. This is 629% MORE than other websites who took this test.
I don’t know whether to say sweeeet or sorry, Mom.
Go with your strengths! I, personally, am a bit more offended by the sites who abbreviate or euphemise cuss words or scatological terms. It makes me feel that they believe I’m just not able to handle the words that I’ve heard all of my life. That rather smacks of political correctness and nanny-statism.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:14 pmIf people don’t like the way you say what you say, cleaning up the language won’t make any difference to’em - they still won’t like WHAT you say. Let’m find someplace else.
PS: liked the cat pic, too. I’ve got both (d&c) so enjoy lolcats & loldogs.
PSS: Say hi to Rupert. Tell him we’re proud of him and his service; and I’m sure he’ll acquit himself well.
Fuckin A
March 31st, 2008 at 12:28 pmDon’t be too full of yourself, Rachel. The widget’s obviously politically motivated or just plain FUBAR. “Huffington Post” scored a zero. I say “WTF?” But I abbreviate it.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:46 pmI bow to your superiority in the blue language department.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:53 pmWouldn’t it have been better to end with:
?
March 31st, 2008 at 1:00 pmIt’s all about communication. Sometimes those words are just the perfect ones to communicate exactly how you feel. But on my blog I do tend to drop in the occassional asterisk, just out of courtesy to who I know most of my readers to be. I would equate it to covering your mouth when you sneeze. Probably doesn’t really stop that many droplets from flying, and everyone knows you just sneezed, but at least you feel a little more polite.
But, Rachel - please - don’t stop cussing whenever you want in exactly the way you want, just because someone else does it better. If that is the standard, I would never have started my blog because on my best day I will not be as good as you are on your worst. That’s not suckin’ up, it’s just truth. But I am having great fun with my blog, just being myself. So to thine own self be f*cking true, and start cussin’ again!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:23 pmI don’t understand how this happened. I clicked on the thingy and entered my site’s address, fully expecting to blow away your measly little 65%, and I got an…8.5%
What.the.fuck?
Surely it did not go through all my archives. Maybe…maybe it just pulled the stuff that’s on the front page right now, the stuff lately has been kinda tame and curse free. Maybe. But still…I…I feel like less of a man now.
I wonder if this is how my sister felt when we laughed at her and told her that she was cursing improperly. She thought she was doing it correctly, but it was oh so wrong. Is that me now? Am I become that? Can I not blister the paint off the walls anymore?
Gah!
Damn jive turkey, rat bastard ,herpes of a test! Ha! Take that! Feel the vengeance of my cursing now, unclesucking, so called cuss-o-meter!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:27 pmDamn, I’m at a pathetic 20.5%, which I think is right about the same as Ace.
Of course, that’s because I do a lot of blogging about riding with the Patriot Guard Riders, too — and that almost never calls for cussing.
It’s only when I’m blogging about that damned Barry Obama fella that the four-letter bombs start dropping…
March 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pmCome on Rachel… Peg that fucking thing!!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pmMeh not even in the red yet.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:40 pmFUckin a alright there!! Just doing my part.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:44 pmI scored 0%. You have my permission to make fun of me.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:05 pmAverage cuss score is 9%? WTFE!! Does this thingy just look at posts and leave the comments alone? I imagine the blogs that are more or primarily political have higher ratings.
JimK amd Lee’s sites are f bombs away!!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:18 pmI’m a wimp. Family friendly website
March 31st, 2008 at 4:20 pmGo with both. Win win win. First it proves you can acquire and maintain a readership even though you got yerself a potty mouth. Second, you respect your betters, showing goodly room for self improvement (to which we should all aspire) and thirdly, You are stompin’ all over the competition!
March 31st, 2008 at 5:46 pmJust one of the many reasons I visit everyday - you talk like me!
Fucking A Tweety on your fine score!
March 31st, 2008 at 7:23 pmThis is grossly unfair because I had to do a mass search and replace on all variations of cuss words on my blog a few months ago (long story) to “sanitize” it. I’m sure I’d get almost 0% now, and GODDAMMIT IT IS KILLING ME.
Too bad it doesn’t search for “fark” or “shi’ite” (my replacement words).
/pouts
March 31st, 2008 at 7:47 pmoh well, nobody likes an under-achiever anyway.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 pmThat thing is broken. I entered one of my favorite blogs, Gulf Coast Pundit, and got a 0%, which is patently absurd.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:20 pmLOL.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:24 amA few years ago I read a fun little book called The Power of Babel by linguist John McWhorter. You can read my Amazon review here.
One of the things I learned is that there’s a formal term called “fucking insertion”, which refers to the insertion of “fucking” between two syllables of an ordinary word, such as absofuckinglutely. People actually study this shit! Unfuckingbelievable!
Anything I can do to pump up your pissy little stats. Yeah, you’re fucking welcome.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:05 amOh — Rachel’s mom, I’m really sorry for the previous comment. You have a lovely daughter — but frankly, I blame her for my cussing. She’s a terrible influence. I’m hoping President Obama will create some sort of government program to help me, because if we don’t address the root causes of swearing, it will only get worse. I mean, it’s not like I can just stop. Real life is so much more nuanced and complex. People like Rush Limbaugh just don’t get it. They are all such fascist robots, while I am so unique. Like I was saying on DailyKos earlier –
Oops! I’m late for pilates. kthxbai!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:10 amI believe that your score is high because I tend to say things like “shit” in your comments. Hey, I’m just doing my part. No need to thank me.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:29 amI strongly believe the test is fubar. I only got a “medium” ranking. Apparently it missed the numerous uses of the f-bomb on my front page.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:45 am“Who needs the three seashells?”
(For those who’ve seen Demolition Man…)
April 1st, 2008 at 10:15 amDearRachel- You know, with just a little more effort on your part - and the unwavering support of your loyal readers and commentors - you CAN attain RED LEVEL!! And I’m sure as shit willin’ to do my fuckin’ part to help!!
April 1st, 2008 at 1:25 pmMr. Bonwick notes: One of the things I learned is that there’s a formal term called “fucking insertion”, which refers to the insertion of “fucking” between two syllables of an ordinary word, such as absofuckinglutely. People actually study this shit! Unfuckingbelievable!
This is, in fact, a highly-specific form of tmesis, a term I thought I’d forgotten way back in English Compogoddamsition.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pm