personally, i don't even believe in "bad words". i believe in bad conversation. and not one person in here is innocent in that respect. How many homoerotic inuendos are thrown around in here on a daily basis? That's far more filthy than saying the f or s bomb, IMO. Number one, it is likely somewhat offensive to gay people. Number two, the word s#1t is far less offensive to me than the thought of John being inside a member's rear end, which i'm reminded of everytime he posts. of course we all know he means gear work, but we also all know that he was trying to be funny by implying gay sex.
So my point is, don't go around here acting like you're holier than thou because you don't drop the f bomb when just yesterday you all thought it was funny when someone posted a picture of some dude portraying an oral sex act on another guy who was holding a beer bottle in place of his penis. It's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Which also brings me to all the race jokes in here, which are obviously going to be offensive to certain people. This is all worse than swearing by a long shot. and if you want to play the "kids won't understand it so there's no harm" card, then you may want to reconsider your arguement that land managers, sponsors, etc. come on our site, because i'm fairly certain they understand it.
with that said, none of it really bothers me, i've been a machinist my whole life, so i'm immune. There's no filters in the shop.
But what does bother me is people who insult you and call you a lowlife for swearing when they probably said 8 even more offensive things the day before. Not calling out anyone in particular, just saying in general.