# Local sportswriter has F word on her twitter home page. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796 "2020-02-11T23:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/21 "2020-02-12T01:10:08Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > So putting F word in a business email is OK if you don’t sell to anyone over the age of 40? or 30? > > I really cannot imagine at any job I had that cursing in a business email would be OK. I expect it would get me fired if the email was to a customer or potential customer. Clearly, you have never worked at an advertising agency. Ad agencies are fueled by caffeine and foul language (though the bad language in emails is nearly always limited to internal recipients). ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/22 "2020-02-12T01:11:46Z")
Guess I forgot many people here think Sanders is too far to the right. 🙂 So a little bad word doesn’t bother most people here. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/23 "2020-02-12T01:15:19Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > So a little bad word doesn’t bother most people here. All depends on context and placement. An F bomb in front of kindergartners is a different thing than an F bomb on your Twitter account, where 99% of your followers are adult sports fans. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/24 "2020-02-12T01:28:02Z")
Who cares enough to write nanny notes to the person? If you find her offensive, why follow her to the point you know what her living arrangements are? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/25 "2020-02-12T01:31:11Z")
If you’re old enough to be on Twitter, you’re old enough to see the word “fuck”. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/26 "2020-02-12T01:38:46Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > … I’m not sure there’s a single word class that it doesn’t fit. I was going to reply that it isn’t used as a conjunction. But I guess conjunction is its most time-honored usage. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/27 "2020-02-12T02:06:57Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Guess I forgot many people here think Sanders is too far to the right. 🙂 So a little bad word doesn’t bother most people here. It doesn’t twist my knickers or make me fall on my fainting couch. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/28 "2020-02-12T02:46:01Z")
She’s the best source of news about the Hurricanes. She goes to most road games. Local paper stopped covering road games a while back, can’t remember when. She tweeted about her roommate so she must not mind people knowing that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/29 "2020-02-12T04:17:07Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I asked her what her boss thought about it. I guess since she did not reply I assume he doesn’t know or doesn’t care.[URL=“[https://www.abbylabar.com/](https://www.abbylabar.com/)”] And I assume that she thinks that you are a creep that should mind their own business. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/30 "2020-02-12T04:29:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And I assume that she thinks that you are a creep that should mind their own business. Yeah, asking a sports related question is fine. But some rando dude asking about her personal life does come off as creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/31 "2020-02-12T04:37:20Z")
Oh dear, a HOCKEY writer, has the F-word, on her twitter page? Oh my. Don’t ever watch an interview with John Tortorella. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/32 "2020-02-12T05:29:56Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Guess I forgot many people here think Sanders is too far to the right. 🙂 So a little bad word doesn’t bother most people here. What the hell does Bernie Sanders have to do with anything? Are you even trying to make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/33 "2020-02-12T06:17:32Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I asked her what her boss thought about it. I guess since she did not reply I assume he doesn’t know or doesn’t care. I can’t believe a female sports writer didn’t reply to some random dude criticizing her on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Garak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/34 "2020-02-12T07:23:25Z")
Have you also called the local police to report that teenagers are dancing? ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/35 "2020-02-12T10:43:55Z")
One of the few accounts my Canes related business follows and I have no problem with her at all. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/36 "2020-02-12T11:11:46Z")
I think the OP feels the way I did years ago when I saw a commercially produced greeting card for a mistress to send to her married lover. Right there at Walgreens. I thought, “I know this sort of thing goes on all the time, but now it’s sanctioned by business?” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/37 "2020-02-12T11:27:20Z")
“F word”? Seriously? [Which fucking “F” word?](https://www.bestwordlist.com/d/f/1/wordsbeginningf.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/38 "2020-02-12T11:55:28Z")
actually she responds to people all the time. I thanked her for doing a good job and she thanked me back. She also gets bashed a lot from Canadians who don’t think NC should have a NHL team. Why they bash her I have no idea, she did not put the team here. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/39 "2020-02-12T12:10:28Z")
Seriously, wasn’t it a Oliver Wendell Holmes who said “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fuck in a twitter feed and causing a panic”? Oh, it wasn’t? Well then, who gives a fuck? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796/40 "2020-02-12T12:31:41Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > She’s the best source of news about the Hurricanes. She goes to most road games. Local paper stopped covering road games a while back, can’t remember when. **She tweeted about her roommate so she must not mind people knowing that**. Bolding mine. What exactly are you suggesting here? How is this relevant to your topic of cursing on twitter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-sportswriter-has-f-word-on-her-twitter-home-page/847796.md?page=3)