fuck yea motherfuckers
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:12 am
Flower City? More like Foul-mouthed City.
Rochester has found a new distinction as the fourth most obscene city in America, according to data compiled by Business Insider, which plugged the key characters from comedian George Carlin's old "seven words you can never say on TV," act into Google Trends, and scored each city.
That rather fallible process might prompt some creative cursing of its own among statistical purists. But the survey's results are fun to contemplate as long as you don't take them too seriously.
While the survey says Rochester is more prone to cursing than Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Newark, N.J., which came in sixth, D.C. suburb Ashburn, Va., was honored — sort of — with first place.
"You're in New York. It's kind of the common thing," said Joe Porcaro, 28. He said he often sees people swearing when he bartends in the city. "You get very excited when someone scores (in football) and you're swearing at the TV," said the Rochester resident and Chicago Bears fan.
"I'm very surprised," said Greg Carlson, professor of linguistics, brain and cognitive sciences and philosophy at the University of Rochester. "It's been shown that people who swear, at least to themselves, get over things easier than those who don't do that," he added.
Rochester resident Joe Sirianni, 24, has another theory: "Maybe the cold weather makes you want to curse all the time."
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/art ... obscene%3F
Rochester has found a new distinction as the fourth most obscene city in America, according to data compiled by Business Insider, which plugged the key characters from comedian George Carlin's old "seven words you can never say on TV," act into Google Trends, and scored each city.
That rather fallible process might prompt some creative cursing of its own among statistical purists. But the survey's results are fun to contemplate as long as you don't take them too seriously.
While the survey says Rochester is more prone to cursing than Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Newark, N.J., which came in sixth, D.C. suburb Ashburn, Va., was honored — sort of — with first place.
"You're in New York. It's kind of the common thing," said Joe Porcaro, 28. He said he often sees people swearing when he bartends in the city. "You get very excited when someone scores (in football) and you're swearing at the TV," said the Rochester resident and Chicago Bears fan.
"I'm very surprised," said Greg Carlson, professor of linguistics, brain and cognitive sciences and philosophy at the University of Rochester. "It's been shown that people who swear, at least to themselves, get over things easier than those who don't do that," he added.
Rochester resident Joe Sirianni, 24, has another theory: "Maybe the cold weather makes you want to curse all the time."
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/art ... obscene%3F