28 Reasons to Avoid Using Foul or Profane or Obscene Language, or: 28 Reasons for Using Clean Language in Your Conversations with Other Human Beings

(1) You are less likely to get into a fist fight with another human being if you use clean language in your conversations with others.

(2) You are less likely to be physically assaulted by another human being if you use clean language in your conversations with that individual.

(3) You are more likely to be law-abiding and honorable and kind if you use clean language in your conversations with others.

(4) You are more likely to be level-headed and reasonable if you use clean language in your conversations with others.

(5) You are more likely to be calm and patient, and to be perceived by others as being calm and patient, if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(6) You are more likely to feel cheerful and optimistic on a year-round basis if you use clean language in your conversations with others.

(7) You are less likely to be accused of "sexually harassing" another person if you consistently use clean language in your conversations with others.

(8) You are less likely to be victimized by sexual assault from another person if you consistently use clean language in your own in-person comments to that individual.

(9) You are more likely to develop strictly-platonic personal friendships with members of the opposite sex if you consistently use clean language, including clean body language, in your communications with persons of the opposite sex.

(10) You are less likely to intimidate or frighten or offend another person if you use clean language in your conversations with others.

(11) You are more likely to hone your analytical skills and speaking skills if you consistently use clean language in your conversations with others.

(12) You are more likely to be creative, and to be perceived by others as creative, if you consistently use clean language in your conversations and communications with others.

(13) You are more likely to develop a large vocabulary if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others. This is true partly because those who habitually use profane speech tend to repeat the same profane word, such as the infamous "F" word, over and over and over again.

(14) You are more likely to be regarded by others as a "gentleman" or "lady" if you consistently use clean language in your conversations with others.

(15) You are less likely to ever commit a crime or get convicted of any crime if you consistently use clean language in your conversations with others.

(16) You are less likely to be subjected to pressure by members of the Mafia to "join our organized crime family," so to speak, if you yourself consistently use clean language on a consistent and year-round basis.

(17) You are more likely to have personal friends and associates who are honorable and civil and law-abiding if you yourself consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(18) You are less likely to be rejected by a current personal friend of yours or a current roommate of yours if you consistently use clean language in your communications with that individual.

(18) You are less likely to get fired from your position of employment if you consistently use clean language in your communications with coworkers and work supervisors.

(19) You are less likely to experience a life-threatening crisis or other major crisis if you yourself consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(20) You are more likely to enjoy a full medical lifespan or full medical longevity if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(21) You are less likely to ever face a lawsuit against yourself if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(22) You are less likely to ever be accused of telling a lie to another person if you consistently use clean language in your conversations with others.

(23) You are more likely to get elected to a political office if during your campaign you consistently use clean language, including during periods when you sense that the microphone situated in front of you has been turned off.

(24) You are more likely to be perceived by others as being wholesome and fatherly or motherly or avuncular or brotherly or sisterly if you consistently use clean language in the presence of any and all persons younger than yourself in age.

(25) You are more likely to be trusted by others if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others.

(26) When you drive a motor vehicle, you are far less likely to have a car accident with another motorist, or with a pedestrian or bicyclist, if you consistently use clean language during periods when you are behind the wheel and briefly talking to yourself or talking with a passenger.

(27) You are far less likely to ever be asked for a marital divorce by your current spouse if you consistently use clean language in your communications with himself or herself.

(28) You are more likely to be mentally healthy, and to be perceived by others as mentally healthy, if you consistently use clean language in your communications with others.