I’m seriously amused. There is a quiz out there called “The Blog Cuss-O-Meter,” which I saw at casa az last night (and at raincoaster a few days ago when I was too busy to give it a spin). I thought to myself “screw it, I hardly ever swear on my blog,” but I took the quiz anyhow. Here is the result I got:
(The site further gives this bit of info: “This is 791% MORE than other websites who took this test.”)
This surprised me more than a little, especially given that others who took this were surprised at how low a score they got. In spite of having decided, and stated, that I reserve the right to swear on my blog, I tend to shy away from using certain words in my writing that more easily leave my lips when I am, for example, driving. Hell, I wrote a whole post last week where I played with “crap” as a theme, but I somehow avoided using the word shit.
For example, I’d just like to point out that the word fuck appears to appear in only 4 posts in the history of this blog, which means just over 1% of the posts. (And one of those uses is on an image of a little candy heart. Doesn’t that make it sugar-coated?)
But I do use a lot of mild taboo words. My guess is that somehow, the ass in kick-ass, as in my tag “kick-ass women” is responsible. (Yes, I’m saying my ass is responsible.) It’s in my sidebar, so may count as being in basically all of my pages somehow. Otherwise, what do they consider?
Seriously, this makes me want to do an experiment. Anyone want to try adding some shit or something to their sidebar to see if they can inflate their score?
(Oh, and by the way, I’m back home. The conference and trip were really great. The presentations went well. I saw lots of people I wanted to see. And now I’m really fucking freakin’ damn quite palpably tired and need to get ready for the next conference, now less than 3 weeks away.)
15 responses so far ↓
magpie // April 15, 2008 at 9:30 am
4.1% on the blog. If they could analyze what comes out of my mouth, I’d be in trouble.
Mad Hatter // April 15, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Now I have to try this. I have a sailor-mouth blog. I’ll be back in a sec with my results.
BTW, big envy about eating at Moosewood.
Mad Hatter // April 15, 2008 at 1:02 pm
22.8%
Hang on a sec…
Mad Hatter // April 15, 2008 at 1:08 pm
OK, you’re in tough, Alejna.
I just added a string of cuss words to my side-bar including the biggie. Still 22.8%
I then added the label “ass shit” to my last 20 posts. Still 22.8%
Don’tcha just love me for playin’ along? OK, I’m off to de-cuss the blog.
dragonfly // April 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I’ll bet I score lower than most everyone: 0.9%! Funny stuff. Actually, I wonder what words they’re flagging. I never swear. Never. And I never have. (I know, I’m an oddity. I’m okay with that. :)
Down the shitter* // April 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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flutter // April 15, 2008 at 2:31 pm
26.9 that CANNOT be right
morethananelectrician // April 15, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Potty mouth.
1.7% here (low). I can remember a couple of angry rants about work…but it must be those %#*#!&# *sshats who leave comments!
mimi // April 15, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Mad, I can’t believe you sprinkled your blog with cusses. I only got 10.5 percent by the way … Shit!
Kyla // April 15, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I got 3.5%. I’m too squeaky clean.
raincoaster // April 15, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Goddamnjesusfuckingchristasscuntbastardbugger!
You win.
girlgriot // April 15, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Oh, I am woefully cuss-free on my blog … a shocking 0%!! I can’t believe that. Really can’t. Clearly I’ve got to get busy with the full-on swearin’!
bittertwee // April 16, 2008 at 4:40 pm
It was the poop what did it. And that other thing I said once that I won’t say again.
fireweaver // April 16, 2008 at 10:41 pm
oh, yes, if they were monitoring what came out of my *mouth*, well… “cusses like a sailor” doesn’t quite cover it. and yet m’blog is at a lowly 7.2%, which i’m actually a little sad about.
alejna // April 17, 2008 at 7:29 am
magpie-
Yes, the out-o-the-mouth meter would be an interesting gadget…
mad-
22.8% is actually quite impressively high, from what I’ve seen around. And I love you dearly for playing along and sprinkling your blog with colorful words. Oh, if only I’d been online to look before you cleaned up your act!
dragonfly-
Yes, I also wonder what they count. Because by your count, you should have gotten a full-blown 0%, right?
flutter-
Too high, or too low?
morethan-
Apparently I have Tourette’s or something, because I have been totally unaware…
mimi-
10% ain’t bad. (Or depending on your view, it’s shockingly high.)
Kyla-
3.5% is respectable. Not that I apparently have any cause to judge respectability…
raincoaster-
This is not a contest I expected to win! (I swear.) (Well, apparently I do swear.)
girlgriot-
Wow, 0%? Well, from what I can tell, full-on swearin’ isn’t necessary. Perhaps a few well-placed “drats” would get you a higher score.
bittertwee-
Yes, the damn poop. And thank you for refraining on the other bit.
fireweaver-
What’s kinda funny is that most days, if you monitored what came out of my mouth, it would be nearer “babbles like a kid in a sailor suit” than “cusses like a sailor.” Unless, of course, I’m driving in Boston. But 7.2% isn’t so bad…
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