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Anonymous wrote:Coach Beard's back story!!!

yeah that was good

Ted uses the f bomb....on his mother.

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Anonymous wrote:So where is this season going? Second to last episode and they introduce Teds mom?

Love where the football is going and the development of Jamie, but everything else feels unfinished.

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Anonymous wrote:The violin scene was beautiful. You could tell he knew his way around a violin. Lovely touch.

I felt sorry for the violin that was being stored in the attic. My attic is so hot that I don't think an instrument would survive being stored there.

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Anonymous wrote:As much as I mostly love Roy Kent I cannot get used to or approve of his bad language around his niece and the only consequence is "Oh, you owe me another pound Uncle Roy!" and he growls "Bill me."

Is it just me or does anybody else find this offensive? I was especially offended when she seemed to understand the "humor" in Jamie changing the E to a U in KENT on the back of the kit he got for Roy on Uncle Day.

I don't think this is the show for you.

To be clear also, I do not object to the F word, I use it probably too often myself. I do, however, object to normalizing it's use in front of children in real life or in the media. They may hear it from their friends or inadvertently but if as an adult you cavalierly use it in front of young kids that's pretty trashy. A young girl knowing the C word and not thinking much of it takes trashy to another level.

People in the UK are less delicate/puritanical about swearing, and the C-word is used pretty cavalierly over there in a way it is never used in the US.

On the show, Ted never swears and definitely not in front of kids - he's American and he has above-average levels of self-awareness and sensitivity to others. But the other characters swear more and might swear in front of children at times (though notably, Roy's efforts to NOT swear in front of his niece are an entire plot point on the show over multiple seasons). It should surprise no one to discover that professional athletes might swear more than the average person and might struggle to "clean up" their language in certain settings because they are used to being in a bubble where kids aren't around and people are pretty free with their language.

So to describe all that as "normalizing swearing in front of young children" is to not pay attention to the show you are watching and the things it is telling you about its characters and setting.

I think it's normalizing swearing in front of young children despite the possibility that the situation is different in the UK because I suspect many American children are watching it.

I also don't see Roy trying not to swear, I see him as continuing to swear even though his niece doesn't like it although I will admit his sister doesn't seem to care.

I appreciate the fact that Ted never swears in front of any kids.

Even though this aspect of the show bothers me, much as some of Nate's storyline seems to bother many here, it doesn't really affect my enjoyment of the show much.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't love the C word, but the thing that bothered me about the scene is that if he really did have the letter changed, it ruined the kit's value as a souvenir from Roy's past.

But it's not a souvenir from Roy's past. It's a token of friendship from Jaime. The whole point is that it's a joke -- Jaime knows that match was really important to Roy and his gift demonstrates that, but also they have a history of giving each other the hardest possible time (and Roy loves to swear) so the changed name is the perfect personalization to make it a thoughtful gift of friendship.

Roy could get a kit from that match himself if he wanted to. The point is that this one is from Jaime, who is enough of a Roy Kent fan to know the significance of that match and also knows Roy himself well enough to know Roy will find the name change funny. It's the perfect gift for Jaime to give him.

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Anonymous wrote:As much as I mostly love Roy Kent I cannot get used to or approve of his bad language around his niece and the only consequence is "Oh, you owe me another pound Uncle Roy!" and he growls "Bill me."

Is it just me or does anybody else find this offensive? I was especially offended when she seemed to understand the "humor" in Jamie changing the E to a U in KENT on the back of the kit he got for Roy on Uncle Day.

I don't think this is the show for you.

To be clear also, I do not object to the F word, I use it probably too often myself. I do, however, object to normalizing it's use in front of children in real life or in the media. They may hear it from their friends or inadvertently but if as an adult you cavalierly use it in front of young kids that's pretty trashy. A young girl knowing the C word and not thinking much of it takes trashy to another level.

People in the UK are less delicate/puritanical about swearing, and the C-word is used pretty cavalierly over there in a way it is never used in the US.

On the show, Ted never swears and definitely not in front of kids - he's American and he has above-average levels of self-awareness and sensitivity to others. But the other characters swear more and might swear in front of children at times (though notably, Roy's efforts to NOT swear in front of his niece are an entire plot point on the show over multiple seasons). It should surprise no one to discover that professional athletes might swear more than the average person and might struggle to "clean up" their language in certain settings because they are used to being in a bubble where kids aren't around and people are pretty free with their language.

So to describe all that as "normalizing swearing in front of young children" is to not pay attention to the show you are watching and the things it is telling you about its characters and setting.