Drive to Survive. Netflix. Swearing

[Davidtav]

Well I’m no prude. And I swear occasionally myself. But I’ve just watched a couple of episodes of Drive to Survive. Latest series. The Netflix fly on the wall documentary of the 2024 series. The bad language is incessant. Every sentence in some cases. Actually I can understand the drivers frustration and understand the swearing in some cases. … I’m retired now myself but I can’t envisage a situation at work with a film crew in attendance where I would swear. I know I sound like an old fashioned chap. Probably many will disagree. But I just think the swearing is unnecessary … I am aware that the F1 are trying to combat swearing in communications during races. Actually I understand it more in that scenario 

[husoi]

[fredc]

If you don’t swear when driving you’re not watching the road properly 

[Davidtav]

26 minutes ago, fredc said:

If you don’t swear when driving you’re not watching the road properly 

Yeah. I do get it. I actually understand it around the driving. It is the incessant bad language from team principals etc I think is unnecessary. … anyway it’s just my opinion

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

F1 fails to realise that they are ambassadors for a sport. 

 

If they want to behave like a docker then take the same pay as a docker. 

[husoi]

I'll just say what I once said to the legend called Billy Connolly when I met him at a supermarket.

 

"Can I ask? What's that all about with the phoking swearing?"

[Mawsley]

If I had to watch cars going round in a circle to find out which one is the best car that week I'd probably do nothing but swear too.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

7 hours ago, Mawsley said:

If I had to watch cars going round in a circle to find out which one is the best car that week I'd probably do nothing but swear too.

If that were true it would be bearable. But if you watch carefully the "best" car is usually decided by some bureacrat who changes the rules part way round in order to ensure the result benefits the FIA rather than the sport. 

[Hairsy]

17 hours ago, Davidtav said:

Well I’m no prude. And I swear occasionally myself. But I’ve just watched a couple of episodes of Drive to Survive. Latest series. The Netflix fly on the wall documentary of the 2024 series. The bad language is incessant. Every sentence in some cases. Actually I can understand the drivers frustration and understand the swearing in some cases. … I’m retired now myself but I can’t envisage a situation at work with a film crew in attendance where I would swear. I know I sound like an old fashioned chap. Probably many will disagree. But I just think the swearing is unnecessary … I am aware that the F1 are trying to combat swearing in communications during races. Actually I understand it more in that scenario 

 

Completely agree. At risk of sounding like a nob, I wish they could use a little more imagination and intelligence with their adverbs and adjectives. It's lazy. If they repeated any other word so constantly then they'd probably edit it out as it would be so boring.

 

It also seems to have become a bit of an 'in the club' thing. Look at all the drivers who don't have English as their first language. Swearing as an extreme heat-of-the-moment thing isn't really something that you do in your second language. It has to be learned and then a choice taken to use it. They sound like a bunch of uneducated teenagers most of the time.

 

I'm not offended by swearing. Used a little more sparingly, it can even be entertaining. Greg Davies on Taskmaster is a good example. But it's amusing (and slightly clever) because it's timed for effect.

 

Thank you for the rant prompt. Very therapeutic.

[Mawsley]

5 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

If that were true it would be bearable. But if you watch carefully the "best" car is usually decided by some bureacrat who changes the rules part way round in order to ensure the result benefits the FIA rather than the sport. 

 

I wouldn't know.

 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

8 hours ago, Hairsy said:

 

Swearing as an extreme heat-of-the-moment thing isn't really something that you do in your second language. 

It depends. 

 

Classical Greek is particularly satisfying to swear in. 

[Mawsley]

I swear in Colombian Spanish if anyone’s about who might be a sensitive flower. 

[S-Westerly]

One of the advantages of the f word is it's pretty global so when I'm snarling at one of my multinational crew they all know when I'm disgruntled. Tend to use it when I'm really trying to make a point. So several times a day in general. Subtle sarcasm is rather wasted.