> “Based old man” has a foul mouth <
That’s almost a requirement in the construction trades. Quick story: A relative of mine belonged to a trade union, and he liked to attend union meetings. After one meeting I asked him how it went.
Me: How was the meeting?
My relative: Okay, but I was bothered by the bad language.
Me: Yeah, I once worked in a steel mill. Some of those guys can be pretty foul-mouthed.
My relative: I was talking about the women.
I started up power plants in the early and mid 70s. I was on-site with the construction crews toward the end of erection. I also worked the annual maintenance shutdowns with lots of construction guys. I don’t remember the foul mouth situation then.
I suspect that, like every part of American life, things have turned significantly more vulgar.
Of course, in my fraternity, we always joked about the freshman going home for his first college Christmas break and, at the Christmas dinner table, asking “Mom, could you pass the EFFING mashed potatoes?”