I'd say often. I'd fucking be cursing every other word if I didn't. And I work for a conservative company in a conservative state. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a fucking right wing douche nozzle or a TV tuned in to Fox news. I've thought about bailing and moving to a blue state but damn, Kansas needs all the liberals it can get.

Been working on that all my life. Sometimes, I taste blood.

I work with a lot of religious Trump supporters, and I have to tune them out all the time. It is harder and harder for me to hold back.

Sá sem lifir án aga, deyr án heiðurs
That is the saying in Old Norse that I have tattooed across my back. It translates to:
He who lives without discipline, dies without honor. That is my motto. It keeps me from letting things go, including my rather sharp tongue, my appetite for cake and ice cream and my tendency for pain and suffering.

I censor myself a lot in general conversation with friends, and what I say in jest is still considered by many to be way over the line. I always tell them if that was too much, they don't even want to know how much I'm holding back. I'm far more diplomatic in serious situations, like at work, but I often still overstep my bounds. (It's gotten me in trouble a few times but, seriously, business owners and managers need to grow a thicker skin and be ready to hear when a poorly considered decision they've made has gone sideways. I'm not big on coddling them, even if they have the power to fire me.)

A lot of people who think they know me believe that I don't censor myself because I frequently say some off the wall things. The scary thing is how much worse the things I keep to my self are.

A bit. I'm naturally very polite and deferential to begin with, so it's not difficult or unusual for me to think about what I say before I say it. I think my self-censorship is pretty well built-in. Sometimes I reword or omit something. Occasionally I think twice and decide not to speak at all. I'm cool with it. Nobody cares what I have to say anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Where I get into trouble is those areas in which, due to my strangely poor socialization in early life, I disagree with the herd about what constitutes a socially-acceptible thing to say. Like, I don't see anything wrong with telling someone, point blank, that I disagree with them--no matter who they are. Some folks think that's rude. Or being honest about your strengths. Many folks will consider that boasting. I make trouble for myself when I breach these idiotic imaginary lines that others abide by and refuse to feel abashed when they try to call me out on it. Uh, no--im not playing your dumb game that sucks. And I'm not going to feel bad about it, either.

I've learned to but my tongue pretty well. As a bisexual atheist in a conservative Christian home, I have to bite my tongue on a constant basis. But I've gotten so used to it by now it's just automatic for me. It's really nice to find a community now though where I can openly and honestly express myself in a safe environment.

I think faster then I write...lol, yeah right!...lol.... so I go back and read a post or comment and realize I've left out a word... I open it up and correct it..

I don't have a problem keeping my mouth shut when it's not worth the trouble.

This is an instance where women have a better chance of getting away with not biting her tongue.
A man has a chance of getting slugged in the mouth for blurting out something to the wrong guy. lol

Self-censor or trying to say what's appropriate to the situation? If cussing someone out is what's called for then I do it. If gentleness is gonna work better with fewer 'f' bombs then I'll do that. I would say, unless you have Tourettes, that we always self-censor.

Nowadays, I say whatever, don't really give a shit anymore.

Hahaha! This is funny. I was out with a friend tonight and were talking about this very thing. I really have almost no filter. People have literally said about me that you just never know what I might say. Sometimes I think back on things I've said and really feel a little embarrassed by how inappropriate I can be.

Yeah, when I read new age religious nonsense posted here I bite my tongue usually. Let it go, Dave, let it go, I say to myself. Same goes for some right wingers here too.

Yup, I tend to say what I mean, but that's not always good.

Luckily, I'm living in Thailand, so it's easier to keep quiet...I'm not fluent enough in Thai to rant.

But if I'm really ticked off, say, at some Thai man man-spreading into my seat space on a crowded bus, I yell in languages he doesn't know, such as Creole, or English, to be safe.

One (high?) Thai man kept toppling sideways into me on a songtheaw bus, as though by accident, groping at me, and I gave him a hard shove, setting him upright while yelling in English, "Stop leaning on me. Sit up!"

A Thai woman indicated a place next to her, so I changed seats, but the man complained loudly in Thai the rest of the trip about people speaking in English so he couldn't understand, and why didn't I speak in Thai like everyone else, etc. The rest of the bus passengers were Thai women, and they ignored him.

I'm the same as you.

Hundreds of times a day on all issues, I see it as my way of being kind, I am not argumentative by nature and if the matter/issue is not of any importance, I just gloss over it.
Luckily I don't take any great notice because some of the things I ignore are just ridiculous.

To often to count. I chose my battles and speak up when need arises.

I'm a self censor machine. I hate making waves, so I try to get along with everyone.

I work in an environment that prohibits me from using my farm boy vernacular. I wish I worked elsewhere.?

Same here, I lack a filter system. Trying to be more diplomatic in a very pre programed world. Still honestly is the best policy.

From the number of complaints I've heard about over posting on agnostic.com, obviously not enough lol. I really never self-censor and that's only a problem later . . . If I turn out to be wrong. Usually makes for a fun life. My friend's don't know what I'll say or do next and neither do I. Never boring, anyway.

I just say whatever is on my mind because I want to be just as surprised as everybody else what comes out.

I would say a fair amount but I think some people at work might disagree. They used to ask me questions about things but half the time they'll say "NO! I don't want to know" before I can answer. i just laugh.

It’s difficult.. Enthusiasm often drives my response, to anything. So to curb it leaves me disappointed, and somewhat depressed. I have a hard time finding that ‘inbetween’...