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To me, comments, and more specifically the tone of the comments are a reflection of the working environment.

Rockstar North are based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Different places around the world have different cultures around things like swearing at work.

Anybody who has moved from the UK to the US has found this out. Hopefully without HR also finding out.

Wait, you don't swear at work?

Depends on who you're talking to, really: coworkers yes, boss's boss boss, no.

Why the fuck not?

Jobs swore.

Try it.

I've sworn in front of a FAANG CTO who was I think 5 or 6 levels above me in the management chain at the time. Nobody batted an eyelid.

I've gotten swatted down even in a small work group with a "let's keep it PG here"