Felt like it was over used.
Again just seemed like lazy writing.
I did find this on IMDB. Clearly a more aggressive use of crude language in season 3 than seasons 1 & 2. Maybe the Duffers were just trying to convey their idea of how kids change as they grow up. Guess I haven't been around enough kids that age who use that type of language. And yes I know when boys get together they try to outdo each other in the "I'm cool", category or whatever the phrase is today. I'm just disappointed to see screenwriters use that trick to appeal to an audience.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/parentalguide
One character's phrase of choice is "son of a b____", and it is uttered many times in both seasons by the character, the S-word is said rarely in
season 1 but in
season 2 it comes a little more frequent but nothing too serious, sometimes (throughout both seasons) a character might say the S-word multiple times in a row (no more than 7 in a row), ONCE Dustin said the S-word 4 times, then it sounds like he's saying it more but you can't really hear it cause he's far from the camera, I'd go 13+ show.
In
season 3, there is a total of 73 uses of sh*t, 12 uses of godd*mn, 19 or so uses of a**/a**hole/a**kisser etc., 4 uses of p*ss and bastard, 1 use of f*ck, 5 uses of d*ck/d*ckhead/d*cksucker etc., 13 uses of b*tch, and 7 uses of son-of-a-b*tch along with over 30 uses of other milder swears throughout the season. Sh*t is rarely uses aggressively, unlike the single use of f*ck which is used in a very angry matter. "I'll f*cking gut you!"
As you said we can't all be the same. I liked Season 1 & 2. I my opinion Season 3 fell short in many areas and as I said I'm obviously in the minority.