Too much masking lately

[Scheradon]

Arch is right folks! And it appears the problem is worse than originally feared!

 

[Shootydog]

i think the fact that you used the word "pablum" indicates still that just becase we can't use certain profanities that that doesn't mean we have to infantize our language.

 

My point is that certain words are being *spooned* which are not necessarily all that bad. In another post I named a popular tropical drink, The Suffering B******, and it came out as Suffering *spoon*.

 

I can understand filtering four-letter words and other bits of language that are not acceptable in polite company, but the filtered word in the tropical drink is something you'd hear on broadcast TV.

 

Do you expect the profanity filter to make a determination based on the context? I dont think its that sophisticated. Most of us are intelligent enough to figure out whats being said.

 

The only issue being brought up here is the blatant circumventing of the filter. I dont think this example really applies.

[shiverbones]

I love Suffering Bastards! Someone get me to a Trader Vics Pronto!

[shiverbones]

hey, what gives! it spelled it out! by the way I am not trying to be a wise and sneak that through, I really do LOVE that drink.. in the proper drinking vessel of course....

[Raphael]

Probably meant "infantilize".

Thank you Mr. Dictionary.

 

Thanks Thanks

 

I knew the word didn't sound right, but I typed it anyway! SPOON THAT!

[divad]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

[Count]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

[GACollectibles]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

[MrBedrock]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

As I've said before...Spooning leads to Forking

[Sal]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

As I've said before...Spooning leads to Forking

 

and Forking the wrong person can lead to Knifing. it's a vicious cycle, really

[GACollectibles]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

As I've said before...Spooning leads to Forking

 

Whatever it takes.

[thirdgreenham]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

As I've said before...Spooning leads to Forking

 

and Forking the wrong person can lead to Knifing. it's a vicious cycle, really

 

Now that is clever!

[Jeffro.]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

The word pablum always reminds me of the old Morton Downey Junior show. One of his favorite insults was "pablum puking liberal"

[Fan4Fan]

I think I'm a tolerant and reasonable guy, but some of the filter choices I find surprising. Perhaps if there's too much masking, the filter is set too strict? Just because this is a public, all-ages board doesn't mean that the langauge level should be reduced to pablum.

 

Jeez . . . How old do you have to be to know what "pablum" is? And here, i thought I was old.

 

 

pab·lum (pāb'ləm)

n. Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

 

When I first joined I was trying to figure out why the hell everyone used the word "spoon"...

 

 

Cuz we like to cuddle.

As I've said before...Spooning leads to Forking

 

and Forking the wrong person can lead to Knifing. it's a vicious cycle, really

 

Yeah... cuz if you get Knifed, you'll really be Spooned then... possibly Forked for life...

[ComicSupply]

I agree that generally only words that are not allowed on tv should be filtered.

 

That pretty much means all of these words

 

(4 letter word for fornicating and many other uses)

mess (4 letter word for poop)

(3 letter word for your behind)

person_without_enough_empathy (female dog)

(males dna)

*spoon* (female sex organ)

(male sex organ)

 

I am sure there are many more, but my brain is tired.

 

 

[DrWatson]

You can say:

 

*spoon* (female sex organ)

(male sex organ)

 

on TV.

[ComicSupply]

Perhaps we should add the slang terms for those. I know you probably can't say the slang terms. Or perhaps you can if you are referring to a cockfight.

[arexcrooke]

is arse still available for me to use? I sure hope so. I wont be able to converse with Greggy if it isnt so.

 

Arex

[CAP Freak]

This is very interesting. As Ii don't swear a lot in real life I've noticed I don't swear or hen I do it's arse but thats all. I have no problem with anything else.

[TheWatcher]

I swear like a sailor with the clap. This sux