Brett_Bass wrote:Periodically, you run accross a totally bizarre name too. Like the Garret Vader uses as his flag for part of TIE Fighter.
Personally, I'd be more interested in hearing where Rebel Alliance vessel names came from. Like the Frigate Hirutrekk. wt* is a (an?) Hirutrekk? I'm guessing some non-basic word, but it's still pretty odd sounding.
Gandolf the Grey, Lit Forum Mod and Censoring Mind Cop wrote:Curses have to be completely *'d out. You can say wth but can't replace the h with an f.
WTF is an edit-worth offense.
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Though I'm almost surprised we don't have TF.net-Apologist swarming around here and insisting we shouldn't judge other forums.
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Ugh, I feel so dirty and cheap.
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That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
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WTF is banned because it means What the Fuck. The idiotic thing is anyone who sees WT* will also see WTF. WTF is not a swear word, it is a polite way to represent what you want to say without actualy saying the curse. You might as well censor any word that means the same thing as fuck. That is absurd.
Think about movies put on TV where the curse word is completely blanked out. You KNOW what they are saying even though you don't hear it. You can't bitch though because the word isn't used. WTF is a way to say it without saying it. Funny thing is when I see WTF I automaticaly pronounce it as "what the fu" in my mind even when I know the full meaning is.
I am not leaping to conclussions when I say the board is screwed up. Its like a parent who tries to completely shield their children from swear words.
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Personally, I think that anyone who wants to censor ANYTHING needs to be smacked with the "get a fucking clue, you braindead pile of festering goatshit" stick. What does naughty language do? It adds emphasis to a statement. That's it. That's all it does. It's no worse than adding a few exclamation points at the end of a sentence... except that naughty language, when overused, can eventually become commonplace... only to be replaced by other naughty language.
Stormbringer wrote:Quick, some one try Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Just to piss those stiffs off.
I think that would make them hella mad, babycakes.
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No no no....they arent failing...just being edited out
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Stormbringer wrote:Quick, some one try Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Just to piss those stiffs off.
They'd either wonder what it means, or censor "Foxtrot". What other words do they censor over there?
On the topic, I once had a censor filter on my computer. It blocked out words like "condom", "pussy", "naked", "masturbate", and "murder", but had no problem with "fuck", and "shit". I'm sure it would make the censors over there jealous.
Heeheehee, how goofy. Thats easily the most draconian censoring I've ever seen. Fuck, I could probably put WTF on an assignment at school and only get a raised eyebrow.
On the subject of crazy censorings, at Lego.com, when I signed up for a membership, I tried the name "Ashitaka," after the main character in Mononoke Hime. It of course informed me that I could not use this name, because, and I quote, it "may contain the swear word 'shit.'"
And you may ask yourself, 'Where does that highway go to?'
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Robert Treder wrote:On the subject of crazy censorings, at Lego.com, when I signed up for a membership, I tried the name "Ashitaka," after the main character in Mononoke Hime. It of course informed me that I could not use this name, because, and I quote, it "may contain the swear word 'shit.'"
My memory must be faulty, the actual quote was, "Username cannot contain 'shit'."
That's still pretty lame. I wanted to be Ashitaka.
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Just to piss those stiffs off.
