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May 15, 2011 0:31:38 GMT -5
Post by Seymour Glass on May 15, 2011 0:31:38 GMT -5
I don't really care for the censors. First of all, some of them are just so ridiculous. Couldn't you just replace the vowel with an asterick or something? I'd like to know the real word used.
Secondly, why does "C R A P" have to be censored? It's not even a real swear word.
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May 15, 2011 6:53:57 GMT -5
Post by Christmas Chief on May 15, 2011 6:53:57 GMT -5
Sometimes words are censored as a joke, and other times they're censored randomly. For example, right now "I apol ogize" is auto-censored to read "Lo siento." I agree it can be a little annoying, though; especially when you're typing a relatively common word, like "scr-ap" or "scr-aping."
I think the point is to prevent unreltenting, troll-generated spam, rather than the occasional obscene word. As you say, getting around them is pretty simple.
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May 15, 2011 7:54:44 GMT -5
Post by blakegriplingph on May 15, 2011 7:54:44 GMT -5
I find it more or less like an impediment, which explains why I don't implement censoring in my board.
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May 15, 2011 15:04:42 GMT -5
Post by BSam on May 15, 2011 15:04:42 GMT -5
it's rediculous, i can't even say fungdark
edit: wait what?
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May 15, 2011 17:11:47 GMT -5
Post by Hermes on May 15, 2011 17:11:47 GMT -5
it's rediculous, i can't even say fungdark edit: wait what? What were you trying to say? Edit: And yes, the fact that we can't mention scr-aps of paer - which come up quite often in ASOUE - is annoying.
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May 15, 2011 17:54:06 GMT -5
Post by BSam on May 15, 2011 17:54:06 GMT -5
I was trying to say fungdark.
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May 16, 2011 2:53:48 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 16, 2011 2:53:48 GMT -5
I think there's certainly an argument for eliminating the censor on c-r-a-p, since it also hits a number of entirely ordinary words which might be expected to come up in a normal discussion. I'm not convinced about the need to change the rest, though, nor that their replacements should be something non-comedic. If you just censor one letter of a profanity, you may as well be not censoring it at all. I guess I could stand behind starring the whole word out.
Incidentally, if "I apologise" (American spelling) is censored, are there any other non-profanities that are so edited?
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May 16, 2011 8:26:18 GMT -5
Post by Hermes on May 16, 2011 8:26:18 GMT -5
I was trying to say fungdark. Ah, I see. There have been changes. At one time a lot of words relating to the male reproductive organ were censored, so we had to refer to headphonestail parties and to the famous writer Charles Headphonesens; this seems to have gone. There is also the mysterious replacement of tango by Michigan. And there was the famous Glee incident, which provoked the response 'The name of the show is Cheese, not Cheese'.
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May 16, 2011 13:02:41 GMT -5
Post by csc on May 16, 2011 13:02:41 GMT -5
B r a z i l i a n is censored to Mexican. Here look: Brazilian.
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May 16, 2011 14:16:57 GMT -5
Post by Christmas Chief on May 16, 2011 14:16:57 GMT -5
At one point "ASOUE" and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" were censored to read "Star Wars," and "Lemony Snicket" to "Darth Vader."
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May 16, 2011 14:17:09 GMT -5
Post by Hermes on May 16, 2011 14:17:09 GMT -5
B r a z i l i a n is censored to Mexican. Here look: Mexican. Ho ho. Someone is getting at Tiago, I feel.
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May 16, 2011 18:52:20 GMT -5
Post by csc on May 16, 2011 18:52:20 GMT -5
And at me. I'm b r a z i l i a n aswell.
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May 18, 2011 12:03:45 GMT -5
Post by Hermes on May 18, 2011 12:03:45 GMT -5
I think most of them are quite fun, and I guess it's true we don't want words like potato and fungdark used here. I agree with everyone who says that cr-ap shouldn't be censored, though, as it forms part of many normal words.
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May 18, 2011 15:44:36 GMT -5
Post by Tiago James Squalor on May 18, 2011 15:44:36 GMT -5
B r a z i l i a n is censored to Mexican. Here look: Mexican. Ho ho. Someone is getting at Tiago, I feel. This doesn't get to me at all. If anything, it is racist, and I think the person who came up with this is a racist.
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May 18, 2011 16:07:29 GMT -5
Post by csc on May 18, 2011 16:07:29 GMT -5
Agreed^
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