testing out the censor

[shateredsoul]

I always thought people were typing in those things.. smurfette, meadow mufffin, etc

Here goes!

---smurfing--- piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, no good ---uvula---

[AtomSmasher]

---meecrob---
---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---
---fudgesicle---
---maternal-smurf---
--cream-filled twinkie--
---sufferer of cranial-rectal-inversion---

[SavannahLion]

I turned off mine. I couldn't figure out what the censor was translating them from.

Surprisingly, most people don't ---smurfing--- swear very often.  

Problem with turning it off, I can't tell if what I just typed inadvertently bypasses the censor. I'm sure the  moderators will let me know though.

[Silas (son of Silas)]

---meecrob---
---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---
---fudgesicle---
---maternal-smurf---
--cream-filled twinkie--
---sufferer of cranial-rectal-inversion---

If you this out of the context of this thread, thats quite a post. 

[gryhnd]

Thought this was another post with poor spelling, but was ready to learn some tips on sensors...   

[RayB]

YOU CAN TURN IT OFF?! 

[Hoopz]

YOU CAN TURN IT OFF?! 

It is under your profile settings.

[Silas (son of Silas)]

YOU CAN TURN IT OFF?! 

I'm guessing from that comment RayB that this thread is a whole ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- load less entertaining for you than it is for those of us with it turned off 

[Silas (son of Silas)]

I just turned it off to see how this thread reads. AtomSmasher's entertaining post above reads thus:

---meecrob---
---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---
---fudgesicle---
---maternal-smurf---
--cream-filled twinkie--
---sufferer of cranial-rectal-inversion---

[patrickl]

I have never understood the point of having a censor. Freedom of speech and all and then not so much.

People swear on TV all the time. Why not on a forum?

[Malenko]

I have never understood the point of having a censor. Freedom of speech and all and then not so much.

People swear on TV all the time. Why not on a forum?

---smurfin--- A

[Ed_McCarron]

I have never understood the point of having a censor. Freedom of speech and all and then not so much.

People swear on TV all the time. Why not on a forum?

---smurfin--- A

---fudgesicle--- an O.  Its easier.

I think the logic behind the censor is that no one inadvertantly gets swore at.  If you turn it off the onus is on you.

[saint]

I have never understood the point of having a censor. Freedom of speech and all and then not so much.

People swear on TV all the time. Why not on a forum?

Because it is my forum and this is the decorum I prefer. Some people are offended by foul language. Were this a forum about drugs and rock and roll I wouldn't bother to have a censor turned on. It's my intent that this be a family friendly forum however. Different visitors have different thresholds for foul language. I don't understand why this boggles you so.  It is for people like you that the option to turn the censor off is for.

Also, this is not a public forum. This is a private forum that I make publicly available. There is no guarantee of freedom of speech given or implied.

That being said, anyone who has been around knows I prefer not to and as a rule don't censor anyone's ideas, thoughts, or opinions.

--- saint
 

[RayB]

People swear on TV all the time.

They do? Seems to me, that except on specific cabel channels, they get bleeped all the *bleeping* time.

PS: I don't think the ability to turn the filter off at a personal level was there when I joined this site years ago. That's why I was surprised.

[patrickl]

I have never understood the point of having a censor. Freedom of speech and all and then not so much.

People swear on TV all the time. Why not on a forum?

I don't understand why this boggles you so.

It just does. It simply makes no sense to me that freedom of speech is so important, but that that only counts for certain words.

I'm not complaining about your decision to put a censor on, but the idea that a censor is needed just strikes me as ridiculous. As if reading the word ---fudgesicle--- is going to make people blind or something.

Anyway, this is going too much into politics.

[patrickl]

People swear on TV all the time.

They do? Seems to me, that except on specific cabel channels, they get bleeped all the *bleeping* time.

PS: I don't think the ability to turn the filter off at a personal level was there when I joined this site years ago. That's why I was surprised.

Sorry, I'm from the Netherlands. I don't think there is anything they cannot say on TV here. Seeing shows like South Park and some American stand up comedians, I assumed that it was allowed in the US by now too.

Or is the reason that they swear so much exactly because it isn't allowed on TV. That it's still a "cool" "rebellious" thing to do?

[saint]

Or is the reason that they swear so much exactly because it isn't allowed on TV. That it's still a "cool" "rebellious" thing to do?

There's probably a bunch of that involved. Same with nudity. Example shampoo commercials in Germany show from the waist up. Here in the states it's from the neck up. However, intense violence is shown on prime time all the time. I think our priorities are skewed...

[gryhnd]

I think our priorities are skewed...

Amen brother.

Ah damn it...now I brought up religion....

[Jouster]

I think you are partially correct on the BLEEP.  They could just mute out the offensive language on TV, however they use the BLEEP as it is almost always louder than the dialouge to draw attention to it.  Guess they are hoping that some one not really pay attention will hear the BLEEP, become intrigued and then start paying attention...and then stay tuned in for the commercials.

Jouster

P.S. - At least the censor here is entertaining.  Can you imagine if TV used sound bites to insert instead of the BLEEP?  How funny would it be to hear on prime time "Why you little son of a ---smurfette---!  Why I oughta kick your little mother ---smurfing--- ass!?"

[Malenko]

P.S. - At least the censor here is entertaining.  Can you imagine if TV used sound bites to insert instead of the BLEEP?  How funny would it be to hear on prime time "Why you little son of a ---smurfette---!  Why I oughta kick your little mother ---smurfing--- ass!?"

thats not very funny with the censor disabled

[AtomSmasher]

It's often entertaining how they censor movies to be played on regular TV by recording an absurd alternate audio track for the character.

[shateredsoul]

sometimes censoring can have the opposite effect... 

[gryhnd]

sometimes censoring can have the opposite effect... 

Well <bleep>k me, that was hysterical! 

[RayB]

Why do I hear an "F" sound when what he is saying is "Counting" ??! 

[shateredsoul]

Why do I hear an "F" sound when what he is saying is "Counting" ??! 

maybe we've been trained to think of "Fu" .. so when we hear that *beep* we automatically think "FU"

lol who care's, the pint is it's funny. I think ther'es another one with beaker, but this is definitely funnier.

.....

ok not to nerd it up, but i think it has to do with why we can read this  even though the letter are jumbled

Arocdnicg to rsceearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm. Tihs is buseace the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[AtomSmasher]

I have a feeling they added an F sound to the beginning of the beep just to make sure people thought of a certain word when they bleeped it.

[SavannahLion]

People swear on TV all the time.

They do? Seems to me, that except on specific cabel channels, they get bleeped all the *bleeping* time.

PS: I don't think the ability to turn the filter off at a personal level was there when I joined this site years ago. That's why I was surprised.

Sorry, I'm from the Netherlands. I don't think there is anything they cannot say on TV here. Seeing shows like South Park and some American stand up comedians, I assumed that it was allowed in the US by now too.

Or is the reason that they swear so much exactly because it isn't allowed on TV. That it's still a "cool" "rebellious" thing to do?

Depends on the channel. Some channels are "aired" so the FCC tended (note the past tense there) clamp down on that sort of thing. Cable broadcast follows a different set of rules. If it's "free" (the context of free is pointless, but I'll use it here) tends to be censored similar to aired stations. Pay stations tend not to be censored so that's why stations like HBO, Cinemax and Playboy air what they air without censorship.

IIRC, George Carlin drove the FCC to ban ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, Piss, ---fudgesicle---, ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---, ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---, ---maternal-smurf---, and Tits. When I was in school, this was expanded to ten or twelve basic words not including the variations. Can't remember what they are anymore though I think cum and ---smurfette--- were on the list.

This is a point shows like South Park (as you mentioned) keep rubbing in with their famous "---steaming pile of meadow muffin---" episode as well as Family Guy and to a lesser degree, The Simpsons and dozens of others. A lot of people think it's an archaic concept so they try to slip this stuff into their shows.

I agree to some degree about censoring "nasty" words, but I think a lot of people have completely missed the ball on what's going on. The introduction of the internet completely breaks down any restrictions found on over the air broadcasts. Seriously, there's a reason the Sears catalogue isn't published anymore. For over a hundred years, the Sears catalogue was the first jerk mag a majority of male teens experienced. With the internet at their fingertips, teenagers can get the kind of that makes every nosey ---smurfette--- church woman spin in their graves and make Larry Flynts mag look like Sesame Street cred. (I'm also of the belief that Xiaou2 can get his free energy if he can somehow figure out how to harness the rotational energy of these church going corpses.)

Cussing is pushed pretty low on the priority list when I have to explain to the nine year old about Goatse or Bathtub Girl that she may see on the screen.

[ark_ader]

Ok I'll have a go:

Poo Poo

Ka Ka

Wee wee

Fracker

Wanker

Gosh Darn it.


Yep it works.