It wasn't censored a week ago and it certainly isn't a word that needs to be censored. They get away with it on daytime television for crying out loud.
Does that mean the censor 'GD' or the phrase you are representing with the letters?
Yep, he means "goshdarn".
Is it really that important to you, Vaal?
You better ******* believe it is.
Is it really that important to you, Vaal?
Yes, yes it is.
Don't recall ever having a need for GD. One curse that does serve me well though is "Father Mocker"; you'd be surprised how often that one fits my mood ;).
Surely there must be more meaningful things for the ORCs to spend time addressing, yes?
Probably. This isn't part of their job description, though.
Surely there must be more meaningful things for the ORCs to spend time addressing, yes?
Which is the point. They shouldn't have wasted good time that should have been spent permabanning filtering words.
Which is the point. They shouldn't have wasted good time that should have been spent permabanning filtering words.
Well gee, ok, but its done now. Live with it. I find it highly unlikely that it is somehow an intrinsic part of the way you conduct discourse. If it is that would be most distressing.
(Besides, its not even a word; I usually run my posts through IE Spell-Checker, and Un-Spaced GD was wrong! If Bill Gates decrees it, we must obey! :P)
Jebus Kristy peoples. Goshdangit! Can't we just goodydarnit get along?
Hey now! Don't you
ing use proxy words for damn curse words. Don't you know, only the intent matters?!?!? Saying "goshdarnit" is EXACTLY the same as saying damnit. *mutters* So many bleedin' folks don't read their bleedin' Bible....'cause knowing is half the battle.
I only use 'em if I need to put a bit of *snap* into the post, but as long as I'm free to say "damn" and "hell", I'm okay.
Don't recall ever having a need for GD. One curse that does serve me well though is "Father Mocker"; you'd be surprised how often that one fits my mood ;).
"No no sweety, I didn't just yell Mother ****** in front of the kids, I was... uhhhhh, praising Brother Tucker, patron saint of shocks and burns!"
Heh, luckily my wife is worse about cutting loose in front of the kids than I am so I have a little slack if I do something painful :P
Perhaps if you used "accursed" instead "god damned*", the censor might not blow a gasket.
*The proper phrase, if you want to get down to brass tacks, as it were.
Shouldn't it be hyphenated? God-damned?
By the way, why, on american tv, do they always censor the 'hole' part of the extended version of A hole when it's the other part of the word that's vulgar? Always confuses me.
Everyone knows "gorram" is a much better word anyways.
No. No it isn't.
Do not use, post, distribute or link to obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, graphically or gratuitously violent, derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive, hateful or discriminatory language or content. This includes "masking" language by using alternative characters/spelling/spacing to get around profanity filters or claims of profanity filter "testing."
I don't much care but I would like to know in what context can that phrase be used and still be acceptable within the bounds of the CoC paragraph below?
Do not use, post, distribute or link to obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, graphically or gratuitously violent, derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive, hateful or discriminatory language or content. This includes "masking" language by using alternative characters/spelling/spacing to get around profanity filters or claims of profanity filter "testing."
Example: "I god damn agree."
I don't much care but I would like to know in what context can that phrase be used and still be acceptable within the bounds of the CoC paragraph below?
Wouldn't enforcement of that be left to a moderator of some sort?
Wait, what am I thinking, they're too busy snuffing out all traces of religious or political discussion from the Off-Topic forum to enforce the CoC.
Wouldn't enforcement of that be left to a moderator of some sort?
Wait, what am I thinking, they're too busy snuffing out all traces of religious or political discussion from the Off-Topic forum to enforce the CoC.
I think you're confusing the two groups of moderators- VCL handle the off topic stuff, ORCs enforce the CoC.
I think you're confusing the two groups of moderators- VCL handle the off topic stuff, ORCs enforce the CoC.
So VCLs just keep posts on-topic? They don't enforce the CoC?
So VCLs just keep posts on-topic? They don't enforce the CoC?
The only technique available to VCLs for the enforcement of the CoC is the same as every other user on these boards: The Report This Post button found next to each post. And VCLs who report posts aren't given any favourite treatment or anything like that. Our reports are treated the same as everybody else and given the same priority and consideration.
Example: "I god damn agree."
That sentence is horrible. Grammatically it makes no sense. It should read "I agree, god damn it", "God damn it, I agree", or even "I, God damned, agree". If you're going to pepper your language with expletives, the least you could do is use them in the right place and tense.
For the record, I was sixteen when my father got out of the navy. I swear like a sailor because of genetics as well as surroundings.
And besides, one shouldn't take ones God's name in vain...
Buggery wholesomeness, don't go turning the whole thing religious, that's banned. I was pointing out that if they're gonna curse, do it right.
Understood!
Well explained.
Thanks...
and I agree with you 100%!
My pleasure, goddammit. ;)
That sentence is horrible. Grammatically it makes no sense. It should read "I agree, god damn it", "God damn it, I agree", or even "I, God damned, agree". If you're going to pepper your language with expletives, the least you could do is use them in the right place and tense.
It is the best sentence ever. Deal with it.
It's Wotc's website, if they don't want you saying that then don't say it.
Problem solved.
Note the large picture of the ***** in the Wikipedia article.
(Yes, this post was written for the explicit purpose of demonstrating how arbitrary and stupid WotC's censorship policy is.)
Oh, so I can say 'god damn'? What the hell is this god damn thread about then? Wait, did I just offend someone? If so I appologize; I meant '*******'.
I would not be shocked or offended by the word . I was however a little surprised by the picture of the ***** in the Wiki article. I mean, god damn, did they have to make it so large and in-your-face? It was half the width of the god damn wiki page!
Oh, so I can say 'god damn'? What the hell is this god damn thread about then? Wait, did I just offend someone? If so I appologize; I meant '*******'.
It's also about usefulness in a conversation. Example:
"The human ***** is made up of three columns of tissue: two corpora cavernosa lie next to each other on the dorsal side and one corpus spongiosum lies between them on the ventral side."
vs.
See my point?
Let's keep posts polite, respectful of others and on topic. Please avoid masking.
I wonder if we still have to rooster our crossbows.
I didn't immediately get this.
For those who didn't, think about it.
It fits my example perfectly.
I'm stunned that in a thread over how stupid it is to have a word censored, we get posts removed for masking.
Same rules for the whole site, it's not that amazing.
I'm actually kind of appalled that staff chooses to assume that people will be A) irresponsible and B) stupid in that we can't understand that some things are offensive to people.
There are a lot of words you can't say on television. Perhaps these folks should just Xerox George Carlin's 500 word list and bleep them all out.
And the rule against masking swear words is nothing new, either.
The point is context.
*sigh* one of the many problems around here.
The point is context.
*sigh* one of the many problems around here.
Excuse me? All I did was state a point of fact.