Q23 Porn

[wildpokerman]

What is is lately with Q23? I'm only bitching because I work in a straight laced workplace where I would get fired for browsing the EE forum lately. The P&R forum and the games forum hardly go a day without someone saying motherfucker or putting the N word in some post either. Does anyone else think this is turning for the worse and will scare away the very people we would like to interact with or is it just me?

[quatoria]

the N word

Nintendo?

[RichVR]

What is is lately with Q23? I'm only bitching because I work in a straight laced workplace where I would get fired for browsing the EE forum lately. The P&R forum and the games forum hardly go a day without someone saying motherfucker or putting the N word in some post either. Does anyone else think this is turning for the worse and will scare away the very people we would like to interact with or is it just me?

Just curious here. Do you think that starting a new thread about this, with the name that you chose is the way to go here? And the whole using profanity thing.

And practically begging people to post NSFW pics in it as well?

Are you sure that this is the way to go?

[wildpokerman]

I'm not begging anyone to post links to anyone here but I'll post one right now, here's a search for the F word on Q23. Notice how we have to go to page three to find threads that are on page two of the forums they're posted in.

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/search.php?searchid=171902

I'm just wondering how many thousands of industry people there may be that work for you know actual companies with harrassment policies that would prohibit the perusal of Q23.

[RepoMan]

This is where I go to drop the F-bomb, Jackson. I've got a young baby girl. I need somewhere I can cut loose.

I'm sorry your workplace is straight-laced. But this place is an escape from places like that.

Edit: Also, I've gotten harassment training at work. Yes, if someone at work can see and read your screen, and they don't like what they see, it can be considered harassment.

But that just means you can't browse while at that job. Doesn't mean it's not 100% legal and groovy to get your Qt3 on later, no matter who the f--- you work for.

[quatoria]

Seeing the word motherfucker is harassment? I guess they couldn't read your thread, then, Yuri...

[JPR]

I'm not begging anyone to post links to anyone here but I'll post one right now, here's a search for the F word on Q23. Notice how we have to go to page three to find threads that are on page two of the forums they're posted in.


Fortunately, the "snatch" thread doesn't show up in that list, so browsing the thread titles should be work-safe.

[RichVR]

That's kind of disingenuous of you isn't it, yuri?

[Hanzii]

Yesterday I was wearing this shirt (http://cgi.ebay.com/Deadwood-Al-Swearengen-Original-Fan-Club-T-shirt_W0QQitemZ140024017320QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1884 1QQcmdZViewItem) to work. (pic has a censored bar, but the word you can guess is on the shirt might be considered NSFW... where Yuri works)

[John Merva]

Yesterday I was wearing this shirt (http://cgi.ebay.com/Deadwood-Al-Swearengen-Original-Fan-Club-T-shirt_W0QQitemZ140024017320QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1884 1QQcmdZViewItem) to work. (pic has a censored bar, but the word you can guess is on the shirt might be considered NSFW... where Yuri works)

Sorry Hanzii, that isn't really the point. Just because you can doesn't mean others could.
I personally think Yuri is going a bit Mary Whitehouse on us and I am sure we have already had this thread, only about strippers' baps.

Edit: best not argue with me mate, look at my post count!

[Marcus]

who gives a fuck.

[Raife]

What is is lately with Q23? I'm only bitching because I work in a straight laced workplace where I would get fired for browsing the EE forum lately. The P&R forum and the games forum hardly go a day without someone saying motherfucker or putting the N word in some post either. Does anyone else think this is turning for the worse and will scare away the very people we would like to interact with or is it just me?

You act like this is some new onslaught of depravity. It's pretty much always been the case. If your workplace is that wound up, don't browse from work. Why should everyone else change to accomodate your puritanical overlords? Or are you just hiding behind that as an excuse to be a prude?

[Factory]

Hmm try working instead of reading these forums, it will pleasure your boss in two ways. (double-entendre, LOLZ)

This post is brought to you by the word 'shitcock'.

[Hanzii]

Sorry Hanzii, that isn't really the point. Just because you can doesn't mean others could.
I personally think Yuri is going a bit Mary Whitehouse on us and I am sure we have already had this thread, only about strippers' baps.

Edit: best not argue with me mate, look at my post count!

Oh, I agree. I just wanted to show you my new shirt.
But I was sort of surprised at the reaction to KONYs stripper thread, but got the point. That someone could actually be fired over what somebody else read over their shoulder was a complete surprise. It's just words.

I could understand firing somebody for reading about computer games at work - it's draconian and could never happen here, but at least it's somewhat logical. It is wasting company time. A company where it's ok to read about games... but not if any of the gamers use profanity just boggles the mind.

And what is the N-word (the one I'm thinking of hasn't been used by anyone here as far as I remember)? So it must be Nintendo.

[wildpokerman]

This link is brought to you by the special N word

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/search.php?searchid=171925

[Met_K]

WTF? If anything QT3 is becoming more regulated than it once was. Seriously, what gives? Do you need a nanny?

[John Merva]

This link is brought to you by the special N word

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/search.php?searchid=171925

Yuri, I can't think of many other threads that have used that word, and certainly none with that as the title. The context is also important, Jason wasn't calling anyone that, he was referencing a gaming column.

I don't like to try and guess Tom's motives but I don't think he has ever set out to make a family site here. Everyone who posts here are adults and should be able to handle adult themes and language. I certainly don't feel that the swearing or even posting of unsafe links is at all out of hand and Tom is pretty good about getting involved and sorting it out on the odd occasions when images are posted that are clearly inappropriate. The community also does a good job of policing itself in this regard as well, the KONY thread was not started by Tom but another poster. I feel totally comfortable posting and reading here at work and my workplace is nowhere near as liberal as Hanzii's (nice shirt by the way, where are we going diving?).



There goes my brief moment of demonic power!

[quatoria]

I think your sense of moral outrage is a bit too finely honed, Yuri.

[Wholly Schmidt]

If I could remember how you spell Tim Elhahajhajhahajjj, I'd make sure to say that a lot in this thread; since it's bound for some crazy google hits.

[quatoria]

If I could remember how you spell Tim Elhahajhajhahajjj, I'd make sure to say that a lot in this thread; since it's bound for some crazy google hits.

Tim Elhajj, aka Steve Canyon, aka Bull, three time QT3 penis-reference champion? That Tim Elhajj? The one with the penises and the porn store and the sleeping with his bosses wife? Just want to make sure we're talking about the same Tim Elhajj.

[Wholly Schmidt]

That is the exact Tim Elhajj I'm thinking of. Yup, good old Tim Elhajj.

[playingwithknives]

If the site isn't worksafe, then don't browse it whilst at work? I hate to point out the stunningly obvious but...

[chet]

The idea is the forum should be work safe, and it is.

But if your company forbids you from reading certain words, well... you are fucked. Pretty much fucked from most of the net. I am with you on the images, and a few thread titles are pretty stupid including this one. But words in a thread?

Chet

[Charlatan]

I agree with being sensitive as regards posted pictures. But words? Hm, if you can get fired for reading naughty words, well, as mentioned above, you'd better curtail Qt3 while at work. The level of profanity et al seems reasonable for a gaming site (given the demographics of video games).

[Jake Plane]

This is the equivalent of walking into a bar, turning off the TV and asking people to stop smoking.

It just ain't gonna happen.

[Uncle Larry]

There's swear words right in the poll itself! Sheesh, Yuri, tag your thread next time.

[Ben Sones]

This thread is useless without images.

[Jason McMaster]

If I had known that my joke based on that column title would have caused this much heartache, well, I probably still would have written it. There are words used here that I find offensive, but it's not because of the word itself, it's the context. The word idiot isn't particularly offensive until it is applied to someone directly. Same thing with the "n word." It's a word, and I wasn't applying it to anyone. It's an ugly word, I suppose, if you think of it's history, but it really only has power if it is used in a way to hurt someone else, to make them feel like less of a person. It's a word used to animalize people.

Anyway, no offense yuri, but you need to lighten up.

[FIDGAF]

This thread is useless without images.

How true...

[SlyFrog]

If people wouldn't fucking piss me off, I would use the F-word.

So your mission is simple; get people to stop pissing other people off. Once that happens, I promise I will stop using the F-word; I'm sure others will as well. Or maybe not.

[secretary]

I find this topic to be very ironic coming from a person whose username is yurislave. Or maybe you're just a fan of the Mexican singer....?

[Slainte Mhath]

I almost didn't click on this thread because, well, as much as I like some of you guys, I really DO NOT want to see actual "Q23 Porn" ever. I know you're crushed, I'm sorry.

Seriously, ever.

[Timemaster Tim]

Not inlining NSFW images is something that is more or less followed here. Marking NSFW links is also generally followed so those who may get in trouble can chose not to click.

But if you need to have certain words also removed, then I think you had best stay off the internet in general from work. (assuming the post in question isn't making the Samuel L. Jackson phrase stand out in a 256 point font)

[Stroker Ace]

say what one more goddamned time!

[quatoria]

say what one more goddamned time!

what?

[Raife]

what?

No, he's on second.

[olaf]

Is there a way to ignore an entire forum? For example, if I click the 'New Posts' heading at the top, is there a way to change it so that when it returns new posts it wont return anything from certain forums you can designate?

[Morkilus]

This poll is useless without a true $h!tb0n3rz option.

[Robert Sharp]

If I had known that my joke based on that column title would have caused this much heartache, well, I probably still would have written it. There are words used here that I find offensive, but it's not because of the word itself, it's the context. The word idiot isn't particularly offensive until it is applied to someone directly. Same thing with the "n word." It's a word, and I wasn't applying it to anyone. It's an ugly word, I suppose, if you think of it's history, but it really only has power if it is used in a way to hurt someone else, to make them feel like less of a person. It's a word used to animalize people.

Anyway, no offense yuri, but you need to lighten up.

Nice of you to actually avoid saying 'nigger' in your post though. Or was it 'niggah'?

[MattKeil]

The use of EE as a medical diagnostic tool is far more irritating than the occasional racial epithet, IMO. This place reads like OO Lite now.

[quatoria]

The use of EE as a medical diagnostic tool is far more irritating than the occasional racial epithet, IMO. This place reads like OO Lite now.

Fucking seriously.

[quatoria]

"Poll: My ass itches. Should I scratch it?"

[Matt Perkins]

Well, would it offend your coworkers?

[EvilIdler]

Who the fuck cares about a few "bad" words now and then?
I've gone through sourcecode less worksafe than the "Everything else" section.

[Matt Perkins]

Amen to #44

[quatoria]

Personally, I wanna know who the 18 'yes' votes were.

[Stroker Ace]

i voted yes. the "lohan's snatch" title feels icky.

[Jason McMaster]

Nice of you to actually avoid saying 'nigger' in your post though. Or was it 'niggah'?

Gotta watch those Alabama boys.

[Robert Sharp]

Gotta watch those Alabama boys.

You can take yourself out of Alabama, but you can't take Alabama out of you.

[RedTide]

When I saw the topic I thought it was actually a topic about porn. Not a topic about people with sensitive ears/eyes or whatever.

[SlyFrog]

You can take yourself out of Alabama, but you can't take Alabama out of you.

You can take the boy out of Alabama, but you can't take the Alabaman out of the boy.

[shift6]

I don't like how "nigger" is granted special status as an abbreviated word. Plenty of epithets gets tossed around here and there (some gratuitously, some not), but none of them are as taboo. It's bullshit.

[Guido Jones]

Why don't you reclaim it?

[Jason McMaster]

4 lyfe

[quatoria]

Why don't you reclaim it?

Yeah, shift, surely no one would mind if you just start casually tossing it around. Have a ball!

[Troy S Goodfellow]

I don't like how "nigger" is granted special status as an abbreviated word. Plenty of epithets gets tossed around here and there (some gratuitously, some not), but none of them are as taboo. It's bullshit.

It has special status because it, well, has special status, at least in American culture. The word became such an important weapon in the war against equality that it rose to a level that only the c-word nearly approximates insofar as making people uncomfortable.

BTW, I highly recommend Randall Kennedy's book on the word. (http://www.amazon.com/Nigger-Strange-Career-Troublesome-Vintage/dp/0375713719/sr=8-10/qid=1158246294/ref=sr_1_10/104-8438110-8274312?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Troy

[shift6]

Thanks Troy, I'll put that on my reading list.

I still don't like it. I understand that the word makes people uncomforatble and has negative connotations and all that, and it should and that's fine. But replacing it with something that everyone knows what you mean, and then calling the replacment acceptable is pretty lame. If I was at work and said "f-word you!" to someone, it would have the same results as if I said "fuck you!" because everyone knows what I meant.

[Guido Jones]

The word became such an important weapon in the war against equality that it rose to a level that only the c-word nearly approximates insofar as making people uncomfortable.

See, thanks to Deadwood, we have reclaimed cunt.

[Wholly Schmidt]

Now back to work on porch monkey!

[Guido Jones]

Hell, if there was another season of Deadwood, we might even be able to reclaim the n-word because of characters like Nigger General.

[Matt Perkins]

Deadwood is SO good. SO VERY GOOD.


And there will be 6 more episodes...

[Guido Jones]

That doesn't count, it's not a full season.

[Matt Perkins]

6 episodes == better than nothing.

[Guido Jones]

but not enough to reclaim the N-word!

[Matt Perkins]

but not enough to reclaim the N-word!
And that's really the goal of the whole show...

[Guido Jones]

*sigh* do you not understand humor or something?