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    Default What??? Why Censor That?

    This is more about forum development, but might also apply to the bio censoring part of game development...

    I was writing a post where I mentioned bird p o o p... When I went back to read it, it looked like this:

    "...airborn so as to **** on your enemy's head"

    1) Why on earth would you be censoring the most unoffensive word available for this fact of life?

    2) Turning the word p o o p into asterisks makes it look like I am swearing, and makes the passage more crude than before you messed with it. Sheesh! (Woops... is that going to turn into "*****!")
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    Quote Originally Posted by HumanJHawkins View Post
    This is more about forum development, but might also apply to the bio censoring part of game development...

    I was writing a post where I mentioned bird p o o p... When I went back to read it, it looked like this:

    "...airborn so as to **** on your enemy's head"

    1) Why on earth would you be censoring the most unoffensive word available for this fact of life?

    2) Turning the word p o o p into asterisks makes it look like I am swearing, and makes the passage more crude than before you messed with it. Sheesh! (Woops... is that going to turn into "*****!")
    I dont know doing that to someones head sounds pretty crude no matter what asterisks or no asterisks.


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    The *'s actually make it more vulgar when I fill in the blanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uska d'Orien View Post
    I dont know doing that to someones head sounds pretty crude no matter what asterisks or no asterisks.
    What I was trying to say is that the asterisks implied that I typed a word that begins with "s" rather than one that begins with "p"

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    No matter how its spelled, its just as squishy

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    Quote Originally Posted by HumanJHawkins View Post
    What I was trying to say is that the asterisks implied that I typed a word that begins with "s" rather than one that begins with "p"
    Dont matter both equaly crude to me but hey its your bio


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    Did someone actually make a post complaining they couldn't post po op?

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    Deficate would be the least offensive word, not the one you used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7-day Trial Monkey View Post
    Deficate would be the least offensive word, not the one you used.
    and look its not blocked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7-day Trial Monkey View Post
    Deficate would be the least offensive word, not the one you used.
    I think "excrete" would fit better as you get some assonance with "enemy" and "head" creating a sense of lyrical whimsy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    and look its not blocked.
    Nor is poo.

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    LOL dont feel bad

    I was making a joke with my warforged and typed in "graham cracker". This is what came up:



    "graham @!!?!?" LOL censored graham cracker
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lengar View Post
    LOL dont feel bad

    I was making a joke with my warforged and typed in "graham cracker". This is what came up:



    "graham @!!?!?" LOL censored graham cracker
    HAHAHAHAHAHA


    well it technically is a deragatory name for caucasian people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    in the united states.
    clearly i haven't been insulted enough


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    well it technically is a deragatory name for caucasian people.
    Where?

    I thought it was a term for a baked flat flour product.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dariun View Post
    Where?

    I thought it was a term for a baked flat flour product.
    in the united states.
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