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Saalkin posted:I'm tugging and want to say oval office. Technically it's 2 threads. (3 if you count this one too)  Personally I have no issues with using "oval office" even though I'm American. However, I'm also male, and I do understand why women would feel uncomfortable if the word was just being casually thrown around in a derogatory manner. The UK/Aus threads exception was a sort of compromise as yes, we realise that outside of the US the term doesn't have the gendered connotations it does in the US. Is it a perfect solution? No. Would we like suggestions on how to improve it? Yes. I don't think an outright removal of the ban is appropriate at this time, though. Also trying to enforce the "don't direct it at women" thing is an issue because I doubt anyone here knows what gender every single poster here identifies as. Infidel Castro fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Mar 17, 2023 |
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bagmonkey posted:Lol maybe you guys should like, probate him for trolling in a thread that says no trolling then? Hmm Was working on it. Buttons don't work in the app, and navigating the site on a phone browser with my fat sausage hands ain't easy.
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Dixville posted:Seriously though I feel like the oval office debate is kinda dumb. Probes/bans should be on a case by case basis anyway. Personally I don't really like the use of it especially considering the site has more men than women so it's kind of creating a bad environment for a minority group. On the other hand the insinuation that women can't "handle" being called a name is honestly a little insulting in itself. Ultimately I am in favor of the ban because I respect the fact that some people find it extremely hurtful and offensive and its really not that hard to just, like, not use it but censorship is not something I'm really a fan of in a general sense. Maybe the truth is ... in the middle??? We don't think women are delicate little flowers that can't handle a naughty word either. Hell, there are quite a few women who've stated they don't care if the word is used. Not all feel that way though, and considering there still is an issue of misogyny here (and the internet as a whole) I'm not all that jazzed about the idea of giving people carte blanche to use the term as they like.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:This is really not helpful. Should I have included more smilies? Should I swear a little more? What would make it sound less like the dreaded HR voice? Maybe we should put our responses in the form of early 90's Ad Council PSA raps. My name is Castro and I'm here to say Using the "C" slur ain't OK I know you all would like it to be But first we got to address the misogyny! Infidel Castro fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Mar 17, 2023 |
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Mar 17, 2023 20:56
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Maybe from now on I will reply only with animated GIFs. Dude, my MS Teams chat is half lovely animated gifs. I thought we were trying to be less corporate sounding.
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ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD posted:This thread seems like a gigantic honeypot for people who want to make a joke about really dumb rules they dont agree with. That being said We do want actual feedback. One of the biggest issues we've seen is that posters feel disconnected from the mods (our "Ivory Tower" if you will), and that complaint isn't without merit. Are we going to agree with and implement every change requested? No. But we certainly will take any decent ideas meant to improve GBS into consideration.
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Smugworth posted:We should probably just free Chinatown he's been gone long enough I think he learned his lesson Chinatown will return in: gently caress da mods
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Nooner posted:Yeah because you know I just keep a goddamn rolodex of every users email address Of course not, that'd be silly. You would use a Palm Pilot.
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Devils Affricate posted:My argument is that if you don't have enough time to read the original post and enough posts related to it to get the proper context of a potential offense, you shouldn't be hitting the ban button. The focus should be on what was actually being said in the post rather than the presence of certain words. The system you've fallen back on for getting around your logistical constraints is worse than simply doing nothing. Unless the post itself is obviously needs a probation/ban, we do go into the thread and read back to figure out context. Every report has a link that takes us directly to the reported post.
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Nooner posted:There should just be one great big slur megathread where we can all just go and post em all even the really bad ones, get em all outta our system ya know It's called FYAD
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Checking the SAD change log thread, we have: Honestly, not much changes with the second one. tribute.wmv is 100% still allowed in my book. Hell, I'd probably be one of the more lenient people because I'm hosed in the head and love gallows humor. That said, we as a team do try to establish a standard and I do try to keep personal taste out when determining if something is probe/ban worthy. Infidel Castro fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Mar 23, 2023 |
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