This list generally does a good job of filtering out offensive statements and terms - that said I find it suprising that the term "WTF?" has slipped by. I am refering to the thread titled "Milky Oil - WTF". There is nothing in the thread that is offensive.

To me the acid test is: Would I want my 8 year old reading over my shoulder to ask what it meant?

 

What The Freak?

 

To me the acid test is if the word is offensive. Initials such as WTF, SOL, SNAFU ect are just acronyms. If your 8 y/o asks you what they mean yu don't have to explain literally. Remeber in the conversation, YOU are the adult.

What the freak, What the fudge, Will this foul? Which one do you wish to use to explain to your 8 y/o?


Paul

 

Have fun trying to shelter your child for the rest of his life if you can't explain this one.Use the word fudge and use your NAM time for yourself.

 

Why is that your acid test?

Then my question is should that be evryone's acid test?

I am not meaning to be critical with that but it causes me to wonder.

As an analogy to your questons about the use of "WTF", I will say I am generally more tolerant of these kinds of things than most - but..... I have become more and more sensitive to the use of bleeps on broadcast television or radio. It seems that now anything can be said at any time or anywhere in broadcast media now as long as it is bleeped out. But really who doesn't know what is really being said. So the bleep then serves no purpose does it?

I can certainly make free judgment about what I would let children watch but the over-use of bleeping just seems silly. Either don't bleep or don't allow that language. That's my thoughts on that.

The same logic would seem to apply here. I have seen much worse than WTF and it really does not bother me at all. But when someone types in a post "******, I really do know what it means so the stars or asterisks or whatever are just silly.

OK, in reality I realize that both the bleeps and the stars/asterisks are a convention of some kind a but I am just saying that from a logical perspective it is silly.

 

What the fudge, yo? You gots a problem wit dat?

 

Yeah I do! Not impressed. goober

 

Hahaha...

Everyone needs to lighten up. Tis the season, *****.

 

man, WTF is up with this thread?

 

Perfectly reasonable.

But then, I don't care WTF your 8 year old reads. That would seem to be your responsibility.

 

Funniest thing I've ever read on this site, kudos to you sir/maam

It's funny 'cause it's true.

mb

 

Yo Wagn, as long as you don't call me what the fudgepacker I'm kuhl
Life's too short folks!!!Enjoy.

 

i will agree, that was quite funny.

 

Clearly first signs of mercury poisioning. Lay off the squid for a while.

Refrain of: I won't back down... playing in the background.

Okay I consulted with my editor - her take: inappropriate and in poor taste for the title of a thread - okay if contained within a message. A simple question mark should suffice. To me she said: You are in danger of becoming a fuddy duddy. If you need something to do - here I've prepared a list

 

Your eight year old is asking about the 10,000 acronyms on NAM. Good Grief, keep em out of the performance section before they spot LSD. You know what that leads too.

10 more years and you can break their plate and change the locks.

Best of luck.

 

T** a**fl** ***** s**t*** *r** k*** m* *$$!!!

W*F?

 

well my eight year old certainly is a better speller.

 

this thread+the sig of the poster=funny

 

How's GFY grab ya?

 

Or how about BLT?

That gives me an idea. So now instead of WTF just type BLT and then when the 8 year olds ask we can say it is a sandwich with bacon, lettuce and tomato. But then WE will all really know WTF it means?

OK?

AOK?

 

OK...my take on WTF. This is really no different than the way we remap certain words when they are posted. Its a shortened version that we understand what it is just like **** or any other similar word. While I would agree its probably not the best to use in a title its not against the site guidelines and everyone can be creative in what it stands for. The last thing I really want to do is censor acronyms

Mark

 

Ty

 

If you can tell me what I said then you're a better mind reader than I am a speller. Like that would be a challenge. Thanks for playing!

 

Must be a regional arcane euphemism

 

Dewd, you're killing me. That's a good one.

Maybe in states like ... nah, I'd definitely hurt too many feelings of people who live in those states.