Re: General Reply To All (Unfortunate Events In RinkChat)
BurgerKing, on host 142.177.56.129
Saturday, December 9, 2000, at 19:39:33
Re: General Reply To All (Unfortunate Events In RinkChat) posted by Dave on Friday, December 8, 2000, at 21:35:57:
> About the only thing I thought that might be considered offensive about what we did last night was the continued usage of the unfiltered word "fag" and it's derivatives.
That was the one that stuck out. There were also a word for a promiscuous woman, and I think one for a prostitiute, though I'm not sure of that one.
> I fully expected "fag" to be filtered as well. It surprised the heck out of me when I used it the first time last night and discovered that it *wasn't* filtered. I mean, it's not very likely we're going to get some British person in here talking about smoking, and if we do, he can bloody well learn to say "cigarette." ;-)
"Cigarette" sounds like a good idea for a new filter word. :)
> Anyway, I then *continued* to use the word because, well, that's how I figured frat boys would speak. It's probably the only thing I even remotely feel bad about doing last night. > > -- Dave
I knew that it was all part of the joke, and that you don't talk like that normally, so it wasn't the joke or anyone personally that bothered me. I'm just uncomfortable with words like that. Like I said, though, it's no big deal. I appreciate the explanation, though.
BurgerKing
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