A note on the new sticky Hypocrisy

[Ryan Beal]

This is really nothing new, guys. gildwulf just believes it's gotten bad enough that all of you needed to be reminded about not making those kinds of posts, and I'm glad he posted this sticky.

FWIW, I did not contact gildwulf and ask him to crack down on this stuff.

[Zetack]

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This is really nothing new, guys. gildwulf just believes it's gotten bad enough that all of you needed to be reminded about not making those kinds of posts, and I'm glad he posted this sticky.

FWIW, I did not contact gildwulf and ask him to crack down on this stuff.

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Two sticky's with the same name. Now that's bad form. The newest one should be deleted for lamo copying.

--Zetack

[DLizzle]

According to the sticky, all 'prejudice' is not allowed, so therefore misogyny, homophobia, etc. is also banned. Apparently though, according to a GW response, the 'n' word in certain contexts is still up in the air. lol.

I don't find any need for the sticky, are people actually getting offended? really? I guess mods can do whatever though, and I'm not funny enough to make those jokes in the first place, so it doesn't bother me much. I guess I do laugh at them though. So [censored] that sticky thread.

[El Diablo]

iron

From the other thread:

"And based on what Sniper quoted of Dean's post, it would've been an easy ban if he hadn't deleted it."

Why isn't Sniper banned, then?

[CaptainBusto]

this is stupid.

racism is funny, ffs. even if someone were to post some (semi-)serious racist stuff, ridicule of such scale would follow, that it would make it worth bbv's while. and it should definitely be ok when its used in jest or just so ridiculously over the line that it cant possibly be taken seriously any more.

generic "burn the jews" or whatnot comment - not funny, ban-worthy even, just for lameness. the "poker rooms deal bad beats to blacks"-thread a few months ago and the preposterous stuff that followed - hall of fame level funny.

for how long will alwaysair+shovel jokes be allowed?

[Flavor Slave]

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the "poker rooms deal bad beats to blacks"-thread a few months ago and the preposterous stuff that followed - hall of fame level funny.


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That was the best thread ever.

[kidcolin]

This is in response to the T-God for Mod part of the last thread, which got locked as I was posting:

T-God,

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There isn't that much racism in BBV. People are just using racial slurs as substitutes for "moron"/"loser"/whatever random insult, if that makes any sense. It's just funnier is all.
edit: that wasn't very clear, but I mean that 90% of the time, no harm is intended to the group mentioned. It's just a way of joking around, and unless there are PMs to mods saying otherwise, I don't think many people get offended.


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even with your edit, possibly the worst explanation of it ever.

T-God: Ha.. what a <explitive deleted>
racial minority: What?!
T-God: oh, didn't see you there. Don't worry 'bro. I just mean "stupid" or "retarded". We down.
racial minority: *stabs T-God*

What you said is hardly correct, anyway. Racial humor is all about stereotyping, not just attributing a "random insult" to a racial group. If someone's cheap, a jew remark is made; if someone's been robbed, someone jokes a black guy did it; and so on and so forth.

By the way, I'm not PC, and I think this rule is lame. I think racial jokes are often pretty funny and it's easy to spot who's joking and who's not. Then again, it's a big messageboard, so who knows who gets offended and who doesn't. I just think if they're going to enforce it, then stuff like gay jokes and objectifying women and calling the white man the devil should all be prohibited, too. And then this would be a really fun, safe place to hang out and get along! Yayyyyyy TEAM!

[mlagoo]

kidcolinisright

[CaptainBusto]

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I LOVE RACISM

This new rule is prejudice against people like me.


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(just had to quote this out of the other thread)

[DLizzle]

I just read the old note on tone thread for the first time, and I loled at the quote about Dids in it. Is there something wrong with me?