# Another repeat of a request **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149 "2006-04-25T15:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/21 "2006-04-25T18:55:03Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > I don’t see the point of this. > > Clothahump’s work monitoring won’t let him see pages with swear words on them. If the program sees any, it closes out the window, right? Pretend everyone respects Clothahump’s wishes and no one swears in a title. So, Clothahump can open the pit index. But not open any threads, as 99.99% of pit threads will contain swear words, if not in the OP, in one of the respondents, or someone doing a “hurr hurr it’s the pit Fsk, h e double hockey sticks, etc.” And the only way to find the one pit thread that he can post to is to open each one, get shut out of the browser, reopen IE, try the next thread down. > > swearing removed so Clothahump can read his own thread at least. Oh, I see, it isn’t swearing in the content of the page, it’s swearing in \ can’t swear here \, what shows up in the big blue strip at the very top, right? In which case my point is invalidated ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/22 "2006-04-25T18:55:37Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > But I don’t ask other people to accomodate my slacking. If you’re concerned that you might get tagged for a site’s content while surfing at work, you shouldn’t be going to that site during work. That’s one point of view. The other is: if the SDMB as a whole (The Pit being the obvious exception) is worksafe enough that people feel the need to put “warning: TMI” or “warning: NSFW” in their thread titles, why does the whole thing need to become NSFW simply because of the thread titles of an area you might not even be looking at? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/23 "2006-04-25T19:12:42Z")
> [@galt](#): > > That’s one point of view. The other is: if the SDMB as a whole (The Pit being the obvious exception) is worksafe enough that people feel the need to put “warning: TMI” or “warning: NSFW” in their thread titles, why does the whole thing need to become NSFW simply because of the thread titles of an area you might not even be looking at? Nobody puts warnings in Pit threads. It’s well known that you takes your chances when you come in this area when it comes to inappropriate content. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/24 "2006-04-25T19:48:53Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > What if we just replace all profanity in thread titles with a different word, like “smurf”? Smurf that! ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/25 "2006-04-25T19:59:31Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > This has been asked many times before; here’s one more. > > I know this is the Pit and anything goes and all that, but can we please keep the profanity out of the thread titles? I know I’m not the only person who reads SDMB at work, and my idiot company has monitoring software that will kill a window with profanity in the title. > > Unload all you want in the body, but let’s try to keep the headers clean so that everyone can play. > > Thanks! Would you like us to all drive in the right hand lane so you can get to work faster too? 😉 **OR** how about you ask your boss to get the IT people to add the Straight Dope to the exception list. Ya know, instead of asking 5000+ people to accommodate _you_. You do something about it. Perhaps you could post in General Questions about the ability to suppress the title bar. That’s just off the top of my head. Surely you’ll be able to come up with even better ideas since you have more knowledge of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/26 "2006-04-25T20:10:56Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Nobody puts warnings in Pit threads. \ Hence my “the Pit being the obvious exception” comment. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/27 "2006-04-25T20:33:57Z")
> [@galt](#): > > \ Hence my “the Pit being the obvious exception” comment. Right, but I thought the rest of your post was trying to argue that the Pit should be like the other areas. Maybe I misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/28 "2006-04-25T21:05:15Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Right, but I thought the rest of your post was trying to argue that the Pit should be like the other areas. Maybe I misunderstood. The rest of my post was arguing that the main page is NSFW (by some people’s standards) even though they are being careful to avoid the only portion of the board that is supposed to be NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/29 "2006-05-05T02:22:37Z")
I still stand by my feeling that it’s simply politeness to keep thread titles worksafe, while swearing as much as you want within the thread itself. I think it’s childish to consider that a stifling of expression, any more than any polite deference to mature discourse is considered unconsitutional. No one is arguing for repression; only for a one-click consideration, simply out of politeness, not censorship. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/30 "2006-05-05T13:09:36Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > No one is arguing for repression; only for a one-click consideration, simply out of politeness, not censorship. I’d prefer that **Clothahump** stop posting on the SDMB. Instead, he could just post links to another website where he can put his thoughts and opinions. It’s only one-click consideration. And his views would still be out there, so we’re not talking censorship. Sound good? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/31 "2006-05-05T14:38:34Z")
Wow… Just… wow. It was a simple request. If you don’t want to help the guy out, don’t. He didn’t ask for a new rule or to have the mods change offending titles. He asked for people to consider the fact that he can’t read threads with swear words in the titles. Lighten up, Francis(es). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/32 "2006-05-05T14:45:36Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I’d prefer that **Clothahump** stop posting on the SDMB. Instead, he could just post links to another website where he can put his thoughts and opinions. > > It’s only one-click consideration. And his views would still be out there, so we’re not talking censorship. > > Sound good? > > -Joe Huh? I think you’re mixing your meds. Either that or just a liar. You know damn well that nothing that’s been suggested has any parallel with the bizarre hallucinations you’re sharing with us. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/33 "2006-05-05T14:52:57Z")
It’s not an uneasonable request, I think. I’ll try to remember to make my titles work-safe, but I’m afraid I’ll likely forget. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/34 "2006-05-05T14:55:45Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Huh? I think you’re mixing your meds. Either that or just a liar. You know damn well that nothing that’s been suggested has any parallel with the bizarre hallucinations you’re sharing with us. He’s neither drugged up, nor lying. I’m not even sure how you could get ‘lying’ out of that, anyways. He was just saying that he doesn’t like Humpy, and would be happy if Humpy wasn’t posting here. In the process of saying that, he aped the form of your suggestion. It was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/35 "2006-05-05T15:18:16Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > It was a joke. Ahh…and as we all know the best jokes are the ones that require an explanation three times the length of the joke! 🆒 Mission Accomplished! Woo! -Joe, has no meds except for Zycam (Zyrtec? Whatever the allergy one is) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/36 "2006-05-05T16:23:23Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > He’s neither drugged up, nor lying. I’m not even sure how you could get ‘lying’ out of that, anyways. He was just saying that he doesn’t like Humpy, and would be happy if Humpy wasn’t posting here. In the process of saying that, he aped the form of your suggestion. > > It was a joke. Huh. Good thing it wasn’t a suggestion that polite titles equals banning free speech and kicking members you don’t like off the board. I’m trying to figure out one word, one letter, he’d need to change in order to make it NOT a joke, and I’m not finding one. I’m not a huge fan of smileys, but if the only way to get that a post is a joke is to be intimately familiar with the two posters’ mutual and respective histories, well then I’m gonna call it a failed joke. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/37 "2006-05-05T16:24:13Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I’d prefer that **Clothahump** stop posting on the SDMB. Instead, he could just post links to another website where he can put his thoughts and opinions. > > It’s only one-click consideration. And his views would still be out there, so we’re not talking censorship. > > Sound good? > > -Joe **Merijeek** , as I explained earlier, the little old ladies that run our IT department have filters in place that block pages with certain words in them. Since I tend to peruse the SDMB while I have long jobs running, I can’t open a lot of interesting looking threads because of the language in the titles. And I’m sure I’m not the only person in this boat. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/38 "2006-05-05T19:03:21Z")
I don’t know if you’re allowed to use Firefox, but something like [this](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2363/) might be worth looking into. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/39 "2006-05-05T19:27:55Z")
I think this is a reasonable request, as long as it remains a request and not a rule. **FinnAgain** - aren’t these 'joke" things supposed to be “funny”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149/40 "2006-05-05T20:34:07Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > I don’t see the point of this. > > Clothahump’s work monitoring won’t let him see pages with swear words on them. If the program sees any, it closes out the window, right? Pretend everyone respects Clothahump’s wishes and no one swears in a title. So, Clothahump can open the pit index. But not open any threads, as 99.99% of pit threads will contain swear words, if not in the OP, in one of the respondents, or someone doing a “hurr hurr it’s the pit Fsk, h e double hockey sticks, etc.” And the only way to find the one pit thread that he can post to is to open each one, get shut out of the browser, reopen IE, try the next thread down. > > swearing removed so Clothahump can read his own thread at least. You mean for example, if I said FUCK clothahump, he wouldn’t be able to read it at work? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-repeat-of-a-request/354149.md?page=3)