Yes, yes. It could be this wholly fabricated and fantastical conspiracy of pro-woman you’ve constructed or it could be that people will get a mod note and told to knock it off when things go off the rails. OMG A MOD NOTE. Somebody save us from the Femanazis 
You know what? It actually has. We passed laws against sexual discrimination and sexual harassment, and nowadays people think twice before making sexually offensive comments at work. It doesn’t work perfectly, of course, but once a society makes it clear that certain behavior isn’t legal, it starts being less socially acceptable.
No one wants to make this a humorless place, but there’s a difference between making light-hearted remarks in a thread and making it impossible for anyone to have a discussion about, say, yeast infections.
Let me help you out. The discussion is not about how bad it might be to get a Mod note or warning, it’s about what the rules should or should not be that would fairly generate the aforementioned. Two different things.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
Yeah, that’s sort of the point of a “serious” forum, but I’ll admit the idea is a bit of a stretch.
Thinks: When will Munch’s wish, “Let’s all just calm down…”, come true?
Okay, so let’s put forth a few scenarios. Which ones are appropriate moments for jokes and bon mots to you?
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[li]An announcement of someone’s death[/li][li]An inquiry about a product[/li][li]An inquiry about a male-specific product[/li][li]An inquiry about a female-specific product[/li][li]A news item that might include nudity but no sexual behavior[/li][li]Cancer of an area commonly known to be a “sexual” area (breasts, genitals, etc.)[/li][li]A thread asking for input re: a medical condition[/li][/ul]
Some posters have decided that no thread in MPSIMS is complete without some joke or bon mot-- at least the ones where we’re not doing it out of respect for the dead. I know that occasionally, folks can be really obtuse, but I do have to question one’s ability to deal with social situations if one can’t decide that it might be inappropriate to come in with a one-liner on certain threads. This isn’t about women stomping on your right to be whatever it is you think you want to represent, but people being able to speak in a forum without being dismissed as hysterical, histrionic or poorly informed on a topic. I’d like to occasionally talk about things that might inspire some joking without a topic getting derailed; because of an increasing number of folks who are boneheaded about when and where to be jokers, I’ve been really reluctant to talk about certain things involving my own anatomy.
I think you did miss an announcement. Check the OP. Happens that announcement pleases me, aligns pretty well with my opinion.
No, I’m not the SDMB content censor, and if you think that’s relevant, well, that’s your personal issue. It’s laughably off-base and irrelevant, though. And no, my opinion isn’t so important. Nor is yours.
But I’m happy with this change, and I’d like to see it go further, and I’ll argue for it, even if you and several other people think it’s a devastating rebuttal to ask to see my badge every time I argue in defense of the change.
Well now that I have your completely unbiased and not at all paranoid theory on it perhaps I can bemoan the hell this will bring down on JOKES ON THE DURP and join in the wailing and gnashing of teeth? Gosh you’re helpful!
*ETA: I forgot to add Sisterhood of the Earth, Femanists, delicate ladies, fainting flowers, small minority and all of the other bugaboos to my post. YaY!
I’m also surprised that when some people feels the need to have a serious discussion about a serious woman’s issue that they post it not in General Questions or Great Debates, but in **Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. **
Many, including myself, seemed to believe that the previously existing rules were adequate. Unfortunately, when they were enforced under the “Dom’t be a jerk.” dictum, we ended up going round and round, because others wanted things more codified, until we found ourselves here. So, what then?
Just like those jovial and knee slapping death notices and “My child has ____ disease” threads?
PS: The ladies topics are usually in IMHO to get opinions.
True. That’s what I’ve been saying about MPSIMS. If you post there, you should expect jokes. Sometimes, they might be offensive because a lot of people find that type of joke funny.
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LOL. Your long diatribe leads us to believe you’re certainly NONE of those things.
Good job.
Serious posts/questions can be posted anywhere.
very good point, thank you.
If you feel the need to discuss body issues about yourself, is that really something for Great Debates? I also understand that General Questions are for factual answers only, right? That only leaves MPSIMS and IMHO and what if you’re not trying to solicit opinions so much as aiming for support?
Well, the thing is, something can be serious and not need factual clarification (GQ) or require a debate (GD). Things can be mundane and the OP may need to share, but it doesn’t have to match up on all these elements in order to be relevant or preferably posted in MPSIMS. It’s a catch-all for “I don’t need an opinion, but I want to talk about this without it being a debate or a situation where I need a factual answer” topics because “When People Die or Have Serious Problems” would be a somewhat pointless forum distinction.
I’d have given this screed more style points if you had worked in more code phrases like “bra burner.”
Context, context, context is everything here and always has been. And that includes postings that are found to be humorous, postings that only a few people find humorous, and postings that only the poster finds humorous.
Thank you for reminding us that women hold up half the sky – even with hairy legs. 
People are spinning elaborate scenarios about what’s going to happen, what these new guidelines mean.
Instead of getting all Chicken Little about it, why not see what happens? It’s possible none of these scenarios will come true.
Remember, if you choose to post on a moderated board, you have to accept that the moderators have the power to set standards of behavior.
You think the OP had anything to say about this quote of yours?
Then why did you tell everyone that disagrees with your opinion of gross humor to use a different board?
One the one hand you think your opinion is important enough to dictate where people post and at the same time you think your opinion is not that important.
It seems like the problem you are having is recognizing that different people can have different opinions, and just leave it at that.