pjl1984 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Can i just point out aswell that yhis topic was started buy a guy who on this forum is named f***megently ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 With a name like "f**kmegently" are you expecting us to take this bullshit seriously? If you really want some high horse antics, I actually had to close down TF when my 5 year old niece was with me because she was reading the screen over my shoulder and I was in a thread you had posted in. Can i just point out aswell that yhis topic was started buy a guy who on this forum is named f***megently ! I wrote this up, then a customer phoned and I didn't press send. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Sex in the media is not a new thing though, what about things like the Wonderbra campaigns of the 90's and the likes of Loaded magazine... These were things that were around when I was still quite young, I don't feel that it has corrupted me morally or that I'm a worse person for it. I remember when loaded first came out, it had pussies on display and everything. It was good back in those days, now its a bit wank. Bizarre is much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjl1984 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I nearly didnt send it because i dont want to come across as a complete arse but i do think its a valid point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I have tryed to change it a few times, and have told the people on here whom I've met in the past, that I'd like to do so, just so you understand I'm not backtracking over this thread. Havnt figured out how yet. Appologies to anyone who has been offended, that wasn't the intention. When I signed up my goal was to buy a bike, not become a serial poster, the initial signing up was laborious, and my phone slow, by the time I was entering a name I'd gotten annoyed, and wrote what I was thinking. I did though , show some restraint by shortening and 'staring' the expletive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 You missed a letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 F u C k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Still ? I'm afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjl1984 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 He is saying you missed a * out of your name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Haha i've only just realised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I know, I wrote it, and just said I'd shortened it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I just find it weird you censored yourself. If you know what you're putting is offensive, but don't want to offend people, why wouldn't you just put something else? It's clear what you meant anyway, just taking a letter out doesn't make it any less potentially offensive, or cover up what you meant. At least Pussy can try and do that whole "We meant cat" thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 You're all missing the point here. It isn't offensive. This whole topic is a waste of key repetitions. We live in an age where friends call each other c*nts, which was at one time considered the worst word ever. I even told a colleague to "stop being a c*nt" today, in a jokey way. Pussy is not in the slightest bit offensive, pussy cat was around long before the vagina reference was. TL;DR: Stop whining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) We live in an age where friends call each other c*nts, which was at one time considered the worst word ever. I even told a colleague to "stop being a c*nt" today, in a jokey way. Pussy is not in the slightest bit offensive, pussy cat was around long before the vagina reference was. You wouldn't call a 5 year old a c*nt though. 5 year old goes in a shop and started saying he wants to taste some sweet pussy then I think it is a bit much and a shallow marketing gimmick. Edit- missed a star Edited December 20, 2013 by bikeperson45 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) *edit* responce to mark Agreed. There was a lot of swearing that day, and even more with the half hour odd of making an account. I like to embelish my swearing, hence the gently bit. The stars were to cover the word, not hide what I was saying. People swear, I accept that, not sure I like it, or myself for doing it, but that and sexualizing a drink differ in the way that shouting c*nt when you hit your finger with a hammer and intentially using sleaze to profit do. One is a poor expression of emotion, the other is a considdered and focused effort to sell a product using sex as the slogan, while both may offend, one has the intent to, the other doesn't . Edited December 20, 2013 by f**megently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 You wouldn't call a 5 year old a c*nt though. 5 year old goes in a shop and started saying he wants to taste some sweet pussy then I think it is a bit much and a shallow marketing gimmick. Edit- missed a star How many 5 years old do you know who know what the "alternative" meaning of pussy? That's the whole crux of it - young children aren't going to know what that means, and even if older kids do they're not going to be offended by it, are they? *edit* responce to mark Agreed. There was a lot of swearing that day, and even more with the half hour odd of making an account. I like to embelish my swearing, hence the gently bit. The stars were to cover the word, not hide what I was saying. People swear, I accept that, not sure I like it, or myself for doing it, but that and sexualizing a drink differ in the way that shouting c*nt when you hit your finger with a hammer and intentially using sleaze to profit do. One is a poor expression of emotion, the other is a considdered and focused effort to sell a product using sex as the slogan, while both may offend, one has the intent to, the other doesn't . To a kid, pussy means a cat and is unlikely to have any other kind of connotation. A word that's been censored is going to bring up more questions, surely? Just because it stands out so much more. It's like when the Edinburgh Fringe made Richard Herring refer to his show "Talking Cock" as "Talking C*ck" on posters. The initial name wasn't offensive, but the latter made it more offensive essentially because it appeared to make the statement that it was "cock" as in "dick". Similarly, a kid who saw Talking Cock might not necessarily think anything of it, but they might ask a parent what "C*ck" means because it's not a normal thing that they'd see. I'm not saying that swearwords shouldn't be censored in certain circumstances, but censorship like that and attempts at censorship in a phrase like "f**k me gently" seem pretty weak... EDIT: Ironic TF censorship there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) You wouldn't call a 5 year old a c*nt though. 5 year old goes in a shop and started saying he wants to taste some sweet pussy then I think it is a bit much and a shallow marketing gimmick. Edit- missed a star Couple of things there - who's letting their 5 year old drink energy drink? And why in the f**k would they make it such a sexual reference to ask for one?! Ever heard a toddler ask for a "sweet coke"? On that note, should "coke" be banned as a drink due to its affiliation with the drug, Incase kids get the wrong idea and it corrupts them? ...Or does "coke" not have a double meaning to a kid in the same way "pussy" doesn't...? Edited December 20, 2013 by Jolfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Coke used to actually have coke in it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ha I once asked that at a coca-cola factory tour and the guy said it was rubbish but google says otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 How many 5 years old do you know who know what the "alternative" meaning of pussy? That's the whole crux of it - young children aren't going to know what that means, and even if older kids do they're not going to be offended by it, are they? To a kid, pussy means a cat and is unlikely to have any other kind of connotation. A word that's been censored is going to bring up more questions, surely? Just because it stands out so much more. It's like when the Edinburgh Fringe made Richard Herring refer to his show "Talking Cock" as "Talking C*ck" on posters. The initial name wasn't offensive, but the latter made it more offensive essentially because it appeared to make the statement that it was "cock" as in "dick". Similarly, a kid who saw Talking Cock might not necessarily think anything of it, but they might ask a parent what "C*ck" means because it's not a normal thing that they'd see. I'm not saying that swearwords shouldn't be censored in certain circumstances, but censorship like that and attempts at censorship in a phrase like "f**k me gently" seem pretty weak... EDIT: Ironic TF censorship there I never thought of the censorsip actually drawing more attention than the word it covers, that is a valid point! If the older kids arnt offended by it then they have previously been decensortised to it. Is that a good thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Or it could just be that it's not "offensive" in the first place? The whole concept of "being offended" is so skewed now in any case with the way that the internet and desperate news outlets have given a platform for anyone who's mildly upset about anything to claim they're "offended" by it. For example, that thing I linked to before where someone said that "Pussy" would be offensive to someone religious, but hadn't actually provided any reason why that might be and was rightly told to do one by the ASA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Wasn't that the point of the name? To cause a stir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Causing a stir is different. Causing a stir gets someone to buy a can of their energy drink just to make a point about it's name EDIT: Unless you were just buying it to be ironic or something, in which case I'm sure they'll "ironically" spend the profits they're making from that and all the other people doing the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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