Edited post in Guy/Action flick thread

arbilad · Head Chef

Edited post in Guy/Action flick thread

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Use of the particular emoticon is usually a matter of poor taste. It was in response to my saying "drool factor" which was a colloquial reference to the concept of eye candy for certain segments of an audience, or casting which specifically incorporates physical attractiveness to opposite gender.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Sorry, everyone. I thought it was part of the bountiful "selection" because we could use it on bountiful...

Yes, I know it's in poor taste. Personally, I thought the whole sidetrack with the Victoria's Secret polygamous afterlife was in poorER taste. I suppose the difference was I am a female and used the humping thingey when referring to a man. The Victoria's Secret deal was about women, and must not be in as "poor taste" to the (male) moderators.

arbilad · Head Chef

If you want, Coco, I can edit out the whole Victoria's Secret part of the thread. I'm trying not to be too heavy handed in moderating; it's just that the visual thing had more immediate effect on me. Just say the word.
I have no control over the standard library of emoticons, so there are emoticons in there that I'd get rid of if I could.
You're right; so much is dependent upon perspective, and I, as a male, see issues differently. So feedback from females is important to help me catch stuff that I miss.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

I didn't notice it there, but yeah, it would be as equally in poor taste and were I moderator there may have asked the poster to edit it out. But, then again, it did look like you started the VS sidetrack in the other thread...

I am moderator there, but I don't see the emoticon... Okay, anyone who was using that emoticon, or even thinking about using that emoticon, in an LDS Discussions thread, don't make me smack ya one upside the head...

Or was there another VS sidetrack discussion thing on some other thread?

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

coco: If it's any consolation, I've been dying to use some of the "taboo" emoticons too... clearly they're no good and yet... they're there... just a mouse click away... like that nasty scab you know you shouldn't pick... but it's so pickable!!!

We should probably keep the board to a standard that even our Mother could read... cuz who knows, maybe one of us might want to invite our mother to join sometime... and that'd be OKAY, and I wouldn't judge that person harshly or anything...

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I don't care if you edit it out or not. My MO is not changing my environment to suit me or make me feel better or more comfortable, but dealing with it inside my own self.

I didn't realize it was a generic library type of things with the emoticons. I thought you had hand-picked them previously, since you had added some from nauvoo and the ctr one since I've been here. That was my misunderstanding. I will be more selective.

As for female feedback, you probably won't get much from me, unless I'm directly involved like in this instance. I will usually be sitting back, taking it all in. If anything, I try to get people to reveal more of who they are. There it is! You're all part of my sick little experiment!! mwahahahaaaa!

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Dude, my mom would be using that emoticon, and if there was one of a bull taking a poo she'd be using that one constantly, along with the *bird*, if there was such a thing.

I'm trying to rein things in... every generation we get a little more calm... it's a slow process.

And yes, I started the VS thought train. Isn't it ironic?

Isn't there some beer on one of ray's new threads? Now as LDSs, we believe in humping more than beer, don't we?

arbilad · Head Chef

I try to think of those icons as root beer, because it can be foamy too.
If you'll notice, the CTR emoticon and the emoticon stolen from Nauvoo are off in their own little group to the left side of the emoticon box. The other emoticons shun them because they're new and special. Anyway, the predetermined ones are unchangeable. I can't add, edit, delete, look askance at, or do anything else to them. But I can add my own or later delete them.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

arbilad wrote:

The other emoticons shun them because they're new and special.

Now that is perhaps the funniest thing that I've seen said here in a week or so!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Coco: The uh, "buggered" one is not a good icon either... and that's not something we believe in...

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Sorry, don't know what buggered means.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

It's British for something, but I don't know what it is, and I've never had the desire to ask the British ladies in our ward what it means...

But, I think that it could be akin to the level of ugliness that is attendant to the word that gets used like a million times in nearly every episode of Red Dwarf when the other characters are referring to Rimmer...

arbilad · Head Chef

It refers to anal sex. It's a rather crude word for it.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Not familiar with Red Dwarf either...

ANYHOO-- I shall hereby try my best to not be so offensive and vulgar. So sorry. I'll admit, I've been known to let the censorship slide in the interest of serious laugh factor. I'll try to refrain.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

arbilad wrote:
...it's just that the visual thing had more immediate effect on me. Just say the word.

Umm...in case anyone's taking votes, I'd rather you not say the word either. That's one that just really bothers me...

arbilad · Head Chef

That should teach me to post when I'm tired, busy, and it's the end of the week. I should have said, "Just say the word and I'll delete the offending content." I should have placed the sentence next to the sentence it referred to as well.
Trust Euphrasie to catch me on a grammar and word choice error.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Well, in that case, we're all good.

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

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