Suddenly A Plethora Of Threads Become NSFW

take a breath and hang on old friend...I didn't mean to traumatize you.

By the way, Hawkeye,even without the NSFW tag on your specific post, since it has a -10 thumbs down, it would still be collapsed from view as a result of collective use of the thumbs by the community and it has nothing to do with the site's moderation policies.

You are putting forth a false premise. Go look at the thread you speak of. The NSFW tag is not on the entire thread, it is only on your specific post, one out of a dozen others without such a tag.

http://able2know.org/topic/279607-1

Also, you can opt out of other people's thumbs down.

So, let's see if I have this right. The use of the NSFW tag makes you uncomfortable (I said it is non productive and stupid, which is quite far from uncomfortable), as does the collective use of thumbs down by people to show displeasure ( I said that I take large numbers of vote downs as a sign that I am on to something, which is even further from uncomfortable), disagreement or indifference to a post (a vote down is a huge degrade from a response and counterargument, which I would much rather see) . Because of this discomfort, you don't want to see it used. (Your inappropriate use of the word discomfort makes me question your comprehension skills tonight...this constantly talking about appetites and comfort that we see all around A2K and in the national discourse is in fact extremely shallow. Lets aim for better MKay? What if we lived in a world were words and ideas were judged by how close they track with reality rather than as we do now by how they make us feel, wouldnt that be an improvement? I am sure that you (figuratively speaking) are hot **** and all, but believe it or not the university really does not give two shakes about your feelings )

Aren't they expressing their own version of truth telling that you say you so eagerly seek? (in a lazy drive by America circa 2015 way.....sure) Should your discomfort (O.M.G) with their choice of expression (I think I am on solid ground wanting to encourage better and more full expression) be enough to cause the removal of the voluntary option each of us has the choice of using or not using? (the biggest problem with the New A2K is that it is too complicated, Americans are in this day and age basically lazy and often pretty stupid, so any talk of getting rid of options gets complicated fast).

blueveinedthrobber wrote:

take a breath and hang on old friend...I didn't mean to traumatize you.

That's what you said when you got me home last Saturday night, and then look what happened.

You haven't phoned, you haven't texted.....nothing.

blueveinedthrobber wrote:

I was just being snarky for the hell of it as I've been known to do from time to time. Look what happened.

I am shocked --- shocked! --- that there is snark going on in this establishment.

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So, let's see if I have this right. The use of the NSFW tag makes you uncomfortable (I said it is non productive and stupid, which is quite far from uncomfortable), as does the collective use of thumbs down by people to show displeasure ( I said that I take large numbers of vote downs as a sign that I am on to something, which is even further from uncomfortable), disagreement or indifference to a post (a vote down is a huge degrade from a response and counterargument, which I would much rather see) . Because of this discomfort, you don't want to see it used. (Your inappropriate use of the word discomfort makes me question your comprehension skills tonight...this constantly talking about appetites and comfort that we see all around A2K and in the national discourse is in fact extremely shallow. Lets aim for better MKay? What if we lived in a world were words and ideas were judged by how close they track with reality rather than as we do now by how they make us feel, wouldnt that be an improvement? I am sure that you (figuratively speaking) are hot **** and all, but believe it or not the university really does not give two shakes about your feelings )

Aren't they expressing their own version of truth telling that you say you so eagerly seek? (in a lazy drive by America circa 2015 way.....sure) Should your discomfort (O.M.G) with their choice of expression (I think I am on solid ground wanting to encourage better and more full expression) be enough to cause the removal of the voluntary option each of us has the choice of using or not using? (the biggest problem with the New A2K is that it is too complicated, Americans are in this day and age basically lazy and often pretty stupid, so any talk of getting rid of options gets complicated fast).

You wouldn't find 5% Europeans indulging with half the adjectives you used to describe what American right wing supposedly stands for.

Those who try to cocoon themselves in the attempt to remain comfortable will never amount to anything.