Why is s-e-x in the swear filter?

greasytshirt · Apr 23, 2015

I've seen a lot of things get trapped by swear filters, but sex has never been one of them.

This seems like a rather arbitrary decision.

greasytshirt · Apr 23, 2015

Luckily, I have a ton of completely inappropriate alternatives for the word "sex".

Like "gender". Three more letters. Totally inappropriate, wasting all of those electrons.

greasytshirt · Apr 24, 2015

That was quick.

xmudman · Apr 24, 2015

Because some people still get the vapors over such things

greasytshirt · Apr 24, 2015

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Turtle · Apr 24, 2015

Being looked at.

Moot · Apr 25, 2015

What about flange?

Moot · Apr 25, 2015

Moot said:
What about ******?

The word is flange. Give me an F. Give me an L. give me an A. Give me an N. Give me a G. Give me an E. What's that spell? Flange. What's that spell? F-L-A-N-G-E.

Ragman · Apr 25, 2015

Moot said:
The word is ******. Give me an F. Give me an L. give me an A. Give me an N. Give me a G. Give me an E. What's that spell? ******. What's that spell? F-L-A-N-G-E.

Amazing! Truely amazing!

Turtle · Apr 25, 2015

With this new software, when the censor filters got turned on, the default filters were used. I'm not sure why flange is even in there at all. There are several others that really don't need filtering, and a few that need to be added.

greasytshirt · Apr 25, 2015

Flange? :lol: :lol:

greasytshirt · Apr 25, 2015

In that case, I apologize for assuming that Puritanism was the cause.

Turtle · Apr 25, 2015

If Puritanism was the cause, :censoredsign:

would be censored, probably.

OntarioVanMan · Apr 26, 2015

and here I've been doing azz..instead LOL ass?

OntarioVanMan · Apr 26, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
and here I've been doing azz..instead LOL ***?

so you can be an :censoredsign:

but not just an ass?...LOL

Turtle · Apr 26, 2015

For another day or so, until the filters get tweaked and updated. But it's probably best to keep the language civil regardless of whether the filters catch it or not.