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@CactusPants. (just too cute!)
Cussing/swearing (h__l, d__n, cr_p) is far different from using foul/lewd words...f__k, c__k, c__t, which are more than your everyday swearing. It's offensive! Why do people feel the need to use those terms? It's not necessary. I go back to the limited vocabulary view. Why not say "Get the he__ out of here." Instead of "Get the f___ out of here." F'ing this and F'ing that! Every other word is F! It's because they've lost the ability to converse civilly. I miss so many, I assume, great movies because of the spiraled down language culture. I never heard those words growing up, never heard them in high school. Something has changed...and it's not for the better. Can we not try to be more genteel?
Hey Cat,
I can't determine who is replying to whom. This is why I type an @ before their screen name. But, to your post....I agree wholeheartedly!
@CactusPants
Thank you for your reply. Please read my suggestion more carefully. When I refer to no no words I directed you to George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" There is a reason why they are not permitted on tv (American). Also, the list on ShutterStock which lists ALL words, some not needed to be bleeped. Keep in mind adults are not the only viewers of these sites. Children also read these sites. Over at tMDB a Profanity filter has been enabled which can be turned off or on. So, if the reader insists on using/seeing the f-word, the c-word and any of the foul words he/she deems necessary for conversation, the filter can be left off. Personally I feel the words are not necessary to converse/debate and are used by posters with a limited vocabulary to get their point across. Just sayin'....
@CactusPants (cute ID)
Forgive me for dropping into your conversation. As a fairly new joiner to MC, I noticed this interesting thread and began reading. As far as mods (which are sorely needed) duties are, why not moderate/prohibit profanity as well as harassment? The commandment could be "Thou shall not post/reply with any of George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words"" Check them out and if enabled there could be a bleep with a warning to the poster. Lively debating is something which can be achieved without profanity or lewd comments. To be clear, I'm not referring to everyday mild swearing. The boards would be more cordial and the Ignore button would rarely be used except for those who cause havoc. Just a thought....
Edited to add: There is a list of no no words on ShutterStock
Is that the one where I defended you and your frequent posts? If he did delete, how did he do it. On IMDB only the one who sent the reply could delete or they fell off after 21 days?. How dare he! I put a lot of thought into that defense! LOL!
I did not like the '60's!
Off topic. There is something strange included in my list of replies. One states I replied to you about The Exorcist. I didn't. Could you check your notifications to try and locate it? I'm unable locate the reply. When I click on the reply it takes me to the Exorcist home page board.
@StyxNyx
"That's exactly what I take...Neurontin/Gabapentin 1800mg a day....along with 9 other meds 2x a day. Started at 1200mg in 02 and felt like I was on a non-stop acid trip for 2 weeks...lol! Colours were super vivid and beautiful, my walls were melting in my bedroom, I would walk aimlessly into traffic while going to the grocery store. Things like that...lol."
You were tripping, my cyber friend! Sounds just like LSD which was prevalent in the free love '60's, man! You were playing like one of those flower gals!
My daughter's soon-to-be ex-husband had her Baker Acted three times to no avail. He's been dealing with her for over eight years. She was seeing phone numbers on his truck steering wheel so she accused him of cheating! The violence she accused him of doing was done by her...doors kicked in, cabinet doors ripped off the hinges. She had him arrested for knocking her down....he didn't. He put up with more than most men would do. He lived in fear she would have him arrested again as she threatened to do when he didn't abide by her demands. After six years he left, as his stress factor was through the roof, his BP was skyrocketing, he couldn't sleep. etc. As a result of leaving he's off medication, his health has returned, but we've lost the best son-in-law anyone could hope for. Such a sweet, decent man. He'll always be the son we didn't have. So sad what prescription drugs are doing to society. She continues with the doctor who is a known pill pusher.
@MissMargoChanning
Apology accepted from you also!ππ€π€ We shall continue to converse as the air has been cleared. There is enough discord on these sites. We don't need to add to it. How's that for a new beginning?βΊοΈ
BTW, I was so taken aback by that vile poster's remarks, I didn't think beyond my response and wanted to get the he-double hockey sticks out of here. Remember it was a new thread and he was the third poster. You are correct in stating it is an open thread. I just didn't realize the firestorm I had created by replying and leaving.
@StyxNyx
"I am very forgetful these days as my short term flew out the window around 05, due to a strong epileptic medication that I take for severe back spasms."
I'm well aware of the effects of anti-epileptic drugs. My daughter takes Neurontin for pseudo epilepsy, another drug for back spasms, something else for another ailment. I've seen how weird these drugs can make you. She also has suffered from short term memory loss and hallucinations.
As far as the undesirables go on these threads, just use the minus sign on their posts. You've shut the door on them temporarily while still retaining your favorable conversations. Of course they'll turn back up like the obnoxious relative or acquaintance we all know!
You do seem to be a nice person who got caught up in the "game". It's easily done. Years ago when I lived in a neighborhood I too got caught up in a gossipy clique. Nice to the person's face, but we could sure tear her apart behind her back. It wasn't in my nature to do such hateful things, but there is always a leader of "the pack" and I wanted to "fit in". I was a stay at home housewife with two small children and I was bored. One day I heard a very wise statement to the effect of: "If these people are talking about her this way, what are they saying about me when I'm not around?" I realized I didn't need the busy bodies anymore and concentrated on getting a good job in order to better myself. I worked nights until my girls were in school. My husband cared for them in the evening. OMGosh! I'm so out of tune with today's way of doing things! Geez! All of the above occurred before the "net". Funny, isn't it...the "net"? The net that caught us, the good and the bad!
This is serious stuff! Kids have committed suicide due to bullying. These so called trolls as you refer to them are nothing but the lowest common denominator on the human scale. But, we need to be attentive to the vernacular we use when referring to people we don't know or who don't quite fit in with our way of thinking. Just sayin'
@StyxNyx
What is the problem with you posting as many times as you choose? Especially when you are engaged in a conversation which interests you and others. It's no skin off legnadibrom's nose! It's as if you are having a coffee klatch and conversing (not gossiping) about a book, movie, tv program, etc. when all of a sudden you are not permitted to offer more input! You make the gesture of zipping your mouth. You've reached your allotment and cannot comment further.
Good Grief! If legnadibrom is bothered by your many posts there are two solutions: either click the minus sign or click on the Ignore option! His/her problem with you is solved. So simple! Why is this poster counting posts anyway? Does this poster not realize this is the only outlet some people have! They could be housebound due to reasons beyond their control. They could be ill, or live alone, have no family nearby or not at all. Their outside world consists of tv, movies and an interaction on social media. Which can be a blessing or a blight. Damned if you do....damned if you don't!
Apology accepted!ππ€
@StyxNyx
"Sorry ksp, but considering it was shortly after this site opened, you have to admit it DID seem rather odd at the time."
My answer would be like so many other "refugees" from IMDB, I was searching for a good message board. One where I could be comfortable. I happened upon MovieChat so I registered. This thread was the first I went to because I abhor profanity and lewd comments. It was a new thread and to my dismay the third post was vile! "Well, strike this thread!" I said my piece and left.
As to why it took me 23 days to reply. I had no reason to return to the thread. I put it aside. I concentrated my reading and replies on tMDB. The administrator had installed a profanity filter. In the meanwhile I was searching for posters I knew at IMDB so I would drift to other sites such as this one.
As it so happened last week I located one here on MC. In order to make contact I had to login. Since it had been awhile when I registered, I could not for the life of me recall my password! I had to register again as a "newbie". If you recall I stated I had difficulty logging in so I just added an "s" to my screen name with a new password. I also, regretfully, got involved with the online game of "Pearl's Peril" which takes an inordinate amount of time. "You can't fix stupid!" The message boards were put on the back burner.
It was still bugging me though about the prior registered ID and password. Good Grief! I had two accounts with MC and surely did not wish to be called that evil name that is so freely thrown about....A TROLL! BTW, I was named such due to me not posting again. All of you were in that gossipy "clique" I wrote about. This week I began entering every password I could think of I had used in the past...voila'...I got it! Now, I'm in a quandary. How do I delete one of them? I think since this one has been a bone of contention I'll sign out and use the revised one. As of yet no one has raked me over the coals with using that one.
But, to alert everyone, I don't post/reply often so please don't refer to me as that ugly thing who lives under bridges! So sad how freely people refer to others as Trolls, Doxxers?, Socks, Nazis, Racists, etc. To me...that is nothing more than online bullying!!
@neverstandinalone
"Can you imagine how it'll be once the generation of those who remember civility are no longer among the living?"
Not only has our speech become severely coarse, our culture has spiraled downward. It's become like a cancer which has metastasized even reaching our once great bodies of government. Respect for others in mixed company has disappeared. "But, they're just words!" They reply. How sad those that utter such foul language, spew such vile venom are unable to curb themselves among strangers. The f-bomb has become a normal part of their limited vocabulary. We hear it in movies, so it must be OK. Do movies reflect society or do we as a society influence the movies? Odd thing though, many great movies of yesteryear were produced without the foul language.
The mores of our culture began the downward spiral in the 1960's. The free love, anything goes, hate the establishment mantra had begun. I regret to say the only good thing that came out of those tumultuous years was giving blacks equality, the right to vote, etc. I've lived through both cultures so I can say without a doubt...I prefer the genteel culture. We could listen without flinching, we spoke without causing someone to flinch. Respect! That is the society I miss and sad to say it's forever gone.
@neverstandinalonne
I can hear the tongues wagging over our desire to have a cordial communication board. "Why are we here if we cannot get past the profanity, if we are offended by the hateful vile spewing forth, etc.?" We should go with the flow? Discussions with lively debates are what these boards should adhere to. Their response, "Must be a troll with socks on!" Here's a troll, there's a troll, everywhere a troll! Nonsensical comments! Just for calling to task a poster with a foul mouth!
Can you believe I signed up for FB just a few weeks ago? Not to post or get into the game, but to locate a business owner who had moved her shop. I had left an item to be repaired. I've been a member of IMDB since 2007 and started posting to one board just last year due to an interesting tv program. I have no need to tell the world about my private life. I did make a cyber friend (pen pal) on the now closed IMDB message boards. We exchanged email addresses so we can continue to correspond each other.
@Wilson
Great post with positive thoughts! Thanks!
@neverstandinalone
Thank you! You made my day! I felt like a leper on this board/thread, whatever. All due to my reply to a foul-mouth poster. I was the "newbie" and how "childish" it was for me not wanting to play the game. How dare I "pick up my marbles and go home!" This is where we are today....anything goes. There is no delineation between right and wrong. If we protest uncouth remarks and prefer civil discourse, we are "thin skinned". I, for one, refuse to succumb to the barbs social media has wrought and those hiding behind an electronic device with anonymity. Again, pack mentality...and as you say "popular mentality".
The following is interesting:http://time.com/4457110/internet-trolls/
"How Trolls Are Ruining The Internet" Time Magazine
I apologize it's not a direct link due to working with an iPad. I'll figure it out someday! You will have to copy & paste.
I'm definitely an IMDB member. Have been since 2007. And, why are you the way you are? Throwing the query back to you! If you are referring about the gossip mongering, I can't help you there. It seems these message boards have become a cesspool of naysayers. Akin to a neighborhood with cliques. Several getting together, tongues start wagging, because a new person has moved into the neighborhood. "She/he is not very friendly. She/he keeps to herself/himself. I wonder what she/he is up to? Very suspicious if you ask me." After that folks who would not necessarily be guilty of gossip gets sucked into the cesspool. And, these are the ones who were so nice to the newcomer! Strange, isn't it how the pack mentality works with humans, also.
Oh, believe what you will. As stated, today is the first day back to this thread. Why should I return? When I made my comment the thread was fairly new. Little did I know I was setting off a firestorm! I chastised the poster and left.
@StyxNyx
Surprise! You do know me. We've engaged in pleasantries recently. You folks shouldn't jump to conclusions and gossip about someone you don't know. In fact, you shouldn't gossip at all....Woodstock!