Banning registry

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-02T19:57:02.000Z

Dave Markell:

I don’t think anyone has said or implied that, Angie, just as I don’t think we’re being patronizing to African-Americans by disallowing the big, bad 6 letter word. A (very) few terms are so demeaning and controversial that’s it’s better to avoid them entirely. My wife doesn’t need “protection” from the environment here. She decided it was a hostile place to be, and left for friendlier pastures. That angered me. I’d like to think that this forum, because of its industry and journalism ties, would be the best place on the net for female gamers, so I spoke up.

No place is a friendly place if you can’t handle some internet ass-hats tossing around cliched curse words just to get a reaction.

MattKeil · 2008-09-02T19:58:07.000Z

BobJustBob:

Like Mercenaries 2, which is far better than GTA4 no matter what Tom says.

Welcome back and all, but that is batshit insanity.

Ed_Solomon · 2008-09-02T20:02:17.000Z

Come on, Angie. Think of poor little me. I can handle just about anything, but that particular synecdoche just makes me want to punch people. Hard.

TimJames · 2008-09-02T20:05:54.000Z

I don’t think I’ve seen global word replacement since the BBS days. Good to hear it’s alive and well!

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-02T20:11:43.000Z

Ed Solomon:

… synecdoche …

Holy shit… thought it was a typo but wikipedia returned results. Do you actually use this word with any regularity? That’s hardcore.

Aeon221 · 2008-09-02T20:17:09.000Z

BobJustBob:

I don’t only love Dynasty Warriors. I love Dynasty Warriors in addition to many other things. Like Mercenaries 2, which is far better than GTA4 no matter what Tom says.

I am very glad you did not get banned.

Bahimiron · 2008-09-02T20:23:12.000Z

MattKeil:

Welcome back and all, but that is batshit insanity.

I donno, man.

Maybe I’ve just not yet gotten to the part in Mercs 2 where I have a choice between four different arbitrary chase missions, but so far I’m willing to go with Mercs 2 if only because the characterization on Mattias is so much more consistent than Nico.

Seriously.

Ed_Solomon · 2008-09-02T20:23:18.000Z

~EFG~:

Holy shit… thought it was a typo but wikipedia returned results. Do you actually use this word with any regularity? That’s hardcore.

Hardcore? Hardly. Tom would have spelled it in the original Greek.

MattKeil · 2008-09-02T20:26:13.000Z

bahimiron:

I donno, man.

Maybe I’ve just not yet gotten to the part in Mercs 2 where I have a choice between four different arbitrary chase missions, but so far I’m willing to go with Mercs 2 if only because the characterization on Mattias is so much more consistent than Nico.

Seriously.

No matter what GTA4’s shortcomings, at least Rockstar knows that when you go to the over the shoulder aiming camera, you don’t let the character continue to bob up and down in front of the damn crosshairs.

PeterGinsberg · 2008-09-02T20:26:25.000Z

Come on, admit you only know the word because of the upcoming Charlie Kaufman movie.

arctangent · 2008-09-02T20:31:04.000Z

Tim James:

I don’t think I’ve seen global word replacement since the BBS days. Good to hear it’s alive and well!

Some day in the far distant future some paleo-anthropologist is going to find that thread preserved on a moldy scratched-up CD and wonder why in the fuck the word ‘tapir’ is in there, and write a 460 page paper about the ancient Cult of the Tapir or some such nonsense, become a world famous authority about it, and he or she will owe all of his or her success to Tom Chick (who’s name will inexplicably be transliterated as ‘Jack Chick’, but I digress).

You’ve made history here today, Tom!

Unicorn_McGriddle · 2008-09-02T20:32:50.000Z

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Ed_Solomon · 2008-09-02T20:33:02.000Z

malphigian:

Come on, admit you only know the word because of the upcoming Charlie Kaufman movie.

What were you fucking guys doing college, smoking dope and having sex? How could you not know about synecdoche?

Long-haired, ultimate frisbee playing, motherfuckers.

Aeon221 · 2008-09-02T20:33:06.000Z

You’re all a bunch of fat tapirs.

edit: awesome.

editx2: Thanks Tom! Now I have a swearword that I can safely use without offending anyone! You goddamn tapirs!

Aeon221 · 2008-09-02T20:33:55.000Z

Ed Solomon:

What were fucking guys doing college, smoking dope and having sex? How could you not know about synecdoche?

Long-haired, ultimate frisbee playing, motherfuckers.

You tapir! How dare you hate on long hair you goddamn portmanteau!

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-02T20:34:04.000Z

Ed Solomon:

Hardcore? Hardly. Tom would have spelled it in the original Greek.

You’re going to use Tom as the benchmark?

Ed_Solomon · 2008-09-02T20:35:01.000Z

~EFG~:

You’re going to use Tom as the benchmark?

It’s his world, we just post here.

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-02T20:36:17.000Z

Ed Solomon:

What were you fucking guys doing college, smoking dope and having sex? How could you not know about synecdoche?

Long-haired, ultimate frisbee playing, motherfuckers.

Fuck yeah. Don’t mess with frisbee, asshole.

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-02T20:41:30.000Z

Ed Solomon:

It’s his world, we just post here.

Fair enough.

Ed_Solomon · 2008-09-02T20:41:56.000Z

~EFG~:

Fuck yeah. Don’t mess with frisbee, asshole.

OK, I’m pegging you more as frisbee golf kinda guy.