It isn't widely known, but if you get banned for bad language, you also get this...
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Can I swear on Talkbass?
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Damn. It took 12 pages to break it down to the fundamental stuff
.And we wonder why they make bass player jokes..
Extra points for 'exegeting', I salute you sir! And yes, I admitted to being pedantic from the start and grok the intent of the rule. Honestly, what has always intrigued me is that our modern (Western?) society used to find profanity to be much worse than vulgarity, which has flipped in recent decades.
Some background to this intrigue: When I was in Kindergarten or so, I said 'Geez, Mom" and she (literally?) slapped the bejeezus outta me for being profane. I felt this was legitimately unfair, as I had not exactly broken any commandments. She said "Geez (or Jeez?) is short for Jesus". My legal defense was to tearfully go to my room and pull out a Sesame Street record where Mr. Snuffalupagus said "Gee, Bird!" on the cover. My appeal was that something said on Sesame Street could not possibly be a bad word. She maintained that 'Geez' was worse than 'Gee'. Obviously, where we draw the line is different for everybody, and I can't help but be fascinated by the nuances of how we perceive language after experiences like that.
If I ever get off my gluteus maximus and make my own effects, I am making a bass preamp called ''Carrot Muffin'.
you're onto sonething there..
It's been an issue of fascination to me that at some point, maybe around the 18th century, English users developed this concept of "bad" words - words that were taboo to use in themselves, NOT for the content of them. "Poop" is OK but the other term is taboo, "copulate" is fine but the other word is taboo. In ancient and medieval writers you'll find references to "things too shameful even to speak of," but they meant the SUBJECT one was talking about, not the words being used to talk about it.
It's about the same time that English started to drop its familiar pronouns that one would use for loved ones, friends and family - "thee," "thou," "thine," etc. - and started referring to everybody with the same distant, formal "you" as though your mother was some kind of stranger or your boss. Grammar rules became more formal and artificial too, like the nonsensical "shall/will" rule or the silliness about not ending sentences with prepositions.
I suspect it had to do with cultural shifts and anxiety over social status and "polite speech" was a cultural code to mark oneself as of a superior and respectable class, perhaps since practically everyone was starting to become literate.
As far as our own time and this forum, still, the fact is that these cultural codes persist and, as others have posted, it's the forum owner's wish that it be polite and friendly to all ages. Hence the rule.
One of the things I love about TalkBass is that every time I try swearing, it gets auto censored.
For instances: @#$@&*
For instances: @#$@&*
You've been here long enough to know it's the TB way. I'm surprised it's only 11 pages.
I think of threads like these more as meet & greets where we all get to know each other better.
Can't just talk about bass 24x7x365 can we? There's a lot more to this crew than just that. (I hope.) Some of the coolest people I've met here are some of the people I've disagreed with most.
All my effects will probably be named after TB words we can get away with
So far, there's the Carrot Muffin pre and the OvariesDrive..
Introducing, Poopie Chorus!
So far, there's the Carrot Muffin pre and the OvariesDrive..
Introducing, Poopie Chorus!
Djent.
(Because the guitars invade our dern frequencies and are mixed 4 times as loud)
You just gave me a prank idea for them death--mall-hard-core-chicken-fudger guitarists! Create like the most djent machine looking outer casing, but when they stomp on that box it's like a super classy overdrive that would make the jazz guys soil themselves
All my effects will probably be named after TB words we can get away with
So far, there's the Carrot Muffin pre and the OvariesDrive..
Introducing, Poopie Chorus!
Don't forget the Jerkweasel Phaser and the With-a-Box Compressor.
Hahaha..this is all gold! Jerkweasel is a great word we should be proud of it.
The with-a-box compressor should actually look like it's merely a cardboard box with a couple of dodgy looking dials and buttons and a 'drawn on' gauge
Hahaha..this is all gold! Jerkweasel is a great word we should be proud of it.
The with-a-box compressor should actually look like it's merely a cardboard box with a couple of dodgy looking dials and buttons and a 'drawn on' gauge
And to add a touch of much needed albeit vaguely surreal irony, should not come with a box.
And to add a touch of much needed albeit vaguely surreal irony, should not come with a box.
Hahaha, nah. Simulated packing tape and bubble wrap type shtick going on, right?
Right! The W.T and F?! envelope ring-modulator. Good idea!
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