Can I swear on Talkbass?

[armyadarkness]

(I told him we already got one!)

He's MIA

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Am I the only one who thinks it's strange that this guy became a member Monday, started two threads today, made one post in each, and then we never heard from him again?

Perhaps he's sitting under his bridge counting 250+ replies from a single post as a rather successful bit of trolling

 

[armyadarkness]

Perhaps he's sitting under his bridge counting 250+ replies from a single post as a rather successful bit of trolling

I'm quite sure... but we'll remember the offense

 

[arbitrary]

I think it auto sensors it. Most forums do now a days. shaging buttholes

It changed shaging into shagging. But not buttholes. The more you know.

 

[Cliff Colton]

I don't really (want to) understand why certain words are swear words, while others aren't. Intercourse is okay, the alternative word isn't. Excrement is okay, the other word isn't. Why?

People don't usually shout out 'intercourse' or 'excrement' when they accidentally drill a hole through the front of their bass.

 

[40Hz]

People don't usually shout out 'intercourse' or 'excrement' when they accidentally drill a hole through the front of their bass.

They also probably wouldn't get much more than token sympathy around here for doing it.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Hehe, thanks man! I love y'all so was absolutely not shooting you, it was just the first time I had actually read the rule and I'm fascinated by language. Please note that I am NOT knowingly in violation of Rule #5 as I am not disagreeing with any moderator's actions. I don't have a complaint and while I'm aware that the author of the rule might be a mod, it is not certain. Senators write the laws, cops enforce 'em, right? (My one forum complaint was about a different forum altogether where I advocated successfully for a rule change.)

In general, I really like the tone of TB. Some members might get snarky over silly things like carrots, but overall there is a very civil vibe. I'm sure credit goes to the mods (such as the gentleman that chimed in earlier in the thread) but I like to think also that it reflects well on bass players in general. Sure you have your occasional Sid Vicious or Gene Simmons, but bassists are generally a level-headed bunch compared to many other musicians

I'm a lover of freedom over security, so I wish we could have an unmoderated environment. But then I see the endless vitriol and offhand heinous statements on Yahoo News and YouTube comment sections and realize that maybe we humans aren't ready for that in the virtual world yet.

Eh, my general take on it is there's plenty of other places Internet where you can swear, troll, talk politics and all the other things that are prohibited on TB. It's kind of refreshing that TB is moderated so it makes people act more civil here.

And I was only joking about Rule #5.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Or is this wrong?

I swear I have the best sounding rig on the planet, so I guess you can.

 

[Raman]

Considering it's turned into the hot button du jour for a lot of folks, I can hardly blame the admins for that. They're just trying to run a bass and music community interest site here. Nothing else.

Ok, good point.

 

[Raman]

I think they're about even.

A few evenings ago, I humorously posted a thread about «bass being a religion» to us. I detailed what the salvation and sin be in it, what would be considered scriptures, etc.
It got 1 enthusiastic reply... Then it was gone without warning.

I completely respect the admins' decision, so please especially don't think that I'm complaining here.
I myself have to arbitrate disputes as a professional duty. And I understand how human a job it is.

I guess it was maybe just a bit more of a shock to me, coming from the post-Christian society in which I live.
I sometimes forget to take into consideration differing viewpoints, which I do not ever wish to belittle.

So for other newcomers or very occasional contributors to TB like me:
Please know that the trigger on religion here is very, very low.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I do this with the couple of profane words I might use: F*nd*r, G*bs*n. Actually, those are the only two profanity words I ever use, really,

For the one other "not nice" word I might "write" I use this -

 

[hrodbert696]

One of the things I love about TalkBass is that every time I try swearing, it gets auto censored.

For instances: @#$@&*

Saves the mods some trouble. Some people still find ways to get in trouble.

 

[HolmeBass]

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.

Yeah, I guess surprised / not surprised. Maybe 25 pages worth in us collectively?

 

[HolmeBass]

Am I the only one who thinks it's strange that this guy became a member Monday, started two threads today, made one post in each, and then we never heard from him again?

Strange in a "why does this keep happening" kind of way?

I'm worried that OP just came over from a drummer forum to mercilessly troll us.

 

[40Hz]

Not in a million years. Disney is so tight fisted on their product that they have gone after impoverished schools in Africa for Micky Mouse murals on their walls.

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! It's off to court we go…

Got that right. Know an attorney who deals with rights management and clearances for a living. He said Diz was the worst to have to deal with.

But what did you expect from a company that lobbied and got Congress to pass a special law to prevent the Micky Mouse character from passing into public domain once all its copyright extension were about to expire under US copyright rules? Seems The Mouse has his very own copyright law.

 

[MojoPenguin]

When I think of swearing I think of father Jack from Father Ted Such an awesome show which we could never make today lol.

 

[chadds]

You will find this to be one of the "cleaner" forums. Stay away from politics and religion. Don't use the "high ranking" bad language.

Discussing the weather is way more contentious than speaking about politics or religion.

 

[RoadRanger]

When my son was 3-4, when he was really mad, he would make up the most imaginable curses. Not cursing as in swearing. But like old style curses. "I hope your hands get so heavy they break and fall off so you can never pick me up again!!!" It's really amazing that a 3yo could curse more creatively than your average 20-something.

I think it was a 3 year old nephew of a friend on mine that came up with "You're a stupid looking stupid head!" one of my all-time favs .

 

[Sixgunn]

A few evenings ago, I humorously posted a thread about «bass being a religion» to us. I detailed what the salvation and sin be in it, what would be considered scriptures, etc.
It got 1 enthusiastic reply... Then it was gone without warning.

I completely respect the admins' decision, so please especially don't think that I'm complaining here.
I myself have to arbitrate disputes as a professional duty. And I understand how human a job it is.

I guess it was maybe just a bit more of a shock to me, coming from the post-Christian society in which I live.
I sometimes forget to take into consideration differing viewpoints, which I do not ever wish to belittle.

So for other newcomers or very occasional contributors to TB like me:
Please know that the trigger on religion here is very, very low.

I don't know.I think more poopie storms are started by politics. Seems more polarizing and fundamentally divisive.

 

[gln1955]

I don't know.I think more poopie storms are started by politics. Seems more polarizing and fundamentally divisive.

The two don't seem to be easliy separated these days.