Who else is fed up with swearing on MN?

[ByJingoes]

I have been trying to have this discussion on another thread, but don't want to hijack it further.

I am thoroughly sick of excessive swearing on MN. I am sick of encountering posters with sweary names (not least because I have to hide MN as soon as the children come into the room).

MNHQ, could you please look at this again? Every time I mention this on threads, I am told that I have a cat's bum face (which is immensely irritating) and to eff off to Nethuns - yet I loathe the huggy/kissy/hunny stuff, and detest moderation. We are all adults and don't need to be censored. However, part of being an adult surely means having some consideration for other people too?

Here is Justine in May 2005:

"Hi all,
We've had a few complaints about obscene language on the boards. Our policy on this is that we would appreciate it if people would keep foul and abusive language to a minimum and that if you feel it necessary to swear to make your point then use asterisks please [...] we don't want to be over-prudish about this - we're not talking minor offenses here - and sometimes (parking attendant, gp receptionist annecdotes etc etc) we agree that nothing else but a swear word will do but it's a fair point that lots of members look at mumsnet with kids who may be early readers at their side and as the saying goes... less is more sometimes, so if you could use your discretion it would be much appreciated.

Ta very much."

That seems eminently sensible - but MN seems to have somehow slithered into a site for sweary people only.

Am I the only person who is utterly fed up with it?

[Hullygully]

People have bees.

Bees about all sorts of things.

Bees make people lose perspective and buzz about a lot.

[SuePurblybilt]

Are we talking bonnetses and belfries, Hully?

[SuePurblybilt]

Fecking spells. That should surely be belfreys.

[FanjoForTheMuahahammaries]

must also point out, with my name, I am hardly going to poke fun at people for having genitalia related names

[FanjoForTheMuahahammaries]

"hey your name sounds like willy"

"wells yours IS actually fanjo"

[Hullygully]

Bonnets

Little poke bonnets full of angry stripey creatures buzzing in their ears and making them all intemperate.

[PosieIsSaggySacForLemaAndPigS]

I hope noone is rude enough to abbreviate my new name.

[FanjoForTheMuahahammaries]

heehee@PISSFLAPS

[Hullygully]

[LadyEvilEyes]

at PISSFLAPS

[PosieIsSaggySacForLemaAndPigS]

I think I will have to go to Nethuns.....Noone cares about the Lemurs.... (damn 30 character name limit)



Babycarrying, pant wearing, bra loving, tit jiggling mother of four
24 days since my last shit
3 weeks since my last orgasm

[FanjoForTheMuahahammaries]

oh I also have boobies in my name. Yay for me!

[FanjoForTheMuahahammaries]

( o )( o )

[shakti]

Posie, 24 days!!!! Good god woman. What the fucks going on?

[PinotScreechio]

nice tits, fanjo (and I snickered too)

[PosieIsSaggySacForLemaAndPigS]

[damn ticker's broken]

[TethHearseEnd]

I think that's the first time I've ever insulted a dead grandparent through etymology

8 pages ago

[GuillotinedMaryLacey]

Has this thing kicked off yet?

[uphillbothways]

If you use Chrome you could use this. I'm sure there are similar versions for firefox. That helps with the kids-looking-over-shoulder point at least?

I think it would be very difficult to get the culture shift necessary without censorship - not sure how effective a message from Justine would really be, it would slip people's minds quite quickly I expect.

[AnyPhantomFucker]

well, I went to the shops and I came back

SD (I know this is ages ago now but whatever...) if you are at all familiar with my posts you will see I very regularly shorten people's names to their initials and bold them. Quite a lot of other people employ this method of addressing people.

I am commonly referred to as AF . Do I get offended when peeps tramp around talking about their periods ? No, I do not... I don't much like periods and plenty of people like blow jobs

so ner

[SayGhoulNowSayWitch]

AF for some reason I read that as tramps talking about their periods, and got really confused as to why (male) tramps would be having periods...

[AnyPhantomFucker]

tramp around the threads.. (muppet)

[SayGhoulNowSayWitch]

:o