And "damn" is considered a swear word by some people I
guess. I know someone's gotten warned for it, but in this case I'm
using it in the clear example of the above screenshot, and since it
is on site as official dialogue then it shouldn't be considered a
swear
Yeah to me that isn't a swear word so I believe nothing needs to be
changed. Riako clears sees this probably isn't one either and thus
no one should be warned about it.
So parts of the world don't see is as a swear some do its such a
gray area.
Like to me you might as well say Dam! It sounds exactly the same!
It's even spelt the same! It's just missing one letter how stupid
is that xD
So yeah I know some mods don't see it as a swear it all depends on
where you come from really.
(An) User(s) had been warned for minor non-offensive swear words,
one of them being 'Damn' which is honestly… pretty stupid. I
remember many users complaining about it. I'd get if it's like, an
offensive word but it isn't.
Using the word 'Damn' is better than making some kind of made-up
swear word like 'Sluggers' which just sounds too childish. Children
are going to learn about cusswords one way or another. Damn isn't
even offensive, it's commonly said and is only minor, unlike it's
major counterparts. Really don't see how it should be removed as
it's being used to express an annoyed/enraged Bill and like I
previously mentioned, it's a minor, common cuss word.
I'm sorry but children at the age of 9/10 already know so much more
worse and offensive language it's pratically nothing compared to
the slang they use today.
For example I had a 10 year old flip a middle finger at me, swore,
insulted and wanted me to 'fight him' for accidently bumping into
them. And that is in person let alone the anonymous online persona
they can have here. There shoild be a focus on the real sever words
rather than childish ones like this.
'Damn' is nor offensive to a person nor do I from where I come from
view it as swearing. Its meaning is that of extreme frustration or
aggression towards something not someone.
Maybe it's just that you don't care about kids. Besides, if you
"Swearers want to be happy, at least it could be changed to "Crap"
for you people who like swearing.
I'm awesome!
And all those who are making suggestions that will make PH safer, I
agree with you and thank you.
Maybe it's not? I do care but when my 11 year old cousin comes and
swears at me for no reason or swear because she's in pain because
she stubbed her toe knowing what the word means. I know that kids
these days arnt kids. They do their own thing and don't care what
other think about them.
2. I don't like to swear I refrain from doing so. So please don't
assume things about people it's rude. I have given you nothing but
facts, examples and my.opinion on the topic. Don't like it? Ignore
it rather than assume and attack people because things arnt going
the way you wanted it to.
to me 'damn' isn't a swear word, and it's honestly way more clean
then some of the other words and slang we use today. but that's
just my opinion. i don't really see why this needs to be
implemented, but it's nice to know you care about the younger users
on the site.
and like rollingthunder said, riako most likely sees this as
unoffensive and doesn't consider it a swear. if he did, he wouldn't
have put it in the coding at all.
With the entire PH-related swearing rules and everything aside, I
would have to agree with Xetrobia in saying that damn isn't a swear
word. I would say it falls under the category of hell, such as
"Hell no".
Take in consideration TV Shows as well. Something very very child
oriented such as Disney Channel won't have a character say damn,
but on my favorite show, Charmed, they say things such as damn
throughout the entire series and it's rated PG.
Adding to what Malkins said as it just reminded me.
Online games should not be played without Parental guidance. (PG
for those at a certain age) most online sites require that (parents
permission to play such a game) as well as/ or being over the age
of 13. PH is such a place where such guidelines arn't currently in
place. (Which is nice for those under the teenage years)
These are in place to protect both parties from suing one another.
I can list several websites that require this if you would like to.
People, what I'm trying to say is that if we take swear words too
lightly, one day we're going to be ashamed of what we've become,
and I don't want cursing corruption to take over PH.
I'm awesome!
And all those who are making suggestions that will make PH safer, I
agree with you and thank you.
It won't and never will be. The mods work hard to go though every
report posted to them quickly. Most who swear get reported and the
post removed and / or edited within 15 minutes. When the rules
first changed on the 14th of September where this even stricter
ruling was in place than before. The mods were quick to enforce and
lay down what is ok and not ok.
Which for the amount of which the small group have to do is
amazing! I mean 15 minutes or less to respond is quite a feet with
on average 3000-4000 daily users. And nip any incorrect behaviour
in the bud with new or old accounts.
Don't worry about cursing to take over PH the community as a whole
report any odd words which some cases get removed some don't. But
the mods talk to one another help one another to take the right
choice.
The curse word you're talking about should be taken lightly
as it's a minor cuss and is not offensive in any way. It's used to
represent a negative emotion. Cussing actually helps with stress if
you don't know that. Unless it's like 'Damn you!' and is being
directed towards someone- then that violates the rule of behaving
nicely to other users.
PokèHeroes isn't entirely child friendly, mind you. Last year
Halloween's event proved that with mention of kidnapping and even
more was implied. It's an all age adoptable website and I know a
family-friendly website[that follows the United States law, which
means COPPA] that allows a few cusswords which are minor. One of
them is damn and they don't even consider 'Hell' as a cussword [One
of my old PokèHeroes username is PrinceOfHell anyway]. That website
have a wider community than PokèHeroes- I don't see it corrupting
the website at all.
Okay, I see your point on it being minor swear. But what about
users with overprotective parents? Parents who'll never let them go
on this site ever again if they see ONE swear word?
I'm awesome!
And all those who are making suggestions that will make PH safer, I
agree with you and thank you.
Well then that's up the the parent's not the child. If the child
has over protective parents that's something that is going to
happen. They (The parents) should / will be keeping tabs on what
their child is doing, who they are talking to, and what they are
saying. That's something the website (Such as PH) Is not
responsible for.
Parents these days can easily block access to certain websites
though the computer settings. Not only that if they don't know how
to do that they will / should only allow a minor to access the
internet when they allow it at certain times to keep an eye on them
to watch over their shoulder.