Censoring harmless posts...

[Kraniac]

Paul F. wrote:
You must have too much free time on your hands to be getting this worked up...
Let it go, man.

Thanks, stud.

[Kraniac]

cbelt3 wrote:
Folks... never argue with the admin ! Our little community exists at the sufferance of Macsales (Peace and profit be upon them). It's a few keystrokes to decide we are not worth the trouble.

And please... assume everyone here is all growed up and try to act like it. Got an issue with a longtime user's postings ? PM them and politely point it out. Keep it light, not offensive. It's easier to take criticism that way, IMHO.

You know, like this:
"Dude... the word ? kind of rude there... might think about changing it. Think of the children ? There are impressionable iPhone 7's out there ! I recommend ubbapoopy or gubblestinky instead. "

This phorum is a value safety valve in my personal continuing search for personal sanity. Please don't argle farble it up.

Thanks !

I understand this and I feel the same way..people develop chips on their shoulders in the strangest ways, I try to get beyond the misunderstandings that occur in these places and not hold petty grudges..but this was one is clearly a sign that Administration has made a suspect and inconsistent call without doing any due diligence to find out exactly what those posts were about.

I was told to include a paragraph explaining where this language came from..what i was hoping for was for someone to recognize the language..which would have happened and was the 'point' of the post..I don't want or need to be told how to frame my posts..as drivels, nonsensical and obtuse and stupid as they may be.

It always makes me suspicious in instances like these where someone doesn't understand something and they knee jerk towards taking it as sinister-malicious-nasty-..these kinds of responses are dangerous and reek of people who can't accept the "different" and are fearful of it...

[GuyGene]

My favorite forums I'm on are the ones that just don't tolerate ary cussin' at all. We simply don't need it. Being a geezer Vietnam vet, me old ears (and way back, me mouth) hea d it all, and it's useless, and mostly harmful to boot. I know nothing of that PBS show, so can't comment, but I also don't like this PC mess we've gotten into.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I recognized it as "Ubbi Dubbi" because a high school GF used to speak it with a friend as a sort of secret language (early 1977 IIRC). When I saw the post I, wondered if there was an internet translator that generated it, or if Kraniac went through the tortured process of typing it out.

[Kraniac]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
I recognized it as "Ubbi Dubbi" because a high school GF used to speak it with a friend as a sort of secret language (early 1977 IIRC). When I saw the post I, wondered if there was an internet translator that generated it, or if Kraniac went through the tortured process of typing it out.

FillianMuffer,

http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/zoom/ubbidubbi.cgi

I used the translator but I used to speak it fluently and understand it with zero effort..most of my friends did..it was a fairly wonderful thing.

I could get my chops back..speaking it. Typing it is a whole different thing though..the rhythmic bouncy nature of it was helpful in becoming instinctual with it - speaking and understanding

I had friends who could just run it and it was amazing to hear.

This is what I was told by the Admin Mod regarding my second post in Ubbi Dubbi without a cuss word (extremely camouflaged cuss word)

--"You have to remember - a good majority of your peers are older than Zoom as well. And there are some very crotchety old farts around here that DO report posts like yours because, well, they want you to get off their lawn."--

Sort of extreme,,

[Racer X]

vision63 wrote:
My sister and I spoke Ubbi Dubbi (and possibly some Ebonics).

ZOOM! Zee Double OH EM, Box THREE FIVE OH, Boston Mass. OHHH TWO ONNNE THREE FOURRR!

I didn't see the post, but that made me happy. Loved loved loved that show. PBS Channel 28 KCET Los Angeles for us.

Loved Zoom too.

I think Amy spoke it on Big Bang Theory at least once.

[Kraniac]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
....they [ the majority ] want you to conform here.....no room for any difference, want you to be just like them......no room for any deviation...any uniqueness will be quashed immediately.....sad to say but the tolerance level here is so low and over the most insignificant stuff [ probably why some members have 'taken breaks' from here, if you've noticed ]......

.....this is supposed to be a forum to share no matter what your knowledge level.....but there are times when those who are 'less knowledgeable' than others get treated 'less than' because they don't know basic information....to the point where it should be considered 'bullying' [ IMHO ]......

Thank you Newtone..and I do appreciate your testing of the limits, I think it's very important to do that. It's a punk ethic and a very necessary balance..

[Kraniac]

vision63 wrote:
My sister and I spoke Ubbi Dubbi (and possibly some Ebonics).

ZOOM! Zee Double OH EM, Box THREE FIVE OH, Boston Mass. OHHH TWO ONNNE THREE FOURRR!

I didn't see the post, but that made me happy. Loved loved loved that show. PBS Channel 28 KCET Los Angeles for us.

Me too..i liked the early version of it..i think it changed at some point after I got older or re-emerged with a more slick format at some point..used to be very stripped down, no frills.

[sekker]

Sorry if anyone got upset over the post, the censoring process, or this thread.

I appreciate this community, from the admin to those posting what I like to those that post what I have no clue about (which is the entire case here).

[Uncle Wig]

Kraniac wrote:

I understand this and I feel the same way..people develop chips on their shoulders in the strangest ways, I try to get beyond the misunderstandings that occur in these places and not hold petty grudges..but this was one is clearly a sign that Administration has made a suspect and inconsistent call without doing any due diligence to find out exactly what those posts were about.

I was told to include a paragraph explaining where this language came from..what i was hoping for was for someone to recognize the language..which would have happened and was the 'point' of the post..I don't want or need to be told how to frame my posts..as drivels, nonsensical and obtuse and stupid as they may be.

It always makes me suspicious in instances like these where someone doesn't understand something and they knee jerk towards taking it as sinister-malicious-nasty-..these kinds of responses are dangerous and reek of people who can't accept the "different" and are fearful of it...

What Paul F. said.