Adults and mature teens only- no obnoxious, stupid people allowed- Page 14
Adults and mature teens only- no obnoxious, stupid people allowed
#325mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:35pm
Abba, someone else suggested the title.
And it may not sound nice, but honestly, it has kept stupid and obnoxious people away for the most part. This has been a thread where that kind of behavior will not be tolerated and people don't want to hear garbage. There are plenty of other threads where people can be obnoxious and stupid. Most of the recent OT threads, actually.
Having a board in which a poster will get banned/deleted for acting inappropriately (and having their account revoked from all BWW, not just the one board) by having the participants able to report abuse, red flag, warn, etc. would be great. Then we could have serious discussions without being threadjacked, and for the fun, silly times, still have plenty of other outlets for those as well.
#326mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:37pm
"The realization that children as young as 8, 9, 10, 11, etc., can be, and are, reading and posting has the effect of a bucket of ice cold water in one's face."
This is the part I don't understand, this is the internet, ANYONE could be reading it, that won't change. Just as I don't think the presence of children is BECAUSE they are being predated upon, most of them seem interested in the items they post about, I may not be but they are.
This idea of a seperate "un-official" BWW adult board, I actually think may work better, if there are these past people who would return, I would probably pay a little. If someone could code it similar to BWW so it seemed like a part of the site, but wasn't, I think that would work really well. (But would likely be insane practically and break several laws.)
More than anything else I think it is important to discuss the possible failings, and try to prepare for them, then we could move forward. My analysis of this does not mean I am "against" an Adult Board. I have a hunch if one existed, that is where I would do the majority of my posting.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#327mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:37pm
I think the answer to that would be another kind of board entirely. This is a Broadway website and the fact that there's already an off-topic board makes me think that the desire for a completely secluded board for serious conversation where the members can report each other would be answered by a completely different board on a completely different website.
Updated On: 2/18/06 at 04:37 PM
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#328mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:37pm
Love will keep us together
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#329mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:40pm
"BluMoon's comment that society is oversexualizing them or they're hearing words like "tatas" on Friends almost seems to say that we should mitigate our own responsibility, which I don't think we should."
Kringas - just the clarify, that comment was from Blucat, not me. I'm totally with with you on this one.
There are too many of us "Blue" people around here. I think I'll get a new sceen name.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#330mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:44pmAh! My bad. Thanks for letting me know. I've corrected it.
#331mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:48pm
I think the content on Friends for the most part is not inappropriate for teens.
As far as oversexualizing teens, they already are sexualized its nature. Certainly, measures should be taken to modify extreme sexual content, but censorship is a tricky subject and condemning Friends or the word tatas as inappropriate is not realistic in the world of a teen where such concepts, vocabulary and media will always exist, perhaps more so if one tries to ban them.
#332mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:55pm
I used to watch Friends religiously and I don't recall them EVER using the word "tatas." Maybe I'm wrong...
Just saying.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#333mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:57pmHa! I was going to say that ealier, jasonf.
#334mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:58pmHaha, no not the word tatas specifically perhaps...
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#335mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:00pm
So I'm coming into this convo in the middle.
What I've gathered is that a show like Friends that is aired early enough for young teens to see should be censored? If we want to censor things to keep young teens from learning this stuff I think we could more blame movies.
I mean take RENT for example. I love the movie so much, but some of the issues and things in that movie...wow, I did not think suitable for 13 year olds at all. All the drug use and AIDs, very heavy issues for someone in 8th grade. I mean, I guess it's good for them to learn about these issues because they are very serious, but when it comes to the ratings of movies these days, they've become very lenient.
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#336mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:02pm
To steal from other posters and do something I thought I'd never do...
***HEADDESK****
#337mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:03pm
Enough with the Friends threadjacking.
This is not about teens learning about sexuality and all things related. They know it already. Sex has nothing to do with one's mental maturity level.
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#338mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:04pm
Sorry...
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
#339mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:05pm
I'm actually very against censorship. I'm the teacher who told my seventh and eighth grade class about Sweeney Todd and encouraged them to watch it when it aired on PBS a couple of years ago. Kids are capable of understanding and handling WAY more than we give them credit for. If we keep the middle range material from the kids they're going to look for it and watch it anyway. If we're open about it, they can ask questions and it isn't such a draw.
My desire for an adult board has nothing to do with censoring kids from material. It's all about preventing idiocy and obnoxious behavior. And yes, there are plenty of adults who are idiots and obnoxious, but the idea is that they would not be accepted on that board - even banned if they didn't "grow up."
#340mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:05pm
Where can I sign up for this "adult" board?
The last straw has been placed on this camel's back, let's do this thing.
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#341mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:08pm
Wow,
I try to add to this conversation and get reamed out for it.
I'm 18 years old so you can't yell at me for that. But damn, it just leads me to believe that mature people also means not too friendly.
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
#342mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:08pm
haha -- and you know, smartpenguin, your penguin in your avatar looks an awful lot like Joey's penguin on Friends...whathisname...?
Ok, I'll stop now with the Friends thing.
Wicked_fan -- I encouraged my 7th and 8th graders to see Rent. You know what, the ones who were mature enough, wanted to go. Those who probably couldn't handle it, actually had no interest at all.
#343mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:09pm
You call that being reamed out???
Sheltered life!
#344mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:10pmHugsy *ahem*
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#345mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:11pm
haha jasonf...
yeah, maybe not reamed out, cause I've seen what some of the people on this board can do.
But still, I'm just trying to add...not very a warm welcome, although what did I expect?
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
#346mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:16pm
My additional comment had nothing to do with you Wicked_fan.
But must also say, I don't think you were attacked in this case.
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#347mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:21pm
Ok, sorry...I went on the defensive quickly...
I was nervous cause I mentioned Rent...and what with my name, I thought I would've been mistaken for...not an adult. haha.
just ignore my past comments. proceed.
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
#348mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:30pm
Personally I think people at a young age should know about "tough subjects" like AIDS or drugs...but I don't think that there's much talk about that here. Things like sex are talked about here, but again, if some 12 year old comes on here, sees a word otherwise inappropriate for 12 year olds, chances are it wasn't the first time they saw it. This whole over sexuality thing I don't think is a problem, because they need to learn sometime, and I definately think that by grade 8, they would know regardless of this board or not.
If the adults want an adult board, then they should go ahead and have one. But does that mean that they'll leave BWW off-topic for good? Because then it just won't be that fun.
#349mature people only
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:35pmI doubt that would happen - but I would suspect that the more immature threads would proliferate on the OT board simply because the "adult" threads would end up on the other board. Like most of us have said, at some point we all like being childish as well - but there's a difference between that and A)stupid, B)obnoxious.
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