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apenpaap · 07/19/2010, 11:27 am

It appears if you stick an S at the end of Winslow, the forum turns it into a series of stars, as if it's filtered out by a swear filter: ********. This leads me to ask... WHY?

RingmasterJ5 · 07/19/2010, 12:48 pm

Test: ********
********

:********:

s

Weird.

xbskid · 07/19/2010, 03:19 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by RingmasterJ5

s

This is made of win.

WarpSpeed · 07/19/2010, 03:53 pm

Maybe it thinks ******** is a disparaging term for Windows. Testing to see if I can say Linuxes....

Soultaker · 07/19/2010, 05:39 pm

That's very strange, especially considering that I can quote Wikipedia with no problems:

Quote:

Research looking at swearing in 1986, 1997, and 2006 in America found the same top ten words were used of a set of over 70 different swear words. The most used swear words were fuck, shit, hell, damn, goddamn, ass, bitch, and sucks—these ten made up roughly 80% of all profanities. Two words, fuck and shit, accounted for one third to one half of them. The phrase "Oh my god" accounts for 24% of women's swearing.

So I'm not sure what they are filtering, but I'm pretty sure it's not profanity.

*MarkDarin* · 07/19/2010, 09:17 pm

More than one Winslow?! Why, that's just obscene, sir!

**Jake** · 07/19/2010, 09:23 pm

Maybe someone thought Winslow as a verb was dirty. Or just that two ******** is too many.

Also, apparently "pineapple" is off the dirty words list at this point? We used to censor that one for no real reason...

The Highway · 07/20/2010, 06:07 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkDarin

More than one Winslow?! Why, that's just obscene, sir!

You can never have too many ********! Erm, I mean

s

Soultaker · 07/20/2010, 02:12 pm

I think I should change my password to "winslοws" (see what I did there huh?). At least that way when I accidentally paste it in a forum post it'll show up as ******** to everyone.

WarpSpeed · 07/20/2010, 02:33 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soultaker

I think I should change my password to "winslοws" (see what I did there huh?). At least that way when I accidentally paste it in a forum post it'll show up as ******** to everyone.

Nope, no idea what you did there, so we'll see what my quote of you does.

I also wanted to try ******** and ******* to test my bad-Windows-spellings theory.

(Looks like that's it. The first one is Win-blows, and the second is Win-doze, both without the hyphens.)

Klatuu · 07/20/2010, 02:43 pm

They hired Timmy Two-teeth as the new web moderator.

Other things you can't type include:

***********
**********
********
**** *** *****
******* *********

(P.S. I was about to post to try "Win-doze", Warp Speed, but you beat me to it. Good call. I would've posted sooner, but I had to check Soultakers 'omicron'.)

Friar · 07/21/2010, 09:13 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klatuu

They hired Timmy Two-teeth as the new web moderator.

Other things you can't type include:

***********
**********
********
**** *** *****
******* *********

(P.S. I was about to post to try "Win-doze", Warp Speed, but you beat me to it. Good call. I would've posted sooner, but I had to check Soultakers 'omicron'.)

Most helpful list ever.

tabstis · 07/31/2010, 01:52 pm

******** - looks like Hugh Bliss is doing his job!

Blooglspash · 07/31/2010, 02:43 pm

***** ***** ****** **** ***** ****** ****** **** * ** ****** **** ***** ***** ***** *********** ********** * *********** ***** ******-****** ******** ******. Whew! I formed a complete sentence!

07/19/2010, 11:27 am	#1
apenpaap Mitey pirate Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 843	One Winslow, two...? It appears if you stick an S at the end of Winslow, the forum turns it into a series of stars, as if it's filtered out by a swear filter: ********. This leads me to ask... WHY?

07/19/2010, 12:48 pm	#2
RingmasterJ5 GROUP OF MISSLE BOMB Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ELF'S WORLD Posts: 1,278	Test: ****** **** :******: s Weird. __________________ Fan of Pokemon? Go watch this hilarious LP of the worst translation of anything ever, aka Pokemon: Vietnamese Crystal.

07/20/2010, 02:43 pm	#11
Klatuu Treasure Hunter Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 231	They hired Timmy Two-teeth as the new web moderator. Other things you can't type include: ********* ****** **** * *** *** ******* (P.S. I was about to post to try "Win-doze", Warp Speed, but you beat me to it. Good call. I would've posted sooner, but I had to check Soultakers 'omicron'.)

07/31/2010, 01:52 pm	#13
tabstis Back to the Telltale Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hill Valley Posts: 938	******** - looks like Hugh Bliss is doing his job! __________________ It's About Time I Get Double Visions of Citizen Brown.

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07/19/2010, 03:53 pm	#4
WarpSpeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 803	Maybe it thinks ******** is a disparaging term for Windows. Testing to see if I can say Linuxes....

07/19/2010, 09:17 pm	#6
MarkDarin Telltale Team Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 468	More than one Winslow?! Why, that's just obscene, sir!

07/19/2010, 09:23 pm	#7
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,841	Maybe someone thought Winslow as a verb was dirty. Or just that two ******** is too many. Also, apparently "pineapple" is off the dirty words list at this point? We used to censor that one for no real reason...

07/20/2010, 02:12 pm	#9
Soultaker Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 250	I think I should change my password to "winslοws" (see what I did there huh?). At least that way when I accidentally paste it in a forum post it'll show up as ******** to everyone.

07/31/2010, 02:43 pm	#14
Blooglspash Impatient Shopkeeper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Everywhere Posts: 732	*** * ** * ** ** ** * ** * * * ******* ******** * ********* * **-** **** ****. Whew! I formed a complete sentence!

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