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theres a difference between casual swearing and those fucking dumbshit morons made a shittastic fuckfest of a movie
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If you need to swear to get your thoughts across eloquently I'm afraid you don't have a large enough vocabulary. :fogetrite:

We're not forcing professionalism here, we just don't want swearing to ensure the site is as safe for work as possible. We're not going to strictly enforce this and remove all swearing, but when its done in an excessive way just to bring attention to oneself or for shock value that's something we wouldn't approve of onto the site.
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If you need to swear to get your thoughts across eloquently I'm afraid you don't have a large enough vocabulary. :fogetrite:

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ruba-du' date=' ruba-tu, ruba-tu. I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and the words that you can't say, that you're not supposed to say all the time, ['cause'] words or people into words want to hear your words. Some guys like to record your words and sell them back to you if they can, (laughter) listen in on the telephone, write down what words you say. A guy who used to be in Washington knew that his phone was tapped, used to answer, Fuck Hoover, yes, go ahead. (laughter) Okay, I was thinking one night about the words you couldn't say on the public, ah, airwaves, um, the ones you definitely wouldn't say, ever, [']cause I heard a lady say bitch one night on television, and it was cool like she was talking about, you know, ah, well, the bitch is the first one to notice that in the litter Johnie right (murmur) Right. And, uh, bastard you can say, and hell and damn so I have to figure out which ones you couldn't and ever and it came down to seven but the list is open to amendment, and in fact, has been changed, uh, by now, ha, a lot of people pointed things out to me, and I noticed some myself. The original seven words were, shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Those are the ones that will curve your spine, grow hair on your hands and (laughter) maybe, even bring us, God help us, peace without honor (laughter) um, and a bourbon. (laughter) And now the first thing that we noticed was that word fuck was really repeated in there because the word motherfucker is a compound word and it's another form of the word fuck. (laughter) You want to be a purist it doesn't really -- it can't be on the list of basic words. Also, cocksucker is a compound word and neither half of that is really dirty. The word -- the half sucker that's merely suggestive (laughter) and the word cock is a half-way dirty word, 50% dirty -- dirty half the time, depending on what you mean by it. (laughter) Uh, remember when you first heard it, like in 6th grade, you used to giggle. And the cock crowed three times, heh (laughter) the cock -- three times. It's in the Bible, cock in the Bible. (laughter) And the first time you heard about a cock-fight, remember -- What? Huh? naw. It ain't that, are you stupid? man. (laughter, clapping) It's chickens, you know, (laughter) Then you have the four letter words from the old Anglo-Saxon fame. Uh, shit and fuck. The word shit, uh, is an interesting kind of word in that the middle class has never really accepted it and approved it. They use it like, crazy but it's not really okay. It's still a rude, dirty, old kind of gushy word. (laughter) They don't like that, but they say it, like, they say it like, a lady now in a middle-class home, you'll hear most of the time she says it as an expletive, you know, it's out of her mouth before she knows. She says, Oh shit oh shit, (laughter) oh shit. If she drops something, Oh, the shit hurt the broccoli. Shit. Thank you. (footsteps fading away) (papers ruffling)

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Shit! (laughter) I won the Grammy, man, for the comedy album. Isn't that groovy? (clapping, whistling) (murmur) That's true. Thank you. Thank you man. Yeah. (murmur) (continuous clapping) Thank you man. Thank you. Thank you very much, man. Thank, no, (end of continuous clapping) for that and for the Grammy, man, [']cause (laughter) that's based on people liking it man, yeh, that's ah, that's okay man. (laughter) Let's let that go, man. I got my Grammy. I can let my hair hang down now, shit. (laughter) Ha! So! Now the word shit is okay for the man. At work you can say it like crazy. Mostly figuratively, Get that shit out of here, will ya? I don't want to see that shit anymore. I can't cut that shit, buddy. I've had that shit up to here. I think you're full of shit myself. (laughter) He don't know shit from Shinola. (laughter) you know that? (laughter) Always wondered how the  Shinola people feel about that (laughter) Hi, I'm the new man from Shinola. (laughter) Hi, how are ya? Nice to see ya. (laughter) How are ya? (laughter) Boy, I don't know whether to shit or wind my watch. (laughter) Guess, I'll shit on my watch. (laughter) Oh, the shit is going to hit de fan. (laughter) Built like a brick shit-house. (laughter) Up, he's up shit's creek. (laughter) He's had it. (laughter) He hit me, I'm sorry. (laughter) Hot shit, holy shit, tough shit, eat shit, (laughter) shit-eating grin. Uh, whoever thought of that was ill. (murmur laughter) He had a shit-eating grin! He had a what? (laughter) Shit on a stick. (laughter) Shit in a handbag. I always like that. He ain't worth shit in a handbag. (laughter) Shitty. He acted real shitty. (laughter) You know what I mean? (laughter) I got the money back, but a real shitty attitude. Heh, he had a shit-fit. (laughter) Wow! Shit-fit. Whew! Glad I wasn't there. (murmur, laughter) All the animals -- Bull shit, horse shit, cow shit, rat shit, bat shit. (laughter) First time I heard bat shit, I really came apart. A guy in Oklahoma, Boggs, said it, man. Aw! Bat shit. (laughter) Vera reminded me of that last night, ah (murmur). Snake shit, slicker than owl shit. (laughter) Get your shit together. Shit or get off the pot. (laughter) I got a shit-load full of them. (laughter) I got a shit-pot full, all right. Shit-head, shit-heel, shit in your heart, shit for brains, (laughter) shit-face, heh (laughter) I always try to think how that could have originated; the first guy that said that. Somebody got drunk and fell in some shit, you know. (laughter) Hey, I'm shit-face. (laughter) Shitface, today. (laughter) Anyway, enough of that shit. (laughter) The big one, the word fuck that's the one that hangs them up the most. [']Cause in a lot of cases that's the very act that hangs them up the most. So, it's natural that the word would, uh, have the same effect. It's a great word, fuck, nice word, easy word, cute word, kind of. Easy word to say. One syllable, short u. (laughter) Fuck. (Murmur) You know, it's easy. Starts with a nice soft sound fuh ends with a kuh. Right? (laughter) A little something for everyone. Fuck (laughter) Good word. Kind of a proud word, too. Who are you? I am FUCK. (laughter) FUCK OF THE MOUNTAIN. (laughter) Tune in again next week to FUCK OF THE MOUNTAIN. (laughter) It's an interesting word too, [']cause it's got a double kind of a life -- personality -- dual, you know, whatever the right phrase is. It leads a double life, the word fuck. First of all, it means, sometimes, most of the time, fuck. What does it mean? It means to make love. Right? We're going to make love, yeh, we're going to fuck, yeh, we're going to fuck, yeh, we're going to make love. (laughter) we're really going to fuck, yeah, we're going to make love. Right? And it also means the beginning of life, it's the act that begins life, so there's the word hanging around with words like love, and life, and yet on the other hand, it's also a word that we really use to hurt each other with, man. It's a heavy. It's one that you have toward the end of the argument. (laughter) Right? (laughter) You finally can't make out. Oh, fuck you man. I said, fuck you. (laughter, murmur) Stupid fuck. (laughter) Fuck you and everybody that looks like you. (laughter) man. It would be nice to change the movies that we already have and substitute the word fuck for the word kill, wherever we could, and some of those movie cliches would change a little bit. Madfuckers still on the loose. Stop me before I fuck again. Fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump, fuck the ump. Easy on the clutch Bill, you'll fuck that engine again. (laughter) The other shit one was, I don't give a shit. Like it's worth something, you know? (laughter) I don't give a shit. Hey, well, I don't take no shit, (laughter) you know what I mean? You know why I don't take no shit? (laughter) [']Cause I don't give a shit. (laughter) If I give a shit, I would have to pack shit. (laughter) But I don't pack no shit cause I don't give a shit. (laughter) You wouldn't shit me, would you? (laughter) That's a joke when you're a kid with a worm looking out the bird's ass. You wouldn't shit me, would you? (laughter) It's an eight-year-old joke but a good one. (laughter) The additions to the list. I found three more words that had to be put on the list of words you could never say on television, and they were fart, turd and twat, those three. (laughter) Fart, we talked about, it's harmless It's like tits, it's a cutie word, no problem. Turd, you can't say but who wants to, you know? (laughter) The subject never comes up on the panel so I'm not worried about that one. Now the word twat is an interesting word. Twat! Yeh, right in the twat. (laughter) Twat is an interesting word because it's the only one I know of, the only slang word applying to the, a part of the sexual anatomy that doesn't have another meaning to it. Like, ah, snatch, box and pussy all have other meanings, man. Even in a Walt Disney movie, you can say, We're going to snatch that pussy and put him in a box and bring him on the airplane. (murmur, laughter) Everybody loves it. The twat stands alone, man, as it should. And two-way words. Ah, ass is okay providing you're riding into town on a religious feast day. (laughter) You can't say, up your ass. (laughter) You can say, stuff it! (murmur) There are certain things you can say its weird but you can just come so close. Before I cut, I, uh, want to, ah, thank you for listening to my words, man, fellow, uh space travelers. Thank you man for tonight and thank you also. (clapping whistling)

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swears are exceedingly funny in many many contexts and if you're going to say some bullshit about how people who swear are uneducated or inarticulate you are completely insane.
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oh, ok then
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Well, we talked about the swearing issue among us admins and Impeal brought up that Bart has mentioned many times in the past that he doesn't want swearing on the main site and he wants it to be as work safe as possible. Now, I'd argue that it's a bit different with this temporary site of ours because 1) we aren't aiming for it to be any kind of professional site and 2) it's essentially a blog.

So we talked with Bart as well and he basically said that if you want to make a serious article you should be able to do it without saying fuck. This I agree with, serious articles definitely shouldn't have this kind of swearing. I don't personally have a problem with "fuck" or "shit" and I doubt it's going to be a problem if it's used in a few articles (if they actually contribute to the article). But if we see people using these words when there's absolutely no need to or it's getting out of hand, we'll definitely step in. I seriously don't think we need a strict rule for this and I really doubt it's even going to be a problem when the site is up and we'll have a few guidelines for the staffers.

Our policy is that light swearing is allowed and of course depending on the context. I think I'm a pretty nice guy but I still use swear words in my posts and I honestly don't think anyone has ever had a problem with that. I can completely understand konix's point but I don't think this is about forcefully trying to look professional or grown up. I hope everyone can at least respect this decision and it's not really asking for much and you still have pretty much free hands what to write about.
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Regarding the first post, I doubt I will be a good person for this job seeing that I can only cater to one group of people here. However, I'll be looking toward to whoever GW can produce as writers.

Could you give more details on this, though? Such as how often people would have to make articles.
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Could you give more details on this, though? Such as how often people would have to make articles.
Uh, it's really impossible to say because it largely depends on what's happening on the forums. If nothing interesting is happening, we can't expect a similar steady flow of articles as when there's more interesting stuff to write about. Of course there is other stuff to write about too, so I suppose you could expect around 1-2 articles a week per person if possible? I don't want to call it a minimum because we don't require everyone to write 1-2 articles every week since someone else might be putting out more articles and some certain forums can be quiet while others aren't. Some articles will take more effort than others and it's not really that much work to post about some interesting topics or events. That's why I said this is a spontaneous kind of thing, there are no exact requirements and we don't force you to write articles. We don't want you to feel pressured to write articles. We don't want you to write articles just because you haven't done in a while if you have nothing interesting to write about. This isn't just a job, it has to be something you actually want to devote yourself to. This is why I stressed that you care for the community and that you are truly interested in doing this. It really shows if a person is enjoying writing articles of if he's just doing it because he has to.
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So we talked with Bart as well and he basically said that if you want to make a serious article you should be able to do it without saying fuck. This I agree with, serious articles definitely shouldn't have this kind of swearing. I don't personally have a problem with "fuck" or "shit" and I doubt it's going to be a problem if it's used in a few articles (if they actually contribute to the article). But if we see people using these words when there's absolutely no need to or it's getting out of hand, we'll definitely step in. I seriously don't think we need a strict rule for this and I really doubt it's even going to be a problem when the site is up and we'll have a few guidelines for the staffers.

well yeah I think it's almost impossible to write a serious argument with swearing. it's good for community shit like forums but I can't imagine reading an article in the Wall Street Journal that says "FUCKING MEXICANS ARE CROSSING THE GAYASS BORDER" or anything. my argument was entirely for funny shit which is almost always better with swearing.
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hey i'll write some stuff for the main page as long as you don't give me deadlines and let me swear however much i deem appropriate*



*i believe my degree in english qualifies me to decide what is quality profanity usage and what is sub-standard profanity usage
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Would you take write-ins/freelance from people not confident/dedicated enough to apply as staffers? Maybe have a system where users can submit potential articles that staffers review and approve?

This kind of outsourcing usually works great for generating content, or are there plans to impliment something similar already?
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I think this is supposed to be really light work anyways and that there won't really be article submissions because that is for the mainsite!
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Would you take write-ins/freelance from people not confident/dedicated enough to apply as staffers? Maybe have a system where users can submit potential articles that staffers review and approve?

This kind of outsourcing usually works great for generating content, or are there plans to impliment something similar already?
Like I said in the first post, members who aren't staffers will have a way to submit their articles for the main site. So if you want to write an article every now and then, then it's probably better to not apply for this.
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Like I said in the first post, members who aren't staffers will have a way to submit their articles for the main site. So if you want to write an article every now and then, then it's probably better to not apply for this.
ok then nevermind i do not wish to be a staffer

but i'll keep an eye out for whatever the method of non-staff article submission is. i like writing stuff
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ok then nevermind i do not wish to be a staffer

but i'll keep an eye out for whatever the method of non-staff article submission is. i like writing stuff

I guess I will apply then and post all Hundley articles.

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Any word on how this is panning out yet?
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We'll most likely put it up during the weekend after we have decided the staffers from the applicants and finished planning a few final ideas.
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aight heres the gameplan

1) site was delayed a bit because rami is going to code it afterall and he's been busy with gw's new server. drule is still helping with the layout tho.
2) we'll notify the staffers we chose on tuesday or wednesday.
3) site will be up asap, definitely next week

thanks for all the applications, we got a lot of them and it's great to see people showing interest in being a staffer!
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Hello?

He pretty much answered your question, no?