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A Report on Swearing in Online Games
A Next Generation article references an informal study done on the frequency of swearing on Xbox Live. From the study: "When you logon to Xbox live more often then not you will be greeted by a 14 year old that learned a new word on the playground that day, or maybe it's the drunken 24 year old who hates black people, gays and anyone who isn't in his frat. No matter who you are if you have played on live you have run into cursing and lewdness. If you look at the rating for the game you can see that it is intended for ages 17+ but parents don't care/understand/listen so lots of underage kids have [Halo 2]." Warning: links contain profanity.
Swearing online?! That never fucking happens.
... cunt? It's not in his fucking list of damn swears. Fucking cunts always use that fucking cunt word. Cunt, cunt cunt cunt cunt. It's all you hear sometimes.
Fuck.
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With apologies to Monty Python...
I bet they won't play this game on the X-Box.
I bet you they won't play this new (bleep) game.
It's not that it's (bleep) or (bleep) controversial,
Just that the (bleep)ing kids cuss all the time.
You can't say (bleep) on the X-Box,
Or (bleep) or (bleep) or (bleep).
You can't even say I'd like to (bleep) you some day
Unless you're a doctor with a very large (bleep).
So, I bet you they won't play this game on the X-Box.
I bet you they daren't (bleep)ing well program it.
I bet you their (bleep)ing old mothers and fathers
Will think it's a load of horse (bleep).
Merde!
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
I'll add that to the list of jobs I do NOT want.
1) Guy that scrapes up dead animals on the side of the road
2) Chicken sexer
3) Bull semen collector
4) X-Box Live voice chat moderator
Why is a 24 year old in a frat? Are these 7 or 8 year college students the target demographic for the XBox?
Taunting your opponents as a means to defeating them... Why do I have the urge to tell someone, "How appropriate. You fight like a cow."
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Oddity
Ten year old child brings Grant Theft Auto to the counter and asks to rent it. Gord speaks to the father.
"Sir, might I suggest a different game? This title isn't really a title for children due to inappropriate material."
"Why is that?"
"Substantial violence and swearing."
"Holy fuck! You're shitting me! I can't expose my son to god damned swear words at his age. That sort of shit will fuck him up. That's bullshit they make games with swearing. What son of a bitch would make a game like that?"
<dramatic pause>
<Gord types into the computer>
Note: Nathan can rent mature games - so says his father.
"Here's your game. See you in a couple days."
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
Actually, the problem I have with kids swearing has to do with their young and whiny voices.
When I grew up, it was one of those "Just hear it, don't say it." It was pretty much true for every other kid, too. So when I heard people swear, it was mostly adults. To be specific, it was mostly male adults. With deep male voices saying, "C'mon, move you goddamn pig-fuckin' bastard" while trying to move a rock out of the way or some other strenuous male activity. When women swore, it was usually in an expletive sense, like "Oh shit! I forgot to pick up milk at the store!"
But still, mature voices.
So, yes, I hate hearing little kids swear just because it sounds so wrong to hear, "motherfucking asshole" in this high-pitched voice.
I made a guy come over the poker table at me once. Best poker game of my life.
You must have had a good hand, eh?
Parents who claim they can't prevent their kids from seeing these curse words are simply irresponsible.
I feel the same way about parents who let their kids be exposed to Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh. Kinds being exposed to this kind of trash is simply bad parenting.
Try to put things into perspective. Kids hearing swearing is really the least of our problems. You sound like you're out of the 1950s.
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What the flying fuck is wrong with that little cuntwhacker? Kids like that should be raped by rhinos in family orgies--what do you mean, "too graphic"?
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Fuck fuck shit. Shit damn crap fuck shit. Fuck shit, shit fuck crap damn. Damn fuck fuck shit fuck. So in conclusion, fuck shit damn fuck.
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