chugworth is awesome
chugworth is forgiven all
Chugworth…I have never heard of him…But that was funny! Does he have any other sites?
(I liked Piersons old avatar.It made him seem more evil, unless he is becoming good now.)
Don’t be an ass, Dizzy.
- The 984 has spoken.
Out of curiosity, do we have any way to gauge the average age of the viewers here? I’m fairly certain that the average age must have risen over the last couple of years, if for no other reason than all of our regulars obviously aged (physically, if not maturity-wise). I don’t consider there to be an excessive amount of profanity on our site. Some of the words you singled out (“hell” especially) aren’t exactly considered profanities to begin with. If you compare this place to anywhere else out there (espeically places that tolerate 1337 5p34< ), we’re pretty tame.
(for the record, I had to refrain myself in this post from casually using the words “hell” and “damn,” neither of which I consider to be profanities)
[edit] I’d also like it noted, for the record, that I often use non-profanities in place of profanities. For example, instead of saying “cock,” I say “dong.” Instead of “pussy,” I say “hoo-hoo.” etc, etc. It’s funnier that way. [/edit]
No way to accurately guage ages. We have to take people’s words, and given that people lie about their genders, I assume they lie about their ages too.
I sure ain’t lying about my gender(male). I could scan my ID to prove my age, too.
My point is why would anyone want to lie about being a dude, anyway.
I dunno, cause gamers tend to make a big deal about women gamers, and maybe those women gamers want to avoid the unneccesary attention. I don’t know how women think, I’ve got a dong.
I’d say the average age of the active community members ir probably somewhere between 20-22, maybe a bit higher.
I highly doubt that.
Wilf kinda skews the graph though Epic. 
I think it’s 19-22 average.
The median age is probably somewhere in the 19-22 range. The mode probably is too. However, when taking the average of all those pesky young visitors like Setz and Ramza and Ezboarder and kiro, that will also skew the data. Now their extremes aren’t as bad as Wilf and dragonquester, but the sheer number of 13 to 16 year old will clear affect the average enough to pull it down.
However, if we were to take only those with, say, 500+ posts, it would be higher, because it seems a lot of little kids appear, post twice, and are GONE!
and thank God for small favours
Man, now you’re actually making me feel old.
And that’s the exception, not the rule, isn’t it? This is the internet. There are profanities. What’s more, many of the things that you consider to be “profanities,” as mentioned before, are hardly such.
[edit] and, personally, I think that as soon as someone has a large enough vocabulary that they can use the words “nonchalance” and “belies” in one sentence, they’ve <I><B>earned</B></I> the right to be profane.
Man, I’m nothing like I’m used to be >.>.
Excessive swearing is if someone goes into every post and essentially meaninglessly just keeps cussing and cussing continuously. There’s nothing excessive about a swear word here or there.
I’d have to agree. I don’t mind a swear here or there, but when it gets excessive, it bothers me. I don’t swear, myself, and I would prefer if nobody ever swore, but I realize that’s impossible, so I don’t let it bother me. Simple as that.
I go back to my previous answer that, if one has a large vocabulary, and can in fact express themselves without the use of profanity, one has earned the right to be profane. At work, I’m never in the slightest vulgar (correction: not with customers, anyway). At home, I believe I’ve got the right to use whatever language I prefer. I’m not religious, so it’s not like I see certain words as being “immoral,” I just see them as being words, so I don’t see them as being any different than any other. Modern profanities simply have more emphasis than non-profanities. For example, if one were to say “Ouch, I hurt myself!” it wouldn’t carry nearly the weight as someone saying “Oh, mother f***er, I f***ing hurt my f***ing finger! F***!” Similarly, someone saying “that game sucks” doesn’t have the same weight as someone saying “that game f***ing sucks.” Of course, I try to find more colorful ways to say thing than simply inserting a “swear,” but that’s the most efficient way to make something have more impact.
[edit: I realize that nothing I say can ever be taken seriously so long as I use Benny Moto as my sig… -_- ]