Mom Outraged by Naughty Word in Countdown
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Her inncocent ball of life will eventually be tainted by swear words anyway. He just has a 9 year head start. I don't think ignoring the word will help... if they explain it and explain why it's so bad, he won't ever used it.
When I was 10 I was reading the blurb of South Park DvDs and saw the episode "Cartman's mum is a dirty slut". I thought it was simply a fun insult for a female. Unfortuntaly during a game of marbles with my sister (as you do when 10), when she beat me or did something amazing, I called her a dirty slut, needless to say I was shocked at the reaction, and yet I still didn't understand what it meant intill I was a teenager.
Basically, the best thing the mum can do now is explain what the word means and explain it's very offensive. Otherwise the bright child will remember the word and use it out of context for horrifying results.
When I was 10 I was reading the blurb of South Park DvDs and saw the episode "Cartman's mum is a dirty slut". I thought it was simply a fun insult for a female. Unfortuntaly during a game of marbles with my sister (as you do when 10), when she beat me or did something amazing, I called her a dirty slut, needless to say I was shocked at the reaction, and yet I still didn't understand what it meant intill I was a teenager.
Basically, the best thing the mum can do now is explain what the word means and explain it's very offensive. Otherwise the bright child will remember the word and use it out of context for horrifying results.
Yeah cos the word shitheads is the worse thing in the world, for fucks sake people they are JUST WORDS if you remove their power by using them in every day language they lose their strength and become a standard word, I hate cunts who think there are "bad words" fucking idiots
What an idiot of a mother. It would've been best too explain the word and why its bad and shouldnt be used. Then he wouldnt have to wonder about it leading to him saying it without understanding its meaning.
The hell is wrong with people today? Stop being so overprotective!
The hell is wrong with people today? Stop being so overprotective!
Considering there's a photo of him standing next to the offending word it would appear your husband didn't do a very good job of ushering him out
At first i didn't recognize the show but that's to that picture i remember a clip of that awhile back where they had two priests competing in the anagram round and the word they had was "CUNTFLAPS"
Oh noez? A word? It taught her son a word? A word that's only "worse" an other words because people stupidly decided it was for no good reason? Quick, sue the makers of that game for a bajillion dollars for ruining that poor kid's life!!
No but really, that's just stupid. This wouldn't even be a problem if people weren't so stubborn in deciding a certain small group of words are "swear" words and we shouldn't say them because they are "bad" with absolutely no kind of logic or reason behind doing so. Fuck that, I say teach all the 3 year olds to say shithead and a whole lot of other words too.
No but really, that's just stupid. This wouldn't even be a problem if people weren't so stubborn in deciding a certain small group of words are "swear" words and we shouldn't say them because they are "bad" with absolutely no kind of logic or reason behind doing so. Fuck that, I say teach all the 3 year olds to say shithead and a whole lot of other words too.
I'm 24 and I'm still waiting for someone to explain why certain words are "so bad."scw55 said:
Haha, wow. This game is a #1 troll.
But still; usher the kid out of the room? How about explaining that it's a bad word that hurts other people?
But still; usher the kid out of the room? How about explaining that it's a bad word that hurts other people?
To be fair on the mother however, I'm sure she checked the rating, it said all was clear and bought it expecting to have a certain level of swearing removed. They allow some words like 'wanker' on the TV show, but anything stronger I believe would be disallowed. (yes the C word was a fake, sheesh.)
I'd also suggest that if he's the kind of kid who'd choose to play 'countdown' for fun, he's the kinda kid who'll be mature enough to handle a word like 'shit' without it destroying his mental state.
However, it shouldn't have been in there. How long would it seriously have taken to run a short list of 'bad' words thru it's internal dictionary? If nothing else, it could spark a demand for a national recall of the game and a demand for a censored version, which could cost them thousands, because they skipped over some basic bug checking, and play testing.
Countdown however is excellent, despite being a very slow, sedate show for old women, somehow it still draws me in and I can't see a line of letters on screen without trying to get a 7 letter word or better.
I'm quite the demon on the numbers round too
I still remember a Charlie Brooker episode where he showed an American 'focus group' some of our shows, like this, Bullseye, the Bill, and they just panned them all, because of the lack of excitement or big prizes. I for one can't see how Countdown could be hugely improved by having a £10,000 prize, some of it's charm is that you win a damn dictionary, for proving that you don't need one.
I'd also suggest that if he's the kind of kid who'd choose to play 'countdown' for fun, he's the kinda kid who'll be mature enough to handle a word like 'shit' without it destroying his mental state.
However, it shouldn't have been in there. How long would it seriously have taken to run a short list of 'bad' words thru it's internal dictionary? If nothing else, it could spark a demand for a national recall of the game and a demand for a censored version, which could cost them thousands, because they skipped over some basic bug checking, and play testing.
Countdown however is excellent, despite being a very slow, sedate show for old women, somehow it still draws me in and I can't see a line of letters on screen without trying to get a 7 letter word or better.
I'm quite the demon on the numbers round too
I still remember a Charlie Brooker episode where he showed an American 'focus group' some of our shows, like this, Bullseye, the Bill, and they just panned them all, because of the lack of excitement or big prizes. I for one can't see how Countdown could be hugely improved by having a £10,000 prize, some of it's charm is that you win a damn dictionary, for proving that you don't need one.