Mwahaha, I was on another forum that moderates certain language really heavily for other reasons and when talking to someone else about it, we both agreed it was a bit much. "It's like, I'm all about socially conscious language but sometimes someone's being a crazy **** and you just gotta say it!"
I understand every forum is different, and I don't want the internet wild west and constant flaming arguments, but omg having to read my post over three times to make sure I didn't accidentally use a forbidden word gets annoying at times.
Yeah, I once saw someone get jumped all over for calling someone "hon." The whole post was obviously intended to be kind and sympathetic, like "Aw hugs, hon, I'm so sorry you're going through that."
Apparently in some subculture that has nothing in particular to do with that site, the word is a deadly insult (I'm still not sure why). The person who used it even apologized, and still got treated like she shot somebody's dog.
That's a bit much.
Okay, clearly the offended party was not from Baltimore, hon. (Or if you want to be more correct, Bawlmer, hon.)
Oh, and hi! Same name on all boards, mostly lurked except for all things Marvel.
(So I'm a fangirl. Sue me.)