I suspect the word choice was intentional on Nick’s part. He selected a word that Dr. Lee would not have considered a curse word, but would be highly offensive to a snake. Nick’s figured out ways to manipulate the swear filter in the past. This is just the latest instance. And yes, it was awesome!
I think when Nick chooses to use a non-swear word, it’s still in his normal font. If it shows up in the censor software’s font, that means he said something else that got censored.
The censor isn’t based on a wordlist, but adapts based on Nick’s usage. For example, there was that time when he decided to just use some random non-swear word as a swear (“pork,” as I recall) and it eventually started to get censored.
Jeff and Shaenon, I would love to see you add Hitty and the Adorable Cobras to the Cast page. And I do hope that Alfie will stick around. To quote The Dick Van Dyke Show, “The kid cracks me up.”
Uh, oh. Damaged robot plus “Iron Man” detritus, plus Science! equals a potential mess. Maybe she’ll only upgrade Moustachio and/or Hitty instead… I can see Moustachio as a sort of armored Green Apple Bonker…
Better yet, use the remnant cells on the inside of the parts to grow a humanoid body to wrap them around. And put Alfie or one of the other cobras in charge of the body.
A cobra adolescent, whose hormones were all boy,
Attracted to a pretty girl whose service was her joy.
Although he asked her, “Who are you?”
She snubbed him much as she could do,
He took it all as a certain kind of slight…
If you can’t cut it then don’t say it,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite!
She took her favors elsewhere, with one than just one more.
He gave her sneezy flowers, just for a chance to score.
Just how humans mate, he had no clue,
There’s not a single thing to do.
He didn’t appreciate they’re all in a plight.
Don’t rock the bucket if you’re ‘bout to chuck it,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite!
He kept on teenage posturing and trying to be hip,
Accompanied by his sisters on a mythopoetic trip.
His sisters saved the day with hugs,
He helped with non-prescription drugs.
But when things had cleared, this cobra wanted to fight.
He’s a wompus lizard and a mean youngster,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite.
—from “If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Growl,” Tommy Collins.
Virginia Lee + piles of Tinker tech looks like a recipe for fun.
Oh yeah! If it’s gene-coded it can be gene-manipulated.
You guys read my mind.
She’s ready to make a version of RK that doesn’t need RK
Shelby?
Tinkers suck. Just ask Skitter.
Wow, the filter turned Nick’s original comment into something MORE offensive this time.
I suspect the word choice was intentional on Nick’s part. He selected a word that Dr. Lee would not have considered a curse word, but would be highly offensive to a snake. Nick’s figured out ways to manipulate the swear filter in the past. This is just the latest instance. And yes, it was awesome!
I think when Nick chooses to use a non-swear word, it’s still in his normal font. If it shows up in the censor software’s font, that means he said something else that got censored.
The censor isn’t based on a wordlist, but adapts based on Nick’s usage. For example, there was that time when he decided to just use some random non-swear word as a swear (“pork,” as I recall) and it eventually started to get censored.
Pork pork pork pork pork pork MUKLUK.
It was hilarious when he found that he could swear in yiddish.
Until the fakakta filter caught on.
The swear-filter is warping to fit Nick’s personality, it would seem. He he he…
Too bad Nick’s not a Cobra style chopper. Then they could be buddies.
You tell him, Moustachio! Put that pesky teenager in his place! (Kids these days…) 😀
Jeff and Shaenon, I would love to see you add Hitty and the Adorable Cobras to the Cast page. And I do hope that Alfie will stick around. To quote The Dick Van Dyke Show, “The kid cracks me up.”
I’m thoroughly tickled at how often The Dick Van Dyke Show has been popping up in Skin Horse comment threads lately.
By someone other than me? From childhood on, I stole all my best lines from that show.
Yeah, Gore, er, Alfie, watch that mouth.
But if the cobras are just a little bit human on the DNA…will they be able to wear it? Dr. Lee, we need some Mad Science here!!!
Uh, oh. Damaged robot plus “Iron Man” detritus, plus Science! equals a potential mess. Maybe she’ll only upgrade Moustachio and/or Hitty instead… I can see Moustachio as a sort of armored Green Apple Bonker…
The armour may currently be gene-coded, but what’s the betting Ginny can reverse engineer it so it’ll work with non-human sapients? 🙂
Better yet, use the remnant cells on the inside of the parts to grow a humanoid body to wrap them around. And put Alfie or one of the other cobras in charge of the body.
A cobra adolescent, whose hormones were all boy,
Attracted to a pretty girl whose service was her joy.
Although he asked her, “Who are you?”
She snubbed him much as she could do,
He took it all as a certain kind of slight…
If you can’t cut it then don’t say it,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite!
She took her favors elsewhere, with one than just one more.
He gave her sneezy flowers, just for a chance to score.
Just how humans mate, he had no clue,
There’s not a single thing to do.
He didn’t appreciate they’re all in a plight.
Don’t rock the bucket if you’re ‘bout to chuck it,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite!
He kept on teenage posturing and trying to be hip,
Accompanied by his sisters on a mythopoetic trip.
His sisters saved the day with hugs,
He helped with non-prescription drugs.
But when things had cleared, this cobra wanted to fight.
He’s a wompus lizard and a mean youngster,
If you can’t growl, don’t bite.
—from “If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Growl,” Tommy Collins.
Why does this remind me so much of conversations between my three-year-old and my five-year-old (whose name, coincidentally, is Nicholas)?
Their vocabulary isn’t as good but the spirit is, alas, the same.
For is it not written, “so too is thine old man”?
Modern society has ruined me. I read the term “crypto-facists” with an entirely different understanding.