Comments | archmage: NSFW or Not?

archmage

NSFW or Not?

Feb 23, 2012 09:10

This article is describing the transvaginal ultrasound device. For those not in the know, Virginia is poised to change its law to require that women who seek an abortion have to have an ultrasound. That procedure is performed with a wand-type device. Now, whether you think abortion is right or wrong, or this procedure is right or wrong, or this ( Read more... )

rant, sex

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absinthecity February 23 2012, 14:12:19 UTC

Yeah, I'd have the exact same reaction you did to that sort of wording. I do hate the way that female bits and anything that might remotely relate to them are always so particularly 'taboo' as well...grrrr

archmage February 23 2012, 14:48:14 UTC

It just seemed so excessive. Geez, let the public know that there are fake, medical ladybits below and move the fuck on.

katlyn February 23 2012, 15:06:22 UTC

To answer your title question, "NSFW or Not?", the answer is Not. Sorry, but even plastic representations of genitals aren't work-safe, unless of course you are actually in those medical professions where working with them is part of your job.

Whether it's EXTREMELY NSFW is stretching it, though.

archmage February 23 2012, 15:25:57 UTC

And, yeah, I can grok that and let it go with little issue. it was just the repeated hammering of it and the "extremely" that set me off.

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archmage February 23 2012, 17:58:49 UTC

Sure, I'm not a complete ass (usually!), though I figure you should be, y'know, working at work. Just was amazed at how much of a disclaimer they felt they had to have.

kitchenqueen February 23 2012, 17:04:12 UTC

What do people think that they're going to see when they read an article like that? I can imagine about 3 scenarios in which one should be reading an article about transvaginal ultrasounds at work, and none of them involve the necessity of the NSFW label. If you feel you have to label an article like this NSFW, then maybe people shouldn't be reading those articles at work. Maybe they should be, ya know, doing actual work, and reading the news on their own time.

archmage February 23 2012, 17:57:55 UTC

Now you're just being silly!

mariadkins February 23 2012, 20:36:32 UTC

man i should have gotten pictures of mine january last year and posted them on my blog!!!

archmage February 23 2012, 20:48:26 UTC

Well, as long as you don't go batshit insane with the NSFW tags, i'm all for it. :P

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ext_1063987 February 24 2012, 04:55:57 UTC

Damn it, when I see a NSFW, I want it to be freaking NSFW! I mean, seriously, false advertising like this can seriously overexcite my twisted expectations and then BAM, or rather *poof*. Nothing. Bastards.