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    > Cheez, so far you are the only one who has cussed and insulted. I restraining my temper just fine; Of which, I seem to have more control over than you.

    You've obviously never read a post of mine before.

    hint: My temper is perfectly fine, thanks.

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    Well I'm happy for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brewbuck View Post
    Care to explain why?
    I strongly dislike adult content. I'm the same way with M-rated games as well - I refuse to play or look at such games. I just strongly dislike the adult-oriented themes such as high-level violence (of course there's almost always going to be some like jumping on top of enemies to defeat them, or a series of big firecrackers going off destroying a model house, but that same scene on someone is too much. It's not just violence though (although it has the strongest effect), it's bad words (these have the weakest effect), and the male-female unitation thing (speaking doesn't count, this has the second-strongest effect, a very close second). I'd rather add another two weeks to my current song's already long streak than watch a 30-minute MA-rated TV show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brewbuck View Post
    Except your guess is wrong -- he's 23.
    Still wrong but close. It's 23.285 to the nearest thousandth (or 23 1/4 for simpler values, 23 2/7 for the nearest common fraction). Sure I'm 23 2/7, but I feel much more like 12 to 14 or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ulillillia View Post
    I strongly dislike adult content. I'm the same way with M-rated games as well - I refuse to play or look at such games.
    I can respect your preferences. But I wonder if you shouldn't perhaps be making these decisions yourself based on circumstances rather than depending on some committee to decide what is "adult" and what isn't? What happens when some buffoon gives an "MA" rating to a show about the history of calculus? Are you really not going to watch it because some dork decided you shouldn't?

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    These content rating things have been around for quite a while. They have been quite accurate and if they're far off, they'd often get sued as it is anyway. Whether it's rating something G when it should be MA (or the other way around), they'll get sued for it. When I watch TV, I first go by the title. If it's interesting or questioned, I look at the program description on my satellite's guide. If it's of interest, I check the rating, then the final motive for watching it is derived. I watch whatever has the highest motive and it's frequently the G and PG-rated ones that take over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshi View Post
    You mean "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook"?
    Yes, thank you. I hadn't seen that in about 20 years. Heh, still cracks me up.
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    > depending on some committee to decide what is "adult" and what isn't?

    Isn't the rating decided on by the people who make the show itself (or maybe their network)? I know it used to be like that.

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