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Just had a revelation. Ignore all "complaints." No response, no debate, nothing. If they want to try to run you off a site for satire, sarcasm, jokes of any kind, it says more about them, than you.

Meanwhile, on a caption site nearby, some people placed captions and voted for captions. And they all lived happily ever after. The end.

The Wolf

Now I see I get two warnings from Chris, for what? The word "pikey?" "traveler?" "gypsy?" which is it?

Where is the forbidden list? Those words were repeated hundreds of times in Guy Richie's Snatch movie. Where were the offended then? Nobody is picketing his films, right?

We need a list here. You can openly mock white men, all animals, fat people, asians, Trump, Boris, Kardashians, all celebrities, Americans, Jesus, use all the profanity you like, but God forbid you mention a gypsy.

The rules apply to me but not for thee? First my joke was copied, I merely asked if the time stamp is honored or we give a nod? Nothing.

Now this, selective outrage, is hypocrisy.

You have professional quality comedy writers building your site with free content, you're really going to let political correctness destroy all that?

SnapDragon D

Snapdragon. This isn't my site so I can't tell you what your warnings are for. If it was my site, you wouldn't necessarily get warnings for specific words, but you would get a warning for what seems to be a constant attempt at causing arguments. You're constantly mentioning comedy and perception of offense. Here's how it works. Place a caption, if people like it, they'll vote for it. People have their own ideas of offense and you'll quickly understand the mood of the site. We don't represent 'the world' or acceptable language within it. We represent Caption.me and if you'd like advice, here it is. Caption, vote and be nice. Nobody cares about pointless and irrelevant links to general comedy (or Guy Richie films). You've made some great captions and I've voted for many of them. Don't ruin it by making the site something it's not. (A Forum for ranting about your own ideology). All the best.

The Wolf

Well said, Wolf. Anon commenting is not intended to conceal the identity of mischievous commenters.

The atmosphere on this site matters a lot to me and I will always act to keep it positive. I have PMed a final warning to the individual who's responsible for most of the recent aggro on this site.

BTW SnapDragon - if you knew me personally you'd know I cannot stand political correctness. But that's not the issue here.

Using a mixture of anon and public comments to stir up trouble on this site will always be a short-lived endeavour. Bear that in mind.

Chris Beach

(admin)

I've been biting my tongue on this for a few days, mostly because I think everyone is sick of unnecessary drama, but there are a couple of things I've got to say.

Claiming the Anon feature is the site's avenue to political correctness seems odd, at best. Caption.me revels in its lack of political correctness. The difference that you, Anon, don't seem to acknowledge, is between captions and comments. Captions refer to remote entities and, short of hate speak, anything goes. Comments pertain to your fellow Captioneers, who are real people and part of this community. It's not being hypocritical to treat comments differently from captions, it's just showing respect for your peers.

As far as Anon's comments have gone, I personally haven't found them that offensive, but as I tried, and failed, to explain to Anon, your comments are more likely to be construed as negative if you don't put your name to them. There has been a history of Anon/s who have tried to stir up trouble, so people are naturally suspicious.

And the logic is simple. If you're saying something in good humour, why hide? If you're hiding your identity because you think your comments might offend your fellow Captioneers, why say them?

James Lennox

Well I'm just gutted, I saw so many comments on my caption I thought there had been an early monthly prize award and you were all here congratulating me on my genius.. best cancel that £50 Amazon order.

Any old port in a storm will do.

Karyn Harrison

I'd pay to see her fall off a horse.

Ryan French

"Rorschach's Journal. An Arctic Hyper Carnivorous Bear died in New York..."

Glyn Evans