Dear Devs: Please make another pass at restricting offensive names

[Tetsujin]

You ain't getting me, OP.

[Tlamila]

Does this mean that you think abortion is an offensive word and should universally be considered bad? Cause this a whole can of worms here. So much to unpack.

[Raoabolic]

Does this mean that you think abortion is an offensive word and should universally be considered bad? Cause this a whole can of worms here. So much to unpack.

*tries to abort the plan*
*gets jail time and cancelled at the same time*
I deserve this. ;_;

[Jojoya]

Is that where we are now?

A whole generation of puritans, who can't take a joke, take exception to a nickname that contains the word "fetus" (horror! Imagine if it was a colour) and hide their eyes from glamour that's a bit too risqué?

When did abortion become a joke?

I hope you understand that using phrases like "can't take a joke" is being disrespectful of someone feeling's and is a form of gaslighting. Abortion is a hot topic in both political and religious discussion, especially since Roe v. Wade was overturned. References to such topics is discouraged by the game's Prohibited Activities policy, especially when common sense says an expression, even as a character name, would be seen as offensive by others.

Common sense would tell you that "Aborted Fetus" is a name that most would find offensive. It's actually pretty pathetic that someone would identify themselves as such.

On the other hand, it's also not worth a Lodestone witch hunt. It should have been reported in game when the OP saw it then they should have moved on. There was no need to bring the topic up in the forums.

[Jagick]

When did abortion become a joke?

I hope you understand that using phrases like "can't take a joke" is being disrespectful of someone feeling's and is a form of gaslighting. Abortion is a hot topic in both political and religious discussion, especially since Roe v. Wade was overturned. References to such topics is discouraged by the game's Prohibited Activities policy, especially when common sense says an expression, even as a character name, would be seen as offensive by others.

Common sense would tell you that "Aborted Fetus" is a name that most would find offensive. It's actually pretty pathetic that someone would identify themselves as such.

On the other hand, it's also not worth a Lodestone witch hunt. It should have been reported in game when the OP saw it then they should have moved on. There was no need to bring the topic up in the forums.

Been one for many, many years. Late 90s early 2000s internet was rife with dark humor and people didn't take things as personally. It was a much better time if you ask me. If you offended someone they blocked you. If you got offended, you blocked them. Simple as that.

[Shibi]

Been one for many, many years. Late 90s early 2000s internet was rife with dark humor and people didn't take things as personally.

Ending in 1978 was the Black and White Minstrel Show on the BBC and affiliates.

But times change, society changes, and black face - in the case of the stated BBC show - simply isn't acceptable nor funny to most people any more.

[Garten]

People should Watch more south park. In this case the episode on WWE

[Xaphire]

I personally see nothing offensive about the example provided by the OP. I don't think it makes it to the "most reasonable people would find offensive" goal post.

[Jagick]

Ending in 1978 was the Black and White Minstrel Show on the BBC and affiliates.

But times change, society changes, and black face - in the case of the stated BBC show - simply isn't acceptable nor funny to most people any more.

Eh, I disagree. Someone will always be offended by something, people need to get over themselves. As a thin, pasty ginger with a brain tumor I've received no end of cancer jokes, people equating me to the "starving african children" on TV, and no shortage of what most would call "bullying" based entirely on my ethnic phenotype and appearance even into adulthood. There was even technically "Kick-a-Ginger day until prohibited in 2016. It all taught me to stop taking things so seriously and to learn to laugh at even myself. Totally changed my outlook on life for the better. I think the problem is not that humor has necessarily changed today, but society as a whole and the prevalence of social media has made people afraid of laughing at certain things no matter how juvenile or offensive they might be. So in a way you're right I suppose, society has changed. However, I don't believe that means people should be shamed or cancelled or berated for what the find funny even if its in poor taste.

Honestly nothing annoys me more when someone tiptoes around the way I look or my health to avoid offending me. Look at me on one of my worst days and act like you're Gollum from LoTR in 'whiteface' to tease me. You'll make my day.

To return to the topic at hand: Distasteful and offensive names (which they objectively are) on the internet aren't hurting anyone. If someone his somehow "hurt" by this, hide them, block them, ignore them. Attempting to destroy them or force them to stop is not and should not be the answer. Now, ToS will be what they are, and that's something else entirely. Its the company's choice to allow, disallow, and enforce whatever they like and I'm sure this stuff will be handled eventually for better or worse.

[Imora]

I got yelled at by a GM once for taming a white gorilla and naming it Honkeykong. I regret nothing.

I knew a guy that named his gorilla after Michelle Obama.