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Permalink Reply by Lyndsey on
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I'd also like to point out something that people are missing. Don't you think that the guys are laughing a lot more in their more recent GMM's, and just in general having a good time? I think it's so lovely to see! The more laid back approach makes it seem less formal. If they aren't having a good time, then it would show, and therefore we wouldn't enjoy it as much.
I think what it comes down to is that people just don't like change. I would hate to think that Rhett or Link felt as if they had to censor themselves and their videos just in case they upset someone. It is their channel and their content after all!
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Permalink Reply by Laura Bookout (BookBeast) on
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You were not rude at all! And I agree with you- people don't like change. Guilty as charged. But as long as Rhett and Link are laughing, I'm watching.
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Permalink Reply by Lauryn Angelique Mandy on
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Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Kat (Stormageddon) on
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Gotta add to this... Regardless of whether it's a mass appeal thing or not, one thing I've always appreciated about rhett and link was that they kept it classy, when it came to what was coming out of their mouth. Like the OP, I've noticed a few things 'slip' over the last week or so and to be honest I'm really disappointed. This is one of the things that really set them apart. Content wise the ideas do not seem to be as creative this season, and this is just the cherry on top.
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Permalink Reply by Emma] (rainbowdogine) on
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I can understand how he said he was pissed off but not boobsand sex?!
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Permalink Reply by int 80h on
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To be honest, I'd have to disagree on this one.
While I think GMM and all that should be kept reasonably clean, I don't think Link stepped over any moral line, here. It is after all, the responsibility of the viewer or guardian to impose discretion. Our society is sexualized as it is, with rather questionable things happening on TV, as well as bill boards in plain sight. And don't even get me started how easy it is to get ads for very questionable content over the Internet and on your screen. I think "the little eyes" are much more in danger to that, that the "little ears" to something on GMM.
Using words is one thing, but it's also a matter of context. Even Rhett said this in some GMM episode, iirc. The context here was adequate, and I don't see any "little ears" hearing something they shouldn't have. I think their choice of words in the episode in question were perfectly fine. Having said this, I'd like to say that there have been several jokes in the past, that I find quite offensive (not to me per-se, but offensive in a general way). I think things like this might be far worse than using words like "boobies" in a rather benign context - in fact, I'd argue this is pretty much children's language.
Additionally, I'm sure Rhett and Link are quite aware who their audience is composed of. They are both fathers of young children themselves, mind you. If they didn't know, they'd be both, bad entertainers, and bad parents...
Also, no episode gets uploaded just like that. There's some post production and editing going on as well. During any one of those instances, where an editor reviews the footage over and over again, this could have been either beeped out, or edited out altogether. Instead, it was deemed so meaningless, it was kept in and uploaded. I don't think it was an oversight at all.
If you think that your child or sibling is too young for this kind of language, you should pre-watch the episodes, or at least watch it with them and explain the context, in case the child didn't pick up on that. It is what I'd consider the responsibility of someone having to deal with younger children. In other words: If you don't want to be burdened with this kind of responsibility, then watch the episodes with people of your age or alone.
All that is of course not exclusive to Rhett & Link, it's just restating how to deal with any content, not only on the Internet.
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Permalink Reply by Mortimous (Tairen Soul) on
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I agree with you 110%. Its the parents job to make sure that what their children are watching are to their standards.
I personally don't believe in children under the age of 12 to even be on the computer. For the fact that i know when i was 12 i'd do whatever and click on things i shouldn't have and accidentally get viruses on the computer because i didn't know any better.
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You know, I'd rather have a child break their computer by playing and learning - this includes infesting the OS with Viruses - than giving it access to truly compromising content.
I'm not a parent, so I can't really say what's good or bad parenting. I was sitting at the computer with 12 years of age and that's how I've learned programming.
I think it's a question of supervision. Not as in controlling every single step, but having an interest in what the child is doing on the computer and what it is watching on media outlets like Youtube.
Back in my time, parents had a much bigger problem dealing with technology like this. Nowadays, this is actually pretty simple, for net-natives, etc. It seems to me, that the technological boost from home computers and the Internet in the 90's was a bit too much to deal with, for the "Berlin Wall" generation, as I like to call them. People that were in their late 20's to early 40's in the nineties, never really caught on to the internet as everyone else after that. Things are different now. The average parent has full grasp of the internet, smart phones and all the problems and dangers that come with it. So "I don't know how this works" is definitely not an excuse anymore. Every parent should know how to adequately supervise their kids. On the outside world, as well as on the Internet.
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You do have a very good point; In the learning aspect I can see your point and how it would teach them what to look out for certain things and such. Trial and error, right?
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Well, I think you can't really break a computer by using it. Even when this thing is infested with viruses and malware, all you need is formatting the drives and re-installing the OS. As long as no physical harm is done, there isn't much you can actually break... If you lose data, well, that's a different story, but that's what backups are for, aren't they.
At 12 I managed to completely bodge up our "family computer", to the point where it wouldn't boot anymore. My dad was quite angry. I tried to reason with him, that a clean install from scratch will fix everything. He told me to try it myself as I broke it. I guess he might wanted me to show that some things can't be fixed once broken, but I believe this didn't turn out what he had in mind. After a few hours the Windows 95 was back to pretty much normal, and he could only explain, that there was definitely some time lost, etc. Sure, but anyway, Don't be mad at a child breaking an installation as long as no physical harm is done.
Keeping problematic content from a child is a very different story, though. I'm not sure I know the master plan to deal with that, as I never experienced raising a child.
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I am so glad I don't have kids because the internet is a jungle of perversion. GMM, not so bad, ha.
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