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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 don't see what the big deal is. Its the parents job to monitor their children and what they watch, not the YouTuber.
Like someone else said, all the parent has to do is watch the episode first to make sure that its ok for their kids to watch.
Conclusion: This country is Anal Retentive.
Solution: Link (and Rhett) just be you.
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Permalink Reply by Lauryn Angelique Mandy on
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You have the soul of an angel. I completely agree.
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K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on -
Both Rhett and Link are on the Kommunity pretty frequently, though they are MUCH more of "silent observers" than they were in the past. Just one of the consequences of being so much busier now!
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K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on -
Oh, I'm sure they would take (most) of these comments as they were intended: friendly discussion of opinion. Having been in this line of work for several years now, they've become pretty accustomed to constant scrutiny. And furthermore, they know that the people here on the Kommunity are obviously big enough fans to be here, so we must not hate them too much. :)
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Permalink Reply by Josie (Llama Glama) on
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That's what I'm trying to figure out. I wanted to hear the context of him using those terms. I believe the "boobs" and "sex" is from the Feb 12, 2014 video "Why is the Heart Shaped Like That?" Which, then, in my opinion, the words weren't used in a way where Link was being rude or distasteful but he was stating what he found out about the shape of a heart through his research. But I cannot find the other one.
I think overall Rhett and Link keep the content "child friendly", however, I'm not too sure they do that on purpose. I think they act like themselves on the show and I don't think they purposefully censor themselves. I think they are honestly pretty decent guys but don't we all say "bad" words occasionally? They're not vulgar guys, just human.
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Permalink Reply by insert name here on
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The show's not exactly ruined,by definition, a swear word always ends sharply p**s is not really considered a swear and boobs and sex aren't dirty words they're anatomical. They always censor real swears. I always thought it was funny how adults are afraid of curses dirtying their kids minds but the kids never give it a second thought and the only person who is affected is the adult.
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