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Another thing I saw in US is that they can't make the distinction between hardcore porn, soft porn, erotica, nudity and showing some cleavage. I used to work a
by koonsolo 8y ago
Another thing I saw in US is that they can't make the distinction between hardcore porn, soft porn, erotica, nudity and showing some cleavage.
I used to work at a European game company that made erotic games for PocketPC. Our biggest market was US, and most negativity also came from US. Video striptease is labeled as "porn".
What they preach is very different from how they act. You cannot say fuck or shit on tv or internet, but in real life everyone does it.
When Janet Jackson show a nipple on TV, it's a huge fuzz. But having a colleagues gathering in a striptease bar is normal.
I'm pretty sure the prudish public behavior enforces the excessive private behavior.
- watwut 8y agoVideo striptease sounds to me like porn and I am not American. What else would it be, seriously? Is it really normal to colleagues gathering in a striptease bar? Cause I did not encountered it, through I heard people complain about some teams and companies doing that. But that is it - complains+anger not acceptance as norm.
- koonsolo 8y agoIn Europe we label portraying sexy nude women as erotica. Playboy is not porn to us, it's erotica. Porno is something completely different, and explicitly shows having intercouse. Having only 1 general name for everything probably doesn't make it easier to make a distinction. I know US colleagues who regulary go to striptease bars. It seems more normal in US than in EU.
- mruts 8y agoIs a striptease bar a strip club? If so, I don’t think it’s that uncommon. Me and my coworkers would sometimes go to strip-clubs after work. Including female colleagues. Not as often as regular clubs or bars, but not a rare event.
- oefrha 8y ago> You cannot say fuck or shit on tv What TV shows are you talking about? Kids shows? American television in general is full of profanity. Some shows have way higher profanity content than what’s observed in real life, they always makes me wonder if certain demographics really fucking talk like that all the time.
- koonsolo 8y agoBeeping away words is something you will never see/hear in European productions. "What the beep are you talking about you son of a beep". Jerry Springer comes to mind. European movies also have no trouble showing fully nude males, something you will never see in Hollywood. The sensoring in texts like f*ck is also seen a lot online.
- oefrha 8y agoYou’re right, some cable networks do the beep thing, others don’t. Guess I’ve been self-selected to be biased towards the latter category; I haven’t heard a beep for quite a while.
- __david__ 8y agoAll over the air networks don't have profanity (ABC, NBC, CBS, CW--you know, the big ones) because of FCC rules. Cable is not covered by FCC laws and their shows can freely swear (though I was surprised by the most recent seasons of Happy and Mr. Robot not bleeping their F-words on cable as it used to be verboten just a couple years ago).
- renholder 8y ago>American television, in general, is full of profanity. (FTFY) Are you confusing "private airwaves" (e.g.: subscriptions) with "public airwaves"? If so, see the FCC's position here[0]. [0] - https://www.fcc.gov/general/obscenity-indecency-and-profanity https://www.fcc.gov/general/obscenity-indecency-and-profanit...
- ghaff 8y agoYes. It can be pretty common. It’s been a while since I was in the oil business but there were plenty of people who had trouble getting a few sentences out without a fuck or a shit. I do know a few tech people who cuss quite a bit but it’s certainly not super-common abd, increasingly, there’s also a greater sensitivity to language etc. that someone will take offense to even if in your mind it’s perfectly ok.