ericjames* (they/it)
on occasion, i look at the BBFC (british movie rating board) website where they describe the movies they rate and i find it amusing what they consider to be "mild terms." most of them would be an easy ticket to an R rating here in the US. also the fact that "fuck" is just "strong" instead of "very strong"

here's an example from charli xcx's movie, the moment:
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Show threadericjames* (they/it)Mar 5
and i know full well that motion picture rating systems can be weaponized and used for censorship. by no means is this a defense of that. more so an observation of how cursing is treated in different countries
Show threadericjames* (they/it)Mar 5
bringing up this quote again (no, the other one):

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Show threadLukyanMar 5

@ericjames I looked at their ratings for some movies and I'm sure they haven't watched them. (Or omit certain issues to not suggests these being problematic outside of media; I see BBC in their name.)

I don't notice the strength of the language in movies.

Show threadericjames* (they/it)Mar 5
@lukyan the BBFC is unrelated to the british broadcasting company

perhaps a better example of what i'm talking about is the packaging for the vinyl of australian trap producer alison wonderland's third album, loner. as per images on discogs, the australian vinyls leave track 3 ("fuck u love u")'s title uncensored, while the US vinyls add an asterisk over the "fuck"

like i said, purely an observation of how cursing is treated in different countries
Show threadericjames* (they/it)Mar 5
@lukyan i'm having trouble finding this other example but i saw an aussie on fedi post a roll of duct tape(?) they found on a store shelf with the word "shit" front and center on the packaging. i think it was part of the brand name too

doesn't sound that bad, at least to me, but if you know anything about the US, you just know that wouldn't fly here. everyone gets so up in arms about it
Show threadLukyanMar 5

@ericjames That's what the lightbulb brand name Osram means in Polish (as a future tense first person verb). They exist here uncensored. (The early 20th century lightbulb inventor from Austria surely did not know enough Polish to prevent that.)

I see food brands like Bussy or F**king Delicious as if these were sufficiently proper to appear on store shelves.

I don't read enough news to know if any such brand is controversial, while I'm sure they would censor the name if reporting about it.