To all you BLEEPING ATSers BLEEP YOU !!!

This is a great thread. Perceive that line.

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My compliments to the OP, very creative.
I find it a very nice and positive message.

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"Clap,clap clap!!"

Very , very poignant OP, it gives one a "Different" take on what "Censorship" can cause in the minds eye of perception.
All I can really say is BLEEP you too!!!
(Thank)

Well, it would appear that Illinois 'Governor' (for now) Rod Blagoyavich IS ALIVE AND WELL!!!

I'm happy to see that a humourous post has been taken for what it's worth...just the pure humour!!!

How this comports within the "Psychology, Philosphy and Metaphysics" thread, et al, is yet to be explained, by the OP....

OK, I can 'somewhat' understand the placement....since putting the "Illinoise" Governors' actions into the 'Political' forum is simply too easy....so MAYBE it does belong in the 'psychological' threads.....?

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Bleep you very much sir! This is one of the best bleeping posts I've seen in a while. Before I read it I was like damn, someones pretty PO'd but this was a very nice change of pace and gave me a bit of a chuckle. You get a star! I second that. Thank you ATS for continuing to be a great site and great members! err....I mean BLEEP you ATS! Bleep you from the bottom of my heart!

There is no lesson here. Most people understand that 'bleeps' are reserved for profanity. Are you suggesting that people jump to the conclusion that actors actually die when they are 'killed' in a movie?

No, OP we get it, ha! It's not real, you see! In the case where an actor 'dies,' it is okay for the audience to perceive that he dies for the sake of the script, while knowing that in real life, the actor was not killed.

And your 'lesson' is the equivalent of some moron standing up in the middle of movie and yelling: "They're not really dead!!!!"

When we read a sentence where the word 'bleep' is inserted in place of another word, duh, we get it - its okay to perceive profanity regardless of what was actually intended.

So, don't get all cute by parading around your goofy and obscure prank as evidence that you are now some sort of expert on perception. If people believed there was profanity intended, they were right to believe so, because, by universal convention, it is understood that profanity was intended.

If you believe that your corny prank proves that anyone needs a perception lesson, then it is you who has jumped to a flawed conclusion.

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Surveillance.

The rule does not apply for this and a few other words.

Also a very interesting thread about perception.

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That isn't so. Foul language, insults, and illegal activity are snipped. If you're referring to some threads that just seem to disappear I'd recommend spending the points to post on RATS. A lot of "truth" threads go there. Depending on what subject matter you're posting the "truth" about.



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This is a pretty cheap way to rack up those participation points, do you think??

If you so pissed off...then go [SNIP] away and don't look back [SNIP]!!!

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profanity removed

Please read ABOUT ATS: Vulgarity and The Automatic ATS Censors

www.abovetopsecret.com...

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reply to post by wolf241e

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Don't jump to conclusions, did you even bother to read the OP? It's not what it appears to be (like many things on ATS)

Nice bleepin 1 mate



why on earth do people get mad though?

Urmm because we are humans,,,aint we?

human nature to get mad

tut tut

Peace out

Heh, I think your idea is entirely correct but perhaps a tad extreme in sentiment.

As you note, it's perfectly understandable that people would interpret the 'bleep' as profanity. Indeed, it's fairly normative (e.g., 'what the 'bleep' do we know'). Add to that the caps, which tends to be interpreted as shouty, then the ambiguity is not so clear and affectively neutral. A shouty person probably using profanity is an obvious interpretation.

There are much better approaches to showing how our pre-existing biases alter our perception under settings of ambiguity.


linky

If anyone wants to test their potential 'implicit' biases, just go to the harvard IAT website and perform a few IATs.

Bleep me...No bleep you you bleeping bleepster.

If ATS mods will 'snip' anything that is truth, then I guess you're statement must be false.
In which case the truth is that they won't snip anything that is truth .

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I saw it as more of a joke then a lesson.
But if you want to take it as a lesson, it could be the fact that many people will read the first 3 sentences of something and think they know it all - then reply and look like jackasses.

how in the world is this a conspiracy thread?

Isnt this why we have below top secret?

How is this supposed to attract users to the site when its on the front page?

I love this, I'm sitting thinking OH NO HE DIDN"T, this has to be a joke

I was right...sort of....thank you for this, I love these little reminders throughout my day, helps me keep an open mind

S&F

-JR

lol good thread. I approve

Very clever.

initially i thought the topic was censorship, lol good post!