I remember a time when the powers that be kindly asked me to remove my avatar featuring my crotch with a carrot carefully wedged between the fly. The reasoning was that this was a family-oriented website. Despite the fact that my avatar was merely an hommage to snowmen all around the world, I removed it.
However, the recent advertisements atop this site should appall anyone who found my pseudo-carrot-wang even remotely offensive. Par example...
"Active sexsearch members in YOUR TOWN: Meet these horny members now and get laid tonight!"
or my personal favourite...
As a result, the carrot-wang-av is back seeing as how the "family-friendly forum" argument has lost all credibility.
you know what pablo...ive been thinking the same thing to myself for a while now seeing the advertisements atop the site. Hey i dont mind a good looking girl but theres no way those girls are the ones you'll find in those adds, and theres no way im clicking on them. Im sure there is a perk for mario from the owner of the advertisements ( $$$ or soemthing i have no idea how it works ) but either way, i dont mind your avatar and i think that the whole family board thing and all was really just blown out of proportion at a really touchy time. We all know the limits and boundaries here and heck...we're all adults arent we?...age wise any way...some of you make me wonder...
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At just 18, i've got the girl who has said the 6 words i've wanted to hear my whole life!! " My Dad Owns A Liquor Store"
I was about to mention the same... I thought they had been taken off, but it seems they are back (or never left). Is there another advertisement that we can put up or is contracted for a length of time?
..............................ah shad up ...no matter how you look at it ..a carrot in your fly is juvenile ....you are obviously concerned about your shortcoming , but a carrot ....
Zulrath wrote: I also have wondered about the ads, they've gotten considerably worse over the past little while.
These ads have to go!!!!!
In the very near future, GOHABS.com is moving. Well at least virtually. I am planning to move to a new web host. And the one I am looking at comes with, with no advertising.
The one I use now is free, but with tasteless ads.
Good points you guys brought up. And Pablo, please point taken. Let's keep it respectable.
Juvinile certainly, but offensive? I know it certainly doesn't offend me, and I know that when I was 10 jokes like that were commonplace, so it certainly won't teach anything new to younger kids, so for me I vote that a certain allownace be made for things like that.
If it actually does offend anyone though, it should be taken down since this site is for everyone and isn't meant to insult anyone except Leafs and Bruins fans, but I wonder, is there anyone out there who is offended by that carrot picture?
Seriously, I am curious. I don't know the story last time, but was there actual complaning or was it asked to be taken down as a pre-emptive measure?
I realy enjoyed trying to explain my way around that ad to my 8 year old son. Like I said in my thread about this, what annoys me is that you can't type Hitch**** (Hitch(ock), but you can apparently get some action. And hey, Mario is right, the board is free and ActiveBoard can't operate without any funds.
-- Edited by heet_150 at 17:19, 2006-10-24
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I walked past a restaurant yesterday that had a sign in the window that said, "Lobster Tail and Beer." I went in, since I enjoy all three.
For those serious about not seeing the ads, simply follow these steps:
RIGHT-CLICK over the banner - a menu should come up and near the bottom have the option stating "BLOCK IMAGES from (name of site)." Choose said option and they should be blocked. Refersh the page. If you get another unwanted add, repeat. They might all be smutty but come from different sites nonetheless.
Before being let go from my post of forum moderator, I asked for the carrot to go simply based on the "trying to keep it clean" principle. I take full responsibility for that.
..............................ah shad up ...no matter how you look at it ..a carrot in your fly is juvenile ....you are obviously concerned about your shortcoming , but a carrot ....
Of course it's juvenile, that's the point.
Regardless, the post was a joke. I guess sarcasm doesn't go over well on the internet.