• causepix@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      14 days ago

      It’s still legible though. I think it’s leas for the sake of modesty than just maximizing reach in the algorithm of whatever social media it was reposted to. An image-to-text algo would probably not register the marked word(s) to then mark the post as vulgar or 18+, and then show it to fewer people because of that. I see it all the time in posts mentioning Palestine, which started when it became apparent that those kinds of posts were being suppressed.

      Along the same lines, sometimes something silly like a hair is edited into the image. I’ve always assumed this is to prevent it from getting caught by content-recognition algorithms, which would mark it as a repost and either remove or de-rank the content.

      Seems the hate is better directed at the algorithms that make this worthwhile than the reposters frustrating those efforts to sanitize everything by putting a non-destructive mark on the content.

      • spechter@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        That’s the free speach you’ve got over there? One naughty word having any Christian fundamentalist blush and you get cut off.

    • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
      22·
      14 days ago

      I would heartily support that. The Fediverse should take a stand against this advertiser-friendly bullshit.

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
      12·
      14 days ago

      That would cut down on the number of memes available, since the sources are often censored.

      I think we should require someone posting a censored meme add additional censorship to make the message appear more potentially offensive.

      • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        13 days ago

        The vast majority of the time it would take a couple of seconds to just uncensor the words. There’s no need to keep the censorship, anyone here could easily do it.

    • Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      14 days ago

      I’m with you, but our meme community is already so sparse and limited compared to larger platforms that I’m not sure we’d like the results.

  • De Lancre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    14 days ago

    Lily the Fox

    Ella the Wolf

    Nellie the Pig

    Grizzly Bear

    Furry. Furry never changes.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    15·
    14 days ago

    Holy shit, these are all amazing.

    We’re only missing Long Dick Johnson.

    “The Chinless Wonder.”

    “Dog-faced Kitty.”

    “Fatty McDuff.”

    “Few Clothes Molly.”

    … modern day stipper/porn star names got nothin’ on these, goddamn.

    This is, to me, the same level/kind of funny as that Japanese baseball game from the 80s, with the hysterical attempts at coming up with American baseball player names.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    14 days ago

    I’m obviously “Grizzly Bear” but I might be “German Muscle Woman” for the right price.

    $20 went a lot further back then.

    • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      14 days ago

      Between them and Squirrel-Tooth Alice, I hope something doesn’t awaken inside of me.

      And by something, I mean a venereal disease, because it’s too late for me to not be a furry.

    • De Lancre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      I spotted 2 more. TBF, it’s kinda catchy. I can almost swear I saw someone on e621\youtube\tweeter\etc. with that nickname.

  • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
    12·
    14 days ago

    It is kind of fun trying to guess whether some of the names that could be gender neutral today would have been back in the day.

    Like I am guessing Buffalo Jo is short for Josephine, and Dutch Jake is definitely a man, but Fatty McDuff and The Carson Banger could go either way depending on their sense of humor.