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So, last night the whole porn filter thing cropped up in conversation and I mentioned to Mrs Danny that the whole thing was ridiculous, would never work etc.
I then proffered the suggestion that we would opt out. Well, that didn't go down (no pun intended) particularly well. I explained my reasoning - that babybgoode would be better served being properly educated on how to use the internet safely, that perfectly legitimate sites would be blocked, that some porn would not be blocked (page 3 Mr Cameron or will that upset your Tory donors at news International) etc.
The argument raged and she is convinced that I just want to watch some poorly shot grumble flicks. I have tried to protest my innocence and suggest if she is that worried about my browsing habits she can install a CCTV camera pointing to my monitor or just sit there and watch me bang away on STW.
Still no joy.
I then made the fatal error of making the pointing out that it actually didn't matter whether the filter was on or off as I already knew how to bypass it...
Well, lets just say I could have perhaps handled the whole thing a bit better!
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poorly shot grumble flicks
I can vouch for some excellent production values in a lot of the ones Ive watched if that helps your argument with her.
some poorly shot grumble flicks
Fnarrrr
Anyway, how would she know if the grumble-gate was locked or not?
Make sure your Broadband account is in YOUR name!
This will happen a lot in the next few months.
I've applied to be a Grattan agent as a fallback.
I'm almost blind getting in before the LK
In these days of HD 1080p even the poorest levels of home cinematography can yield titillating results, errr, apparently.
What is your wife's reaction to presence in the near vicinity of a paid firefighter? Previously I've seen supposedly strong value driven solid types go spontaneously wet to the socks at the sight of a single heat resistant high vis sock. And thus the high ground is lost...
USB stick and start saving your favourite films ?
Are there other uses for the net.?
More importantly for the rest of us who haven't been so stupid as to do what you've done....
How do we opt out without the wife finding out?
I know this thread is tongue-in-cheek (it is, isn't it??) but I thought the whole point was that ISPs would not automatically do anything to change existing customers.
@chilled - hope the pop up asking whether you want to opt in / opt out comes up when you're using the internet and not when Mrs Chilled is...
she is convinced that I just want to watch some poorly shot grumble flicks
Unless you're into poorly shot grumble flicks then she is very much mistaken. Nowadays even goat porn is big budget and HD.
@stillt - no, that is how last night's conversation actually went.
re: What the ISP's are going to do - existing customers will (if all goes according to plan which it probably won't) at some point before the year end have a pop-up come up on their computer asking whether they what in or out
[i]I then made the fatal error of making the pointing out that it actually didn't matter whether the filter was on or off as I already knew how to bypass it...[/i]
How do you do it then?
TOR is probably the easiest, followed by a VPN or Proxy server in a country that doesn't have the filter (e.g almost anywhere but the UK once its introduced)...
Would like to see a graph of UK Internet traffic volume before and after they turn that on!
Just show her this.
proxies - essel
Would your wife really be upset if you watched porn?
I can imagine if it hours and hours of anal fisting randy nuns with a cup type stuff .... but really ?
I'm surprised this is actually an issue for people. Unless there is conflict such as mother wants it turned on to 'protect' the children and father wants it turned off to enjoy himself?
An old tri-lingual girlfriend of mine worked for a professional European porn production company as a PA that was very professional.
Weird as Brits are happy to smoke weed, take pills and coke recreationally where down the production process people are murdered daily. Yet its young and happening to ingest the end product here (and a fair few STWers from prev posts). Yet if a bike was nicked out of their shed it'd be the crime of the century.
We in the UK have odd-skewered view on criminality.
Leave porn alone. What next Cameron? 'Tighter moral control'/censorship?
Drac, thank you for that.
[i]just sit there and watch me bang away on STW[/i]
There's a mental image I didn't really want to have...
[i]proxies - essel[/i]
Whoaa, I'm still on imperial & can remember Pounds Shillings & Pence!
WTF are proxies?? 😳
WTF are proxies??
Someone watches the porn on your behalf, then describes it to you later.
You should just have argued about false positives. Michaelangelo's David, Venus De Milo, medical websites, Nirvana album covers, the S****horpe problem, etc etc. See the other thread.
The argument raged and she is convinced that I just want to watch some poorly shot grumble flicks
The correct answer here is, "yes, I do. And? Why not join me?"
piemonster - MemberI'm almost blind getting in before the LK
Genius, post of the week.
Cheers
CheeZe B*
*oh teh ironing
Drac, thank you for that.
You're welcome it's rather old but still funny.
perhaps handled the whole thing a bit better!
surly that's a bit difficult with a mouse in one hand whilst engrossed in hand to gland combat with the other 😀
I can imagine if it hours and hours of anal fisting randy nuns with a cup type stuff
Surely that's what everyone watches?
Someone watches the porn on your behalf, then describes it to you later.
May I be the first to offer my services....
Wait till some of you ring up and request the filter removing and the ISP says.... Its already disbled..Your wife called yesterday .....
My wife would be happy if I was watching porn, it's CRC she has the problem with.
Randy nuns??? Is there another type?
Some interesting points raised.
Cheers
Danny B
I quite like the idea of proxies . . . Can you specify who describes it to you!? Who needs audio books when you could have a blow by blow (s****) description of porn by your chosen voice ... there has to be a market for that surely
It's the thin end of the wedge, censorship is censorship. If we let the government decide what we can and can not see we are on the slipper slope to totalitarianism.
If its not illegal there no reason to block it, encourage better parenting not a nanny state parenting from government.
dannybgoode - Membersit there and watch me bang away on STW.
Still no joy.
fnarr fnarr
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Had a funny conversation with a person at O2 today while upgrading my phone:
"So, as standard, we block access to certain websites over the data network, like, erm,..."
"Like gambling sites?"
"Yes! Like gambling sites. And, erm, you know, other sites."
"Hate speech, that kind of thing?"
"Yes! Those too. And, well, over-18 sites as well of course. So, do you want us to leave those filters on?"
"No, turn them off please."
So, last night the whole porn filter thing cropped up in conversation and I mentioned to Mrs Danny that the whole thing was ridiculous, would never work etc.I then proffered the suggestion that we would opt out. Well, that didn't go down (no pun intended) particularly well. I explained my reasoning - that babybgoode would be better served being properly educated on how to use the internet safely, that perfectly legitimate sites would be blocked, that some porn would not be blocked (page 3 Mr Cameron or will that upset your Tory donors at news International) etc.
The argument raged and she is convinced that I just want to watch some poorly shot grumble flicks. I have tried to protest my innocence and suggest if she is that worried about my browsing habits she can install a CCTV camera pointing to my monitor or just sit there and watch me bang away on STW.
Still no joy.
I then made the fatal error of making the pointing out that it actually didn't matter whether the filter was on or off as I already knew how to bypass it...
Well, lets just say I could have perhaps handled the whole thing a bit better!
Im so glad im not hetrosexual in a monogamous relationship, I really am....
she has her faults but I love her nonetheless.
Cheers
Danny B
Wait - who wrote the OP?
WTF are proxies??
They are the nasty rash you get from watching too much internet porn
Wait - who wrote the OP?
Danny B, except he wanted to keep it anonymous just in case his wife was reading.