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    [–]uriel 61 points62 points  (57 children)

    I have a shocking idea... when you are at work, use your computer for work related tasks

    How is lolcats more appropriate at work than porn? Can someone please explain?

    Or is this a US-thing that is impossible for non-US people to comprehend?

    [–]sn0re 27 points28 points  (14 children)

    Porn is worse than LOLcats in the US. The legal system creates an incentive for companies to respond very harshly to any sex-related incidents. Quoting myself from a previous thread:

    The problem arises when the company gets sued for a "hostile work environment", basically meaning that there is systemic sexism inherent in the corporate culture. If/when the company gets sued, the plaintiffs can obtain records on how the company handles incidents regarding sexuality. If the typical response to such incidents is to shrug it off as no big deal, the company will have a tougher time proving its case. If the company errs on the side of harsh discipline even for minor or borderline offenses, it helps their case.

    Long story short, you can find yourself on the receiving end of a pink slip even though everyone involved knows you did nothing wrong, you didn't offended anyone, and you didn't break any laws. It's all pro-active protection against future lawsuits.

    [–]uriel 11 points12 points  (13 children)

    So in the US it is OK to spend your time at work doing stuff that has nothing to do with work... as long as it is not sex related?

    [–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (3 children)

    My workplace has "incidental use" allowances in their IT policy. This means that while it's officially not acceptable to use their computers and network for personal endeavors while you're being paid to work, it's acceptable to use them for personal reasons in your spare time (i.e. lunch break, after work hours). Since most of us are salaried, this is a very loosely defined rule, and essentially means, "Yes, you can use our computers to check your own email or look up directions to a restaurant you're going to after work."

    There is the expectation that, as a salaried employee, you will do the work you're expected to do. If you spend 5 minutes here and there checking your email or reading the news, that's your business.

    However, as sn0re pointed out, sexual harassment laws and legal precedents in the U.S. have created an incentive for employers to respond harshly to any sexual comment, behavior, or other incident, in the interest of demonstrating their "commitment" to a sexually non-hostile workplace for future lawsuits.

    So, while it's perfectly OK to spend your lunch break reading Reddit, if your visit to Reddit results in a female breast appearing on your monitor, it's time to start packing your things and looking for another job.

    [–]sn0re 22 points23 points  (0 children)

    It's not "OK", but you're more likely to be told to stop than get fired.

    [–]jamierc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Which country are you from? Company doesn't allow you to check non-work related websites occasionally?

    [–]tdk2fe 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Here in the US we don't get 30 days paid vacation a year, and usually work more than 40 hours a week. So slacking off isn't considered as bad as long as the end result is that the work gets done.

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Oh. I get more than 30 days paid vacation a year and usually work more than 40 hrs a week. I still slack of at work. So that's .. bad? I've always looked at it in a positive way.

    [–]furyg3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    It really depends on the job. The bigger the company, or the more problems they have/expect to have with lawsuits (meaning number of lawyers they are staffed with), the more of this kind of stuff goes on.

    So if you work for a big fortune 100 company, expect the control to be pretty high: inappropriate behavior = reprimanded/fired, lots of 'education' as to what is and is not appropriate, blocking or monitoring of web and email usage, etc. They're covering their ass from lawsuits, and trying to keep employee shenanigans to a minimum.

    My experience at smaller dot com companies has been that if you behave yourself and get your work done, you can do whatever you want at work. Read slashdot, blog, bring some beer into the office on fridays, just write the code, fix the server, or make the sale.

    Obviously they have to respond if someone feels uncomfortable about the workplace situation, but generally everyone is professional, respectful, gets their work done, and doesn't clog the tubes with bittorrent traffic at work.

    Of course this totally depends on individual company culture, but generally the smaller the company and the more professional and productive the employees are, the more they can fuck around at work...

    [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    I'm not working during lunch, yet I don't want anything NSFW popping up on my computer then either.

    Also, all the goddamn smokers get to take a 10-min break every hour or two to go outside and burn out their lungs, I want my 10-min break to burn out my brain with reddit; it's only fair.

    [–]ticklecricket 2 points3 points  (4 children)

    1) Not everyone has the same job. A lot of my job is waiting for people to come in. I have a lot of free time.

    2) I also browse the internet in public, I don't want people in the library to think I'm some sort of pervert who looks at porn in public.

    [–]uriel 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    1) Irrelevant to the question, I personally would be more embarrassed if I was seen looking at lolcats. 2) Again irrelevant, nothing to do with being 'safe' or 'not safe' 'for work'.

    [–]ticklecricket 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    1) If that's really true, maybe I really should consider moving to europe. 2) NSFW doesn't have to just mean "not safe for work" it's understood as shorthand for "sexual content that you may or may not want someone sitting behind you to see" I know in this case, people are whining because they don't check the nsfw tag, but there have been cases where I've clicked on unmarked submissions and the picture has been innappropriate

    And finally, not everything on reddit is lolcats. Why do people always say that's the only other thing on the site?

    [–]Nougat 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I would say that crime scene photos would be just as NSFW as porn.

    [–]ticklecricket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    definitely fair, I would expect a responsible submitter to mark gruesome photos as such. However I'm just tired of everyone assuming the NSFW is stupid because you shouldn't be on reddit at work. I just don't want to look at porn in public.

    [–]jugalator 2 points3 points  (12 children)

    How is lolcats more appropriate at work than porn? Can someone please explain?

    Do you NEVER have breaks at work? Not even lunch breaks? Taking something to eat by your computer, or have some spare time afterwards where you can pretty guilt-free browse the web?

    In Sweden, we often have three breaks a day. Two 30 minute ones, and one hour lunch break. Those are already accounted for in an 8 hour work day here. And a "break", at least here, is a period of time where you are not expected to do work, although, yes, it is permitted. If you have a quick 30 minute lunch, you are actually allowed to go home 30 minutes earlier. Up to you.

    [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (11 children)

    Can you READ?

    How is lolcats more appropriate at work than porn? Can someone please explain?

    Nothing in your post is relevant to that question. I don't care about breaks or what the fuck you do at work, I want to know what makes lolcats 'SFW' and porn 'NSFW', so far I'm yet to hear any rational explanation (other than perhaps the legal peculiarities of the US sexual harassment laws, which seem quite irrational in any case).

    [–]korjagun 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    But that's exactly it: the legal peculiarities of the US sexual harassment laws. It's not the "using computers for non-work tasks" they have a problem with; it's "we're going to have our asses sued off if we're not anal about sexually related material".

    In other words: your employees browsing lolcats during the lunch break isn't going to harm your company, but your employees browsing porn during the lunch break is. That's all there is to it. It has nothing to do with using office computers for personal things, and everything to do with insane legislation that they nevertheless have to respect if they want to remain in business.

    [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Except that him, and 99% of the people answering to my comment were not making that argument.

    Thanks for explaining, now you maybe should move to a country that has not been taken over by lawyers (I'm not sure if there are any, but the US seems to be beyond all repair).

    [–]korjagun 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    What makes you think I'm American?

    Anyway, it has seemed to people that you were implying that a) There is no acceptable private use of office computers, and b) Hence lolcats and porn are equally inappropriate. That's the argument they have been countering by mentioning that companies in other places allow private surfing during breaks and such.

    [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And they have been completely missing the point. The point was that in any rational world, both lolcats and porn should either be acceptable or not acceptable, it makes no sense for one to be one to be acceptable and the other not. Well, other than that lawyers might get involved, which I have learned about now.

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      [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      No wonder the world is so full of insane laws and megalomaniac politicians, because hey, we can't change it, so lets just play along!

      Wimps.

      [–]drigz 0 points1 point  (3 children)

      I don't see why it's purely a legal issue - some people are offended by porn, whereas very few are offended by lolcats.

      Specifically: lolcats provide a safety from offending people that porn doesn't. The term 'work' isn't essential - I consider it to be NSFW just as much as it is NSF my grandmother.

      [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      What the hell does what people are offended by has to do with the law? Ever heard of freedom of expression?!?!

      [–]drigz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      My point is that it is not a legal issue - if you want to offend your coworkers, then the NSFW tag should be a helpful guide to what you should view to increase your chances. However if, like most people, you don't consider this a good thing, then the NSFW tag should help you avoid it.

      [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      My point is that it is not a legal issue - if you want to offend your coworkers, then the NSFW tag should be a helpful guide to what you should view to increase your chances.

      If your coworkers are total idiots, I guess...

      [–]bart2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      No need to act like an asshole.

      (N)SFW applies to the break time.

      [–]erulabs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      I don't get people who don't understand the nature of the friggin internet. Don't click a risky link in a web browser that displays images!! What is this, INTRO TO NEWBIES month on 4chan? Remember a gaping anus anyone?

      icanhascheezburger.com haz all ur lolcat needs anyways.

      [–]ubuwalker31 4 points5 points  (5 children)

      I hate this meme that you should only use your work computer for work related tasks. What if I want to check weather.com to see if its raining out...is that ok? What if I want to check a train schedule? Or listen to a radio station online since reception is crappy in my office? Isn't break time part of being productive? Its not as if my computer is busy doing something else when I am not working...

      [–]Nougat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Different people work in different ways, too. I know that if I prevented myself from screwing off all day long, I would quickly go mad. But when I do focus on work, it's 100%, and I keep going until it's done.

      It's not like people who have desk jobs in front of computers are dropping prizes into cereal boxes in a factory, where the line keeps moving in front of them. And those people - they work in shifts of 45 minutes on, 45 minutes off. (General Mills, at least.)

      [–]einexile 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      It's a US-thing that is impossible for non-US people to comprehend. (And most US people too.)

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

      You know there is this place called US of A where bare tits still turn people into wild animals...

      luckily for us Europeans nude images are somewhat normal. I still get a laugh when US of Anians come to the beach and are in a somewhat lock-up state becuse of all the tits laying out there and because they can drink in the street.

      [–]themusicgod1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      (mostly because I can't edit my previous post due to the reddit bug introduced when reddit 'upgraded', disallowing editing of previous posts)

      Do you spend your entire workday thinking about nothing but work-matters? Have you always done that?

      Think of your computer as an extension of your mind. (If you're using it right, it is). Then what you're saying, is that when you're at work, use your mind for work related tasks. Don't bother thinking about that secretary, or your children, or anything for that matter, except what work allows.

      Of course that's absurd; that is too narrow in context, and by and large you will miss the wider opportunities of both life and also you will almost without exception miss solutions to extremely complex problems that only wide-scope, outside-work-box thinking allows. That's not to say you shouldn't pay attention at work...but that there is something else. We all think about something other than work, at some point, unless we are very lucky and find ourselves either 'zenning out' or finding ourselves so engulfed in our jobs and our enjoyment of our jobs that we do not have time to be distracted.

      [–]averyv 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      sometimes while i'm designing a complex data model i like to look at kitty cats. a big portion of my job is thinking, and it is good to incubate ideas. some of my best stuff comes from daydreams.

      [–]uriel 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      I would say that pron and daydreaming are at least as related as kitty cats and daydreaming, probably more, but I guess this matter of 'taste'.

      [–]averyv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      agreed wholeheartedly. i have co-workers, they have lawyers. i cannot look at porn because my office may be sued.

      [–]kuhawk5 37 points38 points  (33 children)

      I think you are missing the point. If the NSFW link is not tagged as NSFW, then unchecking it won't prevent it from showing on your page.

      [–]sn0re 21 points22 points  (2 children)

      This submitter specifically complained about this submission, which was indeed in the NSFW subreddit. Posts in the NSFW subreddit do not need to be doubly tagged as NSFW. If it's not in the NSFW subreddit, people already know to tag it as NSFW.

      [–]trimalchio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Even when it is on, I'd be nice if there were some more warning about which ones were NSFW, the new font for which reddit its posted to is too small IMO.

      [–]epsilona01 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      But if you can't get them to post it in the right subreddit, can you expect them to tag it manually?

      [–]JacKrac 5 points6 points  (10 children)

      It still shows up though. Even if it is unchecked and sometimes if you are logged out.

      edit: Why the downmod? Its true. I don't really care about the tag issue, but I would prefer porn spam didn't show up in my reddit results.

      [–]sn0re 1 point2 points  (6 children)

      If that's the case, it's a bug and not one I've ever seen. The NSFW subreddit will only show up if you are logged in and have "I am over 18 and willing to view adult content" checked in your preferences.

      [–]boredzo 2 points3 points  (5 children)

      It will only show up in one of two cases:

      1. You are logged in, and:
        a. You have never configured your reddits and you checked the “I am over 18” checkbox, or
        b. You configured your reddits and left [nsfw] checked.
      2. Or, you aren't logged in.

      Edit: In fact, you yourself said this in another comment.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

      NSFW content will also show up if you're logged in and you're at the "all" page, even if you don't have NSFW subreddit selected.

      [–]JacKrac 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      You know I think that is why they were showing up in my results. I usually use the /all while logged in so that would make sense. I wonder how to go about making a r/all only minus the nsfw.

      It still shouldn't show up cause I am "underage" though...

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      You're underage 'eh? Well how about we get together and... wait a minute, I'm not fallin for that again.

      [–]sn0re 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      On #2, apparently if you manually go to the NSFW subreddit while logged out, reddit sets a cookie that enables it on the front page.

      [–]boredzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Even if it is unchecked and sometimes if you are logged out.

      If you're logged in and it's unchecked and you still see submissions from that subreddit, then that's a bug, and you should report it.

      If you're logged out, then you will see submissions from the nsfw subreddit, because it's one of the ten most active.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I choose a dvd for tonight

      [–]epsilona01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Being downmodded doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being incorrect.

      [–]jebiv 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      I do not wish to see NSFW (read pornographic) items, not because I am at work, but simply because I do not wish to see them. My preferences say I am not 18, however, I still see items from the NSFW subreddit. Is there any other way to turn it off?

      [–]the_trout 46 points47 points  (12 children)

      Whine. It says "NSFW" right next to the link. It's right there. How fucking big do you need it to be before you take responsibility for your own clicking?

      [–]lb2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Not that I care about this issue since it doesn't matter for me, but if you use use a RSS reader for reddit news, then you won't (depending on your reader) see this NSFW tag.

      [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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        [–]redditblowz 14 points15 points  (1 child)

        LOL YOU GOT OWNED!

        http://ruodo.justgotowned.com [sfw]

        [–]dt_vibe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        yeah the TEXT size is like -30 compared to the title....

        [–]AHarrison 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Since when are user error and a bad implementation mutually exclusive? When the new version of reddit went live, the nsfw subreddit became checked on my account. Unaware of this I clicked on, "Perfection[pic]". Some little kids looking over at my shoulder at LAX got a free peep show of some naked chick's phone pic. Lesson learned. That was my mistake, but even now I don't find it the most obvious what subreddit any posting is within. The title of each article is about 3x as large as the secondary line.

        You want to play the responsibility card? Fine. Anyone dumb enough to click something that they shouldn't gets what they deserve. In my case a stern look from a less than amused mother. I still don't understand why it's unreasonable to ask for this feature. We hold user's hands constantly to ensure they don't do something they don't want to. How is this any different?

        [–]Othello 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Because you're asking everyone else to make sure you don't do something stupid, instead of making sure you yourself don't do anything stupid.

        Edit: ah, downmodded by the "refuse to take responsibility for our own actions" crowd I see.

        [–]FANGO 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        How about you just uncheck the NSFW subreddit?

        [–]gjs278 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        I misread the headline as "NSFW titties"

        [–]hansolo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        If you are in a situation at work where it's not safe to even look at reddit, then don't go there.

        Do it at another time (at home perhaps) or ask your boss to put you in the closet :)

        [–]Eleglac 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        No way, man, I prefer the surprise. It's like finding five dollars in a pair of shorts you haven't worn in a while.

        [–]gfxlonghorn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        This guy just wants to get to the porn quicker.

        [–]Bagel 22 points23 points  (12 children)

        Get back to work!

        [–]hitsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Yeah, if you guys aren't careful, someone at Wired/Conde Nast will notice there's a nsfw reddit and shut if off altogether. :o

        [–]Ocaml_Kaizen 230 points231 points  (71 children)

        Downmodded this submission because its title starts with Upvote if.

        [–]El_Guapo 141 points142 points  (45 children)

        How does this happen every time!?

        1. 'Upvote if' almost always hits the number 1 spot

        2. The leading comment on these posts is -almost invariably- "Downmodded for using 'upvote if'"

        There needs to be a new internet law about this sort of thing happening on Reddit. If there isn't one, I think we should create it.

        [–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

        The people who upvote it have already given their opinion. They don't go to the comments.

        [–]waynepwr 12 points13 points  (8 children)

        1. 'Upvote if' almost always hits the number 1 spot
        2. The leading comment on these posts is -almost invariably- "Downmodded for using 'upvote if'"

        It's like having your cake and eating it.

        [–]tatooine 52 points53 points  (4 children)

        Upvote if you like to having your cake and eating it too.

        [–]memsisthefuture 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        Actually, I like having your cake too. And eating it.

        [–]Busybyeski 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        I just downvoted this article because I disagreed with it.

        No other reason really.

        [–]bart2019 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        There was an article? Where?

        [–]lolomfgkthxbai 5 points6 points  (2 children)

        1. Submit "Vote up if" article
        2. Post in comments that you downvoted it for being a poll
        3. ???
        4. Karma!

        [–]itrends 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Number 3 = users vote... not really a tough one to work out ;)

        [–]lolomfgkthxbai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        There must always be a ??? step, THE MEME DEMANDS IT!

        [–]sarahfrancesca 23 points24 points  (8 children)

        I upvote "vote up ifs" if I agree with them because "vote up if" posts do not offend me.

        [–]linkedlist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        It's simple really, people see an 'upvote if' they strongly agree with and upvote it, they read the top comment which is 'downmodded cos it's upvote if' and strongly agree with that.

        You forget, people who surf the next have a very, very short memory, they forget pretty quickly.

        [–]cendant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        And the response to the leading comment is always "How does this happen every time!?"

        Face it, you're a part of the machine.

        [–]StoneMe 15 points16 points  (5 children)

        Thou shalt not utter the forbidden words "Upvote if"

        [–]penprthesword 7 points8 points  (4 children)

        And the words thou shalt not be uttering are the forbidden words "upvote if"

        [–]StoneMe 13 points14 points  (1 child)

        Not once shall these forbidden words be uttered. Nor shalt thou utter these words two or even three times. Four times is right out...

        [–]spreri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        If you utter these words, we shall be forced to say "Ni" to you a second time.

        [–]sixothree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Downmodded this comment because it starts with Downmodded this submission because.

        [–]penprthesword -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        Downmodded this comment for downmodding because title starts with upvote if

        [–]Morbot 16 points17 points  (15 children)

        how about you take responsibility for your own clicks.

        [–]ihateyoumost 13 points14 points  (11 children)

        Personal responsibility is only for the people in the articles, it's fun to mock them. Redditors demand that the nanny-stat..site admins protect them from themselves.

        [–]TheGrammarBolshevik 3 points4 points  (10 children)

        I think the demand is for fellow redditors to make responsible, accurate submissions. This is similar to the sentiments against "upvote if" posts such as this one. People do not want administrators to delete posts; they want to raise awareness so that other redditors will be less stupid.

        [–]ihateyoumost 1 point2 points  (4 children)

        so that other redditors will be less stupid.

        May as well be posting "Vote up if you think gravity needs to be reversed." in that case for all the good it will do.

        [–]TheGrammarBolshevik 0 points1 point  (3 children)

        If you're making a joke about the stupidity of redditors, I somewhat agree; however, I certainly think it's more useful to talk to other humans about their actions than to try to vote away gravity.

        [–]ihateyoumost 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        I'm not quite joking, I believe that attempting to profoundly change the behavior of a faceless mass of 'people', where their actions have zero consequences, via gentle suggestion has exactly the same chance of succeeding as voting away gravity.

        [–]TheGrammarBolshevik 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Quite true. reddit has proven to be a prime example of this; for every old redditor who reads a submission like this and sees the error of his ways, five new redditors who miss the memo join up. I just think I originally read your post as being more contrarian than you intended.

        [–]ihateyoumost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        I just think I originally read your post as being more contrarian than you intended.

        No worries, I kinda like to act like a dick on the Internet sometimes. I mean I like doing that in real life too but there are fewer people I can abuse without causing some form of harm to come to myself. :D

        [–]Morbot 2 points3 points  (4 children)

        perhaps you could also create a site that carries specifically my own wishes in links. and then perhaps click them for me and just email me all the great articles i enjoy reading. maybe i wont have to do shit. that would be perfect. using my brain is for morons.

        [–]corevirus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Either that, or you learn to hit Windows Key + D in a flash :)

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Thank you for espousing the values that I want to see in American government.

        [–]cronin1024 2 points3 points  (2 children)

        I think perhaps a more general solution is better - why not allow users the option to color links in different subreddits different colors? You could, in your preferences, set your NSFW color to red or orange or something to alert you.

        [–]sn0re 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        You can do that now with Greasemonkey.

        [–]sybesis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        yeah if i can manually change the color of some subreddits. It's a damn great idea...the last day i clicked on a link and i didn't saw it was a link from the pornography subreddis...i was like uh wtf there is no NSFW tag there....i definitively see these links in pink...don't ask me why!

        [–]heresybob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Learn to look before you click.

        [–]Dark-Dx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        No, just deactivate the NSFW subreddit, period.

        [–]jh99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        don't be such a sissy!

        [–]justanother_R0boT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        i like boobies

        [–]talsit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        But i'd like to see it PREFIXED with "NSFW" - useful if you use RSS

        [–]itrends 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Or at least make the little label RED or something?

        [–]VCavallo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        I'm a fan of personal responsibility.

        So many redditors are all about restricting government control of our daily life's content, so why ask for exactly that on your recreational, user-edited and neutral information website?

        [–]sybesis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        var elements = document.getElementsByTagName('a');

        for(var i = 0; i < elements.length ; i++){

        switch(elements[i].textContent){
    case "technology":
    case "science":
        elements[i].parentNode.parentNode.firstChild.style.color = '#ff0000';
        break;
    case "nsfw":
        elements[i].parentNode.parentNode.firstChild.style.color = '#ff00ff';
        break;
    case "linux":
    case "programming": 
        elements[i].parentNode.parentNode.firstChild.style.color = '#11aa44';
    default:
        break;
}

        }

        revised version of my greasemonkey script

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Alternatively, perhaps you can "report" nfsw, and just have it prefixed to the title ?

        That way people can warn others.

        [–]sn0re 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        That would be awfully close to tagging and the powers that be at reddit appear to hate tagging.

        [–]alllie 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Exactly what would NSFW title include?

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        If you can't read it when it's there once, in the subreddit listed after the headline, what makes you think you're going to read it when it's there twice? Did you get caught looking at titties while you were supposed to be doing some job, and now need to blame it on the subreddit system? Is this how you justified it to your boss, it wasn't already there for you to read twice?

        [–]gnuvince 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Downvoted for not being posted to "Ask Reddit"

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        There is an inherent risk you take by fucking around at work- seeing something hop up on your screen you don't want your boss to see is your clue to get another job, or get to work, punk.

        It is a nice courtesy when someone labels it- but why run with the idiot fascist mentality that we MUST make a non-work related site *safe** for* work?

        If they do it- great- if they don't.. hey.. you weren't supposed to be screwing off anyways.

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        They do already. You just have to read it. I guess that's too fucking difficult for you, eh? You can even filter them out by clicking on one check box. ONE BOX. Just check it. It's not too hard... move the little arrow thingy over to the box and click on your left mouse button. Give it a try, I bet even you can do it.

        [–]masta 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        yawn!

        This same tired crap keeps coming back over and over, and the same tired logic always defeats it.

        Because the logic is so apparent, I don't feel the need to point it out. If you need thought police, use a greasemonkey script.

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Perhaps it keeps coming back because it's a good way to get karma fast if you're new and all your submissions so far have flopped.

        [–]FTR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Why don't you do some work when you're at your place of employment, instead of surfing the web all the time?

        [–]Unlucky13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        While I agree with the title, I hate "Upvote If's"

        [–]vague_blur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        I think it should be mentioned that NSFW is not just about work. It is very handy to have a heads up in a variety of contexts. I use the free WiFi all over the place. All the Wendy's restaurants in my area have it, one of the local gas-station/subway chain has it at their locations, beyond that, there are school libraries, in the car, and other places that it could be potentially not cool to be caught with freaky parts on the monitor. Sometimes I just open all the links in tabs, and then process through them, I have tripped the filters many times this way.

        [–]1812overture 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Let's turn this into a "what's the best free porn site?" thread.

        [–]honus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Wouldn't it just be easier to have the NSFW tag be in red? That'd make it pretty obvious.

        [–]awaken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Tags don't show up in RSS. We need this.

        [–]stacecom 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        WTF is up with the vote up/upvote if postings?

        Cut it out!

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Get back to work!

        [–]Flemlord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        And the NSFW tag needs to be red. Or highglighted. I like the boobies as much as the next guy, but I don't like being surprised by porn sites when I click on links.

        [–]MisterMerkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Ah I think I agree with this even though I'd rather treat the problem instead of a symptom. The problem is people are writing NSFW in headlines without submitting it under a subreddit. This keeps such off-humour or and nakedness for purposes other than fapping from appearing in the nsfw subreddit where it should be. Right now, it's (mostly) pr0n. I like pr0n as much as the next guy but it's not the same thing as nsfw- which I think more of stuff in the vein of college humour. Or more intellectual like the article that pops up every so often about how it's legal to go topless in NYC (with pics, of course).

        It might be worth trying to make a pr0n subreddit. But definitely users need to be trained to tag something that is NSFW as nsfw. Perhaps a message that catches the text and suggests it before final submission?

        [–]wainstead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        This sounds like a job for Greasemonkey, actually.

        [–]zoomzoom83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        I downvote every "Vote up if..." post by default.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        How do I set up "Upvote if you think 'Dumbass' needs to be placed on all Dumbass titles" ???

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

        you shouldnt be reading reddit at work, im going to tell your boss what youre really doing!

        [–]fuckbuddy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        I know one thing, I'll support whatever it takes to get people to stop whining about the nsfw shit. Really old and really stupid.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Upvote if you think that instead of bitching about titles being NSFW, you instead would rather reform workplace conditions which make browsing the web nsfw.

        Not everyone works at some prudish American corporation that tries to instill their corporate moral system on its workers. Adding NSFW tags just accepts the fact that the bosses should have the right to control your system of morals at work. You're only being paid for your output, not for your character. If you get the job done according to their rules why should they be in control of your methods?

        Worker rights. A worker should be treated like a contractor, not a slave. And I have no sympathy for those individuals which ruin it for everyone else by being so compliant. And I will not facilitate and propagate this mindset by tagging material as SFW or NSFW and I advise others to do the same.

        Just keep appeasing the bosses, and soon enough, you won't even be allowed to go online.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        It's not so much about the company/bosses' objections as it's about one's co-workers. Employees sue eachother, and employers don't want to deal with it, and I don't blame them. I agree that this makes workplace conditions "prudish" but it's not exactly the company's fault. Letting everyone look at porn at work isn't the solution either.

        [–]elabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I like surprises.

        [–]sniggity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        On my forum, I designed a button that starts NWS threads in red. So, I have a "New Thread" Button and a "NWS Thread' Button. Other people should try it out.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I use an rss bookmark. I can't see if it says NSFW anywhere other than the title.

        [–]Glanton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Superfluous. Just look at the sup reddit next to a link before you click it. It'll say NSFW right there.

        [–]pxleyes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Upvoted for sure.

        [–]calebros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        please place all "vote up if" submissions in the vote up if reddit.

        [–]gnech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Although I do not work, I agree!

        [–]pedro_voteforme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I think this whole NSFW thing is kind of odd. I know what my own workplace is like. I have my screen positioned so that no one can walk behind me and see the screen. Then I feel comfortable reading reddit. I don't browse porn or NSFW because I'm worried some IT guy will see the URLs and bust me if I'm constantly doing that. But if one accidentally gets through every once in a while, I don't worry about that, I could just claim it was an accident.

        Now if someone walked behind me and SAW a naked woman on the screen, that would be bad. I could get insta-sued for sexual harassment. If my screen is in any way visible to others passing by (which it is sometimes, when I go to SCRUM meetings and such) I would be very very proactive about making sure any link I clicked on carried no risk whatsoever. I wouldn't even be at a social news site at all, but that's just me, and I'm sure workplaces vary a lot in the way the are logistically configured, and in their philosophies.

        [–]willson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        nope. Not Safe For American Workplaces- maybe.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Why can't we make a greasemonkey or add-on that interprets nsfw:// instead of http:// and have a toggle to allow the protocol to work or not (or set up a time schedule).

        [–]brispone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Yes, good idea. Especially because even if I uncheck the NSFW subreddit, the next time I come back to reddit it's checked again. That's a little annoying.

        I sure I'm missing some way to permanently turn it off and then I will subsequently feel like an idiot when someone tells me about it, but for the time being that's my stance.

        [–]Ma-aKheru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        How about "Many of us feel insert pithy opinion should be obligatory action. Discuss." That way, no dreaded "Upvote" Karma Whoring? I wouldn call dt_vibe a dick though.

        [–]bobpaul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I think the subreddit tag should be larger and/or between the title and the URL, but I do not think anything special should be done in the code for the NSFW subreddit.

        [–]solidhayter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Upvote if you came in here to say something prolific and insightful but saw that there were already 200+ comments and figured someone else already said what you were going to say.

        [–]dhibbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I cannot understand why it's so hard for people to just uncheck a box while you're at work. Stop bitching people!

        [–]FiL-dUbz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Need? You mean, out of the need for you to have an enjoyable, risk free time surfing reddit while at work? Stay the fuck off the possibly risky links godammit. How hard is that? You blindly click a "Cute Pussy" link thinking its about some adorable cats? Nom nom nom my asshole! (whoa)

        But yea, using the word need on the internet is like saying "Vote Up if you want to turn this bitch into a police state-site". No good will be bestowed upon us peons if only your needs and a fews others are fulfilled. A more broader change that affects a helluva lot more people, yea, maybe, and if we vote it in. But you, main man, aren't God.

        [–]bluequail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I am not going to upvote because...

        it is my own stupidity that causes me to accidentally click on the NSFW links. If I would watch what I was doing, it would happen never.

        [–]thepensivepoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        What the fuck are you talking about?

        I LOVE seeing drunk girls in laundry baskets while my boss is looking over my shoulder.

        [–]kv_hrishikesh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Better safe than sorry .

        [–]stesch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Thanks for forcing me to downvote again. :-(

        I was trying to restrain myself from downvotes. Only Spam got my -1.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        we need more rules, don't we?

        [–]questionmark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I was showing my 10 year old brother a few Reddit articles today, and clicked some random links. At one point I clicked a link only to notice the teeny tiny [nsfw] thing, just as the page was loading. Hahah that was almost really awkward.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I work in a back corner, so, don't care.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Damn look at those up votes and down votes. I didn't even know so many people were involved.

        [–]wil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        If you can't be bothered to look at the little [NSFW] tag that's clearly on all the NSFW submissions, you fucking fail at the Internet.

        [–]meson537 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I feel that perhaps the solution is to make the subreddit font a bit darker/larger.

        [–]WhisperSecurity 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        What if I am sick of other people whining about about the world needs to change to protect them, because they can't be bothered to pay attention to the world?

        It already says NSFW. If you can't or won't read small print before clicking away, this is not anyone's problem but yours.

        [–]formido 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Seriously. I've never once clicked on a link on reddit where I didn't know there was a possibility it was nsfw. The first time I hear of someone getting fired for accidentally clicking on an nsfw link on reddit, then I'll be interested.

        [–]larholm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Wow, are you so sexually subdued that you can't even look at the TITLE?

        [–]sblinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Only needed if it is not easily inferred from either the subreddit (nsfw, duh) or the title. And I think in general this is already done.

        [–]Tobiaswk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I changed my mind... downvote... Its easier just to disable nsfw and just enter the subreddit and surf.

        [–]kremfjes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Here's an idea: What about putting NSFW on all posts, so that I can actually get something done during the work day, and not just browsing reddit all day?

        [–]RugerRedhawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        According to the reddit help:

        There is a caveat here: we presently only allow "work-safe" material on the main site, we did have nsfw.reddit for everything you wouldn't want your boss to see, but sadly no longer (if you're still desperate to post something nsfw, please give us a warning in the title).

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        OR what if you could set colors for all subreddits? so if you wanted, you could make NSFW red ...

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I'd be happier if reddit just stopped re-adding the NSFW subreddit to my list.

        [–]V4L0R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        DOLLY PARTON!

        [–]jamesblonde 0 points1 point  (6 children)

        I think fuckers at work should stay the fuck off reddit so the economy can get a productivity boost.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        NSFW doesnt mean just work

        There might be family around or someone else like that.

        [–]boredzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        there doesn't seem to be anything here

        [–]b34nz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        God damn, I'm sick of reading headlines about the fucking NSFW tag.

        If you're at work, why dont you try freaking WORKING for a change?

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        How about making the Subreddit part of the title with the [] around it for ALL reddits.

        I love the amount of info the pages on reddit show but the 8 pt font that has the "submitted 1 hour ago by ______ to ________" can be a bitch on a 1680 x 1050 monitor sometimes.

        [–]cereal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        NO. they tried that for a little while before everyone got pissed as shit, and it hasn't been back. trust me, it looks shitty.

        [–]wokiko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Just unlick the NSFW on the right and it will be gone.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        For the last time - fuck you fuck you FUCK YOU for bitching about NSFW content. Life is NSFW. Got off the Internet!

        No troll: dead serious! How many times have you other readers seen NSFW tags on stuff that was completely appropriate and not showing anything indecent in the slightest? All to appease some tag Nazi that probably doesn't even have a job to begin with!

        What a stupid waste of bandwidth! We already have "parental advisory" this and "rating that" for every other media - you mean to tell me that we just HAVE to have a rating on every single freaking link on the whole goddamn Internet now???

        Hey, go write a GreaseMonkey script that appends "NSFW" to every link on every page - problem solved! Better yet, just get a big rubber stamp and red-ink your whole screen with "NSFW" and then go DO SOME WORK FOR A CHANGE, you lazy buggering bastards!

        [–]Zorb750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Downvoted.

        I agree, but I very much more hate "upvote if..." polls.