DASUBERBRUCE’s Rules of Conduct.

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Wearing: I’m nakie. : )

WinAmp is playing: Son of a Gun – Nirvana

Last ate: Tostidos, last night

Last round of masturbation: Last night. Or, this morning, depending on how you look at it.

Entry Start Time: 3:06 PM

Based on Esther’s “Senses”.

Seeing as how I’ve been to the brink and back, now’s a good time to review the rules of conduct, as posted in rules.asp. Now, we all know I’ve broken or at least skirted all of these rules. However, as you should know, the cause of my suspension was none of these rules. I got suspended for suspected identity theft. You know, in spirit of the “sheep” diary that gave a headache to muted exposure and I don’t know who else. What I did was almost like putting on a Nixon mask over my head. If you look at the note for longer than two seconds, it’s obvious it’s not me.

There are a few simple rules that all of the members of our community agree to live by.

Following are the rules of The Open Diary. Any entries or notes posted to the site that do not follow these rules WILL BE DELETED.

As I see it, rules exist for a purpose. If these purposes are not fulfilled, then the rule is not either not applicable, or not just.

1)  The Open Diary is a totally anonymous diary community. We don’t want to know who you are, and we don’t want your readers to know who you are. Therefore, please do not include any information in your diary that would identify you. Such information includes full names, street addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses that include your name in them (like JohnSmith@xyz.com).

We do not allow any such information on this site, and if you enter it, it will be deleted.

This is just a general disclaimer freeing Open Diary of any stalkers that might come after it’s members. If you post your address, well, you’ve been warned. For the most part, this isn’t protect you, yourself. This is to protect other people. If someone stalked me down and posted my address, I’d like Bang Bang to circumcise that person. *nods decisively*

Remember, there is a potential audience of 100 million people on the Internet who could read your diary, we would prefer (and we think you would also) if they didn’t know who your are. On the other hand, if you are keeping a diary and you want to tell somebody that a certain diary on this site is yours so that they can read it, that’s your business.

In other words, you can be as secretive or open about your diary as possible. Don’t want attention? Put it on private. Nobody will never know you exist. Want to take over the world? Pull a TimmyTM.

2)  We do not allow any racist, sexist, or otherwise derogatory or defaming language on this site. Sexually explicit language is also forbidden. There is a fine line between what is appropriate and what is not – if you need help seeing the line, think of the difference between an R-rated film and an X-rated film. R-rated is okay, X-rated is not.

The first reference to that infernal motion picture rating system. This is actually a rather large margin of error. American History X was rated R. So, in theory, I can write some rather nasty stuff. Honestly, you’d have to dedicate your entire diary to being an asshole to get kicked off for using “racist, sexist, or otherwise derogatory or defaming language.” I think the goal here is not really to limit freedom of speech. Rather, I think Bang Bang only cares if it’s directed at a specific person. “Person A sucks because he’s gay/black/muslim!” You know. Drama. Here‘s a good example of something that’s clearly racist, but clearly not serious. *smiles* Also, I think Bang Bang wants to avoid some people using their diaries to write erotica. Writing about how you gave your boyfriend a morning blowjob is fine. But, if you write fiction, that should go on a site like literotica.com, and not Open Diary.

3)  Insulting, derogatory, or otherwise offensive language directed at other diarists in our community is strictly forbidden. If you do not agree with the viewpoints expressed by another diarist, please choose to simply not read their diary. Personal attacks will not be tolerated, and will result in removal of the offender’s diary from the site.

Like I said. Leave other people alone.

4)  Linking to images or web pages outside of The Open Diary by use of HTML tags is allowed, but under certain restrictions. All pictures and links are subject to our content guidelines, and must be of a PG-rated nature or better. Posting obscene or offensive pictures or links to offensive sites in your diary may result in removal of your diary by our staff.

The second reference to the motion picture rating system. What can we find in a PG film? Rather, what is okay for an 8 year old to see? I’d swear I’ve seen PG files where you’d see a naked ass. *laughs* You know I’m totally wondering if flashing my bum is legal. It’s got to be. I think no boobies, no weiners, and no Vaginas basically covers it. Don’t we all have asses? Whoop de do.

Also, I’d like to mention that I’m the reason we can no longer curse in notes. *cowers as he gets stoned* Ah, I remember so long ago when Miami told me to just stick a <z> in the middle of the world fuck, and it would bypass the OD censor. Oh daRn, guess I’ll have to expand my vocabulary. Not sure why this is my fault? Remember how I mocked Bang Bang’s name in the first place. The same process that checks names now also checks notes.

Addendum: Okay, so my assertion about being unable to curse was a slight overstatement. In reality, the note censor only blocks invalid tags. So. If you curse by using a valid tag, you’re fine. I don’t think I need to spell this out.