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June 11, 2008
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Wired Takes On NSFW

It seems we’re not the only ones who think that NSFW is a really stupid term. Lore Sjoberg (who we’ve loved since, like, forever) takes on the term, pointing out that — given that no two workplaces are the same — NSFW is a pretty meaningless term. Not safe for whose work? Yours? Mine? Some platonic ideal?

Hey, at our office, porn is totally fine, but websites with automatic sound? Not so much. So what’s NSFW again?

[Photo by jgarber]

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  • al oof says :

    automatic sound i so awful. i wish it was never invented.

  • secondlastwish says :

    I don’t even think of NSFW as not safe for work – I just think of that acronym leading the way to some magical mystery image that will involve people spread eagle, but usually ends up more like hard nipples under a t-shirt. …sigh…

  • safe for work…̷&hellip says :

    [...] 25, 2008 by secondlastwish That’s the age old question isn’t it? Over at Boinkology they mention the whole “nsfw” tag and how lame it is. (I was also the commenter of the week for that [...]

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