'Spastic'

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:00 pm

Anyone noticed the furore yet?

Yes, they did. They called a Transformer 'Spastic'.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:24 pm

Yeah. I think it's ******* retarded.

See what I did there? I should have my own tv show. I'm funnier than Graham ******* Norton.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:39 pm

Who's Graham and why is he ******* Norton?

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:51 pm

Yup.

Still think they should create a line of "offensive" names and get it over with.

Post by **Best First** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:11 pm

The best thing about this is i just found out about the whole Nexus Maximus thing as well.

It's not that hard to use google, surely?

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:11 pm

According to the Fun Publications Club panel at BotCon 2009, Hasbro did a search for the name with "safe search" on, causing them to not see... well, that.

From article.

This just goes to show that sometimes looking at pictures of boobs and naughty bits at work can be labelled "research".

Post by **Best First** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:34 pm

Yeah i saw it but surely safe search being off is pretty f'ing mandatory when checking is something has a dubious connotation?

Hilarious either way...

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:56 pm

Yeah, I don't believe they actually checked, as even a search with safety on brings it up.

True, is funny.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:13 pm

Best First wrote:Yeah i saw it but surely safe search being off is pretty f'ing mandatory when checking is something has a dubious connotation?

Hilarious either way...

Google's safesearch is a bit like non-alcoholic beer.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:07 pm

only of use in the office - i agree

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:04 am

BF- Your sig is broken and it makes me sad. Nothing is sadder than a broken sig pic link.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:10 am

i think Hasbro's naming policy is sadder than a broken sig link

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:34 pm

FYI this story has now made the front page of The Register

Post by **Best First** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:18 pm

I think we should applaud Hasbro for their efforst to reclaim offensive terms in the name of harmless robot fun and write in with a few more suggestions.

Plus presumably most words are not offensive somewhere - the inside of Snarlo's head for example.

I suggest we start lobbying for a TF called C**t because the word (presumably) isn't offensive in China.

C**t and the C**nticons combine to form C**tasor.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:22 pm

I have to admit I didn't know it was a slurr, either.

It's not our fault. It's you blokes' fault for being dickish enough to give it that meaning. So nyah.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:36 pm

Hot Shot wrote:It's you blokes' fault for being dickish enough to give it that meaning.

Er, it's got the same meaning. It's just got more derogatory and taboo connotations here. Like the N word in the States. The meaning of the word remains the same, but it evolves into an unspeakable slur over time.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:48 pm

Hot Shot wrote:I have to admit I didn't know it was a slurr, either.

Me neither.