Inappropriate conversational material

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God, I think I understand why NT's can't stand people like those in the chatroom today. They have absolutely no understanding of what is appropriate conversation material and what isn't. They're like kids making fart noises with their armpits, thinking it's funny. While noone will ostracise them too badly as kids for it, they're not learning that it's not acceptable among adults, and adults won't put up with them. I mean, you'd think they'd learn why noone wants to be friends with them. And when you tell them, they're again like kids, just pretend that they're fine, not doing anything wrong, and that we're just actively trying to dislike them.
That's how you learn. You say something inappropriate, you get rebuffed, you learn it is not appropriate to say. These days it's all 'be nice', don't tell them off, or they'll get upset. Well by god, how else will they learn? We don't need the moderators in the chatroom saying be nice, even though they're talking about inappropriate subjects. You want to help them, tell them the bloody truth, tell them how they shouldn't talk about it, don't indulge them. They can go out into the public and talk about it, see how far it gets them. They have to goddamn learn sometime, that they're not kids anymore, that adults won't accept that behavior from them. I don't think we should accept it either, even if it means they want to leave WrongPlanet.
I think it is necessary for them to hear and understand, so mods, don't go deleting this. It is something everyone needs to develop, or they can never be accepted by adults, only tolerated.

Bodily functions in a calm and logical manner, yes. Bodily noises for the fun of it, no.

Although, I, myself, do enjoy a good burp every now and then. But this is only with trusted loved ones and friends. Not randomly in public.

Yes. Proud public burps are reserved for men in America from what I can gather. Which sucks considering the copious amounts of soda I consume daily...

Oh well. My opinion is that body humor ranges from dumb to embarassing. I don't enjoy it.

I find bodily function to be great conversation among other mature minds. And a great way to find mature minds in a sea of immaturity. And generally disturb people. It works for that too.

In my area, people compliment each other on different characteristics of a good fart, and people get compliments if they can clear a room, so personally, I don't see a problem with taking about bodily functions even though I don't talk about all of them myself.

Personally, I can't think of a better way to say thank you for a meal than a wall-rattling belch. That goes for the women too.

Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with discussion bodily functions, whether in a humorous light or seriously. In my ideal society, it would be perfectly acceptable. But alas, in the real world, it's not.

Making fart noises with your armpits was funny.


...when I was 7.

But honestly I think you're reading into this too much. NT's do it all the time and no-one cares.

poop was my favorite conversation piece for years, still is i guess.

It keeps my from having to talk about the weather. For me the it is appropriate as a defensive mechanism. and the only way it works is that for most people the answer is no.

in public i don't mind burping, i am an american male.

Burping is especially fun when my youngest daughter is around. i burp, then i say," Audra that's an awefully large burp for some-one so small." to which she relies, "Daaaadddy, (pause) i learned it from you."
then we both laugh.

in our family we call burping 'food talk'

think about it

I really don't mind burping, as long as it doesn't start to impede conversation too much. An occasional LOUD burp can be quite humorous.

Although farts I've never liked. I'm not big on smells in the first place and the methane (it is methane isn't it?) is NOT a pleasant smell. I don't enjoy smelling other peoples'... um... property. I prefer they keep it to themselves as much as possible.

This is about sending psychopaths to flatulence camps where they will kill each other with their all-natural gaseous poisons as was discussed in #wrongplanet yesterday, isn't it?

Danlo said the two most common topics on #wrongplanet were bodily functions and psychopaths, so I just combined the two. It made sense at the time.

8O I don't frequent #wp enough. I seem to have missed both of those lines of conversations on every occasion... humz.

Dude! Farts are funny!

I find humor in certain bodily functions but not others. I find farts hilarious, but fast-forward through any movie scene where people are throwing up - it's just gross!

I don't talk about gross things at work or around certain family members, but when it's just me and my boyfriend the fart jokes fly. I don't see what's wrong with a little disgusting humor as long as you know when to keep it to yourself.

I've found that talking about toilets seems not to be acceptable. Not talking about the actual process of going, because that generally isn't so nice, but actual toilets themselves ... like when the seat's cold in the winter, it bugs me. Yet that doesn't seem to be appropriate conversational material. And apparently people would rather not know that you need to go, yet when you do have to go (as in walk off in order to go) they want to know where you're going. So you tell them and then they say they don't want to know - huh?!?!?!

I should have rephrased my answer. Most bodily conditions aren't acceptable to talk about in the NT social world.

But in MY world, bodily functions such as the parts, illnesses, etc., are perfectly fair game and quite interesting to boot.

But I usually don't talk about burping or farting. Unless it's discussing in a mature way how they happen. --Well, maybe sorta mature. On such a topic, it's hard to remain completely mature...

i agree with danlo, actually.

i don't fit in with general society, and doubt i ever will. but i make the effort to do so, which means i have some sort of inroad into society so i can function and even progress in it without causing too much grief to either myself or anybody else. and i think that's what danlo's talking about.

i'm not saying that everyone is capable of modifying all of their behaviour, and neither am i saying that that's what we should aspire to. but surely learning a few basic manners and courtesies and societal scripts - for those who can - won't kill anyone? yes, it is difficult. but if you want something, generally you have to put in some effort to get it.