Another one about the Internet not being anonymous:
I have a couple of sites that I go on to chat without my very Christian family reading any of it. Nothing seriously bad- just places to swear, make filthy jokes and so on. (B3ta is one of them.) I felt comfortable knowing that 1. My family aren't internet savvy, and 2. I don't use my real name.

So anyway, this New Year the entire family (all 17 of it) were sitting around the dinner table when my uncle mentions that he's finally connected to the internet. I don't think anything of it until he mentions, in front of my grandmother, "We found Sivvus on there."

A pause.

"You shouldn't swear, you know."

Pause.

"You're really not giving the right impression to your friends."

At this point, my mum chipped in asking about it, and my uncle gives a graphic idea of what I post. Bearing in mind that I'm 21 and have lived away from home for years now, my family still thought it would be best to have a "little chat", which lasted over an hour, about how filthy certain words were while I sink deeper into my seat. After a while, I get annoyed and reply, "Well, you use the word damn, and I think that condemning someone to an eternity of torture is a lot worse than telling them to go fuck themself."

They disagreed. Vehemently.

Probably not too funny, but I resent getting sent away from the table without any pudding.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 22:37, 9 replies)

Blimey.
I think I'd have told them exactly what I thought. Well done for keeping your cool.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 0:55, closed)

wow
They actually think masturbation is worse than eternal damnation. They must be hard core every sperm is sacred catholics.

Cerlick for keeping your cool.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 1:34, closed)

It's odd, because they're not really
it's just that when they get into a group they tend to try to outdo each other. :P They were worried more about appearance ("You're making the rest of us look as bad as you,") than anything else, which I thought was a little strange.

Don't get me wrong- I'm a Christian, I just don't think that acting in a holier-than-thou manner is particularly productive. Swearing is just another form of communication at the end of the day.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:23, closed)

No pudding?
That is awful

*clicks*
(whiskas loved by 8 out of 10 cats, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 21:41, closed)

So what was your uncle doing on 'bad' websites?

( Bob Todd whee, Sat 16 Jan 2010, 1:46, closed)

Haha
I'll be sure to ask him. ;)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 16 Jan 2010, 14:49, closed)

Hello
Since no-one else has said it

"Where`s me puddin`"
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Sun 17 Jan 2010, 3:41, closed)