Wish there was a somewhat tamer version of some shows like Legend of Vix Machina. While I don't mind many dark themes, but the main issue is that I'm kakologophobic, and there's alot of strong profanities in them on many Critical Role shows.
Honestly, what is up with all this "F this, F that, F the BS" cr@p in today's media, nowadays? ?:/
This isn't really the place for this thread, It'd be more of a discussion post.
However, while I personally don't watch others play very often I had a friend mention they liked a series. The one time I checked it out there was no profanity or adult content, so it might fit what you're looking for. I'm pretty sure it was called Relics and Rarities, it was on YouTube though I assume you can find it elsewhere.
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The F-word has been an important part of the English lexicon for at least 700 years. Its oldest recorded use appears in English court documents for a man whose epithet contained it, indicating the word was sufficiently common in practice as to have some degree of general recognition.
And it is not hard to see why. It is no exaggeration to say the F-word is the single most linguistically interesting word in English. It is one of the few words that can function as a verb, noun, adverb, exclamation, adjective, pronoun, etc., has a combination of soft and hard sounds that produce a satisfying escalation effect, and is generally universally recognized. Go anywhere in the world today - and most any English speaking location in the past seven centuries - say the F-word, and people will understand you.
What you are noticing about media is less a change in general usage of the word, and more a result of survivorship bias. Most of the written media we have went through heavy periods of censorship. That said, you will still find references to the F-word and other so-called vulgarities in many works of classic literature. The authors just hid them to get past censorship. Shakespeare, for example, was a big fan of the C-word, and works like Hamlet and Twelfth Night contain thinly veiled allusions to that particular anatomical descriptor.
Fast forward to today. Today’s media is much, much harder to control. Publishing is vastly more diverse, meaning you do not have the same monopolistic self-censuring by prudish executives seen for most of history and continuing up through the 1950s. Governments have vastly less control over the media - television airways are controlled by governments, given them more say in content, which is less relevant now that streaming and such can bypass government owned delivery systems.
Critical Role sits at the intersection of both these facts - the generally common usage of curse words throughout history and the lack of censorship making them more visible. They are, after all, a group of (not always sober) friends sitting around playing a game - and thus acting and speaking with one another as friends have since time immemorial. And they are broadcasting their voices through a mechanism relatively free of puritanical censorship. It is hardly surprising their actual play contains numerous vulgarities, and it would thus be inaccurate for a television show based thereupon to omit the swearing - particularly since Amazon itself is free to avoid historical censorship.
At the end of the day, there is lots of media out there for you to consume, and if you do not wish to engage with curse words, that’s entirely fine.
But cursing has been part of human nature for as long as we have been humans, and you are fortunate enough to live in an era where humans are increasingly allowed to be themselves, rather than have their very language stifled by corporate and governmental oversight.
Wish there was a somewhat tamer version of some shows like Legend of Vix Machina. While I don't mind many dark themes, but the main issue is that I'm kakologophobic, and there's alot of strong profanities in them on many Critical Role shows.
Honestly, what is up with all this "F this, F that, F the BS" cr@p in today's media, nowadays? ?:/
This isn't really the place for this thread, It'd be more of a discussion post.
However, while I personally don't watch others play very often I had a friend mention they liked a series. The one time I checked it out there was no profanity or adult content, so it might fit what you're looking for. I'm pretty sure it was called Relics and Rarities, it was on YouTube though I assume you can find it elsewhere.
Be sure to set your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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The F-word has been an important part of the English lexicon for at least 700 years. Its oldest recorded use appears in English court documents for a man whose epithet contained it, indicating the word was sufficiently common in practice as to have some degree of general recognition.
And it is not hard to see why. It is no exaggeration to say the F-word is the single most linguistically interesting word in English. It is one of the few words that can function as a verb, noun, adverb, exclamation, adjective, pronoun, etc., has a combination of soft and hard sounds that produce a satisfying escalation effect, and is generally universally recognized. Go anywhere in the world today - and most any English speaking location in the past seven centuries - say the F-word, and people will understand you.
What you are noticing about media is less a change in general usage of the word, and more a result of survivorship bias. Most of the written media we have went through heavy periods of censorship. That said, you will still find references to the F-word and other so-called vulgarities in many works of classic literature. The authors just hid them to get past censorship. Shakespeare, for example, was a big fan of the C-word, and works like Hamlet and Twelfth Night contain thinly veiled allusions to that particular anatomical descriptor.
Fast forward to today. Today’s media is much, much harder to control. Publishing is vastly more diverse, meaning you do not have the same monopolistic self-censuring by prudish executives seen for most of history and continuing up through the 1950s. Governments have vastly less control over the media - television airways are controlled by governments, given them more say in content, which is less relevant now that streaming and such can bypass government owned delivery systems.
Critical Role sits at the intersection of both these facts - the generally common usage of curse words throughout history and the lack of censorship making them more visible. They are, after all, a group of (not always sober) friends sitting around playing a game - and thus acting and speaking with one another as friends have since time immemorial. And they are broadcasting their voices through a mechanism relatively free of puritanical censorship. It is hardly surprising their actual play contains numerous vulgarities, and it would thus be inaccurate for a television show based thereupon to omit the swearing - particularly since Amazon itself is free to avoid historical censorship.
At the end of the day, there is lots of media out there for you to consume, and if you do not wish to engage with curse words, that’s entirely fine.
But cursing has been part of human nature for as long as we have been humans, and you are fortunate enough to live in an era where humans are increasingly allowed to be themselves, rather than have their very language stifled by corporate and governmental oversight.