I opened up one of these threads at work today. It doesn't matter a bit what I think of nudity of any gender; it matters what HR thinks.

Someone could lose their job by reading one of these threads when it's unlabeled.

Liberation, freedom, equality, yes. But we also all know that, especially in this screwed-up economy, the employer rules.

other than someone walking by and seeing a picture. If you are viewing or posting on Democratic Underground during business hours on your work computer they know it.

But breasts and penis x50 are over the line. And as strongly as I might feel about liberation, it's not the battle that I want to fight when it comes to staying employed.

spending work time on a messageboard called "Democratic Underground".

and not surfing political boards.

I eat lunch at my desk. My boss doesn't care if I surf the web on my lunch hour. However, I would feel uncomfortable if someone walked by my cubicle and saw naked people. I'm careful to not open anything labeled not safe for work until I get home.

I do that.

You are correct. Warning would be better than Alert.

I never surfed the net at work, so didn't have that danger, but it seems that a lot of people do. We can be considerate and I don't think it's prudish or any form of censorship to ask be considered. We can do it.

...after I clicked on an innocently-titled post and got a giant, explicit hard-corn porn photo depicting fellatio. I'd have been fired if that were seen, and rightly so. An employer has a legal and moral obligation not to allow an employee to create a hostile or uncomfortable workplace for others.

So yeah, I'm long done with DU at work, whether it's my lunch hour or not. But posters should try to remember that their fellow DU'ers may have jobs - or kids - to protect.

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career where this could have presented possibly a potential problem. Same here, I'm not even remotely a prude.

Yuck.

Someone could lose their job over her reckless post.

I agree. There are just some things all of us don't want to see. A warning would be nice.

Especially at breakfast!

I know mine does, and I know many here in my part of CA that do as well. Viewing anything which shows nudity can be grounds for job dismissal where I work. No doubt its the same for countless others.

A simple courtesy can make a HUGE difference - thanks for posting this thread.

2. I actually wrote a program more than twenty years ago that allowed the owner of the company I work for to see exactly what his sales force was seeing on their screens. This has been around a LONG time. Assume it's what your employer does.

as well as other forms of expression not necessarily suitable either.

Good post, sound advice. I hope your words are heeded by many, and thanks for the reinforcement.

You chose to open the thread.

Your fault.

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But hey, I realize this will never happen. Next thread I will violate my own rules and alert as NSFW.

I am not a prude, I could care less, I work at home...but this could get people fired.

I guess it's ok, whatever point was not made.... :rolleyes:

But on the other hand, it makes it easier to find.

A DU twofer.

You are free to shock, I'm not requesting a rule, just the common courtesy.

I do understand the point that others have made here regarding their work computers and it is a valid point. Why should they forfeit coming to the DU out of concern for their jobs?

Why should a parent or grandparent feel they need to hide their computer screen when they read the DU?

It's a request for a courteous notification or warning. That's all, nothing more. What's wrong with that?

It's always a very bad practice to mix work with personal. Sooner or later it will backfire. YMMV.

But it could get people fired, so a NSFW warning should automatically go in. Until today I never considered we needed such a warning, but in some places those photos cud be seen as soft porn.

Personally combat boots are the problem, but hey...NSFW should be like standard here.

without a warning as to their r rating. That really isn't a huge thing to ask.

Video forum thumbnails are on the frontpage. I've posted femen videos, sometimes the thumbnails show breasts, nothing I can do about that.

LBN requires the exact title, we're not allowed to put NSFW in the subject line.

You should turn off images in your browser.

Even then, Skinner started a thread titled "FUCK", it was on the home page and greatest page.

I find it disturbing that people have to challenge you on your simple request for courtesy.

And yes, I've seen lots of threads that have 'naked' or 'nude' in the title that don't have pictures and are fine to open in a public setting - work or whatever.

As for 'fuck' or other words in the title, if someone is that close to me or paying that much attention to what I'm opening, then I hope they are shocked.