Well that was annoying

[tsaiko]

I think everyone and their brother by now has heard about LJ/6A and their adult content filter. Fine. Whatever. I'm not going to adult filter any of the entires. I feel it's not my job to watch other people's kids, especially when anyone regardless of age can walk into a bookstore or library and purchase/checkout erotica or hardcore romance. The web is no different from any other publishing medium. I give warnings on it and that's it (which is better than some books I own have done).

However, I know that other people feel differently and I respect that. For those of you who want to restrict your stuff, go for it. I might get a tad annoyed because I have to verify my age, but I don't begrudge anyone for feeling differently in this than I do. It can be a very personal thing for some people.

So I go to reset my viewing options so I can view "adult content" and "explicit adult content" without having to see and click on the damn "This entry may contain adult content" link every time (FYI: sometimes it boots you to a 404 error page and you have to go back and click on the comments to see the entry). Those options: grayed out. WTF?

Finally, after some digging I discover that the reason I can't change the settings is because I haven't put in a year in the birthday field of my profile. When I first got an LJ you had two options: display birth date or don't. I didn't want my age displayed, so I left off the year. Now I can only display the month and day, but I still have to put in a year if I want be able to view adult or explicit content.

I don't want LJ to know my age. I clicked the little button when I signed up saying I was over 13. I did my part. I don't want to have to do anything more. Why should I?

So I hope all of you will join next April 26th as I celebrate my 107th birthday. At my age, I should be able to read whatever I damn well please. XD

Comments

[chilayse.livejournal.com]

You type good for 107 ^_^

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I think this gives me the right to begin every entry with the words "Back in my day..." XD

[awriter.livejournal.com]

The cake will be a fire hazard. D:

I will be there with a fire extinguisher and a noise maker, you elderly oldster you!

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

I always wanted a cake that would set off the sprinkler systems. There's something so much more enjoyable about opening present once everyone's run around screaming from falling water.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

You youngin's better settle down to writin' porn now, ya hear!

[eslington.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Three more years and you'll be allowed to buy Ultra-porn!

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

Is it better than Regular-porn and Super-porn?

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

I followed your tip and put my birthyear as 1901 XD

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Woo! I feel all rebellious. ^^

[mashiroikaze.livejournal.com]

You cradle-robber! (At least, I'm assuming that Miome was born sometime after 1950...)

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

For all I know, she's 107 too! (In reality, we are the same age except for the couple of months where I'm older XD).

[eramundo.livejournal.com]

I too have never entered my 'year' I figured I didn't need to... I'm thinking I'll just hard code myself to be 35 for ever...every year 35 again.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

You'll be like the people who remain 28 for all their lives. XD

[eramundo.livejournal.com]

28 is too young. Forty sounds too responsible... I've aspired to be 30 something for as long as I can remember. I figure 35's a good age to stick with, nobody hassles you and you can still read porn without feeling like all the good times have passed you by :-D