Monday, May 3, 2010

The Taste Police

Holy crap, get this. My work computer of course has screening software on it, making sure I don't surf the net for mail-order AK-47's or troll for kiddie porn. I get that.

But, I was recently emailed a link to a weird little video. It's in flash on its own site, but for the sake of embedding, here it is on YouTube:




Bizarre, right? Even a little creepy. Nonetheless, I was shocked when I couldn't get to its web page, because apparantly someone thinks it warrants this message:



I mean, five years in my office and I'm the only person I know who has hit the "Tasteless" bullseye on the web filter. It has, sex, porn, and all the regular categories of no-nos, so don't think this is a broad catchall.

What scares me is the idea that there really is some thought police jagoff out there deciding this stupid video is too...whatever other word beside "tasteless" would fit (I can't think of one)...for me to watch at work for a minute and twenty seconds. This, while I could run an entire eBay business from my desk. Ridiculous.