How many people at this point just literally type "berkeley" instead of the word it usually replaces?
"Berkeley" and "E36 M3" are now ingrained in my head as meaningful expletives, and I'm just waiting to start inadvertently shouting "berkeley" when I hurt myself, to the certain amusement of my friends...
In the GRM GT5 series chat, I type E36M3 all the time.
I typically type "berk" in place of its four letter synonym. I take comfort in knowing Im part of an inside joke.
4cylndrfury wrote: I take comfort in knowing Im part of an inside joke.Yeah same, people just look at me weird.
Mini, so do I
I find it easier to type than the actual word on there haha
I called someone who cut me off a sack of E36 M3 the other day.
Then it dawned on me what I had said.
Yeah, the GRM replacement swears have become my defacto new swears. Try singing to an Eminem rap and replacing all of his words with ours. It's berkeyling hilarious!
A friend of mine just picked up a E36 M3 and when ever I go to write the term my mind gets derailed.
I don't normally replace the swear words with the filter words, but when I see the word "Berkeley" anywhere, I automatically translate it to "fk" in my head.
Whenever I see E36 M3, I have to re-read the sentence to determine if that was supposed to be a swear, or a reference to the car.
I generally type it out anymore. Especially when using alternate forms of the word (e.g. -ers, -ing, -heads, &c) as the replacer script usually mangles it.
16vCorey wrote:I don't normally replace the swear words with the filter words, but when I see the word "Berkeley" anywhere, I automatically translate it to "fk" in my head.
+1
ransom wrote:How many people at this point just literally type "berkeley" instead of the word it usually replaces?
"Berkeley" and "E36 M3" are now ingrained in my head as meaningful expletives, and I'm just waiting to start inadvertently shouting "berkeley" when I hurt myself, to the certain amusement of my friends...
Which means that they have the same meaning as the words they are replacing, so are they any better? Maybe we need new words to sub for these.
bravenrace wrote:ransom wrote:How many people at this point just literally type "berkeley" instead of the word it usually replaces?
"Berkeley" and "E36 M3" are now ingrained in my head as meaningful expletives, and I'm just waiting to start inadvertently shouting "berkeley" when I hurt myself, to the certain amusement of my friends...
Which means that they have the same meaning as the words they are replacing, so are they any better? Maybe we need new words to sub for these.
High school librarians and web filters across the world consider the filters better, no matter how familiar us "locals" are with their true meaning. 
16vCorey wrote:I don't normally replace the swear words with the filter words, but when I see the word "Berkeley" anywhere, I automatically translate it to "fk" in my head.
All the time, dude. All the time.
What I never expected was that the filter also changes URLs....914Driver recently had trouble posting a picture in the hotlink thread because the URL was changed to
http://foundE36 M3.com/....
Obviously, we know what it said....
thread win
I saw a campaign bumper sticker a while back that read "Costas". I giggled a bit at what that may mean for the candidate.
The best part is when the filter words become a normal part of your vocabulary. Realy makes it enjoyable when you can go off on someone, with no fear of repercussions because they have no idea what you said.
Last week at work, I told my Supervisor to stop being such a berkeleying Bob Costas, using the filter words. Instead of some sort of reprimand, I got a 10-second blank stare, followed by a head shake. Then he wandered off to bother someone else.
