Rated G – for fucking

June 27, 2007 D. H. McKee

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A guy can’t catch a break around here. I was trying deliberately to see what kind of rating I would get for the MissingLinks page, in particular for an entry about the so-called “Net Authority“, a spoof of X-tian Internet morality sites. It’s so good, people might actually think it’s a real right-wing X-tian website. They claim that interracial relationships consitute “bestiality“, and think that websites with baby pictures on them (all websites with baby pictures on them) are obscene.
In any case, I was curious about the “What’s My Blog Rated” page on Mingle2.com, curious to see how the rating algorithm worked. Apparently, using the work “fuck” doesn’t lift you up from a “G” rating. And “bestiality” doesn’t even register:

As a litmus test, I ran StileProject through it, and it did register — boy did it register:

Try it out. See how edgy your blog (or any website) is.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.