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http://deadspin.com/brent-grimes-got-a-very-nsfw-cake-for-his-30th-birthday-866303602?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

uh yeah... wow!

Definitely NSFW

I love Brent Grimes (and his wife) even more now. Wow, just wow...

So I'm guessing he asked her for a blow job for his birthday and she got him this?  :-\

Accoding to Landshark this is NSFW.

Mike how about giving your own heads up next time.

Its in the web link that it's NSFW

Sometimes I don't get the whole NSFW thing. I mean I know pictures of topless women is not appropriate for the office, but this is a cake and not even really all that well done IMHO. Can't really see anyone at my office being upset if I pulled this up on my computer screen at work, I think most would get a pretty good laugh out of it (yes, my office has both male and females). I wouldn't make it my screensaver or show it to the CEO but c'mon, do we really need a NSFW warning on everything? I've seen some really lame stuff flagged as NSFW (not this in particular, but I didn't think it was all that offensive either). Maybe I'm just old and jaded and stuff like this just doesn't really register with me anymore.

Better to be safe than sorry with the warnings.

The whole idea behind it is that what you do at work is monitored and could be seen by your boss.  And your boss isn't paying you to use the company computer to look at a cake of a girl sucking a guy's cock.

It totally depends on where you work on whether or not it's NSFW but something like this should generally be regarded as NSFW.

True.

Yeah, but they are not paying me to look at Facebook either and I see FB on people's PC's all the time.

Those people should face disciplinary action or Facebook should be blocked from work computers

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The whole idea behind it is that what you do at work is monitored and could be seen by your boss.  And your boss isn't paying you to use the company computer to look at a cake of a girl sucking a guy's cock.
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Landshark has it wrong. 

Nobody's boss is paying you so you can surf, this website either. 

But the NSFW label is relevant for anything of a sexual nature, because if a coworker sees you on facebook or ESPN.com they won't sue the employer for sexual harassment.  If you are looking a nude pictures they could sue your employer.  And a coworker alleging sexual harassment will get you fired even if your boss turns a blind eye to you wasting time.

http://deadspin.com/heres-another-nsfw-cake-that-brent-grimes-got-for-his-869341762

This is supposedly his cake from last year. Seems to be a theme with his cakes. It is very nsfw.

Not every company has the same policy when it comes to computer use. Facebook is not blocked at my work and it's acceptable as long as it doesn't interfere with your work. It's pretty much accepted here that people will use their PC to check FB or their e-mail or something like that from time to time and no one really cares as long as you get your work done. Besides if you work at a place like that then you really don't need a NSFW tag on things because if it's a picture of your dog, you shouldn't be looking at it.

Nude pictures I can see as sexual harrassment. A picture of a birthday cake depicting a sex act I have a little more trouble seeing as sexual harrassment and I have seen pictures of things that were far less sexual in nature then either of these things listed as NSFW as well, like cartoons that merely hint at it being sexual in nature.

I think Spider is the most accurate here, better to be safe then sorry but the US has gotten far too prudish when it comes to sex for it's own good in my opinion. I don't think anyone would bat an eyelash over this cake in Europe.

Edit: This (http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm) is the definiton of sexual harrasment from the EEOC. Does a picture of a birthday cake depicting a sex act really fall under this description? I'm still of the opinion we have gotten carried away with the whole notion of what isn't safe for work, but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

NSFW is not a complex concept.  If you think looking at cats on Facebook is just as offensive to the workplace as looking at drawings of women being penetrated by tentacles, then either:

a) you shouldn't be on this forum at work anyway, or
b) you can happily clickthrough anything marked NSFW with impunity

If you really think a depiction of a person getting a blowjob is "borderline," I don't know what to tell you.  Would your work allow someone to bring in a cake like that?  How about put up a calendar with a drawing like that?

That's not what I said. a) is true if your work place doesn't allow your PC for personal use. If it's true then looking at cats, looking at drawings of women penetrated by tentacles and these forums are all exactly the same, they are inappropriate for use on your work PC, therefore you don't need a NSFW label on anything because anything that is not work related is not appropriate. NSFW ONLY applies to people who work at a place where personal use on their PC is allowed. This is the point I was making. That was in response to Landshark saying those people looking at FB should be disciplined. That's only true if a) is true, but those folks don't need NSFW on images because they already know it's not appropriate no matter what the image.

So that leaves the other group. Those who are allowed to use their PC for personal use as long as it doesn't interfere with work. The group that I fall into.

Would they allow it? Well I don't think they would be happy about it, but would they file a sexual harrassment charge against me? Maybe. But let's be clear here, I'm not questioning whether or not bringing the cake to work for everyone to consume would be appropriate, I'm talking about whether or not pulling the image of the cake up on my PC at work for my own viewing would be appropriate. Those are 2 different things. The 1st one is clearly more disruptive to the work place then the 2nd. Might someone be offended if they saw it, yes, but I didn't intend for them to see it. My work would probably tell me to use better judgement, but no one is filing sexual harrasment charges against me.

Again, different situation. Anyone who comes to my cube is going to see it. That's different from someone glancing over my shoulder and seeing what I happen to be looking at for a moment.

Just to make it clear, it's not that I don't think that the NSFW tag has a place, it clearly does, I just think we tend to cast the NSFW net over a little too large of an area. I use a little common sense when using my work PC for personal use and I know that pretty much anything MIGHT be inappropriate for the work place, so I tend to be cautious anyway. Typically I don't need NSFW because I pretty much treat every image that way when I'm at work and I make sure no one is around. I appreciate the NSFW tag when it's VERY graphic in nature especially if it's on a forum or something where you wouldn't expect because then I'm NOT going to pull it up just in case, but often times I see stuff marked as NSFW that is so tame that I think "No one at work would have even cared".

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Fine Pappy. Feel however you want and take whatever chances you want. I think the rest of us would appreciate some heads up on things like this.

Totally agree. I wasn't arguing that this image shouldn't have been marked NSFW, just that I sometimes don't always see the need for it. Landshark said it was definately NSFW and the original link claimed it was not just NSFW but VERY NSFW and I was like really? Sorry to derail the thread. I sometimes don't realize that what I'm about to say is going to spark a huge conversation about it. Carry on.

So basically, you're saying that the concept of NSFW does not apply to you, as you can pull up sexually-themed content on your work PC without it being a problem.  That's great.  However, the entire point of the "NSFW" tag is for... well, everyone else.

If you can pull up images like that cake without it "being a problem" (because it's only on your PC screen) then I'm not sure what would qualify as NSFW in your book.  Naked anime women?  Playboy spreads?  Softcore porn videos?

No it's a matter of how graphic it is. The more graphic the more objectionable it becomes and the more likely it would cause a problem.

Photos or video of actual men or women in any state of undress would definately be out. Anything of a sexual nature depicting children would definately be out as well, so that pretty much rules out Anime. Photo's of actual men or women in very revealing outfits would probably be frowned upon so the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Bikini calender would be pushing it. The icing on a birthday cake depicting a sex act? Now we are getting into a real gray area. It's not real people, but they aren't just undressed they are actually having sex. Might be a problem, might not. If it was a picture of a birthday cake with a large breasted female depicted (not in a sex act), I think it would be fine, maybe I'd get a dirty look. A cartoon where there is actually nothing sexual at all being displayed, but the words are suggestive? (I've seen this flagged as NSFW in a lot of places) C'mon man get over it!