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This trope is under discussion in the Trope Repair Shop. A common internet warning, abbreviated as NSFW, usually denoting a picture or video that you wouldn't want to show up when you are surfing the web at work or else you could get in a LOT of trouble. It's one thing to look up the latest news, check your email or play Solitaire. It's another to be looking at porn. Anything with nudity or partial nudity in it at all will often be labelled thus, on the off chance that a passing observer simply thinks you might be looking at porn. For the more graphic NSFW pages, simply having them in the hard drive or cache of a work computer can get you fired. Even showing up in the server log files could be unhealthy. NSFW is also frequently applied to overly vulgar, violent, and crude content. Also applied as a near-synonym for Squick. It may also be applied if the link requires sound, as not everyone has headphones at work (or should be wearing headphones, depending on the job). While the term specifies work, it also applies to school. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like YouTube, Facebook, or Dailybooth can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything deemed "pornographic" can result in suspension of technology access, a trip to the (vice) principal's office, detention, suspension, or even expulsion. When it comes to school, anything crude or distracting from the educational experience (though the latter may be relaxed during breaks and lunch) qualifies for this trope, in addition to the above. Also particularly helpful to parents who are at home - some people do have small children and still find time to netsurf. These same people like to have a warning to wait until the children are in another room before clicking a link. Basically, any content that runs the risk of being labeled "inappropriate" if someone else were to catch you checking out outside of the privacy of your own bedroom can be marked as "NSFW". |
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