I feel I am betraying you guys (and girl)

"Bandit" (2bandit)
08/27/2013 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

Jalop/oppo is blocked at school, the reason they give me why is "porn." I've been spending more time over at TTAC and Autoblog (the only other car blogs I know about). I don't like them nearly as much as Jalopnik/oppo.

DISCUSSION (22)

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 16:59

Your school is fucking retarded. I know that feel.

Sparf > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:00

Aww yiss, love me some '69 Camaro porn!

Leadbull > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:00

I read Hooniverse sometimes. It's definitely got a similar atmosphere.

J. Walter Weatherman > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:01

Don't forget Hooniverse and Petrolicious . Not a replacement for Jalopnik, but MILES better than Autoblog.

Bandit > J. Walter Weatherman
08/27/2013 at 17:02

I forgot about those! Thanks

davedave1111 > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:02

It's probably 'porn' for the NSFW posts. Which is fair enough in a school, really. What you ought to do is to go to the IT administrator (or whoever is responsible), politely explain that, and that you have no intention of opening any NSFW posts at school, and ask if they can unblock Oppo for you.

There are no guarantees they're even able to unblock it, or that they will if they can, but asking like a responsible adult is the best way to get treated like a responsible adult.

Bandit > Leadbull
08/27/2013 at 17:02

I forgot about Hooniverse, thanks for reminding me!

Bandit > davedave1111
08/27/2013 at 17:04

They probably can't. All of the Gawkerverse (giz, kinja, etc) is blocked.

davedave1111 > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:06

Fair enough actually. I block Gawker sites whenever I set up a firewall/webfilter. Jalopnik's alright, but the others seem to be magnets for the people who open every email attachment they get and so-on.

desertdog5051 > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:10

My neck hairs were standing up. Then I saw the GTO. I knew there had to be a good reason.

Bandit > davedave1111
08/27/2013 at 17:16

Some of the stuff they restrict access to I find incredibly stupid (photo websites [hard to do a GIS anymore], some Wiki pages [couldn't research heart attacks], and the local drag strip's webpage [also blocked for porn]). I can't really blame them on the Gawker front, some of the stuff posted on Giz is definately NSFW.

davedave1111 > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:20

If I have a choice, I'd rather just trust people to respect the boundaries of wherever they are. If not, it's not at all easy to set up a sane webfilter. If a photo website has some photos of scantily clad models somewhere, you have to block the whole thing if that's what you're trying to block. And I'm guessing the 'drag strip' is an unfortunate error based on accruing negative points for 'strip' and 'drag' in their other meanings.

Sparf > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 17:21

Giz has NSFW content?

Sparf > desertdog5051
08/27/2013 at 17:22

Not sure if trolling.

desertdog5051 > Sparf
08/27/2013 at 17:23

Sparf, if you have not figured out that I love GTO's by now...

desertdog5051 > Sparf
08/27/2013 at 17:26

...And Pontiac's in general.

Sparf > desertdog5051
08/27/2013 at 17:45

No that's not what I meant, I didn't see that the black rear end in that pic belonged to a GTO and thought you had mistaken the Camaro for a GTO due to the orange color.

I'm a bit too quick to jump the gun sometimes.

desertdog5051 > Sparf
08/27/2013 at 17:54

Not a problem for me, honest mistake. I guess I have a 6th sense for GTO's.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > desertdog5051
08/27/2013 at 18:00

Fellow Goat lover?

desertdog5051 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/27/2013 at 18:21

Ever since I owned my 1966 GTO. Bought it somewhere in the early to mid '70's. 389 Tri-power, 4 speed Muncie Rockcrusher, No power anything. 3.73 posi rear.

Paid $1695 for it from a used car dealer. One of these days, I will scan the Polaroids I have of it and post.

Also had a 1969 Catalina and a 1978 LeMans.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > desertdog5051
08/27/2013 at 18:29

Oooo. Nice.

'67 GTO Hardtop, 4 speed, posi, in black on black is my dream car that I will one day own.

F40LM > Bandit
08/27/2013 at 19:51

You should have said girls. Granted I really only know of two on here.