Staff Complaint - Melariara

[Carver]

BYOND Key: gmr25

Staff BYOND Key: melariara

Game ID: N/A

Reason for complaint:
Did not enforce Rule 5 of the Discord (Rule 5: Do not post obscene, pornographic, or otherwise offensive content. We have people of different ages and backgrounds, be considerate. Nude stuff counts and cropped works count.)
I had registered a complaint about an obscene meme featuring a man showing off his ass in boxer briefs whilst holding a nerf gun of some sort, shared over the #general_channel (meme and message link included in evidence), and was told by the administrator in question that no issue was seen with the image - possibly due to the context of it being a meme. I'm contesting that ruling on the basis that it is the precise sort of inappropriate content that would be considered NSFW in any professional work environment, and I don't believe that the context excuses the content in any case regarding Rule 5. Additionally, and I understand that the following is conjecture, I fully believe that if I had photographed myself replicating the pose and attire of this meme that I would be struck or banned.

Evidence/logs/etc:

Meme in question, link to it beneath. If the message is deleted or the link does not work, I can provide a larger screenshot including the channels list and player sidebar to verify that this is from the Aurora discord.

Spoiler

https://discord.com/channels/157516682288562176/157531783779319808/1180022188334645288

Speaking to the administrator

Spoiler

Additional remarks:
I'm knowingly throwing myself into the fire by writing this complaint, but I recall seeing similar sentiment about irregular enforcement of Rule 5 on the thread to merge the Relay discord, where players expressed discomfort about seeing 'horny content' posted pretty freely on that server's general chat. The content they expressed issue with was by far comparatively tamer than this. As Aurora remains one of the few SFW HRP servers remaining in the greater SS13 community where players aren't exposed to such content on the regular, I wish nothing more than to see it kept that way.

I don't have much further to add to this, I've made my argument on the matter and I really don't like having to write this to begin with. I don't believe that the player intended any harm and I have nothing personal against the player or the staff member in question, I merely hope to see the server's rules enforced.

[The7thLain]

Hi. For transparency's sake I would like to comment that I was the mod in question that Mel consulted with about the above-mentioned meme. I found no issue with it in regard to Rule No. 5 at the time she asked me about it, and I still find no issue with it at the present.

[Melariara]

I have nothing to add to this that hasn't already been said. I saw nothing wrong with the picture that was linked onto the discord. I saw no issue: Its a man making a pose in shorts, one who has done various TikTok's. The meme is called  "I need more bullets" I don't have TikTok so, as far as I'm aware, from the one meme I've seen online, I saw no issue with it. He is not naked: He is dressed as a French soldier, pretending to be an NPC and asking for more bullets.

[Carver]

As I’d said in the OP, I don’t believe that context should ever excuse the content when in regard to rule 5. I don’t use tiktok, and I don’t believe that most tiktok content of this sort would be appropriate to share on the community discord either.

Specifically, the rule states: We have people of different ages and backgrounds, be considerate.

So why would inappropriate content be excused because one particular background who’s ’in on the joke’ would find it permissible? Would they share this meme with their boss or a younger sibling?

[Owen]

@ReadThisNamePlz and I have taken this complaint. We apologize for letting this sit so long, finals have fried our brains and we thought we already posted. Looking over this, we found it to be fine and not a violation of the rules. We're sorry that it made you uncomfortable, but there's nothing more to be done here. 

We'll be locking and archiving this in 24 hours.