Inappropriate Language and FIRST values

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I have noticed a few reveal videos this year that contain what most people would consider inappropriate language in their music. I don’t think music like this reflects the values of FIRST (i.e. Gracious Professionalism) and may cause an outsider to feel repulsed by the community. I think teams should try to be better than the standard and choose music that is inspiring without being offensive. Full disclosure: I have a problem with bad language in music in any setting. The songs we listen to should have an element of beauty and harmony.

Ninja edit: I am aware that most teams meant no harm by the content of their videos. The point of this post is to raise awareness and fuel civil discussion.

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Did you happen to do a search on this topic prior to creating a new thread? This has been rehashed every season.

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Idk I kinda like the videos this year. The music bops and the robots are crispy

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I am not sure I understand.

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This comment might be the most peak Gen Z thing I have ever read. As a fellow Gen Z I approve

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I don’t see what is current as what should be the standard. A lot of “current” practices are not the best.

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That’s your own opinion…
Many people love today’s music. There are volume buttons on most devices. If you turn it down you dong have to listen.

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It’s FIRST’s opinion too. They don’t allow innapropriate music at competitions.

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John William’s scores are inappropriate?

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Absolutely agree. I think that people have a choice of what they put in there reveal videos, but they should be a bit more sensitive and if your going to use that kind of music, please put a warning in the post.

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How do you arrive at this? Every year they do not allow music that contains inappropriate language.

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Room Temperature Take: Nothing good will come from this thread.

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I’d rather teams pick a song they feel represents the effort they put into their robot instead of picking something super safe that they don’t. 1 swear word in a song isn’t even that bad compared to a lot of what’s out there

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absolutely, but I am trying to steer the choice to one more in line with GP

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Is this how we make decisions now? When something is bad, one is too many! Its just not necessary to use bad language in songs.

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We can’t control what people put in there videos, but we can ask for a warning of some sort.

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Bad*** robot deserves Bad*** music to compliment their bad*** video

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Thanks for ignoring the main point of my post but sure go off

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You’re probably right. Sorry for creating this mess.