History Main / NotSafeForWork

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Also applies to school, of course. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Website/{{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)[[note]]heheh, he said "vice"[[/note]] 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.

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* [=NSFL=]: Not Safe For Life - indicates content that is, to [[{{Squick}} one extent]] or [[BrainBleach another]], {{nausea|Fuel}}ting or [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]]. Recommended for: {{Shock Site}}s, anything on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/watchpeopledie]] or similar places, [[BodyHorror the bad kind of]] [[MedicalHorror medical documentation]]. More popular than NSFA. Alternatively, Not Safe for [[NauseaFuel Lunch]].

Also applies to school, of course. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Website/{{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)[[note]]heheh, he said "vice"[[/note]] principal's office, detention, suspension, or even expulsion. When it comes to school, anything crude or distracting from the educational experience qualifies for this trope, in addition to the above.

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. It's one thing to look up the latest news, check your email or play Solitaire. It's another to be looking at [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} porn]]. Anything with 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.

* The ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' Website/DeviantArt fancomic ''Savage Company'' has a page where DaChief reads Nick's search history aloud. It starts off innocuous enough, but then degenerates into NSFW searches.

Also applies to school, of course. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Website/{{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 qualifies for this trope, in addition to the above.

Also applies to school, of course. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Website/{{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 qualifies for this trip, in addition to the above.

Also applies to school, of course. Usually even being caught simply going to casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Website/{{Dailybooth}} can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything deemed "pornographic" can result in a trip to the vice principal's office, detention, suspension, or even expulsion.

Also particularly helpful to parents who are at home - believe it or not, some people on the Internet 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.

NSFW can be applied to vulgar or violent, as well as pornographic, 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).

* [=NSFL=]: Not Safe For Life - indicates content that is, to [[{{Squick}} one extent]] or [[BrainBleach another]], {{nausea|Fuel}}ting]] or [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]]. Recommended for: {{Shock Site}}s, anything on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/watchpeopledie]] or similar places, [[BodyHorror the bad kind of]] [[MedicalHorror medical documentation]]. More popular than NSFA. Alternatively, Not Safe for [[NauseaFuel Lunch]].

Contrast SugarWiki/PerfectlySafeForWork.

** ''[[{{WebSite/Snopes}} Snopes.com]]'' uses this phrase to denote its sex-related entries.

* [=NSFL=]: Not Safe For Life - indicates content that is, to [[{{Squick}} one extent]] or [[BrainBleach another]], [[NauseaFuel nauseating]] or [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]]. Recommended for: {{Shock Site}}s, anything on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/watchpeopledie]] or similar places, [[BodyHorror the bad kind of]] [[MedicalHorror medical documentation]]. More popular than NSFA. Alternatively, Not Safe for [[NauseaFuel Lunch]].

* [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} "Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)."]]

So called because if you are caught reading a page that is Not Safe For Work...[[CaptainObvious at work]], you can get in a LOT of trouble. 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.

* [=NSFL=]: Not Safe For Life - indicates content that is, to [[{{Squick}} one extent]] or [[BrainBleach another]], [[NauseaFuel nauseating]] or [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]]. Recommended for: {{Shock Site}}s, anything on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/watchpeopledie]] or similar places, [[BodyHorror the bad kind of]] [[MedicalHorror medical documentation]]. More popular than NSFA.

* [[{{Trigger}} Trigger Warning]]: For content that may or may not be sexual in nature, but can be disturbing to certain people, and can potentially set off {{Flashback}}s or [[OffTheWagon relapses]].

Also applies to school, of course. Usually even being caught simply going to casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or {{Dailybooth}} can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything deemed "pornographic" can result in a trip to the vice principal's office, detention, suspension, or even expulsion.

[=NSFW=] can be applied to vulgar or violent, as well as pornographic, 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).

** The website "How F***ed is the T?", which uses live data to determine average subway wait time, has a "SFW version" called "How's the T?", where descriptions such as "The Red Line isn't very f***ed" are changed to "The Red Line looks just fine".