... no need to worry.


I suppose that if you've never encountered the acronym NSFW before, then you have the right to be curious. The letters stand for Not Suitable for Work, and they appear after links. Basically, they're a warning - if you're at work, you don't want your boss or co-workers to see the page you're about to click over to. But certainly for quite a number of people a warning such as NSFH is also desirable.

The Wikipedia tells us:
NSFW has particular relevance for individuals making personal use of the Internet at workplaces or schools that have policies prohibiting access, even inadvertently, of sexually explicit images. Companies and universities frequently adopt such policies because they regard the presence of sexually explicit images as a misuse of company property (or education resources) and, potentially, a violation of sexual harassment policy.
It's enough to make you want to click. Which is, perhaps, why on that same page we also learn, as might have been expected, that:
NSFW is often sarcastically used, under the same circumstances, as a meaning for "Now Show Friends and Workmates."
And I suppose that that in itself is somewhat of a community activity.



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