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We recently had an incident where a member of the board (who, like most of our members, prefers to keep their offline identity anonymous) posted some very vague personal information. Another member, out of curiosity, co…

In @Mean_Mr.Mustard’s monthly photography threads (here for Nov 2025 ➜ **Monthly Photo Competition #36– November, 2025 – “A Whole Lot of _____”** [Poll added] ■ ) we recently discovered that images hosted on imgur are no…

#Muting a thread is really simple Find the Bell Button in the thread. :bell: Click that and select Muted (the last option). That is it, you’re done. You can also do it from the bottom of any thread. Right above “New &…

There are a number of terms commonly used on the Straight Dope Message Boards, that are basically “in-jokes” or references. There are several threads listing such, I have tried to compile them all into one post here. If…