# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=107 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 108 --- ## [Tom's warning for Slacker. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toms-warning-for-slacker-huh/751876)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toms-warning-for-slacker-huh/751876 "2016-04-12T22:59:51Z")
Post here. Context is a poster who has been making the argument that Democratic administrations, including Obama, have all been so much the corporate water carriers, that why should one bother to vote for one if it is n… --- ## [PSXer has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psxer-has-been-banned/751945)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psxer-has-been-banned/751945 "2016-04-11T23:06:39Z")
User PSXer has been banned for socking. As has been noted previously, the rule about announcements for sock bannings remains, but we will, on a very rare occasion, announce it when the poster in question has been a user… --- ## [still have no answered why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864 "2016-04-11T06:35:03Z")
You closed my thread about this warning after oly aroudn 40 replies, while one of your pets, got to whine on for over 200 posts. For this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...2#post19242122 Captain Kirk Hit wi… --- ## [Internal Server Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389 "2016-04-11T03:14:55Z")
Does anyone know why I keep getting the following error? Never got it before and I’ve gotten it about 15 times today, whenever I click on a forum. Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misco… --- ## [HMS Irruncible has been suspended for a month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-has-been-suspended-for-a-month/751830)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hms-irruncible-has-been-suspended-for-a-month/751830 "2016-04-10T20:36:21Z")
After being told many times not to post while under the influence of alcohol due to him breaking the rules during it, he’s been suspended for a month (after being suspended for a few days for it earlier). --- ## [Armedmonkey has been suspended for 30 days.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armedmonkey-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/751765)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armedmonkey-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/751765 "2016-04-10T01:40:11Z")
He’s had eight warnings since 2009. Most recent one was here, where he admits he broke the rules on purpose. After that one, he failed to listen to mod instruction on top of it, which could have given him his 9th warni… --- ## [Improving the ignore function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-the-ignore-function/751562)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-the-ignore-function/751562 "2016-04-10T00:08:48Z")
I reserve the ignore function for a small handful of posters who are both very prolific and who I consider either insincere or so mentally ill that they aren’t worth engaging. But using it totally breaks my ability to su… --- ## [No longer fighting Ignorance, now encouraging it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-fighting-ignorance-now-encouraging-it/751557)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-fighting-ignorance-now-encouraging-it/751557 "2016-04-08T18:59:50Z")
For this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19242122#post19242122 Captain Kirk Hit with $170-Million Paternity Suit. No, sorry, Captain Kirk is a fictional character. No one is suing him. Ivory… --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/750598)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/750598 "2016-04-06T17:40:36Z")
testtesttesttest --- ## [Just How 'Copyrighted' ARE These Boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-copyrighted-are-these-boards/751313)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-copyrighted-are-these-boards/751313 "2016-04-06T10:53:08Z")
I know what you post of these boards becomes the property of the Straight Dope. That has been alluded to, and even joked about, for some time now. But I have just one question: Just how "copyrighted" are these boards? A… --- ## [Collibri's latest mod note.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collibris-latest-mod-note/750409)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collibris-latest-mod-note/750409 "2016-04-04T15:01:06Z")
In GQ dougie\_monty asked a question about a money-scamming popup piece of malware: Moderation happened: I think \*\*Collibri \*\*is 100% in the wrong here. It’s simply a matter of common English usage. See a scam, an… --- ## [IMHO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho/750754)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho/750754 "2016-04-01T00:05:01Z")
Having trouble posting over there It keeps telling me my message is too short --- ## [Should mods contribute to a Pit-like atmosphere in Elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-mods-contribute-to-a-pit-like-atmosphere-in-elections/750496)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-mods-contribute-to-a-pit-like-atmosphere-in-elections/750496 "2016-03-31T19:28:21Z")
Thread in question. Now it would have been fair enough for Tom or another mod to have instructed Slacker to tone it down in Elections. Appropriate. Often mods have as that forum can very easily become Pit-lite rather th… --- ## [Definition of Post-Padding and Post Count Parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-post-padding-and-post-count-parties/750750)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-post-padding-and-post-count-parties/750750 "2016-03-31T14:52:53Z")
This is an excerpt from SkipMagic’s sticky on rules for MPSIMS: “Even this forum … has its limits for truly pointless threads. We will be closing threads which cross that line, or exist merely for post-padding reasons. … --- ## [Why are mods allowing these similar posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mods-allowing-these-similar-posts/748342)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mods-allowing-these-similar-posts/748342 "2016-03-30T19:05:24Z")
I was going to start a separate thread on this, but this one is close enough. One recent member has started 3 threads that are virtually identical. I’m wondering why the mods are allowing this. Thread 1:what do I do a… --- ## [Does this message board have a spell checking function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-message-board-have-a-spell-checking-function/750396)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-message-board-have-a-spell-checking-function/750396 "2016-03-30T17:48:54Z")
All, Just as above, I did use the search function and didn’t find anything. I have to believe that I am just missing something. Zuer-coli --- ## [I have two accounts here, can they be merged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-two-accounts-here-can-they-be-merged/588098)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-two-accounts-here-can-they-be-merged/588098 "2016-03-30T17:16:13Z")
I posted here for a while 6-7 years ago, then stopped and long ago forgot my log-in details. So I joined again today, and once I’d joined I was able to use the search function and find my old user name. Can I email a m… --- ## [Is Something Malfunctioning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-malfunctioning/750433)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-malfunctioning/750433 "2016-03-30T04:40:11Z")
I’ve been seeing a lot of “broken code” inside the thread listings on various forums, mainly in the titles, once or twice in the right column where it shows the most recent poster in a thread, and once inside a thread it… --- ## [Hail Ants has been suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-ants-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/750596)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-ants-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/750596 "2016-03-30T01:45:00Z")
Poster Hail Ants has been suspended for 30 days for multiple recent warnings. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19218138&postcount=48 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19217773&postcou… --- ## [Can the "Positive Gun News" thread be moved out of MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-positive-gun-news-thread-be-moved-out-of-mpsims/750028)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-positive-gun-news-thread-be-moved-out-of-mpsims/750028 "2016-03-28T15:54:43Z")
The “Positive Gun News of the Day” thread belongs in a debate forum. It’s basically Bone passing on news clippings of what he regards as ‘good’ gun killings, which of course is a matter of debate. So could the thread k… --- ## [poll test thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-test-thing/750291)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-test-thing/750291 "2016-03-28T11:01:43Z")
Probably not gonna actually make the poll, just test it. --- ## [Official guidance for threads on large dropped shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-guidance-for-threads-on-large-dropped-shows/750088)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-guidance-for-threads-on-large-dropped-shows/750088 "2016-03-25T23:41:39Z")
In Cafe Society there is currently a discussion about how the one thread for the whole season is fine for the binge consumers but leaves the slower consumers out and mildly frustrated that they cannot enter without being… --- ## [Why does Saul get per episode threads, but Daredevil just has one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-saul-get-per-episode-threads-but-daredevil-just-has-one/749988)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-saul-get-per-episode-threads-but-daredevil-just-has-one/749988 "2016-03-25T02:47:37Z")
It seems strange that Better Call Saul, which is being aired one episode at a time, get a separate thread for each episode, but Daredevil just has one. We don’t all watch at the same rate, and I’d prefer not to be spoile… --- ## [Clear language from the Mods when giving warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-language-from-the-mods-when-giving-warnings/749775)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-language-from-the-mods-when-giving-warnings/749775 "2016-03-24T13:29:12Z")
In the future can we please have clear and precise language from the mods when they are giving a warning. Jonathan Chance said this: “You’ll get a warning” the words “you will”, to me, implies a future tense as in, “y… --- ## [Help. \[Locating a thread about farts\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-locating-a-thread-about-farts/749826)
**Author:** [@OGLamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OGLamp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-locating-a-thread-about-farts/749826 "2016-03-23T18:47:02Z")
About a year ago, I discovered a thread on this message board about what foods cause the most foul farts. I remember it bringing out my inner child and me laughing my ass off. I can’t find it anymore, no matter how hard … --- ## [Sudden loss of ability to click on links.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-loss-of-ability-to-click-on-links/749861)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-loss-of-ability-to-click-on-links/749861 "2016-03-23T14:03:28Z")
I’m getting this on every effort to click on a link: --- ## [closing of my diet debate thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-of-my-diet-debate-thread/749894)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-of-my-diet-debate-thread/749894 "2016-03-22T23:15:08Z")
The mod closed my thread with the message “not really a debate thread”. So why wasn’t it moved if that was the only problem? --- ## [My thread about VPNs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-about-vpns/748175)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-about-vpns/748175 "2016-03-22T16:47:03Z")
On Feb 27, I sent a PM to both Idle Thoughts and Loach telling them I wanted to start a thread about VPNs and asking them if it would be OK for me to do that. I explained I was sending this PM to both of them. I sent it … --- ## ["Not really a debate again"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-really-a-debate-again/749844)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-really-a-debate-again/749844 "2016-03-22T12:28:27Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19195828&postcount=19 “I figure if your posts in a thread exceed 50% you’re preaching to yourself and not for the benefit of others or of a real debate.” My posts we… --- ## [Why did Qin Shi Huangdi get a warning for suggesting Rubio is gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-qin-shi-huangdi-get-a-warning-for-suggesting-rubio-is-gay/746554)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-qin-shi-huangdi-get-a-warning-for-suggesting-rubio-is-gay/746554 "2016-03-21T17:04:41Z")
In the post explaining Qin Shi Huangdi’s suspension, it notes that one of his warnings was for suggesting that Marco Rubio is a closeted gay man. Just curious what rule that violates. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=108)