# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=118 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 119 --- ## [Question about Pit threads mentioned in other Forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814 "2015-08-03T23:44:33Z")
I started a Pit thread. (Because someone will ask, here is the thread: \[thread=762870\]Pit Thread\[/thread\]). The subject of Pit never joined. Such is his right. In his own thread, however, he mentions the Pit Thread. … --- ## [The SDMB doesn't work for me - Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-doesnt-work-for-me-virus/726694)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-doesnt-work-for-me-virus/726694 "2015-08-02T02:05:04Z")
On my home computer, when I open Chrome or IE and type the address of SDMB (boards.straightdope.com) it loads the favicon, but the page loads blank. The main site same thing. I can access the site from my Chrome browse… --- ## [Unresponsive script errors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unresponsive-script-errors/726633)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unresponsive-script-errors/726633 "2015-07-31T22:19:58Z")
For the last week or so I’ve been constantly (a few times an hour) getting the following error message on this site, and this site only. This is using Firefox. Any thoughts? It’s frustrating, but doesn’t seem to caus… --- ## [Is accusing someone of "making stuff" up no longer considered an accusation of lying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-accusing-someone-of-making-stuff-up-no-longer-considered-an-accusation-of-lying/725748)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-accusing-someone-of-making-stuff-up-no-longer-considered-an-accusation-of-lying/725748 "2015-07-30T22:37:27Z")
I’m asking because I was under the impression that accusing someone of “making stuff up” was considered an accusation of lying. Anyway two days ago, in the “SSM debate and separation of church and state” Haberdash rathe… --- ## [Can we have no more omnibus threads please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-no-more-omnibus-threads-please/725549)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-no-more-omnibus-threads-please/725549 "2015-07-30T21:58:15Z")
Omnibus threads get too long and unmanageable. Good points get lost in the clutter of other points, and thereafter, following either point becomes impossible. Sure, the alternative is to have a thread every other d… --- ## [I got a new password](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541)
**Author:** [@darkgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkgoddess)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541 "2015-07-30T19:57:23Z")
Thanks everyone, I’m all good now. Don’t mind me.:slight\_smile: --- ## [So, who should I ask for a name change now that \[b\]Tuba/b\] has stepped down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228 "2015-07-30T19:41:39Z")
For reasons I can’t really get into, I need to change my user name. Which Mod handles that now? Thanks. --- ## [Zombie thread/BANNED question? A listing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread-banned-question-a-listing/726422)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-thread-banned-question-a-listing/726422 "2015-07-30T14:54:11Z")
I’m curious, and I’ve made a quick look but I don’t see anything that seems to address it. I’ve been seeing some zombie threads that b/c ‘well, that’s an interesting idea’ I start reading. Then I get to some poster’s na… --- ## [A Heads up. The poll script can reject a poll for length and won't let you fix it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-the-poll-script-can-reject-a-poll-for-length-and-wont-let-you-fix-it/726002)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-the-poll-script-can-reject-a-poll-for-length-and-wont-let-you-fix-it/726002 "2015-07-28T04:52:27Z")
Really odd bug. There are maximum topic title lengths. It just stops accepting characters. A simple and elegant programming solution. Turns out there is a poll choice maximum length. It let me enter this long worded… --- ## [Have the SDMB mods changed their roles re: Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-mods-changed-their-roles-re-reddit/726269)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-mods-changed-their-roles-re-reddit/726269 "2015-07-27T22:16:39Z")
In light of the article in the New York Times (When the Internet’s ‘Moderators’ Are Anything But - The New York Times), I’m wondering about the roles of the moderators on this message board. It seems, to this naive and … --- ## [You don't know what you're talking about = direct insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-what-youre-talking-about-direct-insult/724194)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-what-youre-talking-about-direct-insult/724194 "2015-07-27T16:20:48Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18490148&postcount=68 So saying someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about is a “direct insult”? That seems a tad ridiculous. I normally would let this slide but … --- ## [Missing info at bottom of SDMB main forum page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-info-at-bottom-of-sdmb-main-forum-page/726250)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-info-at-bottom-of-sdmb-main-forum-page/726250 "2015-07-27T10:42:06Z")
I no longer see the statistics displayed at the bottom of the main forum page. Things like # of threads, # of members, # of active members, “Welcome to our newest member, so-and-so.” Is this something I’ve done? I looked… --- ## [In which I propose an alternate solution to the paper towel tube conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-propose-an-alternate-solution-to-the-paper-towel-tube-conundrum/726214)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-propose-an-alternate-solution-to-the-paper-towel-tube-conundrum/726214 "2015-07-26T15:53:51Z")
It looks to me like the current decision to allow people to snark at me anywhere in the Pit is just asking for trouble and extra work for the moderators. Up to now the rule (driven mostly by Marley and Colibri, IIRC) has… --- ## [THIS BOARD SUCKS!! -- I'm gone, goodbye!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-sucks-im-gone-goodbye/379)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-board-sucks-im-gone-goodbye/379 "2015-07-26T10:18:25Z")
I’ve had it with this board. It’s been real, folks, but it’s time to move on. The last straw was today after I had typed a response to a post on the MPSIMS thread “Teachers Get Paid Too Much” – which I started. I hit the… --- ## ["Foul" Language in Songs On the Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foul-language-in-songs-on-the-radio/386)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 1999, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foul-language-in-songs-on-the-radio/386 "1999-05-01T12:25:00Z")
Where I live, there are only four radio stations that don’t play Country music. Needless to say, I listen to them heavily. I’ve noticed that certain stations air the songs uncut, with all profanity left in, while others … --- ## [I protest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-protest/726085)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-protest/726085 "2015-07-26T01:36:43Z")
I received a warning in Starving Artist’s Trump thread (here) for bringing up the paper towel tube thing. I had never heard that the “incident” was verboten, and as far as I can tell no effort was made to advise people … --- ## [Was HandsomeGorilla banned because he was ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-handsomegorilla-banned-because-he-was-ugly/726132)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-handsomegorilla-banned-because-he-was-ugly/726132 "2015-07-25T06:41:07Z")
Or because he wouldn’t shut up about it? I ask because I’m no prize pig, but I don’t want to get banned for it. --- ## [I sent 9 PMs and no one got them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sent-9-pms-and-no-one-got-them/726114)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sent-9-pms-and-no-one-got-them/726114 "2015-07-25T00:32:27Z")
I’m organizing the latest Doper postcard exchange. This morning, I sent out nine PMs to players with the names and addresses of their recipients. NO ONE HAS RECEIVED A SINGLE PM! What is up? Will they get there event… --- ## [Can I save a "draft" and post the completed Thread/Topic later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-save-a-draft-and-post-the-completed-thread-topic-later/725595)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-save-a-draft-and-post-the-completed-thread-topic-later/725595 "2015-07-23T05:39:36Z")
A few months ago I started a thread asking for recommendations for science fiction novels. I wanted to make a master list of all the suggestions including links to the novel on Wikipedia, a Wiki link to the author, the l… --- ## [Why is it so glacially slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-glacially-slow/720669 "2015-07-23T04:16:37Z")
It’s happening more and more often, it seems to me. Ugh. It really ruins the fun of messageboards. Maybe it’s just me. --- ## [How many threads is too many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-is-too-many/725825)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-is-too-many/725825 "2015-07-23T02:09:11Z")
As I type this OP there are, in Cafe Society, 20 threads in the first 100 started by a single poster. Most are “favorite movie” related threads. The front page is clogged with these threads. Since none have been close… --- ## [Cap the size of threads, or move posts up/down, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-the-size-of-threads-or-move-posts-up-down-or-what/725693)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-the-size-of-threads-or-move-posts-up-down-or-what/725693 "2015-07-22T15:01:54Z")
This is about threads that get moderated, and posters are directed to do or say something, or not do or something, or whatever. Posters are responsible for following mod instructions. But it’s unreasonable to expect p… --- ## [Mod rewrites an OP and tells us to respond to the re-write, not the OP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-rewrites-an-op-and-tells-us-to-respond-to-the-re-write-not-the-op/725335)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-rewrites-an-op-and-tells-us-to-respond-to-the-re-write-not-the-op/725335 "2015-07-20T15:21:42Z")
Here, Rune asks if homosexuality can be “cured”. And then further suggests it’s a disease by saying he didn’t want to debate whether or not it should be cured, only whether it is possible. People were understandably up… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/725346)
**Author:** [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/725346 "2015-07-19T13:12:42Z")
test 1 test 2 That is all. Thank you. --- ## [Automatic redirect on mobilr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-redirect-on-mobilr/723534)
**Author:** [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-redirect-on-mobilr/723534 "2015-07-17T17:52:58Z")
While opening pages on this message board (including while trying to create this thread), the page will launch a redirect following this URL: http://c.hwoxt.com/?a=500897&c=1374312&m=24&E=Uv1mB1Yizoo%3D&s1=&s2=YTo5OntpOj… --- ## [Incorrect Warning (IMO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-warning-imo/724832)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-warning-imo/724832 "2015-07-16T03:57:34Z")
In this post, Jonathan Chance semi-warns Andros that he was dangerously close to calling someone a liar. But Andros said that the cites which were invoked were lies, not that the person who invoked them was. That’s sti… --- ## ["Moved" thread actually disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-thread-actually-disappeared/725279)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-thread-actually-disappeared/725279 "2015-07-16T01:51:17Z")
A recent thread by ncmathsadist (I can’t link because the thread is gone) in IMHO was titled - I am paraphrasing here - “Is there such a thing as feminine straight guys or is my new boy gay?” The thread now shows as “mo… --- ## [Lets Start a 'Complain About your Warning/Moderation' Subforum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-complain-about-your-warning-moderation-subforum/725078)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-complain-about-your-warning-moderation-subforum/725078 "2015-07-16T01:38:52Z")
It would make things easier for the mods and provide a place for some entertaining reading for those looking to kill a little time. :cool: --- ## [Why Aren't Zombie Threads Shot In The Head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-zombie-threads-shot-in-the-head/710055)
**Author:** [@vomit\_comet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vomit_comet)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-zombie-threads-shot-in-the-head/710055 "2015-07-11T21:21:50Z")
Just wondering; if resurrecting an old, stale thread is such a bad thing, why aren’t threads locked after a certain, arbitrary length of inactivity, a month, two months, a year…? Is it just so somebody can jump into the… --- ## [Is "Games" really coming soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858 "2015-07-11T09:33:37Z")
You know… The link on the homepage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=119)