# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=119 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 120 --- ## [A HUGE fuck you to Tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-huge-fuck-you-to-tomndebb/724761)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-huge-fuck-you-to-tomndebb/724761 "2015-07-11T00:15:08Z")
Shitty moderation here. Talking about another conflict in the world does not clarify the conflict SPECIFICALLY in question. If you (and Telemark and thelurkinghorror) are all too stupid to talk about one issue without m… --- ## [Sexuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuals/724804)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuals/724804 "2015-07-10T21:32:07Z")
homosexual heterosexual omnisexual metrosexual infrasexual autosexual monosexual bisexual trisexual polysexual dodecahedrosexual --- ## [C'mon Mods, give us some meat to chew on here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-mods-give-us-some-meat-to-chew-on-here/723924)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-mods-give-us-some-meat-to-chew-on-here/723924 "2015-07-10T05:12:14Z")
I suppose in a general sense this might be considered a complaint against the boards mods, but in reality it’s more an expression of boredom over this forum. Jebus, what a pile of BORING threads! So, ask us some heavy … --- ## [Whoever fixed the search function, thank you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoever-fixed-the-search-function-thank-you/724732)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoever-fixed-the-search-function-thank-you/724732 "2015-07-10T04:33:15Z")
Ever since I joined, doing a search meant I could go get a pizza, watch a movie, take a nap and come back and MAYBE the search has finished. Now it as quich as all the other fora out there. Thank you for waking up the … --- ## [Colibri I'll get your for this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-ill-get-your-for-this/724451)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-ill-get-your-for-this/724451 "2015-07-08T19:45:25Z")
So I finally have time to read the latest 9/11 thread and decide to post to it. I craft the perfect post that the OP will not be able to get out of. I hit send only to find you closed it 1 minute before. :(:mad: ::: … --- ## [wierdaaron Greasemonkey script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierdaaron-greasemonkey-script/724372)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierdaaron-greasemonkey-script/724372 "2015-07-06T03:36:14Z")
Anyone still use the wierdaaron SDMB greasemonkey script? The “optifixers.” I am using it on Firefox 39.0 (and previously 38.0.5) and the Updates panel that is supposed to sit in the corner doesn’t auto-close, nor does i… --- ## [Like button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button/724099)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-button/724099 "2015-07-05T18:52:01Z")
Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of installing a like button option on individual posts. I got spoiled by it with facebook. --- ## [Paying for Membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-membership/719329)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-membership/719329 "2015-07-04T17:57:15Z")
I’m trying to pay my membership, but I don’t have nor want a PayPal account. It used to be that I could pay through PayPal, but without creating an account, but when I followed the link this time, there was no option gi… --- ## [Tapatalk Torture: me or you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-torture-me-or-you/724177)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-torture-me-or-you/724177 "2015-07-04T14:08:50Z")
Suddenly every SDMB page I open on my iPad is preceded by a popup notice about the Tapatalk app and I have to cancel it. What controls this? Is it a setting on my ipad or the SDMB? Almost certainly my device, but I don’… --- ## [To whom it may concern: No friend requests. It doesn't serve any purpose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-it-may-concern-no-friend-requests-it-doesnt-serve-any-purpose/723849)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-it-may-concern-no-friend-requests-it-doesnt-serve-any-purpose/723849 "2015-07-04T01:55:11Z")
I see another friend request in my notifications. So, to whom it may concern: I’m not accepting any friend requests here. I asked the question in this forum a while back: What happens when one accepts a “friend” reque… --- ## [Access to text of post reports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-text-of-post-reports/723742)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-text-of-post-reports/723742 "2015-07-01T01:48:06Z")
When I send a PM, it appears in a message format very much like a regular post, and in my user profile I can find folders containing these post-like messages of every PM I’ve sent or received (until I delete them). BUT,… --- ## [code test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-test/723727)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-test/723727 "2015-06-30T16:27:23Z")
Color code commands; in addition to preset values such as color=green, any RGB value can be expressed as a hex (0-F) value: {color=#888888}charcoal grey{/color} charcoal grey {color=#8888AA}blue-grey{/color} blue-gre… --- ## ["Thread has been moved from this forum." What about TO this forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-has-been-moved-from-this-forum-what-about-to-this-forum/723745)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-has-been-moved-from-this-forum-what-about-to-this-forum/723745 "2015-06-29T21:25:48Z")
We’ve all seen it in the forum page; the word “Moved” to let the reader know that clicking on the thread will take one to a different forum. I presume that board software enables the display of this bit of metadata. Is … --- ## [" . . . you do not have permission to access this page.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-this-page/723716)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-this-page/723716 "2015-06-28T19:01:46Z")
. . . This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else’s post, access administrative features or some other privi… --- ## [Shruggie test ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shruggie-test-_-_/723177)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shruggie-test-_-_/723177 "2015-06-27T19:24:03Z")
¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ default shruggie \*\* ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯\*\* bold shruggie ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ semi large shruggie ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ big shruggie ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ little shruggie ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ gay shruggie --- ## [Test, Chess board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269 "2015-06-26T03:56:40Z")
Testing for the ascii of chess pieces and spacing. With Courier New font: 8 ║♜ ♞ ♝ ♛ ♚ ♝ ♞ ♜ 7 ║:chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: :chess\_pawn: 6 ║… … … … … … …… --- ## [How do you search through some users posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-search-through-some-users-posts/723104)
**Author:** [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-search-through-some-users-posts/723104 "2015-06-23T22:48:50Z")
There are some peoples posts that I would like to read but I have a hard time finding it. How can I do a better search for their post? --- ## [Legal Queston in GQ that Colibri closed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-queston-in-gq-that-colibri-closed/722803)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-queston-in-gq-that-colibri-closed/722803 "2015-06-21T19:30:49Z")
Colibri gave an explanation for locking my thread. I wanted to get clarification on the board’s policy. It was my understand that when discussions on the other subforums bring up a specific question that it could be bro… --- ## [WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf/723025)
**Author:** [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf/723025 "2015-06-20T20:57:46Z")
How can you tell someopne to not mention something when you, yourself, trolled the ENTIRE SDMB with a so-called Aprild Fool’s joke? Seems pretty conmdewcending to me, and I wonder what other member have to say about you… --- ## [GoT- one more time- with feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-one-more-time-with-feeling/722902)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-one-more-time-with-feeling/722902 "2015-06-20T16:52:36Z")
OK, this time we are more or less acting on Mod instructions to open a thread in ATMB. Let’s start out by agreeing that deliberately posting a major spoiler in\*\* any\*\* CS thread is being a Jerk. (Outside those labels as… --- ## [Another Question RE: Another Warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-re-another-warning/722740)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-re-another-warning/722740 "2015-06-19T09:56:20Z")
Okay, so now we’ll have a thread that really doesn’t need to be, all because I’m obeying a moderator’s instruction and not including this question in the original thread. Referencing this post… Which gets this warnin… --- ## [When did The Second Stone get banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-second-stone-get-banned/722723)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-second-stone-get-banned/722723 "2015-06-18T23:12:22Z")
Jonathan Chance announced that The Second Stone has been suspended, in this ATMB thread: The Second Stone has been suspended. But if you come across an old post by The Second Stone, it’s got the definitive “BANNED” und… --- ## [So I got this warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-this-warning/722695)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-this-warning/722695 "2015-06-18T16:48:11Z")
In response to this post in the “Local NAACP Leader…” thread I received the following warning from IvoryTowerDenizen. \[Original mod instruction here.\] To IvoryTowerDenizen I would say that it would be helpful the next… --- ## [Does "Deliberately Distorted" = "Lied"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-deliberately-distorted-lied/722598)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-deliberately-distorted-lied/722598 "2015-06-18T12:59:19Z")
Let’s say that in GD, Poster A claims “X”, and another poster comes along and says: Poster B: You are mistaken. “X” is not true. You mischaracterized the situation. Poster A: No, I am not mistaken. I characterized… --- ## [(Mods?)Proper Board etiquette after mis-reporting a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-proper-board-etiquette-after-mis-reporting-a-post/722638)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-proper-board-etiquette-after-mis-reporting-a-post/722638 "2015-06-16T22:26:22Z")
So, I recently reported a post thinking the thread was in GD, where I thought the post was inappropriate. After reporting it, I realized that it was actually in the Pit, where almost nothing is inappropriate. What’s pro… --- ## [Change Username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664 "2015-06-16T16:51:01Z")
Soz. I looked for a way to contact Admin but to no avail. How do I change my username - simply to a version derived from what I currently use. I would henceforth like to be known as KiwiKen. --- ## [SDMB Swag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-swag/722542)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-swag/722542 "2015-06-16T14:18:42Z")
On this thread, Frank shares that he has suffered the tragic loss of his SDMB mug. Amongst the heartfelt condolences, and grateful utterances of “I’ve still got mine!”, came the voice of reason, asking about purchasing … --- ## [I have been a member here for 15 years...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080 "2015-06-16T00:04:26Z")
I have (I see) just passed the 18,000 post mark. Now, while I would certainly never claim that all of those posts have been intellectual gold, I do think I can go on record that they were all honest attempts to contribu… --- ## [Why is my \[impressive|damning\] post count not displayed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035 "2015-06-15T17:06:49Z")
Is it because I am not, and never will be, a Charter Member? Is it showing up but not just on my screen? --- ## [Kobal 2 should not be suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobal-2-should-not-be-suspended/722031)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobal-2-should-not-be-suspended/722031 "2015-06-13T23:37:52Z")
First, all you guys could drag up was two posts. No one has been suspended after this small an amount of warnings. Second, one of the warnings shouldn’t even have been a warning, as Richard Parker correctly points out. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=120)