# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=122 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 123 --- ## [Hail Ants has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-ants-has-been-suspended/718720)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-ants-has-been-suspended/718720 "2015-04-28T14:59:00Z")
Hail Ants has been suspended for one week for violating rules against hate speech: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18321495&postcount=34 --- ## [What scab? (Cafe Society SHIELD thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scab-cafe-society-shield-thread/718440)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scab-cafe-society-shield-thread/718440 "2015-04-27T18:34:22Z")
I know about DrDeth and spoilers, and his post wasn’t about that. Am I missing something else (wouldn’t be the first time)? It’s not like he’s the first in that thread to refer to actors’ previous roles as if everyone s… --- ## [Weird Earls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/718402)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/718402 "2015-04-25T02:45:53Z")
Is Thread Games the right place to post a Weird Earls? I know the regular feature is gone, buuuut… --- ## [Need help finding old thread, problem with search function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-old-thread-problem-with-search-function/718400)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-old-thread-problem-with-search-function/718400 "2015-04-23T23:44:50Z")
I am looking to update a thread I was posting on a couple days or a couple of weeks ago. The topic was “Should college athletes be paid” but when I put that in advanced search it just searches and searches and searches l… --- ## [tHIS IS GETTING REPETITIVE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314)
**Author:** [@monkeyofstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyofstick)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314 "2015-04-23T21:55:01Z")
I joined this board way back. It refuses to accept my email address… This is what happens on my fourth attempt to become a member The password you have entered does not match your current one. Please press the back bu… --- ## [Test Poost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poost/718207)
**Author:** [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poost/718207 "2015-04-23T21:46:22Z")
\[ol\] \[li\]\[/li\] \[li\]\[/li\] \[li\]\[/li\]\[/ol\] --- ## [Is there an 'app' for thus forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-for-thus-forum/717697)
**Author:** [@BenOliver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenOliver)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-for-thus-forum/717697 "2015-04-21T21:12:06Z")
Like a Tapatalk app or something? I’m typing from my phone and my misspellings make me look ‘thicker’ than usual. Also, if there is, shouldn’t there be a sticky about it?:o Thanks! --- ## [When is a -tard not a -tard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-tard-not-a-tard/717639)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-a-tard-not-a-tard/717639 "2015-04-21T15:20:03Z")
We know that “libtard” is not allowed in GD, but it seems that “Freeptards” is OK. Can one of the mods explain this? I’m one of the posters around here who will argue AGAINST those claiming liberal/conservative bias b… --- ## [To Read or not to Read, that is the question; GoT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-read-or-not-to-read-that-is-the-question-got/717771)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-read-or-not-to-read-that-is-the-question-got/717771 "2015-04-20T04:21:14Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=754326&page=2 I responded to a couple posts about mentions of the Books in the weekly GoT "non-spoiler’ threads. First of all, let us all agree- Spoilers are bad (e… --- ## [Cannot open this thread in the (original) Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-open-this-thread-in-the-original-game-room/718006)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-open-this-thread-in-the-original-game-room/718006 "2015-04-19T12:32:02Z")
The name of thread is “Geoguessr” Someone posted to this page earlier today but everytime I click the hyperlink, it flashes for a split second and then goes to an error page. Is the problem my computer or something c… --- ## [What's da passwoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-da-passwoid/717910 "2015-04-19T03:13:36Z")
Something happened a few months ago (hacking incident?) and posters were encouraged to change their passwords. I did, but now I can’t remember it. This would be unhandy if I should be logged out. How can I retrieve my… --- ## [Bumping a thread more than once](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-a-thread-more-than-once/717929)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-a-thread-more-than-once/717929 "2015-04-18T02:30:41Z")
I posted these questions (about cold viruses) in GQ two weeks ago. It got zero relevant replies. One reply was a bump from another interested person (Thanks, Apollon!), one was a bump from me, and a final reply was wil… --- ## [Can an opion poll be a sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-opion-poll-be-a-sticky/717656)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-opion-poll-be-a-sticky/717656 "2015-04-17T16:11:37Z")
I mean opinion poll (not opion poll) I was in a hurray. Looking at the up coming National election in November 2016 mostly between the Democrat’s and the Republicans. I would like to suggest a sticky in the elections f… --- ## [About This Mesage Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-mesage-board/717616)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-mesage-board/717616 "2015-04-17T02:26:46Z")
Thank you. I’ve learned so much here, and enjoy the camaraderie and sense of community. I’ve been lurking here since (well, awhile now). Mods, feel free to move this to IMHO. Anyway, thanks to all. A great place to vi… --- ## [Test thread, quote formatting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-quote-formatting/717742)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-quote-formatting/717742 "2015-04-15T20:51:17Z")
Land crabs. Land crab, land crabs, land crabs… Land crabs. Land crabs. Some more land crabs. Land crabs. Land crabs. Land crabs, you say? Land crabs. --- ## [Ralph124c and NewRalph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph124c-and-newralph124c/717688)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph124c-and-newralph124c/717688 "2015-04-15T02:36:47Z")
Mods: I know speculating publicly about a user’s relationship with the Board is frowned upon, but this case seems like a reasonable exception. If not I’m sure I’ll hear about it. A few months ago some folks noticed tha… --- ## [Why was the Soviet technology thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-soviet-technology-thread-closed/717416)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-soviet-technology-thread-closed/717416 "2015-04-13T19:11:22Z")
Imean I can’t see anything wrong with the discussion contents and civility . Its either a mistake or extreme arbitariness. --- ## [Why was the Pacquiao-Mayweather question closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469 "2015-04-13T02:24:44Z")
Over in GQ, there was an apparently legitimate question about the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Why was it closed outright rather than being simply moved to the Game Room? --- ## [get lives has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lives-has-been-suspended/717525)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lives-has-been-suspended/717525 "2015-04-13T00:01:12Z")
Poster get lives has been suspended for one month after receiving three warnings over the course of the last five weeks, as well as receiving a number of additional moderator notes elsewhere. http://boards.straightdope.… --- ## [Possible to view "Who Posted?" from within a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252)
**Author:** [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252 "2015-04-12T04:18:58Z")
See title. I know how to bring it up from the list of current threads, by clicking the number in the “Replies” column. Is there any way to get to it from inside a thread? Sometimes I’m rereading an old thread, one which… --- ## [Is it allowed? Thread splitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-allowed-thread-splitting/682011)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-allowed-thread-splitting/682011 "2015-04-11T21:25:54Z")
If a thread is going strong, and related issues arise, and they are good ones, but the multitude of different conversations going on makes a thread unbearable, unreadable, and way off topic, can it be split? Can anyone … --- ## [XKCD What If References SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-what-if-references-sdmb/695471)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-what-if-references-sdmb/695471 "2015-04-11T19:54:20Z")
This thread (What is the volume of a kilogram of cocaine? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board) was referenced in today’s What-if from XKCD. He’s apparently a fan, as he says \[QUOTE=Randall\] As usual, the… --- ## [Colibri is wrong about Walter Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-is-wrong-about-walter-scott/717243)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-is-wrong-about-walter-scott/717243 "2015-04-11T01:34:07Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18276120#post18276120 In this thread the moderator treats as mere “opinion” that police in the US killings and beatings of black are not fact, but rather commentary. … --- ## [The Second Stone has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-stone-has-been-suspended/717394)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-stone-has-been-suspended/717394 "2015-04-11T01:23:41Z")
For four warnings in ten months The Second Stone has been suspended for one month. Relevant warnings: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18276120&postcount=11 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpo… --- ## [Can we put a strikethrough button on the post box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-put-a-strikethrough-button-on-the-post-box/717247)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-put-a-strikethrough-button-on-the-post-box/717247 "2015-04-10T15:40:12Z")
I love strikethroughs and think they are great for comedy when writing, but I don’t offhand know the way to do them in the html, and even when someone inevitably tells me how to do it in the next post or two I am still g… --- ## [Test post - Go away - Shoo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-go-away-shoo/717000)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-go-away-shoo/717000 "2015-04-09T20:01:45Z")
We have sodomy and we have a lash, but we are regrettably out of rum. “From the rooter to the tooter” My gal’s a high born lady --- ## [Can someone explain why this link is failing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-this-link-is-failing/716984)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-this-link-is-failing/716984 "2015-04-09T09:52:35Z")
Here’s the thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18268157#post18268157 post #2 the last link that ends with .jpg the roll over preview shows its a link to the photo. But try clicking it. It t… --- ## [Streaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming/717028)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming/717028 "2015-04-08T05:43:23Z")
We just had a thread on streaming. I read it but can’t find it again. I would really like a link from someone, please. --- ## [Username tregistration typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-tregistration-typo/716884)
**Author:** [@Annalee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annalee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-tregistration-typo/716884 "2015-04-06T17:19:53Z")
Want to change my username. How? --- ## [Does " Comments on Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports" Need that whole description?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports-need-that-whole-description/716722)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports-need-that-whole-description/716722 "2015-04-06T13:47:50Z")
Can you at least drop the “(formerly called Mailbag Answers)”? How long has that been? More than 10 years, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=123)