# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=131 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 132 --- ## [Doper's wife went for revolutionary surgery-ALS? Parkinson's disease? Update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-wife-went-for-revolutionary-surgery-als-parkinsons-disease-update/698136)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-wife-went-for-revolutionary-surgery-als-parkinsons-disease-update/698136 "2014-09-11T03:19:58Z")
A Doper’s wife went for some kind of revolutionary surgery in Europe(?) a year or three ago. It was, IIRC, something like ALS, or Parkinson’s…something like that. Multiple Sclerosis? IIRC, the wife’s symptoms were almost… --- ## [What is this Viglink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-viglink/696105)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-viglink/696105 "2014-09-10T22:02:19Z")
In another thread, I came across this post, which is a throwaway line by CurtC, containing a joke URL. However, on my Chrome browser, that link is actually active, and hovering over it reveals the tooltip, “Link added by… --- ## [Why does the "go to new post" function via email get stuck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-go-to-new-post-function-via-email-get-stuck/698026)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-go-to-new-post-function-via-email-get-stuck/698026 "2014-09-10T17:15:59Z")
I use email notifications to keep track of threads I’m interested in. Most of the time, if I click on the link in the thread to go to the new posts in a thread, it will take me back to some point earlier in the thread. … --- ## [Liars and Lying (Not in GD)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-and-lying-not-in-gd/697955)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-and-lying-not-in-gd/697955 "2014-09-09T16:22:54Z")
This is not a question; I am just getting this on the public record. “You are a liar”, “you are lying”, “that is a lie” - these are all completely acceptable in all forums except Great Debates. Regards, Shodan MODER… --- ## [Likes, Thanks, Reputation etc...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likes-thanks-reputation-etc/697210)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likes-thanks-reputation-etc/697210 "2014-09-09T16:19:31Z")
I feel like this is something that’s be kicked around over time around here and it seems like from a technology standpoint the board software has stagnated a little, so I figure it’s worth bringing it up again. What’s t… --- ## [okay, that was damn weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-that-was-damn-weird/697718)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-that-was-damn-weird/697718 "2014-09-09T04:33:21Z")
So I pulled up my control panel page listing all my subscribed threads. That is a tab I have previously opened, but I hit refresh. The list of threads displayed showed a number of old threads that haven’t been active fo… --- ## [Are posters now forbidden to imply rule violations in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-posters-now-forbidden-to-imply-rule-violations-in-the-pit/697504)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-posters-now-forbidden-to-imply-rule-violations-in-the-pit/697504 "2014-09-09T01:41:55Z")
I’m posting this here only because I don’t want to run afoul of the rules on discussing policy in the Pit, I’m not super worked up about it or anything. In Mangetout’s Pitting of zoid, Miller just posted: I’m not upse… --- ## [see spot run in tiny print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-spot-run-in-tiny-print/697897 "2014-09-08T20:55:58Z")
There seems to be a formatting problem with the column. Some of the text is in tiny print, for no explicable reason. --- ## [Test post - Move along nothing to see here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-move-along-nothing-to-see-here/697640)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-move-along-nothing-to-see-here/697640 "2014-09-08T12:30:55Z")
Junk in the trunk! Punks in a bunk! Monks in a funk! --- ## ["Your Claim is Untrue" is Not Allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-claim-is-untrue-is-not-allowed/695374)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-claim-is-untrue-is-not-allowed/695374 "2014-09-08T01:22:12Z")
I think I started a thread about this earlier. Reader’s Digest version - I have been mod noted for this post. The post in question reads as follows - The objection is that this could be read as an accusation of lyin… --- ## [Testing spoiler space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-space/697773)
**Author:** [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-space/697773 "2014-09-07T15:17:48Z")
\[Does this still work?\] Just checking. Yep, so for all those of you who want to provide spoilers without leaving lots of blank space, just put square brackets around it and it won’t show up on mouseover. --- ## [Reporting and posting overlap delay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-and-posting-overlap-delay/697755)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-and-posting-overlap-delay/697755 "2014-09-07T11:27:37Z")
I don’t think the board was behaving like this until quite recently. Now, when I report a posting, and then return to post “Reported” in the thread, I get hit with a 60 second minimum time between postings block. It se… --- ## [Where are the avatars and images here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-avatars-and-images-here/697702)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-avatars-and-images-here/697702 "2014-09-06T22:50:49Z")
I heard there was some kind of grease monkey script thingy that allows us to have avatars and images. --- ## [Pit thread clarification question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-clarification-question/697476)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-clarification-question/697476 "2014-09-04T22:55:17Z")
So, cochrane started a thread in the Pit about the recent 9 year old kid that killed a gun range instructor with a full auto uzi. Someone else comes along and points out that there is already another thread started in… --- ## [What's deal with zombies lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-deal-with-zombies-lately/697103 "2014-09-04T13:17:52Z")
I thought the start of school would LESSEN them. --- ## [Tubadiva, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-really/697409)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-really/697409 "2014-09-03T20:49:18Z")
Seriously? In the first place, I don’t think this is a pitworthy comment. Everyone responding to your note so far disagrees with you. Secondly, it wasn’t even a warning, it was a note. People get banned for notes no… --- ## [Opining that Jesus or God are fictional characters is trolling, by definition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opining-that-jesus-or-god-are-fictional-characters-is-trolling-by-definition/697227)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opining-that-jesus-or-god-are-fictional-characters-is-trolling-by-definition/697227 "2014-09-03T20:46:20Z")
I guessed I missed the memo. In this thread about most popular fictional characters, “God” and “Jesus” were nominated. IMO, perfectly valid candidates. Yet Twixter comes in with: Also, IMO, if some people take issue… --- ## [Report function triggers 60 second waiting period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-function-triggers-60-second-waiting-period/697130)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-function-triggers-60-second-waiting-period/697130 "2014-09-03T10:57:29Z")
So we’ve got one of those fake passport guys spamming up the place tonight. I’ve reported a couple of his threads, and both times, when I went to post that I’d done so, I had to wait 60 seconds before “posting again”. I… --- ## [Flavor of Ads in line with the Dope's Mission?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor-of-ads-in-line-with-the-dopes-mission/696895)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavor-of-ads-in-line-with-the-dopes-mission/696895 "2014-09-02T10:44:34Z")
Hey All, Is it just me, or do the flavor of the ads go against the “Fighting Ignorance” mission of the forums? I mean, one trick to pay off a mortgage early… refiniancing? :confused: Where is the trick in that? … --- ## [Is not answering someone's questons considered trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-not-answering-someones-questons-considered-trolling/696885)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-not-answering-someones-questons-considered-trolling/696885 "2014-09-01T14:03:14Z")
A moderator is implying that this is the case in this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731618&page=10 --- ## [Jonathan Chance a clarification please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-a-clarification-please/696890)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-a-clarification-please/696890 "2014-08-31T12:33:51Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=731294 Most respectfully and unfortunately you are less than clear. And I would request you reconsider this. You have now stated that I cannot refer to so… --- ## [What happens when your Private Messages folder is full?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-your-private-messages-folder-is-full/696983)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-your-private-messages-folder-is-full/696983 "2014-08-30T22:06:34Z")
Do you just not receive new messages at all, or are you notified that someone attempted to send a message but it didn’t go through, or does the system start to delete other messages so new ones can be received, or…? --- ## [The Dope Boards get namechecked on NPR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-boards-get-namechecked-on-npr/696764)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-boards-get-namechecked-on-npr/696764 "2014-08-28T19:34:58Z")
Heard it this morning on the way to work. It’s about the sample in Kung Fu Fighting and other incidents of pop culture, and how it has become shorthand for “something Asian is about to happen”, and references this threa… --- ## [I thought it was decided some time ago that mods should always state when they're a mod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-decided-some-time-ago-that-mods-should-always-state-when-theyre-a-mod/696697)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-decided-some-time-ago-that-mods-should-always-state-when-theyre-a-mod/696697 "2014-08-28T12:02:35Z")
Back when I was a mod, there was a discussion in the mod loop about how posters were supposed to distinguish when a mod was posting officially, and when as a poster. The consensus, without disagreement, was that mods sho… --- ## [Tapatalk "popup"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-popup/696712)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-popup/696712 "2014-08-28T01:00:06Z")
When I go to the board on Chrome I get a popup message telling me this board supports tapatalk notifier for chrome. However as far as I can tell that extension no longer exists. --- ## [Pointing out that Art History isn't exactly a useful degree is threadshitting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointing-out-that-art-history-isnt-exactly-a-useful-degree-is-threadshitting/696558)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointing-out-that-art-history-isnt-exactly-a-useful-degree-is-threadshitting/696558 "2014-08-27T18:13:45Z")
We have a new poster, who is in Paris studying Art History. I was modded for pointing out it wasn’t exactly a degree you’ll have a lot of marketable skills with. --- ## [New Posts fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-fail/696456)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-fail/696456 "2014-08-27T00:13:33Z")
The Board’s doing that thing where it is resetting your last visited time again, so hitting ‘New Posts’ gets you no more than half a dozen threads, becoming useless. It’s happened several times in the last week. --- ## [Problem with Email notifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/696315)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/696315 "2014-08-26T21:49:09Z")
I haven’t gotten any notifications about my subscribed threads since early AM - which is pretty unusual. Anyone else notice this today? --- ## [Is the winking smiley not loading for anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-winking-smiley-not-loading-for-anyone-else/696338)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-winking-smiley-not-loading-for-anyone-else/696338 "2014-08-26T06:00:39Z")
I’m getting one of those “image not available” type of images where someone posted the winking smiley. Anyone else experiencing it? :wink: (example) --- ## [Genocide deniers should be put on ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genocide-deniers-should-be-put-on-ignore/696512)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genocide-deniers-should-be-put-on-ignore/696512 "2014-08-26T03:20:53Z")
Mods, I think that genocide deniers should be put on my ignore list. That isn’t a problem except when one of them is a moderator. I would like to put a moderator whom I consider a genocide denier on my ignore list. Can i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=132)