# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=178 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 179 --- ## [Wait, Baldwin got banned? How come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742 "2012-06-21T22:10:53Z")
Baldwin seemed like one of the more inoffensive posters around. And also a font of useful information. Did I miss something? --- ## [Gezmo banned for trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gezmo-banned-for-trolling/625841)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gezmo-banned-for-trolling/625841 "2012-06-21T14:56:59Z")
In case we hadn’t realized what he was up to, he started this thread this morning: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=655956 NOTE: seriously NSFW link on anal masturbation. --- ## [For fans, or anyone nurturing a grudge....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-or-anyone-nurturing-a-grudge/625441)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-or-anyone-nurturing-a-grudge/625441 "2012-06-21T00:09:11Z")
…Cosmic Relief is now known as ‘HMS Irruncible’, for no particular reason other than now feels like a good time for a whimsicality upgrade, and such changes are permitted under rule IV, subsection pi, etc, etc. --- ## [Uh, Marley...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-marley/625429)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-marley/625429 "2012-06-19T21:41:53Z")
I just saw that I received a warning from you: \[QUOTE=Marley23\] \[QUOTE=magellan01\] Well how about you actually contribute to THOSE debates when their taking place, little Miss Linda Richmond? How the fuck is it helpfu… --- ## [A proposal to cut down some types of undesirable posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-to-cut-down-some-types-of-undesirable-posting/625513)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-to-cut-down-some-types-of-undesirable-posting/625513 "2012-06-19T16:19:45Z")
As I’ve noticed, most of the conspiracy theories, racist screeds, spam, trolling and people-who-obviously-won’t-be-with-us-for-long make their offending posts very early on. To the point where I usually skip the thread o… --- ## [Either we can hijack a thead to comment on someone's posts or we can't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-we-can-hijack-a-thead-to-comment-on-someones-posts-or-we-cant/625491)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-we-can-hijack-a-thead-to-comment-on-someones-posts-or-we-cant/625491 "2012-06-19T03:16:20Z")
Let’s start with the basics. kayaker posted this about me in an unrelated thread: This is in reference to a post I made in the Pit that people made fun of me for. It’s pretty vile, so I’ll not link it here. Now, of co… --- ## [What's with the Straight Dope logo next with each post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-straight-dope-logo-next-with-each-post/625553)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-straight-dope-logo-next-with-each-post/625553 "2012-06-18T23:45:43Z")
See subject. I might just have missed the memo. --- ## [Ghana Gold PM Spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghana-gold-pm-spam/625366)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghana-gold-pm-spam/625366 "2012-06-18T21:55:47Z")
I received this spam PM Should I forward it to the Straight Dope Spam Officer of the Watch so that, hopefully, the address can be blocked? Or should I simply nuke it? It’s only fair that the SDMB get a 30-per-cent c… --- ## [Besides "moronic" what words are not allowed to be used to describe another poster's arguments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-moronic-what-words-are-not-allowed-to-be-used-to-describe-another-posters-arguments/625478)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-moronic-what-words-are-not-allowed-to-be-used-to-describe-another-posters-arguments/625478 "2012-06-18T17:07:33Z")
Since we’re not allowed to describe a person’s posts or arguments as “moronic”, I’m wondering what other words are we not allowed to use to describe a poster’s arguments. Are we not allowed to use the terms “stupid”, “i… --- ## [I can't do back to people what they do to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-do-back-to-people-what-they-do-to-me/625487)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-do-back-to-people-what-they-do-to-me/625487 "2012-06-18T05:04:15Z")
nm --- ## [Charter Subscription expiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscription-expiry/625408)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscription-expiry/625408 "2012-06-18T02:20:24Z")
I received this as an email today: Dear Cicero, Your access to the paid subscription “Custom Title Charter Subscription” is about to expire. To renew this subscription you must visit http://boards.straightdope.com/sdm… --- ## [Looking for a thread where someone knew of legitimate at home employment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-thread-where-someone-knew-of-legitimate-at-home-employment/625437)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-thread-where-someone-knew-of-legitimate-at-home-employment/625437 "2012-06-17T18:51:06Z")
I did a few searches and I can’t find it. It was incoming call work. Our receptionist got canned and I thought it would be perfect for her as she is visibly pregnant pregnant and most companies aren’t looking to hire a… --- ## [Unable to access the SDMB from Dolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-access-the-sdmb-from-dolphin/625139)
**Author:** [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-access-the-sdmb-from-dolphin/625139 "2012-06-16T01:12:52Z")
This started happening several days ago. I can access, log in, etc from Chrome on my macbook, but my dolphin browser on mobile cannot access SDMB, or straightdope.com. It hangs for a moment then returns error 400, ‘siz… --- ## [New test thread started from Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-test-thread-started-from-tapatalk/625248)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-test-thread-started-from-tapatalk/625248 "2012-06-15T19:40:08Z")
Checking to see if I’m automatically subscribed and if I get email notifications. --- ## [Hey - There's a Cecil / Dope Answer on Jeopardy tonight \[2012/06/11\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-a-cecil-dope-answer-on-jeopardy-tonight-2012-06-11/624861)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-a-cecil-dope-answer-on-jeopardy-tonight-2012-06-11/624861 "2012-06-15T16:47:40Z")
Just an FYI notice (not about the clue itself). The show just finished in the Eastern time zone, but Central & Pacific zone viewers can still catch it… National recognition for Unca Cece & the Dope! :smiley: --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043 "2012-06-15T04:26:21Z")
Everythingis better with bacon. --- ## [I object and demand a retraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-and-demand-a-retraction/624843)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-and-demand-a-retraction/624843 "2012-06-14T23:45:28Z")
This warning I did not in my post wish harm upon anyone. You and others may believe whatever you want about my desires, but the wish stated was to take pleasure in an inevitable condition of human life. If that is a v… --- ## [A question on GEEPERS banning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-geepers-banning/625022)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-geepers-banning/625022 "2012-06-14T13:47:47Z")
I understand that he has been banned. I am hoping I can get reasoning behind that one? Not that I think it is unwarranted, for what that’s worth, but usually there is a “here is a list of warnings, here is the straw th… --- ## [Mugshots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots/625012)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots/625012 "2012-06-13T14:14:17Z")
My friend had record sealed, but Mugshots.com still has his mugshot and he wants it removed. What he must do? --- ## [Where did the "restricted language in the Pit" rules come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-restricted-language-in-the-pit-rules-come-from/624246)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-restricted-language-in-the-pit-rules-come-from/624246 "2012-06-13T13:53:14Z")
It seems bizarre to me that, in a forum dedicated specifically (in part) to complaints about other posters, we are allowed to say whatever nasty things we want about another poster, except a certain list of specific Very… --- ## ["You last visited" is wrong..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-last-visited-is-wrong/624963)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-last-visited-is-wrong/624963 "2012-06-13T00:54:45Z")
On my Windows 7 laptop, running Chrome. Several times a week I find my “last visited” time stamp is wrong. I haven’t logged in since Sunday, but it claims my last visit was at 8:25am today. On the off chance someone w… --- ## [Your opinion of the language restrictions in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-the-language-restrictions-in-the-pit/624900)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-the-language-restrictions-in-the-pit/624900 "2012-06-12T14:01:25Z")
Looks like I can do the poll here. Decided to let the poll be private (encourage more lurkers to vote). --- ## [Why is Cynyc suspended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cynyc-suspended/624867)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cynyc-suspended/624867 "2012-06-12T03:37:35Z")
I was enjoying her interesting voice. Now I see she’s “suspended”? What did she do? --- ## [cynyc suspended for a month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cynyc-suspended-for-a-month/624873)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cynyc-suspended-for-a-month/624873 "2012-06-12T03:37:00Z")
cynyc has been suspended for 30 days ending July 11. cynyc has only been on the board for a few months but has been warned three times in the last month about being a jerk. She was warned for this insulting MPSIMS post … --- ## [I'm confused that the Steve Almond thread was moved to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-that-the-steve-almond-thread-was-moved-to-the-pit/624751)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-that-the-steve-almond-thread-was-moved-to-the-pit/624751 "2012-06-11T09:56:37Z")
Marley, in this thread, you wrote \[QUOTE=Marley\] If this discussion is going to start by calling people trolls, it belongs in The BBQ Pit, not Great Debates. Moved. \[/QUOTE\] But the people being called trolls weren’t… --- ## [Is the back arrow key giving anyone else problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-back-arrow-key-giving-anyone-else-problems/624626)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-back-arrow-key-giving-anyone-else-problems/624626 "2012-06-10T20:55:33Z")
Lately, whenever I hit the back arrow key one the Dope it doesn’t work right. I have to click it 3 or 4 times before the page goes back to the previous one. I guess it could be my computer but the Dope is the only plac… --- ## ["Watch ..." spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-spam/624388)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-spam/624388 "2012-06-10T13:23:41Z")
It’s been a pretty consistent and persistent series of the same spam (the latest with a teaser about the latest Avatar/Airbender show and placed in the wrong forum for such threads) and I am assuming that some effort has… --- ## [Has the rule against added bolded or italicized text to quotes been relaxed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-added-bolded-or-italicized-text-to-quotes-been-relaxed/624281)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-added-bolded-or-italicized-text-to-quotes-been-relaxed/624281 "2012-06-09T13:33:49Z")
Glancing over the boards in the last few days I have noticed a few instances of people quoting other posts and adding emphasis via bold or italics to certain words to make a make a point. Has the rule against doing that … --- ## [Creative Loafing no more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-loafing-no-more/624400)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-loafing-no-more/624400 "2012-06-08T18:16:12Z")
Forgive me if you’ve covered this already, but I couldn’t help but notice that all reference to Creative Loafing, Atlanta, etc, has disappeared from the bottom of the pages. What’s it mean? Are we no longer associated w… --- ## [At username mention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-username-mention/624372)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-username-mention/624372 "2012-06-08T16:27:39Z")
I know forum software suggestions are usually ignored, but I’m curious to know if it’s even an option with newer versions of the board software to do something similar to how @username works on Twitter - some bbcode fu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=179)