# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=180 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [So I Got a Jerk Warning from Twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-jerk-warning-from-twickster/622562)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-jerk-warning-from-twickster/622562 "2012-05-21T12:21:00Z")
Can you kindly define “jerk?” I mean I think I see a bunch of them on the board. Do mods have special “jerk” training that makes them qualified to make a ‘jerk call’ or warning, if you will? It’s all so confusing beca… --- ## [charter membership renewal - won't be on time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-renewal-wont-be-on-time/622318)
**Author:** [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-renewal-wont-be-on-time/622318 "2012-05-20T18:18:19Z")
Question: My subscription expires on Sunday, but I don’t even have the extra little bit to renew it until the first of June. Will I still be able to be a charter member, if I wait until then to renew? I guess I wouldn’t … --- ## [Ok, I'll do it (Twickster thread closing thread closed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-do-it-twickster-thread-closing-thread-closed/621963)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-do-it-twickster-thread-closing-thread-closed/621963 "2012-05-20T14:22:21Z")
Are we just closing things and not commenting on it anymore? Or what? --- ## [Where is this audio advertisement coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-audio-advertisement-coming-from/622194)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-audio-advertisement-coming-from/622194 "2012-05-18T12:03:20Z")
A few minutes ago, I sat down to my computer, came to the Straight Dope, looked at the threads in General Questions, and opened several of them in new tabs in my browser. So far, business as usual. A few seconds later, … --- ## ["locking" a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-a-thread/622230)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-a-thread/622230 "2012-05-18T02:22:49Z")
is there a way to lock a thread in the same way a document that is available for a number of people to edit is locked when one person opens it? ie. a work group is putting together a presentation, and they all have acce… --- ## [What about credit cards for membership renewal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-credit-cards-for-membership-renewal/620601)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-credit-cards-for-membership-renewal/620601 "2012-05-17T22:44:46Z")
Is there an option? I don’t have a PayPal account and don’t want one. I know last time the was a way to swing it, how about now? --- ## [Jeez, can't we just save ourselves some trouble and just Ban Hitler apologists/deniers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeez-cant-we-just-save-ourselves-some-trouble-and-just-ban-hitler-apologists-deniers/621238)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeez-cant-we-just-save-ourselves-some-trouble-and-just-ban-hitler-apologists-deniers/621238 "2012-05-17T20:38:59Z")
People like GermanicPride pop up like weeds on an otherwise nice lawn. He’s started two threads, one denying that Hitler could have had Jewish roots, and another about how Austrians are Germans or Germans are Austrians … --- ## [Was this a "rant" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-rant/621381)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-rant/621381 "2012-05-17T13:05:53Z")
\[Start of OP started in Elections\] \*\*PBS, politics, current events … potential for bias? \*\* Not Liberal bias; just plain old bias in favor of Democrats … The other day I looked at the schedule of my local PBS affiliate… --- ## [Hyperlinks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlinks/622033)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlinks/622033 "2012-05-16T20:56:52Z")
I think thats what they are called. Where you hide the link and rename it in blue letters. I used to know how to do it, not anymore. --- ## [Search Function and Quotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-and-quotes/622090)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-and-quotes/622090 "2012-05-16T13:56:46Z")
I’ll be the first to admit that I might be “doing it wrong.” But once upon a time, at least some search engines allowed one to put a specific phrase into quotes and then the search results would be limited to cases of t… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/622009)
**Author:** [@Kalimero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalimero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/622009 "2012-05-16T03:15:24Z")
Testesttest:):confused: --- ## [Multiple email notice for the same thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-email-notice-for-the-same-thread/621852)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-email-notice-for-the-same-thread/621852 "2012-05-15T03:29:50Z")
I’m not complaining, just thought that I would mention that I just received 3 copies of the email notice for "Oglaf appreciation thread - very NSFW - hilarious pornographic webcomic" update. This happens about once a we… --- ## [Why was the Twickster ATMB thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543 "2012-05-15T03:01:18Z")
TubaDiva, I don’t understand why you closed this thread. It seems like posters wanted to discuss a moderator, and this is the appropriate forum to do it in. What gives? eta: the reason you stated in thread appeared to… --- ## [Forum member needs to buy a clue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-member-needs-to-buy-a-clue/621936)
**Author:** [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-member-needs-to-buy-a-clue/621936 "2012-05-15T01:55:33Z")
Someone please explain the forum rules to me. Every time I post a reply to a thread, the moderators swarm all over me like enraged hornets! I am, once again, currently “under review for posting privileges”. Tell me, … --- ## [Dufus has been suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dufus-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/621949)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dufus-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/621949 "2012-05-15T01:52:47Z")
Dufus has received four Official Warnings just over two weeks, for political jabs in General Questions and for trolling. Some of his posts in other threads have also been questionable. After discussion by the moderators,… --- ## [Cecil Adams isn't real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-isnt-real/605386)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-isnt-real/605386 "2012-05-14T17:01:40Z")
The question “Is there a Cecil Adams?” came up again in GQ and, once again, Una is pulling her usual gimmick of “the ways of Cecil are mysterious, and so is he, as I talk to him all the time.” No. You don’t. Ever. Cec… --- ## [In MPSIMS, is it threadshitting to disagree with the OP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-mpsims-is-it-threadshitting-to-disagree-with-the-op/621608)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-mpsims-is-it-threadshitting-to-disagree-with-the-op/621608 "2012-05-14T12:05:03Z")
A meltdown in a MPSIMS has resulted in a thread about whether restaurant servers are morons if they don’t anticipate all the potential actions of small children being moved to the Barbecue Pit. During the meltdown, the … --- ## [How do I become a paid subscriber-member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-paid-subscriber-member/621797)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-paid-subscriber-member/621797 "2012-05-13T22:00:27Z")
Color me dense, but in the FAQ’s, it says: In the menu bar at the top of this (and other pages), all I see is Under “Quick Links,” there is a link for “subscribed threads,” but that’s not what I’m looking for. I fou… --- ## [keep getting popups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-getting-popups/621569)
**Author:** [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-getting-popups/621569 "2012-05-11T21:50:30Z")
from arvoicefive.com. don’t know if the advertisers are supposed to be doing popups or not. --- ## [What would be the correct forum for this question, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-correct-forum-for-this-question-please/621575)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-correct-forum-for-this-question-please/621575 "2012-05-11T21:46:00Z")
I’d like to talk about California’s Proposition 29, which is coming up for vote in the June 5, 2012 primary. What would be the correct forum to use. Thanks. --- ## [Marley--disagree with your modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-disagree-with-your-modding/620723)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-disagree-with-your-modding/620723 "2012-05-11T12:27:37Z")
The sort of colorful language you warn people about here is one of the things I most enjoy about the Elections forum specifically and the SD generally. You’re taking the fun out of reading here when you restrict the vigo… --- ## [Twickster, I would appreciate an apology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-i-would-appreciate-an-apology/621481)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-i-would-appreciate-an-apology/621481 "2012-05-10T19:29:40Z")
I have received repeated “heads up” types of comments that I am pushing my luck here, and honestly I realize that even writing this thread now may get me banned. But after doing a little research both here and on other … --- ## [How do you guys identify sock puppets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-guys-identify-sock-puppets/266654)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-guys-identify-sock-puppets/266654 "2012-05-10T12:17:19Z")
I was telling a friend about this board, and trying to get him to join! As I was telling him about some of the rules, I came across the “no socks” rule, and he asked - how do they know? So how do you know? From what I u… --- ## [question about a mod note.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-note/621404)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-note/621404 "2012-05-10T06:35:11Z")
In this thread I asked Christopher Robin Davies if we could take our discussion from the closed spoiler thread to the open spoiler thread. Twickster comes from nowhere with this post.. It’s not the biggest deal in the wo… --- ## [Guests and the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-and-the-pit/621038)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-and-the-pit/621038 "2012-05-09T14:44:57Z")
I understand that bad language is restricted to the pit. But I’m curious about the way Guests can post in the pit. I just saw something in The Pit that I’d like to ask about. Someone posted a thread complaining about … --- ## [Tasteless jokes in IMHO now merit "moderator notes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-jokes-in-imho-now-merit-moderator-notes/621273 "2012-05-08T19:09:13Z")
This response from Ellen Cherry seemed unnecessarily harsh and, what’s more the point, unnecessarily personal considering it’s official status as a moderator note. I may well have a reputation on this board as a fool, a… --- ## [Question about the ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-ads/620451)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-ads/620451 "2012-05-08T16:36:57Z")
I was just wondering about the banner ads I see. Do you guys have any say at all about what kind of ads are acceptable. The reason I ask is I just saw one for Joe Arpaio (something about taking back the country). I wo… --- ## [What if a Mod gets banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787 "2012-05-08T01:27:50Z")
What would happen, in the extremely unlikely event a Mod posted things that got them banned? Has it happened? --- ## [Straight Dope Science Advisory Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-science-advisory-board/621085)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-science-advisory-board/621085 "2012-05-08T00:05:46Z")
When I read some of the older articles, all I see is a first name (possibly even a screen name). Why aren’t these folks allowed to use their real honest-to-god names and get the proper credit? There are some brilliant, w… --- ## [Yay, we've been saved from ourselves again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-weve-been-saved-from-ourselves-again/621013)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-weve-been-saved-from-ourselves-again/621013 "2012-05-07T21:43:05Z")
Link. Miller (who I believe is a good mod) closed the Walmarticus thread even though posters were having a good time. I know this has been done before but this is tiresome. If you really need to be anal about it, move i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=181)