# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=190 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 191 --- ## [How often do you unsubscribe from a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-unsubscribe-from-a-thread/604964)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-unsubscribe-from-a-thread/604964 "2011-12-05T16:51:30Z")
I find myself maybe once every two weeks or so unsubscribing from a thread that I’ve been subscribed to. Usually because it’s gotten boring to read, but sometimes because it’s gotten too long too fast and I can’t keep up… --- ## [test for inserting links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-inserting-links/604355)
**Author:** [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-inserting-links/604355 "2011-12-05T16:30:53Z")
http://www.metafilter.com/ --- ## [Looking for thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-thread/604935)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-thread/604935 "2011-12-05T14:47:35Z")
Hallo, I am looking for a thread - about 1 year old I think, which was a multiple page abortion thing (as these things are). In this thread, there was a post going into great details to the development of the fetus, poi… --- ## [Gonzomax's banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomaxs-banning/603824)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomaxs-banning/603824 "2011-12-04T03:14:10Z")
Marley23 has opened and then locked a thread about Gonzomax being banned for frequent personal insults in threads not in the Pit. I read each of the examples cited and in almost every case it seemed to me that other pos… --- ## [What exactly happens when you "friend" someone here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happens-when-you-friend-someone-here/604421 "2011-12-03T21:17:15Z")
You’d think after 6 or 7 years I’d know, but I don’t. Is there some secret sharing of posts or something? For the life of me I can’t work out why this would be advantageous. Quick look-up to PM or something? --- ## [Thread about 911](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-911/604908)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-911/604908 "2011-12-03T03:14:25Z")
I’ve been told there is a thread asking if there were survivors on the aircraft in which we eviscerated the OP. I can’t find it on a search. Help fight my ignorance. --- ## [Proposed expansion of the prohibition on "you're lying"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-expansion-of-the-prohibition-on-youre-lying/604304)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-expansion-of-the-prohibition-on-youre-lying/604304 "2011-12-03T01:00:59Z")
I have a two-tiered proposal. As a matter of etiquette, posters should refrain from accusing others directly or indirectly of dishonesty, outside of the pit. That means you don’t accuse others of “pretending” anythin… --- ## [Can we get rid of Boo! in the drop down menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-rid-of-boo-in-the-drop-down-menu/603488)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-rid-of-boo-in-the-drop-down-menu/603488 "2011-12-03T00:21:20Z")
It’s cluttered enough as it is. --- ## [Clarify "pushing my luck," please, Marley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-pushing-my-luck-please-marley/604864)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-pushing-my-luck-please-marley/604864 "2011-12-02T17:58:02Z")
You tell me I’m pushing my luck here , Marley–would you indulge me by telling me what exactly you mean? I’m using an obviously outdated column to cite a tone that hasn’t been struck around here for a few decades? I’m alr… --- ## ["Cecil" setting awful example of civility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-setting-awful-example-of-civility/604861)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-setting-awful-example-of-civility/604861 "2011-12-02T17:45:01Z")
In this thread “Cecil” begins each of his responses to what looks like a GQ to me by striking a hostile and abusive tone with his questioners, none of whom offered him anything like that level of abuse in their questions… --- ## [Shame on the SDMB admin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730 "2011-12-02T05:44:21Z")
For almost two days now, there has been a thread in GQ entitled rather sensationally as “Mormons and their Lies”. Such a phrasing, as pointed out rather eloquently within hours of its appearance by Leo Bloom, cannot but … --- ## [Things that annoy you about the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809 "2011-12-02T03:05:41Z")
“This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in 1 seconds.” 1 seconds??? I don’t know why it’s annoying, since I’m not a language Nazi. Maybe it’s because everything else about the S… --- ## [test poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/604384)
**Author:** [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/604384 "2011-12-01T17:20:01Z")
Never done this before, making sure I understand it … --- ## [test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/604568)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/604568 "2011-11-30T16:09:13Z")
test --- ## [Zombie threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/598774)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/598774 "2011-11-30T14:55:27Z")
There is a thread in Great Debates that \*\*Marley23 \*\*shut down which was over 11 years old. :eek: Is it possible to set a flag with the board software that will permit a thread to be found in a search, to be opened for … --- ## [Sooo......Holiday Forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-holiday-forum/603362)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sooo-holiday-forum/603362 "2011-11-30T01:45:14Z")
This year a Boo! Forum was created for Halloween. I never really visited it and I never really figured out why it was created when in the past forum sprawl has been pretty heavily fought. But, nonetheless we got it. Mayb… --- ## [Spectre of Pithecanthropus has retired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319 "2011-11-29T22:42:44Z")
\[del\]He’s escaped.\[/del\] Seriously, he has stepped down as a moderator and has returned to quiet, peaceful, happy real life. I do remind him that, like the song says, “You can check out any time you like, but you can n… --- ## [tomndebb, why the animosity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-the-animosity/604208)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-why-the-animosity/604208 "2011-11-29T17:53:22Z")
Tom, why all the personal animosity? What have I ever done to you? People have frequently complained about your biased moderation before, but it seems as though you have something personal against me, and I want to know … --- ## [What happened to some of the more prominent posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-some-of-the-more-prominent-posters/603518)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-some-of-the-more-prominent-posters/603518 "2011-11-29T01:56:03Z")
I’ve been basically AWOL for a couple of years. I stopped back to check in on you guys to make sure you’re all behaving (not so much) and I noticed that some of the more “special” of us have moved on. Dio? Liberal? A… --- ## [The noisy adds are back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noisy-adds-are-back/604135)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noisy-adds-are-back/604135 "2011-11-28T23:17:10Z")
What can I do to block them? --- ## [Board courtesy question regarding usernames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-courtesy-question-regarding-usernames/603901)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-courtesy-question-regarding-usernames/603901 "2011-11-28T17:15:59Z")
Just curious about the polite way to do something. I just made this post. Note that the second sentence begins with “Jsc1953”. In accordance with board custom, I bolded his name. I also capitalized it. Ordinarily, h… --- ## [I love this website!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-website/603537)
**Author:** [@sheriffnathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sheriffnathan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-website/603537 "2011-11-28T16:40:56Z")
That is all!!! Thank you, Cecil!!! --- ## [Really, samclem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-samclem/604095)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-samclem/604095 "2011-11-28T00:31:06Z")
In this thread ralph asks what happened to the Russian camera manufacturing industry and Hail Ants makes the following joke: wat Did a Soviet camera maker kill your dog or something? --- ## [Administrator vs Moderator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrator-vs-moderator/603972)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrator-vs-moderator/603972 "2011-11-25T16:31:54Z")
Can a mod over rule an administrator? :smiley: From this thread I do think samclem makes a hell of a lot more sense. --- ## [Tapatalk not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-not-working/602005)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-not-working/602005 "2011-11-24T01:26:38Z")
I’ve been using the Android Tapatalk app for a while, and several days ago the SD stopped communicating with it. The other forums I have bookmarked are fine. Is anyone else having this problem, and is it something to be … --- ## [gonzomax has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomax-has-been-banned/603763)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomax-has-been-banned/603763 "2011-11-22T16:22:00Z")
gonzomax was suspended in early 2010 and his behavior improved for a time, but he’s been warned five times since this summer- the last one coming a couple of weeks after he was specifically told that he was likely to get… --- ## [The lifespan of threads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lifespan-of-threads/603534)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lifespan-of-threads/603534 "2011-11-22T12:17:20Z")
I don’t understand. How come there are some threads that remain forever and a day, and then there are others that seem to disappear quickly? In Mindless Pointless etc…there was a thread entitled Ask the Abused Father w… --- ## [Teaching myself to add a link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-to-add-a-link/603454 "2011-11-22T12:08:15Z")
I have finally turned into my mother. I’m trying to teach myself how to add a link. I don’t use a mouse. I’m probably gonna blow this a few times. Anyone that makes fun of me doesn’t get free food when we open our del… --- ## [Not Getting All Email Notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-all-email-notifications/603465)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-all-email-notifications/603465 "2011-11-22T03:38:16Z")
As the title says, my email notifications only come sporadically. For instance, I get updates on the American Horror Story thread, but not in the one about deep Christian rock songs. And haven’t at all since I subscribed… --- ## [Suggestion for renaming MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-renaming-mpsims/602958 "2011-11-21T00:30:43Z")
to something like Miscellaneous Personal Stuff I Must Share? There have been some threads moved there from different forums lately with a mod note along the lines of “it’s not that we think your thread is pointless, thi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=191)