# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=255 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 256 --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/500667)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/500667 "2009-06-22T23:52:00Z")
testing something --- ## [What is this place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-place/500635)
**Author:** [@crippyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crippyboy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-place/500635 "2009-06-22T21:27:20Z")
Keep hearing about this straightdope site… what makes it different than every other message board? It looks like there is pro’s that answer questions and stuff so i guess you have to keep everything formal and no making … --- ## [Can't stay logged in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stay-logged-in/500623)
**Author:** [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stay-logged-in/500623 "2009-06-22T18:47:03Z")
I keep getting logged out today. I’ve logged in 4 times since 12:00 CST (It’s now 13:20), and I had to log in again just to send this post. Not leaving the message board, but I am flipping from one thread to another. A… --- ## [Why does it say "guest" under my username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-say-guest-under-my-username/499515)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-say-guest-under-my-username/499515 "2009-06-19T11:58:16Z")
:confused: I’ve been a member for years, and I haven’t gotten any e-mails telling me to renew. (No, not even in my spam folder.) --- ## [Is that a misspelling on the SD Main Page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-misspelling-on-the-sd-main-page/500202)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-misspelling-on-the-sd-main-page/500202 "2009-06-18T18:43:06Z")
…in the threadspotting title: Go titillate yourself, you falacious masticator! --- ## [What is the proper forum for "Ask The" threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-forum-for-ask-the-threads/500146)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-forum-for-ask-the-threads/500146 "2009-06-18T05:45:31Z")
I want to post an “Ask Me” thread, since I finally have something I think people would be interested in, and have the time to follow the thread. So, my question is where is the proper place to post it? Is it is MPSIMS or… --- ## [So, the truth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-truth/500040)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-truth/500040 "2009-06-17T05:53:32Z")
So when are you guys going to admit you’re a bunch of liberal cocksukers and let Wierddave back on the boards? I mean, he only called spades as/when he saw them on the other prejudiced liberal cocksuckers you admins/mod… --- ## [What’s a YouTube fragment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-youtube-fragment/499197)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-youtube-fragment/499197 "2009-06-17T05:52:52Z")
In the A Meme to banish forever… thread, CKDH pops in to let us know that “YouTube fragments” are a possible source of copyright violation: What’s a YouTube fragment? Is it just a YouTube clip (fragment) of copyrighted… --- ## [Asking for users' emails to be sent via private message - kosher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-users-emails-to-be-sent-via-private-message-kosher/499938)
**Author:** [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-users-emails-to-be-sent-via-private-message-kosher/499938 "2009-06-16T18:11:55Z")
My company is fundraising for the American Heart Association Heart Walk. I’d like to start a thread wherein I ask users to send me their email addresses via private message. I’d then enter these addresses on our fundr… --- ## [Splash page stripped of all HTML?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splash-page-stripped-of-all-html/499941)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splash-page-stripped-of-all-html/499941 "2009-06-16T15:24:33Z")
Clicked on “http://www.straightdope.com/”, and got the home page-all stripped down, with just some linked text in the upper left corner, and “Today’s Question:” with no actual question. Site being updated or something, … --- ## [A Proposal for guest membership name change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-for-guest-membership-name-change/498240)
**Author:** [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-for-guest-membership-name-change/498240 "2009-06-14T15:42:01Z")
I would like to propose that the “Guest” title should be assigned only to newbies on the board for the first three months or so, and then their title could be upgraded to “Member” if they continue to post. “Guest” seems … --- ## [Hey Tomndebb, grow a pair already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tomndebb-grow-a-pair-already/499075)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tomndebb-grow-a-pair-already/499075 "2009-06-14T13:49:22Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11221057&postcount=172 Man up. Either find some specific behavior of mine and warn, or ban, but don’t go around swinging your mod dick because we all know that you don… --- ## [On the appopriateness of pointing out that another poster is full of shit in the pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-appopriateness-of-pointing-out-that-another-poster-is-full-of-shit-in-the-pit/499688)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-appopriateness-of-pointing-out-that-another-poster-is-full-of-shit-in-the-pit/499688 "2009-06-14T11:42:54Z")
I see it was outside the pit. At any rate, I believe there is a lot of precedence for telling posters they are full of shit outside of the pit. --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499572)
**Author:** [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499572 "2009-06-12T21:51:40Z")
This is a test of my emergency moblie posting system. --- ## [Benefits of paid membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-paid-membership/499367)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-paid-membership/499367 "2009-06-12T19:08:43Z")
Can someone tell me or link to the relevant page where I can see the benefits of paid of membership? I can’t seem to find the info. Thanks. --- ## [Ads on the Dope . . . slippery slope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-the-dope-slippery-slope/499274 "2009-06-10T19:48:41Z")
It started out with one little google-blurb at the bottom of the page . . . and now there’s one above the masthead and another between the OP and the second post and a bunch more at the bottom . . . Next thing you know w… --- ## [Q.E.D. has been suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/499361)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/499361 "2009-06-10T17:52:08Z")
Poster Q.E.D. has been suspended for one month for a pattern of personal insults outside the BBQ Pit. Latest example here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11223514&postcount=7 Q.E.D. has been suspen… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499352)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499352 "2009-06-10T16:57:47Z")
Shhhh, I be hunting buggies. TESTING. :):confused::eek::mad::rolleyes::cool::p:D;):o:(:dubious::smack: M U C EE ... \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ | \_ \\\_\_\_/ \_ | | |\_| \_\_\_ |\_| | | / \\ | \\\_\_/ \\… --- ## [This is really fr$@%^g annoying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150)
**Author:** [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-fr-g-annoying/496150 "2009-06-10T12:51:12Z")
This has been going on for some time now but this morning it’s arsed me to finally say something. I got up around six, got the coffee going, open the Dope and see yet another chapter in the ongoing saga that is Stoid. G… --- ## ["Hat In Hand" - Time For Da Quas'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hat-in-hand-time-for-da-quas/498916)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hat-in-hand-time-for-da-quas/498916 "2009-06-09T21:45:01Z")
Y’all, I never thought this would happen to me, but it has. Since being diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s and not being able to work, I am having to watch every damn penny until my SSDI kicks in (if it ever will - … --- ## [Book advertising on the Straight Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-advertising-on-the-straight-dope/497240)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-advertising-on-the-straight-dope/497240 "2009-06-09T14:38:24Z")
We’re starting a push to market The Straight Dope as the place for publishers and authors to advertise their books, and with that goal in mind are offering a low introductory ad rate. Here’s the basic pitch and ad guidel… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499207)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499207 "2009-06-09T14:36:38Z")
test --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499203)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499203 "2009-06-09T13:40:12Z")
test test test --- ## [test test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-test/499202)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-test/499202 "2009-06-09T13:30:47Z")
test --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499201)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/499201 "2009-06-09T13:23:56Z")
Testing. --- ## [What is this odd error message when quoting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-odd-error-message-when-quoting/498958)
**Author:** [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-odd-error-message-when-quoting/498958 "2009-06-09T00:05:49Z")
I got this error message today when quoting someone in a GQ thread: \*You have selected 1 post that is not part of this thread. Quote this post as well, or deselect this post. \* Huh? I previewed and only the quote I wa… --- ## [An old bug resurfaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-bug-resurfaces/499086)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-bug-resurfaces/499086 "2009-06-08T15:11:24Z")
Forgive me for piling on an already busy staff, but there are threads that are not updating in terms of who the last poster was. I have heard before, I believe, that the explanation is that “it takes time” to update that… --- ## [Request for multiple threads for same promotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-multiple-threads-for-same-promotion/498944)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-multiple-threads-for-same-promotion/498944 "2009-06-08T15:11:03Z")
For the Darlin’ Diva with the Tuba \[del\](Breasts again!) \[/del\] OOOOPS! :eek: More Freudians! Good grief! :o :frowning: For the Darlin’ Diva with the Tuba REHEARSALS THAT KEEP HER BUSY: \[del\]Well, I didn’t mean um, y… --- ## [What the heck happend to hyper links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happend-to-hyper-links/499080)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-happend-to-hyper-links/499080 "2009-06-08T10:38:19Z")
Used to when I hit that button the first window would read: “Type the text you want the link to read” then the 2nd box would read; “Enter link”. Why doesn’t it do that anymore? Also, since it doesn’t; how do I do it m… --- ## [Looking for a clarification re Oprah thread warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clarification-re-oprah-thread-warnings/498686)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clarification-re-oprah-thread-warnings/498686 "2009-06-08T01:19:11Z")
The other day CDH pulled out his hickory switchand sent mod warnings to a bunch of us. I have no problem with the warning as the threadreally was kinda-sorta getting out of hand, and I have to admit the OP’s “Yay Oprah, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=256)