# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=55 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 56 --- ## [Warning for using a phrase that the OP used without receiving a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151 "2019-12-24T10:00:18Z")
In post#28 of this thread, Esteemed Moderator Colibri hands out two official warnings. The second of these applies to poster Taesahnim, for using the same “pseudo-hypothetical” phrase as appears in the thread’s OP. Thi… --- ## [UCBearcats has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ucbearcats-has-been-banned/845316)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ucbearcats-has-been-banned/845316 "2019-12-24T00:17:00Z")
UCBearcats has been banned for trolling. Most recent warnings: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22041642#post22041642 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21762945#post21762945 h… --- ## [ECG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ecg/845295)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ecg/845295 "2019-12-23T15:04:43Z")
So I cannot get clarification why ECG felt the need to close my thread. Happy Holidays!! --- ## [Vegan and semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845292)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-and-semen/845292 "2019-12-23T14:27:44Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=887219 So if this was kept strictly to oral sex would this have been.ok? --- ## [Is the board eating posts at a higher rate than in the recent past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-eating-posts-at-a-higher-rate-than-in-the-recent-past/844956)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-eating-posts-at-a-higher-rate-than-in-the-recent-past/844956 "2019-12-23T00:06:46Z")
I swear I posted twice in separate threads, saw my posts, then came back later and they were gone. Anyone else having posts disappear? Just me? OK, I see how it is… --- ## [Just color testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-color-testing/845156)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-color-testing/845156 "2019-12-22T19:59:19Z")
Basic Red Dark red Blue Barely blue Party --- ## [Disputation and The Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputation-and-the-straight-dope-message-board/843977)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 759\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputation-and-the-straight-dope-message-board/843977 "2019-12-21T20:27:54Z")
I have separated this out from Bone’s thread to focus on this query exclusively. \*\*Bone is no longer a moderator on this board. \*\* Like all of us, he had times when he was glorious and times when he was wretched. All… --- ## [Friend request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/845153)
**Author:** [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request/845153 "2019-12-21T16:40:20Z")
Sorry for posting such a stupid, basic question (even more so in appearance since I’ve been around for a little while now) but what is a friend request and what happens if one accepts one? Funny, snarky replies welcomed… --- ## [Testing time stamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-time-stamp/844931)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-time-stamp/844931 "2019-12-21T05:37:41Z")
Changed my settings- will the correct time stamp appear? ETA: Yes, finally! --- ## [Maybe puddleglum misunderstood the analogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-puddleglum-misunderstood-the-analogy/844965)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-puddleglum-misunderstood-the-analogy/844965 "2019-12-18T19:24:50Z")
I urge Jonathan Chance to reconsider his warning from the thread “\[THREAD=886260\]Where’s the line between advising someone to take steps to protect themselves and victim-blaming?\[/THREAD\]” It appears to me that puddleglu… --- ## [Calling People Stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-people-stupid/844810)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-people-stupid/844810 "2019-12-16T13:58:35Z")
Is this appropriate moderation? From this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634302&page=2 Post that received the warning (#75): Warning (#88): I think it’s bad form to warn a poster for… --- ## [What's with the flurry of bannings of late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-flurry-of-bannings-of-late/844695)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-flurry-of-bannings-of-late/844695 "2019-12-13T16:19:15Z")
We’ve had some fairly high-profile posters - HurricaneDitka, Barack Obama, Budget Player Cadet, SamuelA - bite the dust of late. Are the mods just clamping down harder these days, or did these posters all hit their criti… --- ## [Testing a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/844668)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/844668 "2019-12-13T15:44:25Z")
Here are my thoughts on this poll topic. --- ## [Quoting quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-quotes/844764)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-quotes/844764 "2019-12-13T06:13:10Z")
Can you modify the Quote function so that embedded quotes are included in the quote? If I reply to a message by Quoting it, or select it for multiple quotes with the +, only text that the poster wrote is included. If th… --- ## [A humble suggestion/idea...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-humble-suggestion-idea/844562)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-humble-suggestion-idea/844562 "2019-12-12T15:25:54Z")
I’m wondering if maybe, in the name of civil discourse, and to perhaps balance the ‘BBQ Pit’ effect, we might consider adding a new forum specifically for civil discourse. It could be broadly defined as ‘no frothy rheto… --- ## [Good luck, signing off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-signing-off/843952)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-luck-signing-off/843952 "2019-12-11T20:07:49Z")
Thus far I’ve been pretty careful about revealing personal information on the boards. I’m a pretty private person. I think many people would assume I’m older than I am, and that I’m a white person. It makes me chuckle… --- ## [Ain't It Good To Know You've Got A Friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-good-to-know-youve-got-a-friend/836100 "2019-12-11T18:30:15Z")
I’m sure this has been previously addressed, but: Is there any actual point to the “Friends” function on this board, or is it just something that came with the software that can be used as a minor form of validation but… --- ## [Barack Obama is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-banned/844687)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-is-banned/844687 "2019-12-11T03:16:43Z")
For earning a warning via PM following a suspension, poster Barack Obama is banned from the Straight Dope Message Board. Suspension: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881750 Warnings: PM not linke… --- ## [HurricaneDitka is Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-is-banned/844679)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-is-banned/844679 "2019-12-11T01:40:07Z")
For earning a warning for trolling following a suspension, HurricaneDitka is banned from the Straight Dope Message Board. Warnings for 2019: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22019397&postcount=6 htt… --- ## [...will the board consider explicit transphobia hate-speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-board-consider-explicit-transphobia-hate-speech/842204)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-board-consider-explicit-transphobia-hate-speech/842204 "2019-12-10T23:11:45Z")
…TW: the posts in this thread are offensive, and may upset some people. This was posted in a thread about “Transgender activists pressure Always to Womens symbol of feminine hygiene products.” Transphobia can be defin… --- ## [need help managing my inbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-managing-my-inbox/844628 "2019-12-10T10:55:00Z")
I need to get rid of a lot of PMs but only 7 are displayed in my inbox and I don’t see how to get to the other 241. I have the option to delete them but I’d like to see them first, just in case. how do I get to the ones… --- ## [Mods, when moderating, could you please post in black and white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-when-moderating-could-you-please-post-in-black-and-white/844460)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-when-moderating-could-you-please-post-in-black-and-white/844460 "2019-12-10T08:24:34Z")
I ask, because I am color-blind, and the recent move towards the red color by the mods, when moderating, makes things difficult to see, for me. In fact, it’s damn near impossible. Can we just go back to: \[Moderating\] … --- ## [Drunky Smurf has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunky-smurf-has-been-suspended/844622)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunky-smurf-has-been-suspended/844622 "2019-12-09T22:05:08Z")
After a review and a discussion in the Mod loop, Drunky Smurf has been suspended for 30 days for his behavior in this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=886510 --- ## [Reloading read threads as unread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reloading-read-threads-as-unread/844516)
**Author:** [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reloading-read-threads-as-unread/844516 "2019-12-09T16:52:16Z")
I don’t know if this happens in other forums here, but in the game threads, when I reload the topics page, it keeps reloading read threads as unread, and sometimes it does this several times before the read threads reloa… --- ## [Words vs. Intent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-vs-intent/844502)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-vs-intent/844502 "2019-12-09T05:11:35Z")
Recently, we’ve had one poster claiming that the word “harpie” (sic) is offensive in and of itself. OTOH, a different poster claimed that “no problem” ISN’T offensive, because that wasn’t the intent behind the remark. S… --- ## [Has this message board ever been so short of moderators before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-message-board-ever-been-so-short-of-moderators-before/844206)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-message-board-ever-been-so-short-of-moderators-before/844206 "2019-12-07T18:42:30Z")
I can’t remember a time when the board administration actually sent out a call for moderators. If this is the situation, I imagine that explains why, when I wanted to get approval for an iffy question I wanted to ask in… --- ## [New Thread on Board Performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-on-board-performance/694442 "2019-12-07T14:50:17Z")
RE: Stupid Republican thread Well, sure, with over 15,000 posts… But it seems to take an awful long time for a “New Post” window to open. Maybe it’s time to archive the old thread and start a new one? (For “Bragging … --- ## [Non-Great-Debaters: what would make it better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-great-debaters-what-would-make-it-better/843983)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-great-debaters-what-would-make-it-better/843983 "2019-12-06T15:13:18Z")
There’s a handful of us wanna-be talking heads who spend a lot of time in Elections and Great Debates. There are also a fair number of people whose expressed opinion of these forums is Oh Fuck No. I know it’s seen as a l… --- ## [What does "good conservatism" look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-good-conservatism-look-like/843985)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-good-conservatism-look-like/843985 "2019-12-06T01:31:26Z")
We seem to be in a season of “examining ourselves” of late with many threads in ATMB. With \*\*Bone’s \*\*recent departure and also \*\*TubaDiva’s \*\*thread, I’ve had something on mind lately: What does good conservatism look … --- ## [Questions about accounts that show up as "BANNED"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-accounts-that-show-up-as-banned/844325)
**Author:** [@BrianDime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianDime)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-accounts-that-show-up-as-banned/844325 "2019-12-04T21:01:30Z")
Are all those folks actually banned, or is there an ability to set your status to “BANNED” as an inside joke? I checked the FAQ and didn’t see anything except for about “real” banning. I only ask b/c it seems somewhat co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=56)