# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=62 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 63 --- ## [Changed function on aging threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-function-on-aging-threads/835711)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-function-on-aging-threads/835711 "2019-06-27T19:22:04Z")
Usually, a thread that isn’t read gets ‘aged’ into being ‘already read’ after about two hours. At least during the day; in the early morning, the time is longer. There’s several differences apparent to the user: whether … --- ## [Regularly getting logged out of the SDMB on one computer- and ONLY that computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regularly-getting-logged-out-of-the-sdmb-on-one-computer-and-only-that-computer/836094)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regularly-getting-logged-out-of-the-sdmb-on-one-computer-and-only-that-computer/836094 "2019-06-26T21:43:48Z")
I’ve got two desktop computers- one at home, one at work. I’ve also got my phone, and a surface laptop. I frequently browse the SDMB on everyone of those. However, while I very rarely have to sign back into the SDMB on … --- ## [So what's the etiquette on thanking those who answered your GQ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-etiquette-on-thanking-those-who-answered-your-gq/835795)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-etiquette-on-thanking-those-who-answered-your-gq/835795 "2019-06-22T04:35:51Z")
As a GQ thread winds down, I usually give a general thanks to all posters who answered, but it seems most people don’t do that (though I can’t say I’ve done a thorough analysis). I can see the point - you’re bumping a t… --- ## [Mod note in the joke thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637 "2019-06-20T07:46:05Z")
Something in this thread raised my eyebrows. Not a lot, mind you, just a tad. This joke is posted: Which generates this mod note: My eyebrows then asked this question: It is forbidden to speak of raping a woman, but… --- ## [No PayPal to Renew, Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-paypal-to-renew-now-what/835722)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-paypal-to-renew-now-what/835722 "2019-06-19T03:04:33Z")
What does one do if they DO NOT have Pay Pal??? I have to renew by June 24th, and time is running out as I have a major family event for which to prepare. My Pay Pal account is defunct. Can one move money INTO pay pal? (… --- ## [How do I get a list of my old posts on the Dope MB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-my-old-posts-on-the-dope-mb/835661)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-my-old-posts-on-the-dope-mb/835661 "2019-06-18T02:23:18Z")
I need to find one from a long time ago. Thanks. --- ## ["\[Immigrants\] breed like rabbits"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-breed-like-rabbits/834483)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-breed-like-rabbits/834483 "2019-06-17T13:55:58Z")
We have a new member (welcome, new member!) who likes to write things about immigrants like: To their credit, all three of the mods of Great Debates have responded, two with their mod hats on. But there’s no warning, … --- ## [Request to Re-Open the Lawnmower Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-to-re-open-the-lawnmower-thread/835613)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-to-re-open-the-lawnmower-thread/835613 "2019-06-17T13:21:12Z")
Re: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21700413#post21700413 ecg certainly meant well when he closed the thread, but the result was that he silenced women. Being silenced is far more off-putting than … --- ## [Don't press tab and space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-press-tab-and-space/582110)
**Author:** [@Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-press-tab-and-space/582110 "2019-06-17T01:57:49Z")
Cause if you do, your post will be posted before you are ready. Is this a bug or a feature? --- ## [Mod Note in The Tinted Windows Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469 "2019-06-17T00:57:18Z")
ISTM that this Mod Note is based on a misunderstanding. As pkbites points out, the “you” is the generic “you” in the traffic stop, not anyone in the thread. Reading it in context I think makes it clear. Please conside… --- ## [We can't compliment the appearance of someone on a TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-compliment-the-appearance-of-someone-on-a-tv-show/835095)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-compliment-the-appearance-of-someone-on-a-tv-show/835095 "2019-06-12T15:31:57Z")
The comment in question was not, FTR, some kind of coarse, vulgar, sexual one. Rather, it was simply: “Sorry to see him go, he was nice to look at!” I’m incredulous that this would merit a slap on the wrist. (I woul… --- ## [I don't understand this warning in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-warning-in-the-pit/835241)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-warning-in-the-pit/835241 "2019-06-11T13:02:27Z")
I don’t usually read the pit, except when I’m really bored, and I make a habit of not posting there. However I stumbled over this particular thread. The thread started with this: Then, presumably after consulting the … --- ## [Custom Title Charter Subscription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-title-charter-subscription/835263)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-title-charter-subscription/835263 "2019-06-10T20:32:49Z")
I got the following email from our Imperial Webmaster: I’m not really going to revert back to a mere Guest and see advertising with the rest of the proletariat, am I? My Charter Membership is all paid up, so I get to r… --- ## [Can anyone explain this to me regarding my membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this-to-me-regarding-my-membership/835282)
**Author:** [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-this-to-me-regarding-my-membership/835282 "2019-06-10T14:55:32Z")
I recently (well, admittedly a month ago) received this email: I now see that I have “Member” status, not “Guest” status. Which is interesting, considering I was paid up for another year. Why did I lose my charter memb… --- ## [A few questions about the Marketplace...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-marketplace/835202)
**Author:** [@Marginalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marginalia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-marketplace/835202 "2019-06-09T01:52:17Z")
Hi everyone, here’s my cliché ‘long-time lurker, first-time poster’ first post. In real-life, I am having to take care of an aging parent and it is difficult to keep a regular job. So I have an eBay store and I would l… --- ## [Is linking to an SDMB thread on another message board considered board wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-linking-to-an-sdmb-thread-on-another-message-board-considered-board-wars/835137)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-linking-to-an-sdmb-thread-on-another-message-board-considered-board-wars/835137 "2019-06-07T00:52:25Z")
I’m active on a few message boards. I know we’re not supposed to link to other message boards on the SDMB. But, if I’m on another message board, is it considered bad form to provide a link to an SDMB thread? Obviously, w… --- ## [Have to hit back arrow several times to go back to previous page.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-hit-back-arrow-several-times-to-go-back-to-previous-page/835133)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-hit-back-arrow-several-times-to-go-back-to-previous-page/835133 "2019-06-07T00:43:45Z")
OK, I suspect this might be a Firefox question/issue as much as a Straight Dope issue, but it seems to happen here more than other sites I visit. If I click on a topic and go forward to the thread page, and then read th… --- ## [Cookie problem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-problem/833222)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-problem/833222 "2019-06-06T10:53:16Z")
Having trouble with cookies the SDMB leaves on my computer. The problem is the list of “new subscribed threads” isn’t working properly. It shows new posts in my subscribed threads. After I’ve read them and refresh the… --- ## [Spaces are getting deleted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaces-are-getting-deleted/835048)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaces-are-getting-deleted/835048 "2019-06-06T05:33:16Z")
I noticed a day or two ago that I posted something and had to go back and separate words. I wasn’t 100 percent sure it wasn’t my own error. But then just now a quote from another person’s post got a couple words “smush… --- ## [Do as I say and not as I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-as-i-say-and-not-as-i-do/834909)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-as-i-say-and-not-as-i-do/834909 "2019-06-05T01:29:01Z")
This mod note was added to a GD thread: It strikes me as bad form to mix partisan sniping into a mod note that instructs we “leave partisan sniping for a different thread”. Any thoughts from the mod squad? --- ## [The elections forum is broken. Please move the World Cup threads to thread games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869 "2019-06-03T20:32:57Z")
I already started a pit thread, but now I’m making a formal request. No offense to the poster, but these kinds of threads are basically multiple versions of the same topic and they’re pushing down other threads, other to… --- ## [LAZombie has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazombie-has-been-suspended/836250)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazombie-has-been-suspended/836250 "2019-06-02T04:00:00Z")
After receiving 4 warnings in just over the last year, including two for trolling, LAZombie has been suspended for one month. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20999681&postcount=10 https://boards.str… --- ## [Rehashing a c. 20 Year Old Question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rehashing-a-c-20-year-old-question/834860)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rehashing-a-c-20-year-old-question/834860 "2019-06-01T06:19:19Z")
I was just wondering if I could restate or re-ask (is ‘re-ask’ a word?) a question I asked about 20 years ago or so. I know the mods look down on so-called zombie threads. But I wouldn’t be reintroducing the same old th… --- ## [AK84 is suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak84-is-suspended/835327)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak84-is-suspended/835327 "2019-06-01T04:00:00Z")
User AK84 has accumulated a dozen warnings over the time he has been here, the most recent of which were today, May 7, and September 18. In addition, in response to the most recent warning, he sent a private message ind… --- ## [Removing Signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-signature/834766)
**Author:** [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-signature/834766 "2019-05-31T20:23:39Z")
Hi all, Many years ago I added a signature to my profile that appears every time I post. A lot has changed over those years and I’d love to either update the signature or remove it entirely. Yet when I review my profi… --- ## [Search is Now Showing More than 100 Posts at a Time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-is-now-showing-more-than-100-posts-at-a-time/834730)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-is-now-showing-more-than-100-posts-at-a-time/834730 "2019-05-29T23:57:35Z")
When did this happen? --- ## [Getting auto-logged out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-auto-logged-out/834533)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-auto-logged-out/834533 "2019-05-29T17:46:50Z")
I am suddenly getting logged out of the board after an undetermined period of activity. This seems to have just started happening today. This came to my attention when I posted in a thread and then left the window open … --- ## [Searching for threads more than one year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-threads-more-than-one-year-old/834624)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-threads-more-than-one-year-old/834624 "2019-05-29T05:33:27Z")
I was searching for a certain thread that has the word Pentecost in the title. It should be just a little over a year old. But I could search for threads not older than one year or less? Is this a change? --- ## [renewing subscription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewing-subscription/834082)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewing-subscription/834082 "2019-05-29T00:02:43Z")
I do not want to use PayPal but when I go to the link to renew(I was reminded by email) there is no second page with payment options. So, what do I do? --- ## [Proposal: Disallow disparaging nicknames in the debate forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-disallow-disparaging-nicknames-in-the-debate-forums/834063)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-disallow-disparaging-nicknames-in-the-debate-forums/834063 "2019-05-27T15:51:01Z")
I’d like to propose that disparaging nicknames for political figures (Cheeto, Obummer, Shrub) be disallowed in the debate forums (GD and Elections). I believe they already are in GQ. I propose this because those forums… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=63)