# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=66 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 67 --- ## [What was the point of killing this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-killing-this-thread/830150)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-killing-this-thread/830150 "2019-02-25T17:54:33Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21501444#post21501444 Yes, we have done the 22nd Amendment debate before, but instead of having it again,the mod steps in and kills it. The answer to the OP’s questi… --- ## [SDMB causing slowdowns in my browser.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-causing-slowdowns-in-my-browser/830049)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-causing-slowdowns-in-my-browser/830049 "2019-02-22T23:37:19Z")
Whatever you did to the adverts and such like for the last few months has been great, I’ve been able to treat the SDMB as just another website rather than making sure I KILL KILL KILL all browser windows every single tim… --- ## [My one infraction and personal history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-one-infraction-and-personal-history/721919)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-one-infraction-and-personal-history/721919 "2019-02-22T19:02:53Z")
I’m a little tired of seeing my one infraction for “being a jerk” in an NFL thread from five years ago. Why should this “never expire”? My peevishness was over some guy continually calling football fans “unmanly” for com… --- ## [Hey, the Chrome highlighting glitch for sultanstheme seems to have been solved!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-the-chrome-highlighting-glitch-for-sultanstheme-seems-to-have-been-solved/829747)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-the-chrome-highlighting-glitch-for-sultanstheme-seems-to-have-been-solved/829747 "2019-02-22T05:18:23Z")
Well thanks to the admins! I just edited a post of mine and noticed that I could highlight the text in the edit box and SEE the highlighted text. I first thought the skin had involuntary turned to the classic one, but no… --- ## [Have BBQ Pit rules changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-bbq-pit-rules-changed/829917)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-bbq-pit-rules-changed/829917 "2019-02-21T04:21:42Z")
In the BBQ Pit, in a thread titled “Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread”, Colibri posted in reply to someone questioning whether a new poster was a sock or not: Isn’t attacking one and all pretty much the reason the Pit exists … --- ## [The cornfield and post numbering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cornfield-and-post-numbering/829904)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cornfield-and-post-numbering/829904 "2019-02-20T20:10:25Z")
In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21498073#post21498073 reference was made to what looked to be a banned poster creating a new name and getting several posts in. By the time I hit the … --- ## [Question about BeenJammin banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-beenjammin-banning/829881)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-beenjammin-banning/829881 "2019-02-20T19:07:57Z")
Ban announcement. Here’s the final warning, presumably the last straw. Why is this being a jerk and worth a warning? He said that he found the title of the thread funny. What’s wrong with that? It looks to me like a… --- ## [BeenJammin is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beenjammin-is-banned/829867)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beenjammin-is-banned/829867 "2019-02-20T02:15:04Z")
For racking up warnings following suspension, poster BeenJammin is banned. Suspension: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852300&highlight=beenjammin Warnings: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/… --- ## [Identity theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft/829825)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft/829825 "2019-02-19T14:39:43Z")
Bad stuff is going on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk --- ## [Can't highlight text in Chrome? Read this. \[also affects Firefox now\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-highlight-text-in-chrome-read-this-also-affects-firefox-now/816468)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-highlight-text-in-chrome-read-this-also-affects-firefox-now/816468 "2019-02-19T09:11:23Z")
We have had several threads in ATMB lately about being unable to highlight text, for copying and pasting, for example. This is a bug in Chrome, and is not a problem with the SDMB itself. It is believed that this bug was … --- ## [A thread cosing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-cosing/829392)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-cosing/829392 "2019-02-19T02:47:15Z")
So, I make a post about a zany incident thinking people might want to read about it and coment on/snark about it, and it is closed. Meanwhile, ever fewer (new, non-sock people) are joining the board and contributing. Per… --- ## [Theme default??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-default/829717)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-default/829717 "2019-02-19T02:36:17Z")
All of a sudden this morning, I can’t keep my default as Straight Dope v3.7.3 - it keeps switching back to Sultantheme… Is this a new quirk or am I missing a setting to keep it from changing? Yeah, I know, 1st world pr… --- ## [Jonathan Chance, what's with the defensiveness over some polls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-whats-with-the-defensiveness-over-some-polls/829634)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-whats-with-the-defensiveness-over-some-polls/829634 "2019-02-18T17:32:01Z")
jsc1953 has festooned Elections with several “March Madness” polls related to the 2020 Dem primaries. A couple (but not all) of those poll threads have included some responses questioning the logic of the seedings. Notic… --- ## [doorhinge has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-has-been-suspended/829703)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-has-been-suspended/829703 "2019-02-17T03:08:59Z")
For receiving four warnings in the last year, including three in the last three months, doorhinge has been suspended for 7 days. November 2018 warning January 2019 warning February 2019 warning --- ## [Posting about items for sale or auction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-about-items-for-sale-or-auction/829291)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-about-items-for-sale-or-auction/829291 "2019-02-12T18:12:18Z")
The other day I started this thread about a model from \*Starship Troopers \*being up for sale on eBay. I knew about the auction because the item was being sold by a friend/acquaintance of mine who had emailed a few people… --- ## [Another look at "active users" at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133 "2019-02-10T19:08:14Z")
Rather than add more complications to the current thread What happened to some of the more prominent posters? which was started 11-19-2011, 10:30 PM by Uncommon Sense – and to which I contributed this post, this post, t… --- ## ["That's a lie" and the edges of rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lie-and-the-edges-of-rules/824582)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lie-and-the-edges-of-rules/824582 "2019-02-09T01:35:04Z")
The following exchanges occurred in a thread about the White House lies about Jim Acosta: I’m about to split hairs, but I think it’s for a good cause. Sherrerd didn’t accuse doorhinge of lying. He(?) said that a spe… --- ## [Two questions on thread subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-on-thread-subscriptions/829136)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-on-thread-subscriptions/829136 "2019-02-08T22:02:34Z")
Is there a way to subscribe to a thread with instant email notification on Tapatalk? Can guests subscribe to a thread? --- ## [posting a picture on the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture-on-the-board/828922)
**Author:** [@ohiomstr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ohiomstr2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture-on-the-board/828922 "2019-02-06T20:47:29Z")
I need help identifying a component on my car and would like to postvit here to ask you foljs. How do I go about doing this? Thanks in advance --- ## [asahi's warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahis-warning/828954)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahis-warning/828954 "2019-02-06T18:21:28Z")
I can’t agree with this warning. We’re all asking why Northam hasn’t resigned, and asahi is clearly parodying Northam justifying why he should stay on as governor - as an old white man who grew up in an era of ingrai… --- ## [Requested change in policy under the new Tuba-Managed Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requested-change-in-policy-under-the-new-tuba-managed-dope/828734)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requested-change-in-policy-under-the-new-tuba-managed-dope/828734 "2019-02-04T09:26:47Z")
You guys, IMO, are waaaaaaay to quick at closing ATMB threads. The Huey banning is clearly something people want to talk about and there’s no outlet at the moment because you keep closing the threads. Not counting this… --- ## [Happy Birthday Cecil!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-cecil/828831)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-cecil/828831 "2019-02-02T23:23:34Z")
It has come to my attention that, in addition to celebrating rodents predicting the weather, February 2nd is also the anniversary of the day Cecil Adams sprang, full grown, from the forehead of an unnamed cough editor in… --- ## [...so why hasn't Elmore been banned yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-hasnt-elmore-been-banned-yet/828645)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-hasnt-elmore-been-banned-yet/828645 "2019-02-02T00:16:57Z")
…the recent banning of Huey Freeman was justified for the following reasons: Miller made it clear that Huey wasn’t banned for “hate speech”, he wasn’t banned for “going too far.” He was banned for trolling. In that… --- ## [Record for closings/openings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-for-closings-openings/828786)
**Author:** [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-for-closings-openings/828786 "2019-02-01T18:06:16Z")
One of the things I like about the Mods here is that, in a sense, they at least admit they can be not-totally-right or possibly even wrong. Sometimes :slight\_smile: And the one other ATMB thread being locked and unlock… --- ## [Can we adjust banning policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-adjust-banning-policy/828656)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-adjust-banning-policy/828656 "2019-02-01T14:49:56Z")
Can we get rid of the insta-ban for anything but spam and socks? In other words, any initial banning would be a 7 day ban, with any repeat behavior after return, if within some defined span (a year?) leading to permane… --- ## [Note to admins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-admins/828773)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-admins/828773 "2019-02-01T13:56:45Z")
Just posting something so I have some thing to respond too. --- ## [Huey Freeman is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huey-freeman-is-banned/828587)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huey-freeman-is-banned/828587 "2019-01-31T22:50:07Z")
After discussion with the rest of the moderation staff, I’ve banned Huey Freeman as a troll. Based on the other ATMB thread about Huey, and the numerous reports I’ve received about him from the BBQ Pit, I thought I shou… --- ## [Odd problem on mobile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-problem-on-mobile/828592)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-problem-on-mobile/828592 "2019-01-30T01:26:32Z")
OK I was trying to sign in on aTablet and it would go to the you’ve signed in screen and then log me out saying I had my screen name and password wrong… and sometimes I don’t even get past the sign in screen … --- ## [Thanks for shortening the search cooldown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-shortening-the-search-cooldown/828046)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-shortening-the-search-cooldown/828046 "2019-01-29T16:39:31Z")
Maybe there’s already been a thread but if not: Thank you for taking it from 2 minutes to 10 seconds. That will save aggravation. The 2 minute cooldown was a less-than-charming reminder of the augustness of the place. --- ## [Signing off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-off/827091)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-off/827091 "2019-01-29T14:15:18Z")
Hello all- As of today I will be stepping down as a mod. It has been such a marvelous experience and I’ve enjoyed it very, very much. I’ve learned a lot as a moderator and it’s been a pleasure to peak behind the curtai… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=67)