# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=74 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 75 --- ## [Disingenuous in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disingenuous-in-great-debates/817276)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disingenuous-in-great-debates/817276 "2018-07-07T19:41:00Z")
Just wondering if calling someone disingenuous in GD is kosher or verboten. It seems similar to calling them lying, but it’s really a different accusation, I think. To me, it’s more like saying that they are not debati… --- ## [Netflix N-word thread locked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-n-word-thread-locked/817425)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-n-word-thread-locked/817425 "2018-07-07T13:35:33Z")
The thread “Netflix exec fired for “using” N-word” seems to be locked without a moderator post explaining why … https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21068274 … or did I miss it? --- ## [What's the private message count on non-member accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-private-message-count-on-non-member-accounts/817441)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-private-message-count-on-non-member-accounts/817441 "2018-07-06T23:29:32Z")
My membership expired this week because I forgot about it and there wasn’t a big notice for renewal or anything on the boards. I’m not thrilled about paying twice as much to get a non-charter member title so I just let i… --- ## [A mundane and mostly pointless question, though it is about SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922 "2018-07-06T22:49:27Z")
I note that in my posts I’m listed as OldGuy Charter Member while many (most ?) others, e.g., Northern Piper are listed as Northern Piper Charter Member I thought at first this was due to the relative shortness of… --- ## [Shouldn't thread title clarification edits be accurate? (Wet Dream thread in the Pit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-thread-title-clarification-edits-be-accurate-wet-dream-thread-in-the-pit/817435)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-thread-title-clarification-edits-be-accurate-wet-dream-thread-in-the-pit/817435 "2018-07-06T21:49:03Z")
Here is a Pit thread that The Vorlon posted to complain about the incompetence demonstrated by the bureaucrats who issued the death certificate after the passing of his mother (aside: my condolences for your loss, The Vo… --- ## [Where to post a request for programmer/referral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-post-a-request-for-programmer-referral/817336)
**Author:** [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-post-a-request-for-programmer-referral/817336 "2018-07-05T22:02:42Z")
I’m looking to post a thread asking for info or referrals for an iOS programming project. Not sure which forum is appropriate, so hoping for guidance on that. I am not looking to discuss the project itself, but to perha… --- ## [Highlighting Text on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighting-text-on-the-sdmb/817291)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighting-text-on-the-sdmb/817291 "2018-07-04T18:40:04Z")
I just found out I can’t highlight text with my mouse, on the Straight Dope Message Board, whether if I am trying to post the text, or if the text is in another location. I have to tell you all, I just got a new compute… --- ## [Pitting in Obituary Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-in-obituary-threads/817054)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-in-obituary-threads/817054 "2018-07-01T18:27:45Z")
Is there a policy against pitting in obituary threads? Should there be? \[I raised this issue as a consequence of the Harlan Ellison obituary thread which seems to have turned into a pit against his sexual harassment.\] --- ## [Thread moved from Elections to IMHO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-moved-from-elections-to-imho/817047)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-moved-from-elections-to-imho/817047 "2018-06-30T17:10:24Z")
The “Trump-Putin summer summit?” thread was recently moved from Elections to IMHO. I’m curious about the reason given as I wasn’t aware that a debate topic was necessary for a thread to be in Elections. I thought Elec… --- ## [Another SDMB clone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-clone/814589)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sdmb-clone/814589 "2018-06-28T21:21:59Z")
https://boards.academicpursuits.us/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=2 Another copy of the SDMB. --- ## [This wasn't a parody thread was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wasnt-a-parody-thread-was-it/816952)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wasnt-a-parody-thread-was-it/816952 "2018-06-28T20:53:31Z")
Here Yes, the thread title was a parody, but the OP was a legitimate question. Why did you shut it down Colibri? --- ## [I came across a suspicious "SDMB" site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-across-a-suspicious-sdmb-site/816759)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-across-a-suspicious-sdmb-site/816759 "2018-06-28T20:25:42Z")
I actually just wanted to let someone know and give them the address but I didn’t know who or how so I started this thread (I know how to report posts etc., but not how to make a general report). The website is: https:/… --- ## [Silenus has a custom title, which although I can live with, isn't right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silenus-has-a-custom-title-which-although-i-can-live-with-isnt-right/816495)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silenus-has-a-custom-title-which-although-i-can-live-with-isnt-right/816495 "2018-06-28T02:45:57Z")
Sorry to go public with this, but a query to the mods went unanswered. Silenus, this is not about you and me… Unless he changes it immediately (in which case all evidence is gone forever :)) for I don’t know how long t… --- ## [In which forums is the use of "tard" acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-forums-is-the-use-of-tard-acceptable/813762)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-forums-is-the-use-of-tard-acceptable/813762 "2018-06-27T21:18:46Z")
Some time ago I was involved in a thread which made several references to “libtards”. At that time, our esteemed Jonathan Chance wrote: Recently, in a MPSIMS thread, Blank Slate posted this: Is the use of “Trump and … --- ## [Cannot highlight text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-highlight-text/816285)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-highlight-text/816285 "2018-06-27T14:58:01Z")
Is anyone else having this problem? I have the little text pointer icon when I hover over a post, but can’t do anything. Backspace is acting strangely, too. In fact just now I tried to backspace over the last part of thi… --- ## [The oldest question answered by the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-question-answered-by-the-sdmb/754311)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-question-answered-by-the-sdmb/754311 "2018-06-25T02:08:18Z")
Does anyone know the oldest question to be answered by this board? This is something that never fails to amaze me. We recently had a 12 year old thread about a painting answered in the Cafe Society. The oldest one I k… --- ## [What is the oldest zombie in SD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-zombie-in-sd/816570)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-zombie-in-sd/816570 "2018-06-23T03:54:05Z")
X-posted, by mistake, to The oldest question answered by the SDMB?. My Voodoo on moths today the oldest (known) zombie? 19 years. Couldn’t find a corpse OP on this topic just now, but if anyone knows that this was asked… --- ## [Just updated Chrome - cannot see highlighted section](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-updated-chrome-cannot-see-highlighted-section/816464)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-updated-chrome-cannot-see-highlighted-section/816464 "2018-06-22T17:53:31Z")
I just updated Google Chrome. I wanted to copy and paste a few words someone wrote and google them, but the highlighting doesn’t appear. I can highlight passages in other tabs - so it appears to be SDMB-specific. Any ide… --- ## [How big is the SDMB database?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-the-sdmb-database/816110)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-the-sdmb-database/816110 "2018-06-22T11:26:48Z")
Just a thought I had. I used to program and administrate databases and am always interested, maybe a little obsessed, about such details. It’s been a while (almost twenty years), many posts and other things had to be sto… --- ## [If Pit threads for members are allowed, it should only be for things they post in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pit-threads-for-members-are-allowed-it-should-only-be-for-things-they-post-in-the-pit/816320)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pit-threads-for-members-are-allowed-it-should-only-be-for-things-they-post-in-the-pit/816320 "2018-06-21T22:07:00Z")
Personally, I don’t think Pit threads about members should be allowed. If someone doesn’t like what someone else posts, they should contact the moderators to handle it. But if pitting members is allowed, I think it sho… --- ## [DavidwithanR is suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidwithanr-is-suspended/816336)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidwithanr-is-suspended/816336 "2018-06-18T19:47:46Z")
For 2 warnings in just over the last month, including the most recent one for threats, as well a new thread in the Pit about advocating the assassination of the president, \*\*DavidwithanR \*\*has been suspended for 1 week. --- ## [Thread Games: Have the kind "questions" within threads, and responses, become more personal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-have-the-kind-questions-within-threads-and-responses-become-more-personal/816096)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-have-the-kind-questions-within-threads-and-responses-become-more-personal/816096 "2018-06-16T20:59:05Z")
It seems to me that the intermittent topics within some Thread Game OPs as well as the rai·son d’ê·tre of one entire OP have become a place where posters are asked and answered more or less truthfully (if the spirit of t… --- ## [Can't select a block of text on this site.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196 "2018-06-16T13:31:29Z")
I browse and post to this site with Google Chrome, currently version 67.0.3396.87 Something has changed recently and I can’t select text with my mouse anymore. It’s worst when I’m trying to respond to a quoted post. I… --- ## [Chicago Reader sold-Any SDMB Effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-sold-any-sdmb-effect/816165)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-reader-sold-any-sdmb-effect/816165 "2018-06-15T23:50:03Z")
Just announced. Anyone know about the acquiring company? --- ## [Lower share of female regulars. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-share-of-female-regulars-what-to-do/815612)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-share-of-female-regulars-what-to-do/815612 "2018-06-14T20:42:57Z")
Let’s start with establishing the premise. Two separate polls about eight years both showed at that time a gender distribution of about 35 to 41% female (one with various options) and male of about 57%. Two recent poll… --- ## [Does this diserve a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-diserve-a-warning/816056)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-diserve-a-warning/816056 "2018-06-14T14:54:44Z")
Poster starts a thread, ends it with “Explain for me, please. Or at least reveal I am a moron for even considering this.” I make the joke “You are a moron for even considering this.” Get warning for an insult. --- ## [question about hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hate-speech/815989)
**Author:** [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hate-speech/815989 "2018-06-14T05:50:15Z")
This occurred to me last night when a thread was brought to my attention while I was participating in the now closed Chimera thread. One was this thread: here I linked to page 9 because near as I can tell that’s where … --- ## [Q: Subscription Types](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-subscription-types/815438 "2018-06-13T14:21:13Z")
It’s that time of year where I will need to renew my SD subscription once again. Can you remind me what a Custom Title Member Subscription is? …Is this an upgrade on top of the basic subscription price? And, if so, what … --- ## [text highlighting not visible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004 "2018-06-13T13:05:35Z")
When I click & drag on text for copy & paste purposes on this board, the highlight color isn’t visible. The copy function still works. I just can’t see what I highlighted. What to do, what to do? --- ## [Moderation approves personal harassment by silence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-approves-personal-harassment-by-silence/815870)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-approves-personal-harassment-by-silence/815870 "2018-06-13T03:39:34Z")
(Extended campaign of personal harassment across the Pit and AMTB) Me (Repeatedly): Hey moderators, could you do something about this? Moderators: \ Even direct PM’ing only resulted in ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯. So since tha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=75)