# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=89 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/789800)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/789800 "2017-06-25T01:44:22Z")
ok --- ## [Why can't I enable WYSIWYG editing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-enable-wysiwyg-editing/789644)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-enable-wysiwyg-editing/789644 "2017-06-23T02:16:03Z")
I’ve selected that option but I’m not getting it. --- ## [Have we outgrown Cecil? , "What does God need with a starship?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-outgrown-cecil-what-does-god-need-with-a-starship/789042)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-outgrown-cecil-what-does-god-need-with-a-starship/789042 "2017-06-23T01:57:42Z")
I remember the day where it was common to quote “the perfect master”, and while I do see that occasionally, very occasionally, well seldomly, perhaps rarely, um let’s make that very rarely, well almost never to be honest… --- ## [Not sure where to post something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-where-to-post-something/789608)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-where-to-post-something/789608 "2017-06-22T23:01:50Z")
I have a topic I have been wanting to post on for several months now but I am not exactly sure how I want to approach it. It deals with some theories I have on mass free source collaborations. I want people to feel free … --- ## [Does SDMB have a manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sdmb-have-a-manager/789477)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sdmb-have-a-manager/789477 "2017-06-21T17:31:51Z")
Does a single person own this web site and make all the final decisions? --- ## [Incorrect/Bogus Renewal Notices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-bogus-renewal-notices/786760)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-bogus-renewal-notices/786760 "2017-06-20T18:55:52Z")
Please be aware that a site that we have been using to test SDMB software changes has been sending out renewal notices. If you receive a renewal notice that contains a link to avolatech.com instead of boards.straightdope… --- ## [Test posting (tapatalk is acting weirdly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-posting-tapatalk-is-acting-weirdly/789354)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-posting-tapatalk-is-acting-weirdly/789354 "2017-06-20T13:46:35Z")
Just a test, and that’s that. --- ## [Just test posting- move along citizen - nothing to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-test-posting-move-along-citizen-nothing-to-see/789322)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-test-posting-move-along-citizen-nothing-to-see/789322 "2017-06-20T10:44:51Z")
They called the huge, half naked man “Mandingo”. He taught Python at the local community college. To the whores he was known as “Tighty Whitey”. He thought it was magnesium, but he wasn’t sure. It was driving him insan… --- ## [The Straight Dope sets the record straight again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-sets-the-record-straight-again/789184)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-sets-the-record-straight-again/789184 "2017-06-19T19:34:13Z")
Today Cracked.com has a “Pictofacts” piece and the Straight Dope is cited for one of the 12 items! 12 Things You Believe Because Propaganda Told You To The Straight Dope is cited in #2 for Does a mattress double its we… --- ## [Is it OK to discuss or ask about other online communities here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-discuss-or-ask-about-other-online-communities-here/789340)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-discuss-or-ask-about-other-online-communities-here/789340 "2017-06-19T06:38:23Z")
Specifically, Facebook. I ask because I am aware that some other message boards or social platforms prohibit discussions about rivals or competitors. Thanks, Spectre --- ## [Please ban dude robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ban-dude-robert/789270)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ban-dude-robert/789270 "2017-06-18T05:35:03Z")
He sucks. --- ## [Count Blucher is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-blucher-is-banned/789116)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-blucher-is-banned/789116 "2017-06-16T16:53:33Z")
For sending multiple abusive private messages, Count Blucher is banned. --- ## [Help me find this porn video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-porn-video/789088)
**Author:** [@myeidsex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myeidsex)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-porn-video/789088 "2017-06-16T06:34:46Z")
I don’t know if it was movie or video but it was about bbw white girl raped in e forest by 2 guys and her husband or dad was tied to a tree and looking at them and screaming --- ## [need a little help links won't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-help-links-wont-work/789018)
**Author:** [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-help-links-wont-work/789018 "2017-06-15T23:45:53Z")
When I try to click a link on the dope I get taken to a blank white page straightdope.com something something something. The search function does the same thing for me. I can follow the links to the forum and faq and r… --- ## [Question/suggestion about ignore list posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-suggestion-about-ignore-list-posts/787976)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-suggestion-about-ignore-list-posts/787976 "2017-06-14T15:04:23Z")
The ignore function is simple enough–put someone on ignore and their posts don’t display for you unless you click on the link to display a particular post. In a few threads in The BBQ Pit (no link provided because I don’… --- ## [Do we have an active subreddit on Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-an-active-subreddit-on-reddit/788521)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-an-active-subreddit-on-reddit/788521 "2017-06-13T16:02:55Z")
I mean one specifically for this message board, not Straight Dope articles and books. The talk of diminishing active users got me thinking. I saw one the other day, but it was private and I pm’d the moderators to get an… --- ## [Malware Report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-report/788690)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-report/788690 "2017-06-11T22:12:56Z")
I can’t read this message board without getting bitten by this crap. I was in the BBQ Pit, in a thread about American bigots being out in force when I was shanghaied into a website called News and Promotions.com. It ha… --- ## [Is it at any time permissible to argue what you don't believe on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-at-any-time-permissible-to-argue-what-you-dont-believe-on-the-sdmb/787993)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-at-any-time-permissible-to-argue-what-you-dont-believe-on-the-sdmb/787993 "2017-06-11T01:01:27Z")
First let me say that I have never ever done this. With that out of the way let me expatiate on my question. This occurred to me when I was reading of the homeless man in Portland charged with stealing the wedding ring … --- ## [Thread closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closing/788571)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closing/788571 "2017-06-10T05:36:00Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20267234&postcount=9 The question was whether anyone who has access to AP Stylebook can tell me if they say anything about the Democrat vs Democratic thing. That quest… --- ## [Disappearing posts/threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-posts-threads/788460)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-posts-threads/788460 "2017-06-08T22:30:29Z")
Within the week or so I’ve made posts in 2 threads that seem to have disappeared. One was a thread about teeth whitening systems and the other was about an alternative bitcoin economy. Searching on my username produces n… --- ## [Guest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/787866)
**Author:** [@bikerdruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikerdruid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/787866 "2017-06-04T15:57:58Z")
I have registered; made a few posts, but still an listed as “Guest.” What’s up? --- ## [Charter Members who haven't posted in years-how do they maintain their title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561 "2017-06-03T20:32:59Z")
Thanks to another active thread here (the banned one) which had a link to a 17 year old thread, I noticed 2 Charter Members in it. This one, Alphagene, hasn’t signed in here since 2004, yet he still has the title. Is t… --- ## [Something is broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-broken/787829)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-broken/787829 "2017-06-02T14:23:49Z")
Test --- ## [Do pit threads started by obvious trolls get disappeared into the field now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pit-threads-started-by-obvious-trolls-get-disappeared-into-the-field-now/787716)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pit-threads-started-by-obvious-trolls-get-disappeared-into-the-field-now/787716 "2017-05-31T17:41:23Z")
I think I missed something; a pit thread was started yesterday by a blatant troll. I won’t go into details. But along with the troll’s stuff was an angry exchange with a regular member and most other people that posted i… --- ## [Beren Erchamion is Suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beren-erchamion-is-suspended/787743)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beren-erchamion-is-suspended/787743 "2017-05-30T23:37:44Z")
Beren Erchamion has been suspended for 7 days for receiving 3 warnings in just over a 1 month period. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20161992&postcount=210 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpo… --- ## [Props to ecg, and mods, and when they feel talkative in non ATMB forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-to-ecg-and-mods-and-when-they-feel-talkative-in-non-atmb-forums/787220)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-to-ecg-and-mods-and-when-they-feel-talkative-in-non-atmb-forums/787220 "2017-05-28T18:40:06Z")
Had this little exchange earlier this morning in GQ, and thought it was worth posting here. engineer\_comp\_geek \[…\] Moderator Note I have edited the thread title to indicate that there are spoilers in this thread (The… --- ## [Censoring for Decency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censoring-for-decency/787309)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censoring-for-decency/787309 "2017-05-25T15:31:50Z")
I’m not upset about the moderator action to delete a pair of highly offensive jokes, in this thread, but I am rather curious. Traditionally, this site has not been one to censor simply to spare the sensibilities of reade… --- ## [Why Can't I Use the Board Search Feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-use-the-board-search-feature/787369)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-use-the-board-search-feature/787369 "2017-05-25T00:44:18Z")
Every time I use the forum search tool, I get the message “not working”? What gives? I know they like to to search a topic before you post it. But apparently I can’t anyways. Is it the fault of the boards, or my comput… --- ## [Clarification on the thread rules in the MPSIMS Manchester thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-on-the-thread-rules-in-the-mpsims-manchester-thread/787339)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-on-the-thread-rules-in-the-mpsims-manchester-thread/787339 "2017-05-24T16:17:38Z")
IvoryTowerDenizen laid down some discussion limits in the MPSIMS thread that discusses the Manchester bombing. I have a question about those rules, which I am bringing here in an effort to not derail the thread with meta… --- ## [Polling test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-test/787082)
**Author:** [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-test/787082 "2017-05-24T13:39:15Z")
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