# A Couple Of (Innocent) SDMB Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 24, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176 "2013-01-24T02:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/41 "2013-01-24T15:27:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Hey, some new posters really hit the ground running. Adapt and learn with remarkable speed, instinctively know which topics will spark vigorous debate, and generally demonstrate a familiarity that at first blush suggests a much longer history with the board than their join date would indicate. [And some don’t have to adapt because they are entitled to do whatever they want.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15931664&postcount=28) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/42 "2013-01-24T16:34:55Z")
> [@Sevencl](#): > > First question - don’t disagree with consensus (this goes for everyone forever, not just first time posters). You are a troll if you disagree with popular beliefs. Okay, you win. Enough. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/43 "2013-01-24T16:38:14Z")
Should’ve got a tuneup for that eighth cylinder. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/44 "2013-01-24T17:10:17Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Okay, you win. > > Enough. I love you - you know that, right? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/45 "2013-01-24T17:16:41Z")
Oh snap, banned. Good, I wanted that to happen. I also have some other requests for banning. Who should I PM them to? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/46 "2013-01-24T17:18:06Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Okay, you win. > > Enough. But … but he wasn’t touching you! He wasn’t touchingyou! Hewasn’ttoucingyou!Hewasn’ttoucingyou!Hewasn’ttoucingyou! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/47 "2013-01-24T17:23:13Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh snap, banned. Good, I wanted that to happen. I also have some other requests for banning. Who should I PM them to? Have I ever told you how much I really, _really_ like you? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/48 "2013-01-24T17:29:38Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh snap, banned. Good, I wanted that to happen. I also have some other requests for banning. Who should I PM them to? **Lynn Bodoni** is usually the one who says she’s keeping the list. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/49 "2013-01-24T17:38:24Z")
Meh. Boring. I liked his brand of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/50 "2013-01-24T17:43:05Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Meh. Boring. > > I liked his brand of crazy. The people that like train wrecks never seem to be the ones _in_ the train at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/51 "2013-01-24T17:52:10Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Meh. Boring. > > I liked his brand of crazy. Given the nature of the thread (and issue), I think it’s important to note that merely disagreeing _is not_ trolling, nor is crazy. This was different from both. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/52 "2013-01-24T19:25:45Z")
To get back on the original topic, I usually have no idea who I’m talking to in any thread, so I could be arguing with them in one thread and chatting nicely with them at the same time in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/53 "2013-01-24T19:47:59Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh snap, banned. Good, I wanted that to happen. I also have some other requests for banning. Who should I PM them to? > [@Marley23](#): > > **Lynn Bodoni** is usually the one who says she’s keeping the list. I require chocolate and/or cash, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/54 "2013-01-24T19:54:21Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > To get back on the original topic, I usually have no idea who I’m talking to in any thread, so I could be arguing with them in one thread and chatting nicely with them at the same time in another thread. Which is one of the nice things about this message board. The Dope - a group of people united in their desire for interesting discussions, the urge to get off the perfect one-liner, and an irrational hatred of the mods. Regards, Shodan PS - 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/55 "2013-01-24T21:13:12Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh snap, banned. Good, I wanted that to happen. I also have some other requests for banning. Who should I PM them to? I see neither chocolate nor scotch, so obviously this is not a serious discussion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/56 "2013-01-24T21:25:40Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I see neither chocolate nor scotch, so obviously this is not a serious discussion. > > 😃 I, on the other hand, am making a Little List. Are we talking Usher’s Green Stripe or Glenlivet? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/57 "2013-01-24T21:54:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Have I ever told you how much I really, _really_ like you? Back off I saw her first. To answer Quasi’s original questions: 1. Most trolls seem to be returning disgruntled posters. They are not patient enough to do a slow burn. They come in and start breaking shit. The first indicator is when they start pushing every Doper button. All of us who have been here a while know which topics have been hotly argued over and over. When I newbie comes on and starts hitting every button one right after another its obvious they are a troll. Now some newbies just come on a bit strong at first. Those that can learn to play well with others stick around. Others wind up being banned. I don’t consider those people trolls. Just people who don’t fit on a moderated board. 2. There are only a few posters that have built up a bad reputation in my head. The vast majority I can have a heated discussion with on one subject but have a nice conversation on another. Only a couple do I try not to engage. I ignore no one. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/58 "2013-01-24T21:55:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Which is one of the nice things about this message board. > > The Dope - a group of people united in their desire for interesting discussions, the urge to get off the perfect one-liner, and an irrational hatred of the mods. > > Regards, > Shodan > > PS - 🙂 Total bullshit. I’m not irrational. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/59 "2013-01-24T22:02:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Total bullshit. I’m not irrational. I’m not saying we don’t have a few misfits. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176/60 "2013-01-24T22:03:24Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Given the nature of the thread (and issue), I think it’s important to note that merely disagreeing _is not_ trolling, nor is crazy. This was different from both. I actually don’t know the reason for the banning, if that’s what you’re talking about. I just liked the posters crazy posts. 😃 I dunno if he was actually teh evil. Was he? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176.md?page=4)