# "A Defunct Message Board"?! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 16, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128 "2025-08-16T04:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/1 "2025-08-16T04:11:11Z")
Hi, all. It’s been about ten months since I last posted - I’ve been taking a break - but I had to come back to let you all know that we’ve been traduced, slandered, yes, even denigrated on YouTube. Unacceptable! I’ve been watching a YT channel called Chilling Scares, which covers real-life creepy stories, in videos titled “5 Most Disturbing Reddit Threads", “4 Unsolved Missing Person Cases With Horrifying Last Phone Calls”, and others of that nature. Today I clicked on “[4 Most Disturbing Early Internet Rabbit Holes"](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H6cYJSUpivo&pp=ygUPY2hpbGxpbmcgc2NhcmVz), and was surprised to see the familiar blue and yellow of our beloved SDMB. _Oh God,_ I thought, _a normie has discovered the pan-fried semen and toilet paper rolls!_ But no, it was merely a post asking about a website called seemerot. com that purported to show a live stream of a woman in a casket decomposing (spoiler: it was fake). But what truly shocked me was the narrator’s opening words, where he introduced “a post on a now-defunct message board” Naturally, I immediately went to the comments to protest that that the SDMB was alive and kicking, thankyouverymuch! But I am still of course shaken and outraged. Chilling Scares, it’s pistols at dawn, sirrah! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/2 "2025-08-16T04:50:50Z")
The “narrator” is AI bullshit designed to bring in viewers. It doesn’t give a flying fuck if you click on it to praise it or if you click on it to bitch it out, as long as you click on it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/3 "2025-08-16T05:09:53Z")
The SDMB: still fully funct. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/4 "2025-08-16T05:10:54Z")
The thread is still funct as well. > [@seemerot.com? Is this coffin webcam REAL?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemerot-com-is-this-coffin-webcam-real/230600): > > I recently visited [www.seemerot.com](http://www.seemerot.com) which is a live webcam inside a coffin that is taping a woman in her 40’s who passed away from “natural causes” something isn’t right here… they claim its real but there is very loose wording under the disclaimer. also according to the site this woman was buried close to a year ago. From the common knowledge i learned growing up, hair continues to grow after death. however her eyebrows are perfectly manicured still. Someone please help clear this up. I… ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/5 "2025-08-16T08:20:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The SDMB: still fully funct. Play that functy music, white boy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/6 "2025-08-16T08:56:44Z")
_Ohh, we ain’t defunct,_ _Give up “defunct,”_ _Ohh, we aint defunct,_ _We’re always funct …_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/7 "2025-08-16T10:02:50Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/gI58lF2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gI58lF2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/8 "2025-08-16T11:16:23Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But what truly shocked me was the narrator’s opening words, where he introduced “a post on a now-defunct message board” > > Naturally, I immediately went to the comments to protest that that the SDMB was alive and kicking No, no! It was a trap! Now Samaritan will be able to find us! 😲 _Person of Interest_ reference ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/9 "2025-08-16T13:49:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The SDMB: still fully funct. It’s taking longer than they thought? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/10 "2025-08-16T15:51:46Z")
I don’t think so. I’ve seen plenty of AI-narrated videos, and this one feels real to me, although I could be wrong, of course. Nevertheless, I don’t mind engaging, as it’s a good channel, and whoever he is, he prefers the logical answer over the paranormal or supernatural one. For example, one video debunks famous “ghost" photos, doing enough research to show the rational explanation for each. Anotherone looks at the urban legend of Charlie No-Face, a faceless figure said to wander the roads of western Pennsylvania at night. Turns out he was a real person, a man who had been horribly disfigured by touching a power transmission line as a child, blinding him and destroying his face. Nevertheless, he was a kind, friendly man who walked at night to avoid scaring people, and amiably chatted with anyone he _did_ encounter. It’s fun channel, if you want to creep yourself out without encouraging woo. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/11 "2025-08-16T15:55:02Z")
Get the funct, outa my face Get the funct out, of my face. Take that, motherfuncters. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/12 "2025-08-16T16:16:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But what truly shocked me was the narrator’s opening words, where he introduced “a post on a now-defunct message board” Actually, he says “A now outdated message board.” This is arguably accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/13 "2025-08-16T17:06:42Z")
Well, funct. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/14 "2025-08-16T17:23:11Z")
But we’re still well and truly funct. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/15 "2025-08-16T21:57:11Z")
@Discobot having a marital spat? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/16 "2025-08-16T21:57:12Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/17 "2025-08-16T21:57:53Z")
I’ll just ask your wife to find out what you can **really** do. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/18 "2025-08-16T22:10:10Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > The SDMB: still fully funct. > > Play that functy music, white boy. You made me look, and I can report that Dr. Funkenstain is still functional!: > **[George Clinton (funk musician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician))** > > George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. He launched his solo career with the 1982 album Computer Games and would go on to influence 1990s hip-hop Clinton ... **Robert Parissi** is also alive! > **[Rob Parissi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Parissi)** > > Robert Parissi (born 29 December 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as frontman for the American funk group Wild Cherry. He also wrote the group's only hit, the 1976 chart-topping "Play That Funky Music". He was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. He graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of Mingo Junction along the Ohio River. The band played the Ohio Valley After ... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/19 "2025-08-16T23:30:23Z")
So we have an entire thread based on an Emily Litella-style > Neeeeevvvveeeerrrr Mmmmiiinnnnddd? Great. So much greatness. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128/20 "2025-08-17T01:40:12Z")
We still got the funct. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128.md?page=2)