# A mundane and mostly pointless question, though it is about SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922 "2018-06-28T15:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/1 "2018-06-28T15:09:50Z")
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 my ID, but then I saw **Quartz Charter Member** so I don’t think that’s it. Searching around I’ve also found \*\*Pleonast Charter Member\*\* with that extra line. So what gives? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/2 "2018-06-28T15:11:30Z")
Must be browser-related, as you are listed as **OldGuy Charter Member** on my end. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/3 "2018-06-28T15:13:05Z")
Tip your phone sideways and watch what happens to the main page. Oooo, magic. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/4 "2018-06-28T15:15:11Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Must be browser-related, as you are listed as > > **OldGuy > Charter Member** > > on my end. Mine too. Using Chrome, on a laptop screen. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/5 "2018-06-28T15:19:01Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > \*\*Pleonast > > Charter Member\*\* > > with that extra line. So what gives? First class accommodations: I paid for the extra space. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/6 "2018-06-28T15:24:59Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Must be browser-related, as you are listed as > > **OldGuy > Charter Member** > > on my end. Dit to. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/7 "2018-06-28T19:42:03Z")
Thanks. More mundane and pointless than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/8 "2018-06-28T19:55:38Z")
We could mundane more, if you’d like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/9 "2018-06-28T19:59:56Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Thanks. More mundane and pointless than I expected. What device and browser are you using? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/10 "2018-06-28T20:00:04Z")
And point less. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/11 "2018-06-28T20:02:33Z")
^ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mundane-and-mostly-pointless-question-though-it-is-about-sdmb/816922/12 "2018-07-06T22:49:27Z")
Oldguy’s “Charter Member” was all on one line for me, and at first I couldn’t narrow my window enough to make it go to 2 lines… But then I tried increasing my font size with the scroll wheel. Then I could shrink my window enough to make it go to 2 lines. Most interestingly, when I re-expanded my window to normal width, it stayed on 2 lines. I refreshed the page, it’s still taking up 2 lines for me. But then I scrolled down here to make my post, and while editing I scrolled back… it’s back to taking up a single line.