# All these buttons are new! I have no idea what I'm doing **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499 "2021-04-22T03:17:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/21 "2021-04-23T00:17:00Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IeLTEu0vwdo/maxresdefault.jpg "Button, button who's got the button") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeLTEu0vwdo) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/22 "2021-04-23T03:51:22Z")
Just do like everyone else did and randomly hit buttons at different times until you figure them out. It only shuts down the board occasionally. And usually just for a few hours. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/23 "2021-04-23T06:03:48Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Just in case anybody is concerned, I’m not trying to spam this comic. I’m just using it as an innocuous thing to practice linking. It’s Chainsawsuit. You are forgiven. I even have a copy of one of his books that Kris signed and drew Lazy Cat inside the cover. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/24 "2021-04-24T02:31:25Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Or just click on the chain icon at the top of the reply box, and paste the link into the resulting window. Which is much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/25 "2021-04-24T02:56:49Z")
And for additional information about how to work with Discourse and the Markdown mark-up codes, see these helpful references: [Simple Markdown beginner’s tutorial](https://commonmark.org/help/), showing some of the basic formatting codes. [**GreysonCarlisle** ’s Markdown tutorial thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081), which goes into a lot more detail. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/26 "2021-04-24T03:11:59Z")
“All these buttons are new! I have no idea what I’m doing” It could be worse … 😁 [![](https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/1024x536/8/7/6/74876_b737max8cockpitcmaxkingsleyjonesflighglobal_592358.jpg) ](https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/1024x536/8/7/6/74876_b737max8cockpitcmaxkingsleyjonesflighglobal_592358.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499/27 "2021-04-24T05:00:50Z")
And those glass-cockpit computer screens in airplanes can be tricky too! If you want to point out something on the screen to your co-pilot (or to your pilot), you have to be very very careful to not actually touch the screen, because that will immediately bring up some totally different display or do who-knows-what. (You needn’t ask me how I discovered that fact.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-buttons-are-new-i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing/940499.md?page=1)