# Am I

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010 "2001-05-30T19:47:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Cookster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Cookster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cookster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/1 "2001-05-30T19:47:54Z")

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Allowed to Post this on your site?:

{Link deleted}

[Edited by Lynn Bodoni on 05-30-2001 at 05:27 PM]

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/2 "2001-05-30T19:50:25Z")

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You fuckin’ putz.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/3 "2001-05-30T20:01:30Z")

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What a way to be welcomed to the board.

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**Author:** ![Cookster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Cookster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cookster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/4 "2001-05-30T22:21:34Z")

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I was going to use it as a signature and I didn’t want to offend.  
So much for being polite and asking…

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**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:** [May 30, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/5 "2001-05-30T22:25:54Z")

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No, you’re not allowed to post commercial links, or possibly offensive links, as your sig, or have them as your website. And a better way to ask would have been to email an administrator or moderator, rather than post. I’m going to edit your profile and post now.

Lynn  
Administrator  
For the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/6 "2001-05-30T22:34:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cookster \*  
> \*\*Allowed to Post this on your site?:
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It’s always best to ask permission **before** you perform the action in question.

You should probably have asked: “Is it was acceptable to put a link to my own website in my sig? The website happens to contain sick, abusive, and racist jokes, if that makes any difference.”

At which point you would have received either a negative or positive response and acted accordingly.

Your method is much like: “Mind if I (yum, yum, that tasted good) take a piece of candy from the dish?”

[Edited by Lynn Bodoni on 05-30-2001 at 05:40 PM]

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i/67010/7 "2001-05-30T22:35:25Z")

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Damn it, forgot to remove the link from my post.

I apologize profusely to the moderators.