# And while I'm at it, quit fucking up GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002 "2009-11-10T03:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/21 "2009-11-10T17:33:41Z")
This is where it starts. Soon everybody that participates in the other forums are going to be rounded up and put into “camps”. Whiny neo-nazi… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/22 "2009-11-10T17:34:53Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I don’t care about people asking stupid questions, that’s fine, though honestly, half of them can be answered with about 20 seconds of googling. The cool thing about the Dope is that while Google may offer an answer to your question, the Dope can offer a (usually) intelligent discussion regarding your question. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/23 "2009-11-10T17:51:36Z")
I agree wholeheartedly. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/24 "2009-11-10T17:52:55Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The cool thing about the Dope is that while Google may offer an answer to your question, the Dope can offer a (usually) intelligent discussion regarding your question. Bingo. I like to think of the dope as a bar with varied and generally smart people who would like to shoot the shit, with the shit being slightly better than the average shit that gets shot. Yeah, I or they could hit the web or wikepedia, but half the fun of asking or answering an interesting question is the dicusssion phase. Yeah, if you just NEED a fact, hit the web. Want some social interaction with interesting highlights and sidelines? Come here. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/25 "2009-11-10T18:07:35Z")
It’s \*\*Lurkmeister \*\*for the win - good show! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/26 "2009-11-10T18:11:52Z")
What’s the matter, ivvie? That high school chick dump you or something? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/27 "2009-11-10T18:50:53Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Bingo. I like to think of the dope as a bar with varied and generally smart people who would like to shoot the shit, with the shit being slightly better than the average shit that gets shot. > > Yeah, I or they could hit the web or wikepedia, but half the fun of asking or answering an interesting question is the dicusssion phase. > > Yeah, if you just NEED a fact, hit the web. > > Want some social interaction with interesting highlights and sidelines? Come here. Yeah, and then it gets lively when some of the regulars start to drink their fifth beer. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/28 "2009-11-10T18:53:39Z")
Eh, if you don’t want answers and general discussion from amateurs, then you probably shouldn’t post your question on an open internet message board. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/29 "2009-11-10T19:22:43Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Yeah, and then it gets lively when some of the regulars start to drink their fifth beer. Sound like you have the making of a drinking game, here. Whenever someone posts incorrect, halfassed info (or snark), everyone has to drink a shot of your favorite poison. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/30 "2009-11-10T19:29:46Z")
So, to review: – Only those deemed knowledgeable enough by **ivn1188** to respond to a question with a 100% unassailably correct answer are allowed to respond to GQ threads. No conjecture or speculation (i.e. WAGs), debate, or further discussion allowed. – But why bother, because only stupid people who don’t know how to use Google are asking questions anyway. – The forums in which people can talk about films, music, food, art, TV, sports, philosophy, their families, life in general, and myriad other topics, are a waste of space and are for “tards.” What a fun, fun, message board this will be when the administrators finally see the light and put **ivn1188** ’s rules in place! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/31 "2009-11-10T19:34:34Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Sound like you have the making of a drinking game, here. > > Whenever someone posts incorrect, halfassed info (or snark), everyone has to drink a shot of your favorite poison. Why you guys always gotta complicate things? I just take a swig with every post. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/32 "2009-11-10T20:00:56Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Who the fuck pissed in your cornflakes today? > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What’s the matter, ivvie? That high school chick dump you or something? These are questions with a factual answer, and as such they belong in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/33 "2009-11-10T21:20:44Z")
The part I find amusing here is that the only two forums worth anything are GQ and the Pit, the two extreme ends of the Dope spectrum. You see, us non-tards either spend all our time in GQ discussing our disertation topics or expressing our righteous indignation of the government and that asshole that cut us off on the way to work in the morning. We just don’t have time for the luxuries that all you tards enjoy, like sports, music, movies, or God forbid random interactions with families and friends. Seriously, sure, if people could have a bit of restraint on ignorant guesses at legal questions when they’ve never studied law, that would help some. But you know, as long as people mention their level of expertise, or complete lack thereof, I really don’t see how it hurts anything except maybe a little extra wear and tear on your scroll wheel. Also, the “fighting ignorance” argument is just silly. If someone is looking for an answer to a question and take the first response they can find without context or reason, then they’re already helpless. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/34 "2009-11-10T21:22:02Z")
Gosh, **ivn** , you shore is smart. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/35 "2009-11-10T21:26:01Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > The part I find amusing here is that the only two forums worth anything are GQ and the Pit, the two extreme ends of the Dope spectrum. You see, us non-tards either spend all our time in GQ discussing our disertation topics or expressing our righteous indignation of the government and that asshole that cut us off on the way to work in the morning. We just don’t have time for the luxuries that all you tards enjoy, like sports, music, movies, or God forbid random interactions with families and friends. And expressing our opinions is stupid because who’d care what we tards have to say anyway? Only other tards who should be off bettering themselves anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/36 "2009-11-10T21:35:37Z")
Wow, now there are two things I have to do–“not post stupid crap” and “not fuck up GQ”. That’s a lot of rules for a tard like me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/37 "2009-11-10T21:38:55Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Wow, now there are two things I have to do–“not post stupid crap” and “not fuck up GQ”. That’s a lot of rules for a tard like me. Man, that wipes out over half my posts! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/38 "2009-11-10T21:43:12Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Sound like you have the making of a drinking game, here. > > Whenever someone posts incorrect, halfassed info (or snark), everyone has to drink a shot of your favorite poison. LOL, I don’t like drinking games that have me chugging from the bottle. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/39 "2009-11-10T21:46:42Z")
Well, I know how ivn can single-handedly improve the board. There are subtleties to it, but the gist of it involves getting the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002/40 "2009-11-10T21:57:30Z")
Ok, now that everybody has got their own snide, ever so funny little comments out of the way, does anybody want to comment on the quite valid assertation that yes, GQ actually is diluted by mundane pointless musings that rarely answer the asked questions directly? I always read with interest how somebody called “Manhattan” used to smack down anybody who didnt answer General Questions with direct facts. Seems like he had the right idea. (And if we are complaining about forums today, can I complain about “Covered with bees” jumping first into every ATMB thread with what he thinks are incredibily funny and witty posts. They are never funny, and I am sure that those who post threads requesting serious answers dont really want some one trick pony making light of each issue just because he gets to be first to respond) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-while-im-at-it-quit-fucking-up-gq/517002.md?page=3)