# Apparently you can't be "orgasmic." **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175 "2014-03-20T19:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/1 "2014-03-20T19:09:02Z")
In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17212278&postcount=1590) we learn you can’t be orgasmic about anything, because icky or something. > [@Russia has invaded Ukraine. How will the West respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-has-invaded-ukraine-how-will-the-west-respond/682513/1593): > > Terr, it is specifically forbidden in the rules to imply that another poster derives sexual gratification from any political - or for that matter any - position or event. > > Warning issued, please don’t do it again. These are kind of the least dignified warnings. News to me. Also, pretty lame, IMHO. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/2 "2014-03-20T19:17:06Z")
The rule in GD is “attack the post, not the poster”. What’s wrong with a warning to not attack the poster? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/3 "2014-03-20T19:18:10Z")
[It’s been in the Great Debates rules sticky since 2004.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4749265#post4749265) I remember this kind of comment being fairly common in my early days as a poster. It’s not common now because it’s against the rules, and perhaps that’s why you weren’t aware of it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/4 "2014-03-20T20:12:15Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > News to me. Also, pretty lame, IMHO. It seems clear to me that such a remark is insulting, and in this case was intended as such. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/5 "2014-03-21T00:51:09Z")
\*\*You \*\*can be orgasmic - you just can’t say others are (unless, I guess you’re talking about actual, evidenced, sexual gratification). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/6 "2014-03-21T00:54:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [It’s been in the Great Debates rules sticky since 2004.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4749265#post4749265) I remember this kind of comment being fairly common in my early days as a poster. It’s not common now because it’s against the rules, and perhaps that’s why you weren’t aware of it. Can’t be more clear than that. > [@](#): > > You can be orgasmic - Just try not to get any on the furniture. Other people have to use that. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/7 "2014-03-21T01:48:15Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [It’s been in the Great Debates rules sticky since 2004.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4749265#post4749265) Guadere’s law apparently even applied to posts about others’ posting etiquette. > [@No direct personal insults or "flaming" in great debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-direct-personal-insults-or-flaming-in-great-debates/210240/3): > > Do not say or imply that your fellow posters achieve sexual gratification or soil themselves in glee/distress due to recent news reports, **politcal icongraphy** , contemplation of ideological positions, etc. In fact, if you’re going to discuss someone’s bowels or genitalia at all, it better be DIRECTLY relevant to the debate at hand. > > I mean, GEEZ. It’s disgusting and adds nothing to the debate, and I am somewhat dismayed I even have to explicitly make a rule against this practice, but what was once a vanishingly rare \*\*occurance \*\*is now getting ickily prevalent. [bolding added] ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/8 "2014-03-21T01:57:39Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > \*\*Guadere’s \*\*law [bolding added] ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/9 "2014-03-21T02:11:04Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > [bolding added] [True to form…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14464668&postcount=8) (let’s just forget this conversation ever happened) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/10 "2014-03-21T02:25:36Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > [True to form…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14464668&postcount=8) (let’s just forget this conversation ever happened) I have no horse in this fight! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/11 "2014-03-21T12:41:33Z")
Really, there are very few hard written rules in Great Debates. But the ones that are should simply not be hard to follow. Avoid insults, don’t accuse others of lying and so forth all promote good debate and discussion. Violating them does not and it’s always sad when - especially long-time - posters break them. We’re not policy makers, here. There’s nothing riding on the discussion except perhaps so ego. If that’s so important that one could resort to name-calling - and other less dignified responses - perhaps stepping back and getting out in the sun for a while is called for. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/12 "2014-03-21T14:33:14Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > perhaps stepping back and getting out in the sun for a while is called for. I tried that just now, but it’s snowing here right now. Maybe later in the Spring. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/13 "2014-03-21T15:15:15Z")
Oh, that’s RIGHT. Since I moved to Charleston I’d forgotten how the rest of the country lives. It’s 78 and sunny here right now. I think I’ll go for a stroll. Where IS that seersucker suit? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-cant-be-orgasmic/684175/14 "2014-03-22T04:28:07Z")
I assume it’s okay to [call Putin orgasmic](http://www.trbimg.com/img-531a47ed/turbine/la-tot-cartoons-pg-conservatives-harbor-odd-admiration-for-putin)? ETA: Added link.