# Are 'what's your ctrl-v' threads off-limits in the current anti-game thread climate? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277 "2005-01-18T00:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/1 "2005-01-18T00:57:21Z")
The ctrl-v threads (where your post consists of the contents of your clipboard, revealed using key combination ‘ctrl’ and ‘v’) were a lot of fun in my opinion because of the sheer randomness of what was in people’s clipboards. It also gave an insight into their what they were involved in before posting to the thread. What with the current sdmb climate of game or post-count threads being off-limits. Do the ctrl-v threads fall under that category? If the answer is yes I won’t argue. I understand the logic behind banning certain things and respect it. I’m not asking so that I can post one. I have no intention of doing so. I am just curious. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/2 "2005-01-18T04:14:41Z")
Let me run that one by the rest of the staff; it’s a new one for me. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/3 "2005-01-18T06:51:32Z")
What would be the point in such a thread? The only more inane game thread I can think of is “The Consecutive Number and/or Letter Game Thread” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/4 "2005-01-18T11:00:01Z")
Couple things going on here. 1. The potential to post something really huge, eating up system resources for no discernible useful purpose. 2. The potential to post urls to sites that might not be safe . . . or work safe. Let’s be a little more thoughtful about what we put in a posting. So no, we’re not going to do this. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/5 "2005-01-22T17:55:10Z")
If it makes you feel any better, my ctrl-v right now is \ \*Last edited by TubaDiva, and some other information that I can’t remember that it posts when one gets a post edited. \* ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/6 "2005-01-23T00:25:56Z")
Er…I don’t think you’re supposed to put fake edit-tags on your posts, either… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/7 "2005-01-23T02:50:18Z")
Do not put fake edit lines in your posts, **chaoticdonkey**. We take this very seriously. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/8 "2005-01-23T03:40:50Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Do not put fake edit lines in your posts, **chaoticdonkey**. We take this very seriously. > > **Cajun Man** > for the SDMB Sorry, **Man**. I’d never seen it done, so I didn’t know it was frowned upon. (But we can’t, not even when we have obviously fake things at the end of the sentence? _fake whiny sigh_) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/9 "2005-01-23T20:13:47Z")
Damn. If only I had read this forum before making my topic yesterday. I feel really stupid now. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/10 "2005-01-23T20:42:45Z")
Please DON"T feel stupid, \*\*Idle Thoughts[b/]. I do not think it’s humanly possible for our board to get any tighter. This is one reason I do not post much. I did quite a bit when I first signed up, but now it seems like you have a gun at your head every/any time you post anything other than dry questions. I suggest we just get rid of MPSIMS and IMHO, as they are, in fact, largely post-padding forums. Then the SD can be what it really seems to strive to be; a dry, fact-collecting / fact-disputing reference page. \>\>off to the pit with me now…\<\< …criticism of this board, and all that… etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/11 "2005-01-23T21:11:40Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > Then the SD can be what it really seems to strive to be; a dry, fact-collecting / fact-disputing reference page. And there was me thinking that was exactly what it was supposed to be, if not so dry. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/12 "2005-01-23T23:44:47Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Do not put fake edit lines in your posts, **chaoticdonkey**. We take this very seriously. > > **Cajun Man** > for the SDMB What is a fake edit line? Can it be explained without an example? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/13 "2005-01-23T23:48:15Z")
Last edited by TubaDiva… :smack: I see now. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/14 "2005-01-24T04:31:37Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > Please DON"T feel stupid, \*\*Idle Thoughts[b/]. I do not think it’s humanly possible for our board to get any tighter. This is one reason I do not post much. I did quite a bit when I first signed up, but now it seems like you have a gun at your head every/any time you post anything other than dry questions. I suggest we just get rid of MPSIMS and IMHO, as they are, in fact, largely post-padding forums. Then the SD can be what it really seems to strive to be; a dry, fact-collecting / fact-disputing reference page. Ah, a man after my own heart! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/15 "2005-01-24T04:36:54Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > Please DON"T feel stupid, \*\*Idle Thoughts[b/]. I do not think it’s humanly possible for our board to get any tighter. This is one reason I do not post much. I did quite a bit when I first signed up, but now it seems like you have a gun at your head every/any time you post anything other than dry questions. Funny. I post at length in every forum on the board sans GD, CCC, and CSR and in my two years here, have rarely felt a proverbial gun at my head. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/16 "2005-01-24T22:02:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Then the SD can be what it really seems to strive to be; a dry, fact-collecting / fact-disputing reference page. Fact-collecting / fact-disputing, certainly. But I think that the general zeitgeist of the board would be much better described as wet. I mean, yeah, we’ll tell you what scalar weapons are (or purport to be), or relate the explorations of the oceans’ deeps, but we’ll have fun in doing it. Don’t feel like you have a gun to your head. While we do have rules, the mods here are very good about giving warnings before firing. If you make an innocent mistake, you’ll be told to not do that again, not just banned on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/17 "2005-01-25T01:13:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Don’t feel like you have a gun to your head. _Or else!_ ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-whats-your-ctrl-v-threads-off-limits-in-the-current-anti-game-thread-climate/285277/18 "2005-01-26T03:29:20Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > _Or else!_ 😃 Thanks, **Cervaise** … …or not…?