# Bad request

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292 "2005-11-22T18:40:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/1 "2005-11-22T18:40:22Z")

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I usually ignore the little ads that appear at the bottom of threads here, but I just had to click on one advertising “Lesbian Literature”. The response: a page saying:

> [@](#):
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> BAD REQUEST  
> Your client sent a request that this server didn’t understand.

So I’ve been naughty, apparently: is it because men aren’t allowed to read lesbian books?

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**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:** [November 22, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/2 "2005-11-22T20:34:48Z")

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Bad request! Bad request! Go to your room and think about what you’ve done.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/3 "2005-11-22T20:40:10Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Bad request! Bad request! Go to your room and think about what you’ve done.

What? I might do more bad things in my room, thinking about all those naughty lesbians.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/4 "2005-11-22T22:50:22Z")

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The server probably thought you meant “Lebanese” and got confused.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/5 "2005-11-23T14:55:20Z")

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Half the google ads I’ve clicked on go nowhere, I’ve wondered about it too.

I mean, what’s the point of that? The Peace Flags one, I clicked on several times in the last few weeks, dead end each time. It’s now been fixed which is nice.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-request/332292/6 "2005-11-23T15:23:44Z")

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You people actually click on those ads? How odd.