# Can't the SDMB just get along? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478 "2008-03-23T23:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/1 "2008-03-23T23:14:27Z")
Creationists and Evolutionists, Obamaists and Clintonists, Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Conservatives, Skeptics and Believers, Nay sayers and yay sayers, can’t we all just get along once?? Once??? ---
**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 23, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/2 "2008-03-23T23:16:54Z")
I think this is actually _how_ we get along. By engaging in pointless, impotent arguments about our various conflicts, on a message board of little real consequence. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/3 "2008-03-23T23:16:56Z")
I think we get along fairly well. You should check out some of the Politics threads at the GunBroker forum. Scary, I tells ya! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/4 "2008-03-24T01:35:23Z")
[“I’d like to have an argument, please.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/5 "2008-03-24T01:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] [“I’d like to have an argument, please.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM) [/QUOTE] No you wouldn’t ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/6 "2008-03-24T01:39:19Z")
No, we can’t just get along. For example, I’m plotting the downfallof every other member of the board, but that’s only because I’m a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/7 "2008-03-24T02:00:18Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] No, we can’t just get along. For example, I’m plotting the downfallof every other member of the board, but that’s only because I’m a jerk. [/QUOTE] Really? Can I get an application to be a minion? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/8 "2008-03-24T02:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Really? Can I get an application to be a minion? [/QUOTE] Already took those. I’d like to the thread, but I can’t find it for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/9 "2008-03-24T02:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Really? Can I get an application to be a minion? [/QUOTE] Screw that. _I’m_ gonna be a lackey! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/10 "2008-03-24T02:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Screw that. _I’m_ gonna be a lackey! [/QUOTE] :: checks list of people who have done nothing to me but nevertheless are scheduled to be forced to watch the entire oeuvre of Michael Bey while wearing those weird eyelid-propping-open things from _A Clockwork Orange_ :: Maybe so, maybe no. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/11 "2008-03-24T02:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Can’t the SDMB just get along? [/QUOTE] No, asked and answered, next question please. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/12 "2008-03-24T02:42:30Z")
Get along? With _Yankee fans_? You must be insane! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/13 "2008-03-24T03:27:12Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Get along? With _Yankee fans_? You must be insane! [/QUOTE] After all…they kick puppies! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/14 "2008-03-24T03:30:48Z")
_How ‘bout them dog kickers, ain’t they crumbs? Kickin’ them doggies in their bums. Kickin’ them Afghans, kickin’ them mutts. Kickin’ them puppies’ poor little butts. Look at them dog kickers, ain’t they cute? Some use a shower shoe. Some use a boot. Them dadgum dog kickers, ain’t they mean? Runnin’ kickin’ every day that’s seen. How to be a dog kicker, don’t need a ticket. Find an old dog and haul off and kick it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/15 "2008-03-24T04:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] No, we can’t just get along. For example, I’m plotting the downfallof every other member of the board, but that’s only because I’m a jerk. [/QUOTE] I thought you gave up being an evil overlord! (I refuse to get along with any of you, now piss off. :p) ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/16 "2008-03-24T11:25:13Z")
Can’t get a long what? And what would be wrong with a short one? ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/17 "2008-03-24T12:17:54Z")
Get a long little doggie? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/18 "2008-03-24T12:18:07Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] And what would be wrong with a short one? [/QUOTE] I dunno… got me stumped! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/19 "2008-03-24T12:21:39Z")
I think we all just DID get along just once. I forget when, though, or for how long. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478/20 "2008-03-24T12:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=Borborygmi] I think we all just DID get along just once. I forget when, though, or for how long. [/QUOTE] 33 & 1/3 minutes is 1973 perhaps? Actually, on a serious and somber note and long before I joined, but I am guessing there were a few hours on Spetember 11, 2001. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-the-sdmb-just-get-along/442478.md?page=2)