# CCC and CSR are so similar **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830 "2004-10-12T16:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/1 "2004-10-12T16:16:14Z")
-So much so that it never fails to cause me to post one the other. They are both comments on the home page’s columns, after all. But, not a complaint, just a question. Why are they divided into two separate forums? Sure, anyone is welcome to speculate (and I know you will), but a truly definitive answer can only come from Staff (or links to a possible previous Staff answer). BTW, yeah I searched. Search still isn’t what it used to be, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/2 "2004-10-12T16:25:41Z")
The world is divided into two people: Cecil Adams, and eeryone else. Doncha think he deserves his own forum on his own message board? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/3 "2004-10-12T16:55:07Z")
That and inertia are probably pretty darn close to whatever CK, Arnia, and Tuva would say… ;j ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/4 "2004-10-12T18:48:46Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That and inertia are probably pretty darn close to whatever CK, Arnia, and Tuva would say… > > ;j Arnia and Tuva? I know that Tuva is just north of Sinkiang, and was formerly an independent nation; Arnia must be the little-known 23rd canton of Switzerland. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/5 "2004-10-12T19:01:25Z")
Obviously, those are their Middle Earth names. Sheesh, thought you of all people… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/6 "2004-10-12T19:05:41Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Arnia must be the little-known 23rd canton of Switzerland. Haven’t you heard? It’s one of the new proposed name for California, the other being Schwarzneggeristan. To answer the OP, it is for the convenience of Cecil. While the Perfect Master may sometimes wish to bask in the adulation of the Teeming Millions in his very own forum of **CCC** , he does not wish to be concern himself with the inevitable gripes, nitpicks, and invective that Staff Reports are inevitably subject to in **CSR**. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/7 "2004-10-12T20:28:59Z")
No, they’re not the same, ya heathen! For those who aren’t reading for comprehension, let me copy from the Staff Reports/Mailbag disclaimer: > [@](#): > > Staff Reports are researched and written by members of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, Cecil’s online auxiliary. Although the SDSAB does its best, these articles are edited by Ed Zotti, not Cecil, so accuracywise you’d better keep your fingers crossed. Cecil’s columns are of course from our Perfect Master and are . . . perfect. (Except when they’re not. But that is Ed’s fault, usually.) your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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:** [October 12, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/8 "2004-10-12T23:21:07Z")
… and, as **Colibri** remarked, Cecil His Own Self often looks into CoCC but rarely into CoSR. Staff Reports appear only on the website and so can be amended. From time to time, that’s happened, when new information arises. Hence, the two forums are handled separately. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/9 "2004-10-13T03:07:36Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Arnia must be the little-known 23rd canton of Switzerland. Wrong world. Arnia is just to the south of N arnia. Some maps mistakenly label it Archenland 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/10 "2004-10-13T03:55:12Z")
Hey! There’s no CSN & Y forum, either! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/11 "2004-10-13T06:55:47Z")
Heh. I remember when there were only two forums: “Comments on Cecil’s Columns”; and “General Questions”, which was for everything else. MPSIMS was a _thread_. Now, where’s my mouse? Confound it! Which one of you young whippersnappers took my–Oh, there it is. In my hand. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/12 "2004-10-13T12:04:21Z")
Which one had John Fogerty? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/13 "2004-10-13T14:54:30Z")
Ccr ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/14 "2004-10-13T14:56:01Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Ccr I hate the caps default! CCR ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/15 "2004-10-15T13:53:45Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > the little-known 23rd canton of Switzerland. You can’t fool me. Canton is in OHIO. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/16 "2004-10-15T16:18:59Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Heh. I remember when there were only two forums: “Comments on Cecil’s Columns”; and “General Questions”, which was for everything else. MPSIMS was a _thread_. > > Now, where’s my mouse? Confound it! Which one of you young whippersnappers took my–Oh, there it is. In my hand. HEY! Stop bothering the old person. C’mon, gramps, you OK? Here let me help you over to this seat. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccc-and-csr-are-so-similar/268830/17 "2004-10-20T03:13:50Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > You can’t fool me. Canton is in OHIO. It’s in Illinois, ya piker! So’s Cairo, and it’s pronounced KAY-ro.