# Closing down GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 27, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128 "2014-04-27T19:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/21 "2014-04-28T04:51:30Z")
I’ve always thought GQ was the reason the message board was created. It’s a direct extension of Cecil’s newspaper column. Aren’t some column ideas generated by GQ topics? I can’t think of an example but I’m pretty sure they watch GQ closely for Cecil’s column. Cecil’s mailbag was answered by some carefully selected GQ posters. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/22 "2014-04-28T05:38:56Z")
etv78 only asked this to get a rise out of people. He pretty much admitted it in #6. Why he hasn’t been suspended for trolling is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/23 "2014-04-28T05:45:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > PS, the OP was my 9000th post. 😉 The fucking milestone achievement in your 36 years. Congrats. You earned it. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/24 "2014-04-28T10:47:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I would also add to what’s already been said that there are invaluable benefits to the interactive nature of the discussions, which obviously allows for questions and clarifications and, less obviously, for related discussions that can be extremely informative in their own right. Essentially the OP is asking, “what is the point of informative discussions when the Internet is full of information”? Quite a lot of point, actually. What is the point of going to school when you can just Google whatever you need to know? 🙂 It’s a strategy that seems to work for Jenny McCarthy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/25 "2014-04-28T10:58:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Yeah, admitting to not frequenting GQ crushed my credibility. Getting warmer. . . ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/26 "2014-04-28T12:53:33Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > etv78 only asked this to get a rise out of people. He pretty much admitted it in #6. Why he hasn’t been suspended for trolling is beyond me. Don’t call people trolls outside the Pit. No warning issued. **twickster** , for the SDMB ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128/27 "2014-04-28T14:26:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Asked, and answered. :D. Yeah, admitting to not frequenting GQ crushed my credibility. > > PS, the OP was my 9000th post. 😉 [Moderator Note] You seem to have asked this somewhat as a joke, and partly obtain even more (negative) attention. Given this, I’m going to close it. Don’t ask questions you know are pointless in ATMB. Colibri Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128.md?page=1)