# Cracked/PWOT forums refugee gathering place **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615 "2018-11-16T14:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/1 "2018-11-16T14:35:32Z")
Cracked is closing its forums in a few days after 18 years, starting as forums on David Wong’s website Pointless Waste of Time and then moving to Cracked when he hired on there some years back. I’ve been an admittedly fairly quiet part of both the Cracked and SDMB communities and like both very much. For the Cracked people, it’s a very sad development- it’s been a daily part of our lives for many years. There are many, many, very funny and cool people there who would fit in well with the SDMB crowd if they choose to. The admins and mods there have kept a pretty tight lid on things over the years, too- jerkdom has been tolerated even less there than here- so almost all of the jerks have generally been banned or quit. It’s a high quality group of posters, is what I’m saying. This may well go nowhere, but I wanted to offer a place where the Cracked forum alumni can come visit the Dope and see if it’s attractive as a new home. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/2 "2018-11-16T16:20:24Z")
For my part, I say bring 'em over! We could use some new blood around here. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/3 "2018-11-16T16:52:51Z")
I agree, the more the merrier! And tell them to bring some Home Shopping Club snarkers with them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/4 "2018-11-16T17:09:40Z")
Yeah, go and tell them we’d welcome them. Even the dipsticks. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/5 "2018-11-16T17:19:11Z")
_Especially_ the dipsticks. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/6 "2018-11-16T17:56:37Z")
I hope someone archives it all. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/7 "2018-11-16T18:00:24Z")
Can’t we have some kind of rumble first to fight for board superiority, before we realize we’re all really the same underneath and join together? I believe that’s how these things are supposed to work. Plus, I’ve never been in a rumble. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/8 "2018-11-16T18:08:15Z")
Another vote for “make a public post letting everyone know they are welcome here at the Dope!” ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/9 "2018-11-16T18:15:34Z")
Yep, did it. I hope some of my friends who don’t actually know that I think of them as friends will come by. ---
**Author:** ![Marchmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Marchmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marchmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/10 "2018-11-16T19:15:23Z")
I am NO ONE’S friend, but if there is a rumble going on for board supremacy, I am willing to participate. Are we permitted to bite? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/11 "2018-11-16T23:19:35Z")
> [@Marchmallow](#): > > I am NO ONE’S friend, but if there is a rumble going on for board supremacy, I am willing to participate. Are we permitted to bite? By longstanding tradition we have a goat, and a squid. The goat bites. (Among other things.) The squid…Uh…Well…You’ll find out about th-- I mean, you don’t need to worry about the squid right now! Gosh, no! Uh, welcome to the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/12 "2018-11-16T23:45:49Z")
What about the hamsters? Do the hamsters bite or just do unmentionable things in paper towel tubes? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/13 "2018-11-16T23:56:57Z")
The hamsters are too busy running in their little hamster wheels (in order to power the servers) to bother anybody. Poor little guys! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/14 "2018-11-17T00:02:15Z")
It’s a CARAVAN! Make sure there are no ketchup-on-hot dog eaters in the group. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/15 "2018-11-17T10:17:54Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Make sure there are no ketchup-on-hot dog eaters in the group. But pizza-with-a-fork eaters are always welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/16 "2018-11-17T10:29:26Z")
It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/17 "2018-11-17T11:47:29Z")
**Haunted Pasta** , I’ve poked through the Cracked/PWOT fora before. Never posted in anything but Photoplasty/Pictofact threads–though I am a registered member on Cracked, most of my posts have been restricted to the Photoplasty/Pictofact and commentary threads. I still read the other fora, when I had no photoplasty/pictofact ideas. So I did see your post there on coming to the SDMB. I hope that we see folks coming from there to here–there are many knowledgeable commentators there. I hope that they will join us, and I will look forward to their contributions here. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/18 "2018-11-17T14:36:19Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Can’t we have some kind of rumble first to fight for board superiority, before we realize we’re all really the same underneath and join together? I believe that’s how these things are supposed to work. Plus, I’ve never been in a rumble. _West Side Story_ was the biggest, bullshitiest story ever! He goes running thru Spanish Harlem calling, “Maria” & only _one_ girl answers. :dubious: > [@MEBuckner](#): > > By longstanding tradition we have a goat, and a squid. The goat bites. (Among other things.) With that many new members we’re gonna need more goats. Farmers get inquisitive when goats go missing in the middle of the night. That could bring down our whole operation here. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/19 "2018-11-17T14:38:38Z")
> [@Marchmallow](#): > > I am NO ONE’S friend, but if there is a rumble going on for board supremacy, I am willing to participate. Are we permitted to bite? What, you didn’t bring pie!?! ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-pwot-forums-refugee-gathering-place/824615/20 "2018-11-17T14:42:49Z")
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