# Curse of the Banned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115 "2009-02-02T14:01:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115/1 "2009-02-02T14:01:42Z")

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Weirddave gets banned and the boards go to crap. Coincidence? I think not.

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**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:** [February 2, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115/2 "2009-02-02T15:21:06Z")

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You know, that _would_ explain a lot about the various board performance problems…

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115/3 "2009-02-02T15:58:58Z")

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Starting a thread to call attention to **WeirdDave** ’s banning? Coincidence?

😛

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-banned/484115/4 "2009-02-02T16:34:15Z")

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