# Did the Server Hic-cup?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 16, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716 "2003-03-16T03:33:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/1 "2003-03-16T03:33:50Z")

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What is up with all the repeated threads?

Holy schnoicks Batman! This is not good.

Slee

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### Author: ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/2 "2003-03-16T03:36:01Z")

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Shhhh… It was nasssssty spam.

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### Author: ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/3 "2003-03-16T03:36:29Z")

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We were spammed.

**Gaudere** saved us with a weapon called the Mass Prune Feature.

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### Author: ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/4 "2003-03-16T03:36:46Z")

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Thanks for excising it, mods. Yeesh.

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### Author: ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/5 "2003-03-16T03:47:04Z")

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Ahh, thanks.

For a minute there I thought I was seeing things.

Slee

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### Author: ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/6 "2003-03-16T05:42:54Z")

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Yes, thank you to whoever took care of that. I bet the mods were spammed with almost as many ‘report this posts’ emails as there were of the posts. I myself was tempted to hit the damn thing more than once.

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### Author: ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/7 "2003-03-16T06:13:11Z")

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Darn. I miss all the excitement!  
Well, I know what that means. I must NEVER leave this board for any reason!

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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-server-hic-cup/161716/8 "2003-03-16T07:01:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Rushgeekgirl \*  
> \*\*Darn. I miss all the excitement!  
> Well, I know what that means. I must NEVER leave this board for any reason! \*\*

You _leave_? I just grew me some roots into the carpet and survive off condensation and dropped Pop Tart chunks.