# Don't reply TEST in legit ATMB threads!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 6, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976 "2000-11-06T18:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976/1 "2000-11-06T18:28:17Z")

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Look, we all know that the ATMB forum is “the place for practice posts.” But there are also a lot of legitimate threads there concerning technical and administrative aspects of the SDMB.

If you want to make a test post, do it in one of the umpteen million “test” threads. It’s fucking moronic to do it in the middle of a non-test thread, and it’s insulting to the original poster and all the respondents.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976/2 "2000-11-06T20:40:59Z")

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Test

::gd&r::

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**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976/3 "2000-11-06T21:02:44Z")

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What, it took over 2 hours for someone to do that? Nevermind Cecil, looks like the rest of us are losing our “edge”…

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**Author:** ![Pit\_Meister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pit\_Meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pit_Meister)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976/4 "2000-11-06T21:47:55Z")

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There was one guy who laid 10 of those eggs in a row yesterday [cough!opus], but no point in singling anyone out, since they all know who they are.

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Learning things from the Bush campaign.

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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-reply-test-in-legit-atmb-threads/39976/5 "2000-11-06T22:02:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \*  
> **Test**

Smithers, release the hounds!

Ok, seriously, like Pit Meister said, you know who you are, quit wanking off over in ATMB. Just because it doesn’t get much traffic doesn’t mean it doesn’t get noticed.

[sub]Actually, DrMatrix, if you wanted to do it right, you should have gone to ATMB, done a test post, and posted a link to it here.[/sub]