# Fuck Chicago Reader for having the right to steal any idea we post here **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752 "2005-12-08T21:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/41 "2005-12-08T23:16:08Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Because of your shitty stealing rights, I can’t share ideas I have for inventions, story plots, games, etc. etc., with users here, because someone at your magazine might rip it off. Fuck you guys for your shitty laws. If you had any of these, it would be a really fucking stupid idea posting them on a public message board anyway, if you hoped to eventually benefit from them. So what’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/42 "2005-12-08T23:28:44Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > You guys have no idea how incredibly brilliant my posts would be if I weren’t saving the best stuff for my fiction writing and my web pages! I mean, really, you’re missing out on a lot! For example: You know, while I think there’s still less chance of me agreeing with you on most things than there is of the Titanic spontaneously mutating into a clone of Dennis Rodman, taking up badminton and getting elected President of the World whilst inventing 5 new kinds of watersport and solving cold fusion, I’ve got to say you’ve been fucking funny since (and about) your pitting. Vive la difference and all that. No, not _that_ kind of watersport. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/43 "2005-12-08T23:47:34Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > even if you do carelessly post your blueprint for the enema bag of tomorrow™ DAMMIT! How did you get into my hard drive??! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/44 "2005-12-09T00:02:48Z")
Oh, the horror. The horror. The very idea that somethign we say here, might be seen by someone. If I ever said anything witty enough or intelligent/clever enough to get published in the Reader or anywhere else, I’d be flattered. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/45 "2005-12-09T00:02:50Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > You guys have no idea how incredibly brilliant my posts would be if I weren’t saving the best stuff for my fiction writing and my web pages! I mean, really, you’re missing out on a lot! For example: > > Bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage bondage. > > And so on! You poor shmucks! …mushroom, mushroom. And blessedly, thanks to the wonderful foresight of **TYM** and his brilliant warning system, I’m prepared for any fallout this natural disaster might inflict. Now I just have to find some place that will give me insurance coverage against Acts of **Andrew**. ::: goes to wait in the bathtub ::: ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/46 "2005-12-09T00:03:55Z")
I guess I kind of assumed that one reason for the copyright thing was that SDMB posts occasionally end up in Straight Dope books. Does Cecil or the Reader ask specific permission when using posts in the books? Or do they just lift them from the boards and go with it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/47 "2005-12-09T00:22:52Z")
I will post my idea for an invention, and hope someone steals it. Colored salt! Who can see that salt on their corn or veggies when it’s white? You always put on too much or too little because you can’t see it! Make it blue (we need more blue food) or red or something. Pepper works great, it’s back. But salt?? Steal my idea, Reader/Doper/Lurker, I dare you! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/48 "2005-12-09T00:23:48Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > I will post my idea for an invention, and hope someone steals it. Colored salt! Who can see that salt on their corn or veggies when it’s white? You always put on too much or too little because you can’t see it! Make it blue (we need more blue food) or red or something. Pepper works great, it’s back. But salt?? > > Steal my idea, Reader/Doper/Lurker, I dare you! Who wants their food to have a bluish tinge, though? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/49 "2005-12-09T00:30:11Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Who wants their food to have a bluish tinge, though? [These guys.](http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images1/blue_meanies.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/50 "2005-12-09T00:34:55Z")
Blue Man Group? Tobias Fünke?? Well, I just had a hard-boiled egg. One half had too much salt. One half didn’t have enough. I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/51 "2005-12-09T00:36:27Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Who wants their food to have a bluish tinge, though? Might be easier to get the kids to eat their cauliflower if you can tell them they’re Smurf Brains. [sub](copyright **Marlitharn** , TM, all rights reserved, void where prohibited)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/52 "2005-12-09T00:39:34Z")
Incidentally, it appears someone has already stolen **andrew** ’s posts and [turned them into a movie.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109686/) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/53 "2005-12-09T00:39:42Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > I will post my idea for an invention, and hope someone steals it. Colored salt! Who can see that salt on their corn or veggies when it’s white? You always put on too much or too little because you can’t see it! Make it blue (we need more blue food) or red or something. Pepper works great, it’s back. But salt?? > > Steal my idea, Reader/Doper/Lurker, I dare you! That didn’t take long.[Colored Salt.](http://www.margaritasalt.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/54 "2005-12-09T00:53:29Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > This is an activation of the **andrewdt85** early warning system. All SDMB denizens should watch out. Be prepared for 30-odd (and we do mean odd) threads in the next 12 hours. If you are in a home with a basement, go to the basement. If you are outdoors, stay low, stay away from trees, and do not hold metal objects. If you are near a lake, consider getting underwater and breathing through a reed. Beware of glazing eyes and exploding brains. If your computer starts to make a funny humming noise, vacate the area immediately. The early warning system expects the flurry to pass by tomorrow, with lingering Pit threads through Monday. We repeat, This is an activation of the **andrewdt85** early warning system. That was really clever. Is it copyswritten? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/55 "2005-12-09T00:56:30Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > Blue Man Group? Tobias Fünke?? > > Well, I just had a hard-boiled egg. One half had too much salt. One half didn’t have enough. I rest my case. Just shove it in your mouth all at once and the saltiness evens out. Or make it a mayonegg, and you’ll never know the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/56 "2005-12-09T01:00:06Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > I will post my idea for an invention, and hope someone steals it. Colored salt! Who can see that salt on their corn or veggies when it’s white? You always put on too much or too little because you can’t see it! Make it blue (we need more blue food) or red or something. Pepper works great, it’s back. But salt?? > > Steal my idea, Reader/Doper/Lurker, I dare you! Sorry to disappoint you, but years ago I read about a kid who won his school science fair by inventing colored table salt. ---
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/57 "2005-12-09T01:00:18Z")
i wouldn’t post any story lines or inventions of great value here, some other schmuck is gonna steal it from you way before the chicago reader does…and you’re not a stupid person, youre just sort of an asshole for now–calm down dude! and dont take everything so seriously- then i’m sure youd have a lot to say and some to listen ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/58 "2005-12-09T01:38:16Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Sorry to disappoint you, but years ago I read about a kid who won his school science fair by inventing colored table salt. Read the patent number, bitch!\* \*Simpsons quote. Not calling **Guin** a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/59 "2005-12-09T03:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **Mangetout** : If you had any of these, it would be a really fucking stupid idea posting them on a public message board anyway, if you hoped to eventually benefit from them. So what’s the problem? Public message board? _Public_? Ya’ll are for _real_? This leaks out of my little bright screen and into the air for all of Nashville to read? I just thought my husband was playing a little joke on me. You’d better believe that next time _this_ senior citizen will read the instructions before she gets suckered again! Get on up outta that bathtub, **faithfool** , it’s your turn to deal. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752/60 "2005-12-09T03:18:21Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > \*Simpsons quote. Not calling **Guin** a bitch. Why the hell not? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-chicago-reader-for-having-the-right-to-steal-any-idea-we-post-here/334752.md?page=4)