# GDs a Lot of Fun Now, Isn't it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094 "2010-01-15T17:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/1 "2010-01-15T17:37:36Z")
I hardly go there, or at least used to hardly go there. But it’s been really entertaining lately! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/2 "2010-01-15T17:51:06Z")
It is vastly improved now that elections are a fading memory. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/3 "2010-01-15T17:53:31Z")
Since this is About This Message Board, I’m going to move it thither. twickster, MPSIMS mod ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/4 "2010-01-15T19:19:35Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > It is vastly improved now that elections are a fading memory. I dunno if that’s it. It seems to me to just now be settling out, and the elections were over a year back in November. But, then again, it’s pretty much since November that I’ve enjoyed reading it. Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/5 "2010-01-15T20:21:26Z")
**Leaffan** , why does it seem more fun? What about it is more fun to you? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/6 "2010-01-15T20:47:10Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > **Leaffan** , why does it seem more fun? What about it is more fun to you? The level of ignorance in some threads is astounding and amusing. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/7 "2010-01-16T01:16:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The level of ignorance in some threads is astounding and amusing. Well, it could not be election related, then: You should have seen the level of ignorance displayed before the U.S. elections. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/8 "2010-01-16T01:46:53Z")
It’s just as tiring and infuriating as ever. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/9 "2010-01-16T03:51:58Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The level of ignorance in some threads is astounding and amusing. Yeah, _that’s_ a new and different feature around here. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gds-a-lot-of-fun-now-isnt-it/525094/10 "2010-01-17T02:46:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The level of ignorance in some threads is astounding and amusing. I tend to think of GD as existing to provide a dumping ground for ignorance, so it won’t gum up other forums.