# Get rid of one SDMB forum. Which do you choose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407 "2010-10-17T04:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/41 "2010-10-19T15:52:49Z")
I voted for GD. It’s pointless, and seems to bring out the worst in people. I may not care about the thread games in the Game Room, or the kitty pictures in MPSIMS, but GD combines the inanity of those threads with the fire-breathing passion of our most self-rightous members. Pointless and anger-inducing is a bad combo. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/42 "2010-10-19T16:01:37Z")
I think it’s ridiculous to suggest that this board should eliminate debates. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/43 "2010-10-19T16:34:17Z")
Well, i don’t care if it is ridiculous. Out of that list, I definitely voted GD. Nothing ever gets accomplished there, the excluded middle is always just that, and it’s the same people talking at and through each other all the time. I like the game room, even though I never play any games - I like video game talk (to an extent). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/44 "2010-10-19T16:40:12Z")
If we get rid of debates, we might as well shut down the whole board since its mission then becomes impossible. People who don’t like arguments should stick to cat boards. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/45 "2010-10-19T16:42:13Z")
Says you. The rest of us enjoy the rest of the board just fine. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/46 "2010-10-19T16:43:22Z")
I like the game room. Half the threads I read here are in that forum. I have always felt that IMHO was redundant and that those threads could be split into GQ, GD or MPSIMS depending on the nature of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/47 "2010-10-19T16:43:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Says you. The rest of us enjoy the rest of the board just fine. When did you start speaking for everybody else on the board? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/48 "2010-10-19T16:56:14Z")
I agree 100% with **Justin\_Bailey**. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/49 "2010-10-19T16:56:24Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If we get rid of debates, we might as well shut down the whole board since its mission then becomes impossible. People who don’t like arguments should stick to cat boards. No, GQ is the heart of the board and the only forum that really has anything to do with fighting ignorance. Everything else is just an offshoot. GD has nothing to do with the mission of the board, it’s just a nonstop circle jerk for a dozen or so posters who like to hear themselves speak (or whatever the message board equivalent of that is). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/50 "2010-10-19T17:00:42Z")
GD is exactly the mission of the board. Everything doesn’t have a GQ answer. GD is where things get hashed out. I’m amazed at this attitude. I don’t know why people afraid of disagreement and debate would even be drawn to this board in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/51 "2010-10-19T17:05:21Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > When did you start speaking for everybody else on the board? I’m not speaking for “the rest of the board”. I am only speaking for the part of the board who doesn’t particularly care for GD. I mean, a lot of us come here for lots of other things, so your assertion that we “may as well shut down the board” is a bit silly. Maybe we’d have to change the tagline or the idealism of the board, but we’d still be a board…and I don’t even agree with that, since it’s GQ that’s really “fighting ignorance”. Anyway, I am done arguing with you. It’s not as though magically because I or others said so that GD will disappear, so why are you so upset about me saying it? I’ve said my opinion, and btw, this is exactly why I don’t like GD…people argue and argue and argue and never listen to the other one’s points. I am not afraid of disagreement and debate. It’s just not my interest. I do like the company here, and that’s why I come. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/52 "2010-10-19T17:08:40Z")
**Anaamika** , while I agree with you in a general sense, I think **Dio** has this one right by accident. It’s only _because_ of GD and GQ that the rest of the boards are what they are. That is, we could just as easily have MPSIMS or CS elsewhere, but we don’t. They’re here. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/53 "2010-10-19T17:12:29Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m not speaking for “the rest of the board”. I am only speaking for the part of the board who doesn’t particularly care for GD. You said, “the rest of us.” That implies you meant everybody but me. You didn’t qualify it. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/54 "2010-10-19T17:13:50Z")
[Poll on whether debating should be banned on SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582404) ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/55 "2010-10-19T17:31:00Z")
Dio: I don’t remember you being this reflexively contrary. Is this a new thing? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/56 "2010-10-19T17:33:54Z")
I’m not reflexively contrary. ---
**Author:** ![Galileo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Galileo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galileo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/57 "2010-10-19T17:56:23Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t know why people afraid of disagreement and debate would even be drawn to this board in the first place. Are you trying to find out why or are you just expressing your ignorance? > [@](#): > > GD is exactly the mission of the board. Cite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/58 "2010-10-19T19:16:19Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You said, “the rest of us.” That implies you meant everybody but me. You didn’t qualify it. I am qualifying it _now_, Diogenes. Am I not allowed to do that? I forget sometimes that on this board every damn statement has to be qualified or it will be nitpicked to death. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/59 "2010-10-19T19:16:59Z")
You’re telling me. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407/60 "2010-10-19T19:21:38Z")
I’d get rid of ATMB so that the recreational whiners couldn’t start “rules explanation” threads that never resolve anything to anyone’s satisfaction and seem to exist solely for the participants to submit post after post of pointless quibbling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-one-sdmb-forum-which-do-you-choose/557407.md?page=4)