# GODDAMN THIS MESSAGE BOARD!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459 "2000-10-10T20:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/1 "2000-10-10T20:25:18Z")
Why is such a fun and addictive message board so slow and fucking buggy??? There is nothing that pisses me off more than trying again and again and again to try and load a fucking thread and the browser just plods along but never fucking loads a goddamn fucking thing!!! ARGHHHH!!! It just make me want to hit someone… (sorry, I just had to vent) ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/2 "2000-10-10T20:39:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monkeylucifer \* > **Why is such a fun and addictive message board so slow** I’ll take Questions That Answer Themselves for $100, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/3 "2000-10-10T22:09:59Z")
Funny. I don’t have any trouble with speed (apart from normal 'net inconsistency) or bugs. What issues in particular are pissing you off, O Shining Primate? ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/4 "2000-10-10T22:30:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > \*\*Funny. I don’t have any trouble with speed (apart from normal 'net inconsistency) or bugs. What issues in particular are pissing you off, O Shining Primate? \*\* It seems to bog down my PC at work and at home quite often, and almost ALWAYS when I see a thread that I have just got to follow…ugh it makes me so damn mad. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/5 "2000-10-10T23:09:00Z")
Hummm, might look in the mirror dude. Lots of problems are discovered there. Then, having identified the problem, it is half solved… ;-] Have a nice day! ---
**Author:** ![MrWhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@MrWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrWhy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/6 "2000-10-11T06:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > \*\*Funny. I don’t have any trouble with speed (apart from normal 'net inconsistency) or bugs. What issues in particular are pissing you off, O Shining Primate? \*\* I’ve never found any major problems either. In fact this is probably one of the faster sites I visit. Could it be your end of things? ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/7 "2000-10-11T14:53:26Z")
I have the same problem. Usually it’s during peak traffic times(mid to late afternoon). When I log on first thing in the morning, there’s no problem. I have to agree that it’s frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/8 "2000-10-11T16:28:09Z")
I’ve experienced the same problems, usually when I’m on during luch (about noon) on my cable connection at home, and when I’m on my school’s T1 between 1:00 and 2:00 CST. I’ll click on a link, go to the bathroom, come back, and maybe, just maybe the thread will be loaded by then. It sucks, but hey this isn’t [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) or altavista. I’m sure the Chicago Reader doesn’t have the money to implement a T3 connection just to soothe the cries of whiny people with crappy handles. :rolleyes: If you confine your posting to off-peak times (or not at all, in the monkeylucifer’s case), you will surely have a more pleasurable experience. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/9 "2000-10-11T17:57:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > **(or not at all, in the monkeylucifer’s case** Yeah, I’m a lurker…so sue me :rolleyes: BUT, I’m trying to be more of a poster. And BTW, don’t get me wrong, I love the site, it’s certainly one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/10 "2000-10-11T18:07:01Z")
That comment had nothing to do with how much you lurk. It was a (admittedly poorly worded) hope that you would stop posting entirely. Of course I base this all on the OP (which different people have already started 16 billion threads on in the past), since it was the only post of yours I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-this-message-board/36459/11 "2000-10-11T18:57:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > **Of course I base this all on the OP (which different people have already started 16 billion threads on in the past)** Sorry, I’ll shut up now.