# Have the sdmb moderators made the GQ forum incredibally dull? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804 "2001-10-16T20:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/21 "2001-10-18T09:03:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I never liked General Questions and Great Debates too much. They seem too proper stiff. Actually, I’ve always considered Great Debates to be far more heated than the Pit ever was. When I think of the Pit, I picture a bunch of hoodlums getting into a barroom brawl. However, when I think of GD, I picture two vast armies, battling it out with massive tanks, fighters, bombers, and all sorts of weapons of mass destruction. Because, in GD, that’s where the Big Guns hang out. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/22 "2001-10-18T11:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > Because, in GD, that’s where the Big Guns hang out. Kneel before Zod!! Sua ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/23 "2001-10-18T12:35:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > \*\*Yeah, and I think those bossy old librarians have made the public library incredibly dull too. They won’t let you play music or watch a little TV or have a pizza delivered or get together with your friends and have a party or _anything_. \*\* Yes, they will. That’s what hundred dollar bills are for. - Jonathan “One Time Library Assistant” Chance ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/24 "2001-10-18T12:51:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*When I think of the Pit, I picture a bunch of hoodlums getting into a barroom brawl. > \*\* **::Leaning against a wall, light reflecting from his black leather jacket, Fenris casually flips a quarter over and over while chewing on a toothpick, watching the brawl. Suddenly with one smooth motion, he catches and pockets the quarter, picks up a chair and flings it into the fray.::** “What was that for!? What kind of ignorance are you fighting against?” cries the guilty party struck by the chair. “What kind have you got?” I snarl and leap into the fray. Well, not really. But it fun to write. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/25 "2001-10-18T12:58:11Z")
**G. Nome** wrote: > [@](#): > > It’s the first (and possibly only) forum visitors are likely to visit GQ? As far as I see, most people jump straight to MPSIMS, as it’s the least intimidating of all the boards. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/26 "2001-10-18T15:21:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*I never liked **General Questions** and **Great Debates** too much. They seem too proper stiff. \*\* You mean proper _and_ stiff, don’t you? And we _are too_ entertaining, Reeder. You’re reading the wrong threads. Jill ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/27 "2001-10-18T17:09:21Z")
I love GQ, 'cause I love being a know-it-all and showing off and stuff. I hate it when non-factual threads are posted in GQ. How can I show off my big brain when all you want is an opinion? Hell, you can get an opinion out of a rhesus monkey. Just bring a towel to wipe it off afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/28 "2001-10-18T17:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > > \*\*I never liked **General Questions** and **Great Debates** too much. They seem too proper stiff. \*\* > > You mean proper _and_ stiff, don’t you? \*\* No, **Jill** , he didn’t. 🙂 It’s akin to saying to someone, by way of a compliment, > [@](#): > > Y’all just so righteous turgid . Make sense? 😉 \<--------Charter Member of the **JillGat** Booster Club. Nobody, but NOBODY looks as good in a form-fit, cut-on-the-bias Level One Containment Suit as she does. Hubba Hubba !!! 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/29 "2001-10-19T00:31:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally Posted by JillGat_ > You mean proper and stiff, don’t you? > > And we are too entertaining, Reeder. You’re reading the wrong threads. > Jill Yes, Jill, I meant to say proper and stiff. But you have to actually **know useful facts** to post a lot in the GQ and GD. That is why I rarely post there. I know a lot, just nothing useful. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804/30 "2001-10-19T20:45:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*But you have to actually **know useful facts** to post a lot in GQ… \*\* …or just be good with a search engine. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-sdmb-moderators-made-the-gq-forum-incredibally-dull/87804.md?page=1)