# Have you gotten a Straight Dope warning before? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685 "2020-08-21T18:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/1 "2020-08-21T18:40:05Z")
Just a straight-up poll. No need to debate/divulge what your warning was for, if you got one. I’m just curious since I have read repeatedly that “the vast majority of Dopers never get a warning at any point.” I do believe it, but just wanted a poll to see _how_ vast that majority actually is - 75%, or 98%, etc. No need for embarrassment either, it may be that you got warned for something you can be proud of. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/2 "2020-08-21T18:52:52Z")
Believe it or not I’ve been warned about being a jerk twice. I sometimes make snide comments when drinking and when I go back and read them the next day they don’t come off as funny to me either. So I tend not post when drunk anymore. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/3 "2020-08-21T18:53:08Z")
I got one. I called someone a name outside of the Pit. I knew I would get warned. But it’s my only one, and I don’t intend to get another one. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/4 "2020-08-21T19:05:06Z")
A couple poorly timed or misunderstood jokes that I regret. But also a couple for being a complete, over the line jerk to some real assholes who needed it. I do not regret those. And those assholes are gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/5 "2020-08-21T19:18:24Z")
Been here since 2003. Never warned, never noted, never Pitted. Really haven’t made much of an impression, but I’ve learned a lot. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/6 "2020-08-21T19:19:00Z")
unofficially yes I have one for making JFK/Dallas references in a trump inauguration thread one of the members as part of the camera crew for tv and one in a truck thread when I didn’t clearly state I was repeating someone’s opinion … ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/7 "2020-08-21T19:21:00Z")
Not once in my 20 years here. In the past year or two, there’ve been a handful of times where I’ve been annoyed enough with a fellow Doper that I’ve considered making a post that would likely draw a warning, just because I was that annoyed, but discretion and niceness have prevailed so far. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/8 "2020-08-21T19:26:33Z")
None. I got a ticking off in the early days for making a non-GQ comment in GQ (out of inexperience and ignorance), but no warning. Sensible modding of a newbie, I would say. j ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/9 "2020-08-21T20:08:47Z")
I got suspended by Lynn many years ago for starting a thread in The Pit wishing everyone a happy new w year. And I also copped a warning for calling someone a nasty name outside of the Pit. He/she deserved it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/10 "2020-08-21T20:08:48Z")
Nope. They just let me run roughshod over you people. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/11 "2020-08-21T20:12:57Z")
Just one, I think, when I posted in a thread about a recent mass shooting, not having read the OP, which asked people not to post anything about gun control as a political issue. Which I did. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/12 "2020-08-21T20:25:26Z")
Got one many years ago for a reason that I’ve completely forgotten. I figure one warning for some 43,000 posts isn’t a bad track record. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/13 "2020-08-21T20:28:57Z")
I don’t think so. ETA: I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten a scolding, but I don’t think an official warning… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/14 "2020-08-21T20:43:18Z")
Of course not! I’m nice, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/15 "2020-08-21T20:48:33Z")
About 20 years ago I had quite a few of them. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/16 "2020-08-21T21:05:45Z")
I think I had a warning once, _years ago_ for making a political jab in a GQ thread, or not wearing a tie to “Formal Tuesday on the SDMB” or something. Trying to remember. . . 🙄 . . . yeah, I think it was due to the lack of a tie with my jacket. Tripler Currently not wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/17 "2020-08-21T21:07:07Z")
This describes me, although I’ve only been here since 2007. There was once that I recall that I got pretty pissed off at a poster that I thought was being a jerk. I said some heated stuff but I tried to refrain from crossing the line, and I’m pretty sure I failed. I resigned myself to a warning and left the boards for a few days. I returned to find that the other poster had been banned for being a jerk and the mods had said not a word in response to my rather heated post. I’ve made a point to never again post when angry. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/18 "2020-08-21T21:07:52Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I think I had a warning once, _years ago_ for making a political jab in a GQ thread, or not wearing a tie to “Formal Tuesday on the SDMB” or something. > > Trying to remember. . . 🙄 . . . yeah, I think it was due to the lack of a tie with my jacket. > > Tripler > Currently not wearing pants. Lucky for you, today is casual Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/19 "2020-08-21T21:10:49Z")
Does Brigadoon count? Then no, never. (What happened in Brigadoon stays in Brigadoon.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685/20 "2020-08-21T21:13:04Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Does Brigadoon count? Then no, never. Ahhh, those heady days of Clothing-Optional Saturday. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-straight-dope-warning-before/918685.md?page=2)