# Help a noobie: how to not get banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228 "2022-01-04T23:17:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/41 "2022-01-05T19:22:19Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > his chosen user name was not valid. So, he entered “Valid” I don’t know why I love things like this so much. But I could never have taken that name personally – makes too much of a statement! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/42 "2022-01-05T20:39:05Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Sorry to disappoint you that it’s nothing fishy. To a @TroutMan, everything is fishy. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/43 "2022-01-05T20:51:40Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > So, he entered “Valid”. It took it, and that was his user name. Ask @WhyNot the origin of her name. ETA: She hasn’t made a post since 08/2020. That is concerning. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/44 "2022-01-07T02:49:37Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Sorry to disappoint you that it’s nothing fishy. And it doesn’t take a brain sturgeon. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/45 "2022-01-07T13:49:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The fear of losing my username has been the only thing holding back my rampage across the board… So one day, you’re going to just get wall-eyed and go for it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/46 "2022-01-07T13:56:02Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Easy to say from the safety and comfort of your perch. > [@TroutMan](#): > > Comfort? It’s downright crappie up here. > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Sorry to disappoint you that it’s nothing fishy. > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > And it doesn’t take a brain sturgeon. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > So one day, you’re going to just get wall-eyed and go for it? - I think the rest of us just got schooled. Or we’re going to get catfished. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/47 "2022-01-07T14:24:20Z")
Yeah let’s agree to stop carping on about it. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/48 "2022-01-07T15:31:45Z")
Ya know, I am starting to get hooked on these puns. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/49 "2022-01-07T15:35:05Z")
They’re just baiting you. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/50 "2022-01-07T15:36:25Z")
And I got caught up in it. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/51 "2022-01-07T15:43:30Z")
You fell hook, line and… Nah. Too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/52 "2022-01-07T16:26:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Nah. Too easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/53 "2022-01-08T02:49:23Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > sturgeon. Spawning for the very first time? ---
**Author:** ![Pseudonym](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudonym/32/9895_2.png) [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228/54 "2022-01-08T13:19:47Z")
Well I never thought this thread would turn out to be so much pun! Color me a Rio Grande Silvery minnow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228.md?page=2)