# I can't tell this on Facebook... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079 "2013-03-16T07:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/1 "2013-03-16T07:36:35Z")
so I’m going to say it here. (Too many people would know who, what and why.) My son’s a sound tech for a couple bars on the beach. Here’s how the start of St. Paddy’s Day weekend went: owner: Can you make the band sound any better? son: No. They suck. owner: Then can you turn 'em down? Though he was all frustrated I just had to laugh. I hope the rest of the weekend goes better. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/2 "2013-03-16T10:31:46Z")
An appropriate [Far Side](http://www.guitarvibe.com/2009/09/turn-down-the-suck-knob.html) for you. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/3 "2013-03-16T12:52:21Z")
Does anyone else remember a thread here with a story about a sound tech at a nightclub who had a “suck” button, and would threaten to use it on bands that kept playing past their scheduled time? He’d programmed his equipment to drop the lead singer’s pitch a fraction of a note so they were out of tune, and add different delays to different instruments so their timing was all out of whack, and other ingenious, insidious things. Darned if I can find that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/4 "2013-03-16T15:55:20Z")
Funny! Thanks. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/5 "2013-03-16T16:04:14Z")
I opened this thread expecting another tragedy. So glad I was wrong. Then I read it, and > [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > An appropriate [Far Side](http://www.guitarvibe.com/2009/09/turn-down-the-suck-knob.html) for you. this same exact thing popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/6 "2013-03-17T04:23:03Z")
🙂 I’m glad, too. Small tragedies make great comedies. Thought: if I go around adjusting my “suck” button but leave my foil hat at home, will people know what I’m doing? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/7 "2013-03-17T04:38:04Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Does anyone else remember a thread here with a story about a sound tech at a nightclub who had a “suck” button, and would threaten to use it on bands that kept playing past their scheduled time? He’d programmed his equipment to drop the lead singer’s pitch a fraction of a note so they were out of tune, and add different delays to different instruments so their timing was all out of whack, and other ingenious, insidious things. Darned if I can find that thread. [OneCentStamp’s friend John.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7559831#post7559831) It made this techie’s heart leap to hear of such a comeuppance. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/8 "2013-03-17T06:22:30Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > An appropriate [Far Side](http://www.guitarvibe.com/2009/09/turn-down-the-suck-knob.html) for you. I’ve never seen that one before. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/9 "2013-03-17T16:10:14Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Does anyone else remember a thread here with a story about a sound tech at a nightclub who had a “suck” button First thing I thought of. What a great story. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-tell-this-on-facebook/653079/10 "2013-03-17T23:47:29Z")
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