# I don't think I deserved to be called a whore **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913 "2006-08-01T17:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/41 "2006-08-01T19:53:51Z")
What is this other board everyone keeps talking about? There’s some board devoted to monitoring/criticizing the SDMB, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Blanche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blanche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blanche)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/42 "2006-08-01T19:55:25Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Answer the question, **Blanche**! How many Whoppers have you given up? > > p.s. Unless somebody can figure out how to log in as you and post some inflammatory shit here using your name, they’re not going to be able to get you banned, so you can tone the paranoia down a bit. Although it increasingly seems you’re either cowshit crazy or a troll, so I imagine you’ll be able to get yourself banned soon enough, should you so desire. About the equivalent of 4 or 5. I normally pick up something to eat on Friday nights but I chose to cook instead because otherwise I couldn’t justify spending the diaper money on it. We normally get pizza or chinese or something, not Whoppers. I feel pretty guilty about it too as the oldest looks forward to it. Now I have a little extra to spend, so maybe I can make it up to them. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/43 "2006-08-01T19:59:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What is this other board everyone keeps talking about? There’s some board devoted to monitoring/criticizing the SDMB, or what? You won’t find any links on this site to that one. (Mods preventing board wars.) There used to be a link in the Wiki page about SDMB. And to your second question, yeah. I do think it’s pretty darn sad, truth be told. I would have never even dreamed that there would be a board with one sole purpose of making fun of the posters on another board. As they say around here, “bizz-aah.” ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/44 "2006-08-01T20:01:15Z")
> [@Blanche](#): > > I wasn’t going to post here, but what the hell are you talking about? I live in a house that is rented by my husband and myself. I do not live with my parents, nor have I for a long time. > > And now more people on “that other board” are saying they are me and apparently trying to help me get banned. This is insanity. Relax, **Blanche**. What happens on that board stays on that board. No one is going to ban you for something posted anonymously elsewhere. They are not simply mendacious deviants, but are in fact drooling Pavlovian retardswho can barely complete a sentence without wandering into some dimwitted joke about forcible sodomy or self-abuse. The place is a gaseous, festering mire. The only thing to do is stay upwind from it. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/45 "2006-08-01T20:07:20Z")
> [@Blanche](#): > > There are hundreds of posts with people talking about themselves on practically every forum here, yet when I do it, it’s attention whoring and the rats come out of the woodwork to call me names because of it. > > I’m glad this came to my attention before I saved up the money to buy a membership. You can go ahead and ban me now. 1. Write down a 10-15 set of numbers on a small piece of paper. Something you’ll never remember. 2. Click User CP 3. Change Password to step 1’s 10-15 set of numbers. 4. Eat paper. 5. Change email address to bogus address. 6. Log out. Done ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/46 "2006-08-01T20:14:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What is this other board everyone keeps talking about? There’s some board devoted to monitoring/criticizing the SDMB, or what? Yes, I want to know also. Ok, so we cant have a link. But a name? A hint of a name? A link to a Google search? 😕😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/47 "2006-08-01T20:21:54Z")
**BrainGlutton:** > [@](#): > > There’s a reason people make these WAGs over in **the snarkpit**. Hint hint. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/48 "2006-08-01T20:25:10Z")
Shut up attention strumpet! No one gives a flying fig’s uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/49 "2006-08-01T20:27:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, I want to know also. Ok, so we cant have a link. But a name? A hint of a name? A link to a Google search? 😕😃 It’s been mentioned that it used to be in the Wikipedia article on the SDMB. If you are familiar with the Wikipedia, you’ll know that old versions of articles never really go away, they are just hidden. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/50 "2006-08-01T20:32:51Z")
I’m not understanding the vitriol towards **Blanche** (unless it is coming from the other board’s participants). While I don’t find her posts to be anything special, I’m sure there are dozens upon dozens who feel the same of my posts. However, here we have the SDMB equivalent of yelling “JUMP” to the guy on the ledge. Reflects much more poorly on the posters yelling than on the OP. Uh oh, I used **I** a few times; I must be an attention-whore myself. Doh! Two more, plus a myself. I can’t help myself. Doh![sup]2[/sup] I did it again. And again. Help me…there’s another one… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/51 "2006-08-01T20:34:56Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Uh oh, I used **I** a few times; I must be an attention-whore myself. Doh! Two more, plus a myself. I can’t help myself. Doh![sup]2[/sup] I did it again. And again. Help me…there’s another one… Jump, JUMP!!! ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/52 "2006-08-01T20:39:20Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > And to your second question, yeah. I do think it’s pretty darn sad, truth be told. I would have never even dreamed that there would be a board with one sole purpose of making fun of the posters on another board. As they say around here, “bizz-aah.” Actually, I think there is (or at least there used to be) _two_ boards dedicaced to criticizing the SDMB and its posters. But I keep forgetting their names, so I can’t help with a hint. The link on wikipedia’s SDMB page was quite convenient but it isn’t there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/53 "2006-08-01T20:40:19Z")
When I read the thread title, I expected to read about [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7597551&postcount=20). In answer to the thread title, no, you did not deserve to be (and in fact you were not) called a whore for the post to which you linked in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/54 "2006-08-01T20:42:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The title of this thread is pretty misleading. There’s a big difference between being called a whore, and being called an attention whore. I agree, my idea of what the thread would be about was much different from what it actually was. I think the biggest issue is what **Beadalin** mentioned, that if people really spoke their minds then presumably someone (maybe the one who talked about you on the snarkboards) would have stepped forward and told you they thought you were a sock–and that can be explosive. If I were you, I’d go defend myself on the snarkboards. AFAIK socks tend to ignore allegations that they’re socks, because it draws attention to themselves that they don’t need. If the snark union believes you, cool. If not, fuck 'em–not your problem. > [@Blanche](#): > > Regardless of context, I would not expect the moderators of the board to use the word “whore” or “whoring” in reference to it’s (potential) customers. I was a bit taken aback by it, I’m used to a more courteous tone when receiving official messages. “Attention whore” is a lexeme wholly independent from the word “whore”. The meaning is totally different although one is derived from the other. The former is a pretty mild Internet label, and you shouldn’t associate it with the latter. I don’t say it because I have a strong aversion to the use of the word “whore” as part of any non-literal (by literal I mean someone who literally exchanges sex for cash/drugs) meaning. That doesn’t mean that’s what mods are calling you. It’s a different “word” and you have to understand it for what it means, not the secondary images it conjures up, if you intend on posting on Internet message boards IMO. > [@Blanche](#): > > There are hundreds of posts with people talking about themselves on practically every forum here, yet when I do it, it’s attention whoring and the rats come out of the woodwork to call me names because of it. Er, no, you weren’t talking about yourself. You were starting threads that were all about soliciting other people to talk about you. Not in some tangential or secondary way, like an advice thread, but in an “Everybody look at me!” way. Maybe that’s not what you intended, but that’s the end result–a thread all about you. That’s what “attention whoring” means. Obviously (to me) you’re not being malicious or intentionally drawing attention to yourself, but you seem to be misunderstanding what’s going on. Hopefully this thread will help you out in that department. > [@Blanche](#): > > And now more people on “that other board” are saying they are me and apparently trying to help me get banned. This is insanity. That’s just the snarkers snarking. Don’t worry about it. The mods have a pretty good idea of who you are by this point and if you’re not a sock you have nothing to fear. > [@Blanche](#): > > It’s like there’s some conspiracy to drive me out. Oh, come on. I’ve tried to be gentle in this post, but get off your fucking cross. This board doesn’t revolve around you. Why would anyone care enough about a guest to try to drive them out? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/55 "2006-08-01T20:46:17Z")
Could someone explain to me what the hell this _other_ board is supposed to be? From the oblique references, I get the hint that it’s Not To Be Spoken of here, but maybe someone could email me a clue. Seriously, WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/56 "2006-08-01T20:54:33Z")
**Blanche** , as long as we’re talking about you… [sub]are you hot?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/57 "2006-08-01T20:58:18Z")
> [@Long Time Lurker](#): > > When I read the thread title, I expected to read about [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7597551&postcount=20). Well, what do you know? **Blanche** really IS a whore. How about that? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/58 "2006-08-01T20:58:58Z")
**iamthewalrus(:3=**, they’re about talking shit about Dopers. Mostly anonymously. Hopefully someone will email you some more specific info, I don’t have links anymore and I lost interest in them pretty soon after I figured out what they were. ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/59 "2006-08-01T21:03:00Z")
**Blanche** , I would like to add that if someone calls you a drama queen, you are not officially considered royalty. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913/60 "2006-08-01T21:05:31Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Well, what do you know? **Blanche** really IS a whore. How about that? Don’t call her that, or she’ll hit you with her bag of quarters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-deserved-to-be-called-a-whore/366913.md?page=4)