# I gotta ask..Zagadka..Why banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835 "2004-12-03T02:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/61 "2004-12-05T03:31:05Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > and who’s talking to 14 year olds on the internet? Not me! Certainly not! Never! _Whistles innocently_ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/62 "2004-12-05T03:32:08Z")
> [@gum](#): > > I think **Zagadka** was just a kid. Good luck, man. Depends on your definition. His profile says he was 24. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/63 "2004-12-05T03:32:20Z")
**Zagadka** \<-- banned name! I’m sorry, really. ---
**Author:** ![Oilcan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Oilcan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oilcan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/64 "2004-12-12T04:26:04Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > To me, o\_O looks like an indication that the poster is so distressed by what s/he sees that s/he has sustained a brain injury (hence the mismatched pupils). > > Ouch! Well, shucks, thet thar li’l sign puts me in mind of a stomped-on toad frog, yessir! ---
**Author:** ![Oilcan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Oilcan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oilcan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/65 "2004-12-12T04:34:27Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Same here. It actually kind of annoys me when people flame 1337-speak because, no one over the age of 15 uses it seriously, and who’s talking to 14 year olds on the internet? There are no 14 year-olds on the internet. They’re still on PS2’s, while all the people claiming to be 14 are either 47 year old predatory, greasy, fat, unshaven males or Government agents. Sometimes both. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/66 "2004-12-12T21:21:53Z")
I occasionally talk to a 14-year-old on the Internet, but it’s okay because he’s my nephew. And because he doesn’t use 1337. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/67 "2004-12-12T22:44:13Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > **Zagadka** ← banned name! Evil 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/68 "2004-12-12T22:53:34Z")
> [@Oilcan](#): > > There are no 14 year-olds on the internet. They’re still on PS2’s, while all the people claiming to be 14 are either 47 year old predatory, greasy, fat, unshaven males or Government agents. Sometimes both. Oh, come on, I’ve never claimed to be 14. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/69 "2004-12-22T07:31:32Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > The best one is the “middle finger” -\_- ; I prefer the double middle finger, myself. ,l,-\_-,l, 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835.md?page=3)