# I hate this BB system **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034 "2002-11-02T23:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Cull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cull)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/1 "2002-11-02T23:26:38Z")
I just wrote an extremely lengthy post AFTER LOGGIN IN, then hit SUBMIT, and it takes me to a page where I am supposed to login, and my post Disappears. Thank god for the fucking genius who implemented this system. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/2 "2002-11-02T23:28:32Z")
Oh, quit bitching. When that happens to me, I use the Back button, select my text, copy it to the clipboard, log in, then paste. Use some imagination, ya lazy putz. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/3 "2002-11-02T23:32:26Z")
Over-react much? ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/4 "2002-11-02T23:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate this BB system Then go away. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/5 "2002-11-03T00:10:56Z")
I like pie. Do you like pie? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/6 "2002-11-03T00:28:52Z")
Mmmmm Pie ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/7 "2002-11-03T00:37:16Z")
This used to happen to me a lot and I wept (how I wept) over the loss of those important, relevant, carefully-composed replies, but I found a solution; now I only ever post inane drivel - if the hamsters eat it, it’s no great loss. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/8 "2002-11-03T00:48:12Z")
Yeah, sucks when that happens, but such is life in the electronic age. In the future, before you try to submit anything, highlight it and hit “Copy.” If something crashes (either on the SDMB’s end, your own, or somewhere in between) you can paste it right back in. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/9 "2002-11-03T00:52:15Z")
Trouble is highlighting your entire post is one operation and copying it is another; in between the two, it is terribly vulnerable; a single accidental keypress of almost any key will destroy it. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/10 "2002-11-03T00:54:18Z")
Compose in Notepad or some other yexy editor. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/11 "2002-11-03T00:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Compose in Notepad or some other _yexy_editor. \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/12 "2002-11-03T01:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*This used to happen to me a lot and I wept (how I wept) over the loss of those important, relevant, carefully-composed replies, but I found a solution; now I only ever post inane drivel - if the hamsters eat it, it’s no great loss. \*\* Hey, me too! I also do a lot of me too posts. Makes me look like a sycophant and pads my post count at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/13 "2002-11-03T01:08:26Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/14 "2002-11-03T01:09:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cull \* > \*\*I just wrote an extremely lengthy post AFTER LOGGIN IN, then hit SUBMIT, and it takes me to a page where I am supposed to login, and my post Disappears. Thank god for the fucking genius who implemented this system. \*\* So I guess the hamsters saw fit to cull **Cull** ’s post from the board. [sub]Ha! I slay me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/15 "2002-11-03T01:10:09Z")
Yeah, I know it wasn’t a very yexy post. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/16 "2002-11-03T01:56:13Z")
If you want my bo-day and you think I’m yex-ay… ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/17 "2002-11-03T02:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Me too. \*\* Not me, ever. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/18 "2002-11-03T03:04:52Z")
I like pie!!!1 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/19 "2002-11-03T03:23:36Z")
To paraphrase an old (very funny) SF story, I as a representative of the SDMB Citizen’s Comittee For Sarcastic Remarks would like respond: I am so saddened by your angst that > [@](#): > > I die. O my hair falls out and my flesh rots and my bones are cracked by the hungry ta!an’n. He drops me behind him all around the forest and nothing will grow where his excretment from my marrow falls. As the years pass the forest dies from the poison of my remains. The soil washes into the sea and poisons the fish, and all die. O the embarassment. _That_’s how upset I am about your angst. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/20 "2002-11-03T04:35:27Z")
[sub]::: me too. :::[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034.md?page=2)