# I hesitate to ask, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200 "2013-01-14T18:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/21 "2013-01-15T00:07:12Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Go clutch your pearls. > > I think the “taboo topics” threads are interesting, and I also think society would be a better place if those topics weren’t taboo everywhere else. There’s too much fuss made over natural bodily functions in this world anyway - everyone shits, you know? Oh. So society would be a better place if Lasciel could start any conversation he damn pleased with the question “Which hand you wipe your ass with?” or some other “interesting” “taboo” subject. Right. And since I have introduced the metaphor I believe I will suggest that all such OP are the equivalent of an unwiped ass, and as for the people who post and enjoy them… well, this isn’t the pit, is it?- I’d better stop while I’m ahead. Bye Byeee. ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/22 "2013-01-15T03:09:07Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > And since I have introduced the metaphor I believe I will suggest that all such OP are the equivalent > of an\*\* unwiped ass\*\*, and as for the people who post and enjoy them… well, this isn’t the pit, is it?- What about your moratorium on “excremental” themes? If the great colonial can’t avoid poopy humor, what chance do the rest of us have? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/24 "2013-01-15T03:45:23Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Bye Byeee. No, I gotta know! Which hand? ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/25 "2013-01-15T04:00:07Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > This board only has one major problem, but it is a big problem, namely, > the vast number of completely and totally moronic HS-JHS caliber threads > having to with sex and bodily functions. Such threads got no reason to live, > none of the goddam things, and it would be nice if a moratorium could be > imposed on sexual, excremental, urinary and menstrual themes as a subject > for OP. SDMB would be a better place for it. > > Most intellectually adult boards don’t let such utter garbage see the light > of day. I hope administration here does see the light some day and adopts > a policy promoting serious intellectual discourse only, as opposed to the > juvenile trash the OP for this thread is all wadded up about. Was that a poem? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/26 "2013-01-15T04:15:35Z")
No, some people post by copying & pasting from Notepad, and it inserts hard returns at the end of each line, and they let the carriages return where they may. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/27 "2013-01-15T05:30:12Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Which hand you wipe your ass with? Right. Yep, how’d you know? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/28 "2013-01-15T06:25:09Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > No, some people post by copying & pasting from Notepad, and it inserts hard returns at the end of each line, and they let the carriages return where they may. Aw. ☹ It was more fun to read as a poem. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/29 "2013-01-15T07:24:20Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Oh. > > So society would be a better place if Lasciel could start any conversation he damn pleased with > the question “Which hand you wipe your ass with?” or some other “interesting” “taboo” subject. > > Right. > > And since I have introduced the metaphor I believe I will suggest that all such OP are the equivalent > of an unwiped ass, and as for the people who post and enjoy them… well, this isn’t the pit, is it?- > I’d better stop while I’m ahead. > > Bye Byeee. Simple solution: If the thread title makes you think you’ll be offended, don’t click it. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/30 "2013-01-15T07:29:20Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > This board only has one major problem, but it is a big problem, namely, > the vast number of completely and totally moronic HS-JHS caliber threads > having to with sex and bodily functions. Such threads got no reason to live, > none of the goddam things, and it would be nice if a moratorium could be > imposed on sexual, excremental, urinary and menstrual themes as a subject > for OP. SDMB would be a better place for it. > > Most intellectually adult boards don’t let such utter garbage see the light > of day. I hope administration here does see the light some day and adopts > a policy promoting serious intellectual discourse only, as opposed to the > juvenile trash the OP for this thread is all wadded up about. Yeah, Cecil would NEVER write any “juvenile” stuff like that! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/31 "2013-01-15T12:48:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Simple solution: If the thread title makes you think you’ll be offended, don’t click it. There are forum descriptions for a reason. The tread would have been OK in the Pit as written, or OK in IMHO with some changes. The OP can simply chose which makes sense and start a new thread. I like that the forum descriptions mean something here and that they’re enforced. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/32 "2013-01-15T13:11:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Simple solution: If the thread title makes you think you’ll be offended, don’t click it. Or to continue the metaphor: don’t move aside the large “UNWIPED ASS” sign, kneel and plant your nose squarely into the fudgy brown crack before inhaling deeply. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/33 "2013-01-15T13:37:55Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Oh. > > So society would be a better place if Lasciel could start any conversation he damn pleased with > the question “Which hand you wipe your ass with?” or some other “interesting” “taboo” subject. > > Right. > > And since I have introduced the metaphor I believe I will suggest that all such OP are the equivalent > of an unwiped ass, and as for the people who post and enjoy them… well, this isn’t the pit, is it?- > I’d better stop while I’m ahead. > > Bye Byeee. I think your username says it all, as to where you’re coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/34 "2013-01-15T13:59:12Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Was that a poem? > [@Fiveroptic](#): > > Aw. ☹ It was more fun to read as a poem. I read it more like a rap > [@](#): > > [Angry Rap] > \*This board \* > _only has one major problem…_ > _but it is a big problem,_ > \*Namely, the vast number of \* > \*completely and \* > \*totally moronic \* > \*HS-JHS caliber threads \* > \*having to with sex and bodily functions…\*_functions… functions… functions[repeat to fade]_ > > [Chorus with background singers] > _Such threads …got no reason to live… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > **Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!** > _Such threads …got no reason to live… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > **Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!** > _Such threads… got no reason… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > _Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!_ > …TO LIVE! > > [Angry Rap] > \*None of the goddam things, \* > \*and it would be nice if a moratorium could be \* > \*imposed on sexual, \* > \*excremental, \* > \*urinary \* > \*and menstrual themes \* > _as a subject for the OP…OP…OP…OP [repeat to fade]_ > > [Chorus with background singers] > _Such threads …got no reason to live… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > _Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!_ > _Such threads …got no reason to live… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > **Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!** > _Such threads …got no reason… ♫ got no reason…got no reason♫_ > _Yeah! Yeah! Hey! Hey!_ > …TO LIVE! > > [Repeat 27 times] > [Stop for spoken word] > > _SDMB would be a better place for it…WORD!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/35 "2013-01-15T14:55:28Z")
[Ain’t nobody got time for that!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7UgAprdpM) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/36 "2013-01-15T15:41:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > [Ain’t nobody got time for that!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7UgAprdpM) Thak you Ellen, you made my morning, but I’m gonna have that tune stuck in my head all day! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/37 "2013-01-15T16:29:51Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Yeah, Cecil would NEVER write any “juvenile” stuff like that! AHahaha, of course. Not like almost 90% of the Cartoons next to the SD columns don’t have naked butts. LOL ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/38 "2013-01-15T17:13:55Z")
I do not see how the penthouse concept applies to this, and I do not see how a post that would be acceptable in the Pit can be not acceptable outside the Pit unless it contains the one rule difference in the Pit: that people are allowed to be directly insulted. There’s no such insult in this. It’s just crude, in the same way many other posts on this board are crude. And I see nothing in any of the forum descriptions that say that there will not be crude comments made within. And I agree with MeanOldLady in that I do not understand proactive moderation. It’s kinda insulting: “I know someone will eventually start breaking the personal attacks rule, so I must shut down the thread before that happens.” ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/39 "2013-01-15T17:34:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And I agree with MeanOldLady in that I do not understand proactive moderation. It’s kinda insulting: “I know someone will eventually start breaking the personal attacks rule, so I must shut down the thread before that happens.” Big T meet Twix. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/40 "2013-01-15T17:43:32Z")
Can we have a dick sucking sub-forum? Well, a subforum to discuss it that is… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200/41 "2013-01-15T18:06:37Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Thak you Ellen, you made my morning, but I’m gonna have that tune stuck in my head all day! I’m glad I made your morning! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200.md?page=3)