# I just want to say how grateful I am for this board **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125 "2022-06-29T17:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HorribleMutantBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/1 "2022-06-29T17:25:21Z")
I really appreciate the mature and down to earth atmosphere of this board. It’s a welcome respite from the seemingly constant anger that has infected the rest of the internet. Keep doing what you guys are doing. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/2 "2022-06-29T17:34:41Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > It’s a welcome respite from the seemingly constant anger that has infected the rest of the internet. Personally I haven’t noticed all that much absence of anger around here, but I will say that at least most of us value not allowing anger to stop a conversation from being intelligent and rational. And of course we all like to unwind with a little earnest factual nitpicking. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![HorribleMutantBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/3 "2022-06-29T17:40:43Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > not allowing anger to stop a conversation from being intelligent and rational And that’s half the battle. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/4 "2022-06-29T17:46:25Z")
I don’t know, three posts and I think I see two missing commas. Of course, I like to use commas. ---
**Author:** ![HorribleMutantBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/5 "2022-06-29T17:48:42Z")
Me fail english? That’s unpossible. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/6 "2022-06-29T17:50:15Z")
I’m going to just give a nakedly sycophantic shout out to the SDMB [@moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/groups/moderators) for their excellent service as guardrails around here, too ! ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/7 "2022-06-29T18:23:29Z")
I for one welcome and appreciate our guardrail overlords! Oh, and welcome to the board. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/8 "2022-06-29T18:53:33Z")
16 days is early yet, HorribleMutantBoy. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![HorribleMutantBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/9 "2022-06-29T18:57:15Z")
Been lurking for much longer though. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/10 "2022-06-29T20:34:43Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > mature I know you are but what am I? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/11 "2022-06-29T20:43:57Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > > [@Kimstu](#): > > > > not allowing anger to stop a conversation from being intelligent and rational > > And that’s half the battle. I think it’s most of it. Anger can be extremely useful. The trick is using it in a useful fashion, instead of in a way that makes matters worse. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/12 "2022-06-29T20:47:23Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I don’t know, three posts and I think I see two missing commas. Of course, I like to use commas. Cite for where commas are missing? Also, in your first sentence, the phrase “I don’t know” and the rest of it are two discrete statements, sufficiently distant in their logical continuity that a comma is not a sufficiently strong demarcation. You should have either used a semicolon or, throwing caution to the winds, just put in a period and made it two sentences. It’s excusable in casual writing, of course, but here at the Dope, we ain’t never casual. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/13 "2022-06-29T20:50:07Z")
I’m not wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/14 "2022-06-29T20:51:14Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I’m not wearing pants. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/15 "2022-06-29T20:53:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Cite for where commas are missing? I don’t think they’re the OP’s. **Kimstu** arguably could have used a comma after “Personally”, and another one after “And of course.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/16 "2022-06-29T20:58:48Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I’m not wearing pants. From your proclamation in post #6, you’re apparently not wearing anything. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/17 "2022-06-29T21:10:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > > > I’m not wearing pants. > > Film at 11. This has “Kentucky Fried Movie” written _all_ over it ! > [@wolfpup](#): > > From your proclamation in post #6, you’re apparently not wearing anything. LOL ! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/18 "2022-06-29T21:12:59Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > or, [raises hand] When is it appropriate to use a comma _after_ a conjunction such as “or”? ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/19 "2022-06-29T21:22:22Z")
In 19th century titles. _Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus_ _Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy_ _Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy’s Progress_ ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/20 "2022-06-29T21:36:08Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > or, > > [raises hand] When is it appropriate to use a comma _after_ a conjunction such as “or”? > > ~Max When “or” is not being used as a coordinating conjunction, but to demarcate an introductory clause (“throwing caution to the winds”). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125.md?page=2)