# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/21 "2022-06-29T21:40:02Z")
Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/22 "2022-06-29T21:42:06Z")
This is why I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/23 "2022-06-29T21:49:26Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > Keep doing what you guys are doing. Make me! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/24 "2022-06-29T23:18:05Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > I really appreciate the mature… Look, we may seem like adults in our discussions, but I’m posting from my porch with a stack of comic books and a bowl of Cocoa Puffs. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/25 "2022-06-30T00:24:21Z")
… with a vodka chaser! 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/26 "2022-06-30T00:37:26Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > When is it appropriate to use a comma _after_ a conjunction such as “or”? You should never use a comma after or, nor should you end a sentence with and. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/27 "2022-06-30T00:49:53Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy Ooh, Oxford comma. Let’s critique its use! I’m in favor, even if it’s not really grammatically correct. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/28 "2022-06-30T01:13:20Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > Me fail english? That’s unpossible. Be careful with your wookie. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/29 "2022-06-30T01:15:50Z")
The Oxford comma has nothing to do with grammar. It’s a style, or so they should understand even in uncouth places like Cambridge, or upstate Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/30 "2022-06-30T01:22:38Z")
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, chameleon. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/31 "2022-06-30T01:27:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Comma, comma, comma, comma, … come on, I’m your handy-man. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/32 "2022-06-30T01:41:33Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ooh, Oxford comma. Let’s critique its use! I’m in favor I am also in favor. The Oxford comma clarifies. However, to return briefly to the theme of the OP, I’m not angry about it; and doubt that anyone else in this thread is either. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/33 "2022-06-30T02:56:45Z")
Yeah, this place is about the only thing I got left. I kinda like it. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Make me! I will beat you on the snout with a rolled up newspaper, you Cur! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/34 "2022-06-30T12:52:33Z")
I like this board for many reasons: - civilised debate - accurate information - cheerful references ( [Elevator Farts 1 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2JI0k9HuZk)) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/35 "2022-06-30T14:29:47Z")
Bad, bad, bad.🤗 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/36 "2022-06-30T14:40:29Z")
**Beck** is stuck in the groove, again; someone give her a shove. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/37 "2022-06-30T14:41:36Z")
Quit yer pushin’!! I’m going. 🙃 ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125/38 "2022-06-30T15:04:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bad, bad, bad.🤗 Another reason to love this board! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125.md?page=1)