# I wasn't asking for medical advice, Czarcasm **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920 "2005-10-12T17:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/81 "2005-10-14T01:50:56Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > But, what do _I_ know? I’m too busy masturbating furiously. You should stop that, I’ve heard tell it can make you go blind. :smack: Crap! I gave out medical advice! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/82 "2005-10-14T02:49:35Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I could get behind that, if such a policy weren’t likely to mean the end of the boards when some mouthbreathing jackass tried soaking in bleach to get rid of pubic lice and sued over it. Thanks for the tip! Does it matter what brand of bleach? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/83 "2005-10-14T03:10:48Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I could get behind that, if such a policy weren’t likely to mean the end of the boards when some mouthbreathing jackass tried soaking in bleach to get rid of pubic lice and sued over it. > [@Manduck](#): > > Thanks for the tip! Does it matter what brand of bleach? Why, _licesol_, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/84 "2005-10-14T04:33:04Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > So, basically, you favor anarchy? No, responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/85 "2005-10-14T05:20:58Z")
Yes. So, isn’t it the responsibilty of this message board to make sure that they do not allow a member to indiscriminately diseminate erroneous information **if they are aware that he/she** is doing so? Disclaimer: I have no dog in this fight, having not read the original thread. I am just responding to the information in THIS thread. Also, I probably spelled oodles of words wrong in that statement. My apologies. I won’t lie…I’m too tired to look the words up. Commence the ridicule. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/86 "2005-10-14T05:23:08Z")
> [@Scotticher](#): > > So, isn’t it the responsibilty of this message board to make sure that they do not allow a member to indiscriminately diseminate erroneous information **if they are aware that he/she** is doing so? No, it is not. It is the responsibility of each individual not to do stupid things-like take medical advise from strangers in an anonymous online forum. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/87 "2005-10-14T06:02:26Z")
Well, I don’t agree. If the powers that be **know** that someone is consistently presenting erroneous information that might cause harm to another person if that information is taken as fact then I think that it is their responsibility to prevent that person from continuing to do so. If the poster in question continues to do this in violation of the warning given to them, they deserve whatever action is taken. In the case of **handy** , banning. We all share information here about the things we experience, and what we believe to be true. If it is presented as something we experienced? Something we believe? Even if it is “out there in the ozone”…it should be fine so long as it is presented in that way. If it is presented as fact, however, it had best BE fact. Supported by facts. It should not be presented as fact if it is not, in truth, supported by facts. This really has nothing to do with people being stupid enough to take internet message board advice about medical matters. It has to do with the message board _itself_ taking responsibility for what is posted here…and I do not think that it is to the detriment of the SDMB staff that they choose NOT to allow erroneous information that might be harmful if taken seriously to be posted here. Just to be clear…I agree with you, Dave. It would be stupid to take medical advice from an internet message board. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/88 "2005-10-14T06:27:58Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > But, what do _I_ know? I’m too busy masturbating furiously. Yeah, about that… Given that I do occasionally make trips back to visit **Qadgop** and the rest of the family, (flying out for one in the morning, actually) do you think it would be possible to give me some warning beforehand if he’s ever going to end up on the SDSAB? _glares suspiciously at **Qadgop** _ :dubious: ---
**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:** [October 14, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/89 "2005-10-14T12:54:29Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Yeah, about that… > > Given that I do occasionally make trips back to visit **Qadgop** and the rest of the family, (flying out for one in the morning, actually) do you think it would be possible to give me some warning beforehand if he’s ever going to end up on the SDSAB? > > _glares suspiciously at **Qadgop** _ > > :dubious: Not to fear, hon. I’m nearly a year late in a promised report for **Dex**. I’d be lucky to ever achieve “guest commentator” status after that! See ya tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/90 "2005-10-14T13:30:26Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > …do you think it would be possible to give me some warning beforehand if he’s ever going to end up on the SDSAB? All the immediate family are warned beforehand. We learned early on about the ill effects of furious masturbation on the family of SDSAB members. Of course, it’s not all bad. Some of us consider it a perk. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/91 "2005-10-14T14:13:48Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Some of us consider it a perk. 😉 Come again? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/92 "2005-10-14T14:45:04Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Come again? I have _got_ to stop reading this thread. But I can’t! It’s like some horrible addiction. Say, any of you guys have any advice … ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/93 "2005-10-14T15:06:26Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > All the immediate family are warned beforehand. We learned early on about the ill effects of furious masturbation on the family of SDSAB members. Of course, it’s not all bad. Some of us consider it a perk. 😉 I dunno. Personally, all the groupies I’ve had flocking around ever since I was elevated to SDSAB make it unneccesary. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/94 "2005-10-14T15:15:09Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > So, basically, you favor anarchy? I voted for a rigorously defined and applied anarchy, with a system of checks and balances to ensure the most effective use of resources. A system which would include regular periods of well planned spontenaity and multiple redundancies of similar restrictions and prohibitions. And mandantory nudity at ice skating rinks. But, that has little to do with what was being discussed. What has happened to this board is that the Don’t Be A Jerk Rule has been de-vague-arised over the years and thru responses to various incidents to the point that some rather restrictive… er… restrictions on the conduct and posts of members have become somewhat of an annoyance to some of the paying customers, I mean members, of the Dope. Remember when we used to have discussions on all sorts of contraversial topics? Nah, I don’t either. But now, the discussions are so moderated that we are mostly left with two extremes: Fluffy McFeelGood threads and flameout meltdown trainwrecks. Why? Because too many things are being moderated. “You can’t use that word, that smily is forbidden, you (member 35497) can only post on these approved topics…” Really, looked at as the whole big picture, it’s a bit of a drag. Yeah, I imagine some will disagree with me here. You know what? I don’t care. I have my opinion, you have yours. Neither of us is wrong for holding one over the other. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/95 "2005-10-14T15:25:56Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Come again? Yes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920/96 "2005-10-15T02:22:58Z")
Holy crap, I just realized that a question I posed about effexor withdrawal became a locked thread. I’m embarassed. Let this be a lesson to me to pay attention to the rules. (Not saying that the OP didn’t pay attention to the rules, just reminding my stupid self.) Chagrined, ZJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasnt-asking-for-medical-advice-czarcasm/325920.md?page=4)