# Idle Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512 "2015-04-01T16:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/21 "2015-04-01T17:05:12Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > \*\ > > \ > \* > ☹ You got the moth I sent you! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/22 "2015-04-01T17:06:19Z")
S/he PMed me first! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/23 "2015-04-01T17:08:00Z")
Well, whatever it was it beats your kid texting you that the house is on fire. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/24 "2015-04-01T17:09:23Z")
Dang! I feel left out now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/25 "2015-04-01T17:09:53Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > S/he PMed me first! > > 🆒 “S/he”? That wasn’t the message _I_ got. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/26 "2015-04-01T17:09:55Z")
Idle, this reminds me of that time you tried to drill a hole in your head. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/27 "2015-04-01T17:10:12Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > I don’t much care what the topic of the PM was (I don’t swing that way, but I’m not bothered by it). The issue is simulating a hacking of the board (I think it goes without saying that that would be the assumption of anyone getting the PM and noticing the sender is a moderator). I really don’t think it is wise to ever pretend that the board has been hacked, April Fool’s Day or otherwise. Remember, the board **was** hacked a while back. Remember the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. I wasn’t pretending or trying to simulate a board hacking. I’m actually surprised anyone thought that, but I guess I should have thought it might be the case, so that’s my fault for not thinking of it, I’m sorry. What I was doing was seeing how many people would really believe I was female or not and/or what their response/reaction would be. [It’s basically a redo of this topic I did for Halloween,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739255) which I thought would be fun and that a lot of people seemed to enjoy. I’m saving the replies and will post them (anonymously) in its own topic. Depending on if posters read this topic first or see their PM, I may not get very many genuine replies now, but no biggie, I have no regrets. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/28 "2015-04-01T17:10:14Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > … Remember the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. I love that movie. Vincent shoots the dude in the back seat. Jules calls Marsellus and Marsellus cries Wolf. Mr Wolf comes and cleans the car, and does all kind of magic shit. But calling him a boy ain’t right dude. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/29 "2015-04-01T17:11:07Z")
I got a PM too and answered without a thought as to the date. Which is kind of odd, since I had just started an April Fool’s thread in another message board. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/30 "2015-04-01T17:13:36Z")
Well I got fooled. In my defense, I am coming off a bad head cold. Plus I don’t really think of the date as I never pull April Fool’s Day pranks. Eh, it was a light joke, harmless, and who cares? It’s not as though IT is mocking each of us personally. You’re not, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/31 "2015-04-01T17:14:17Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I wasn’t pretending or trying to simulate a board hacking. I’m actually surprised anyone thought that, but I guess I should have thought it might be the case, so that’s my fault for not thinking of it, I’m sorry. > What I was doing was seeing how many people would really believe I was female or not and/or what their response/reaction would be. > > [It’s basically a redo of this topic I did for Halloween,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739255) which I thought would be fun and that a lot of people seemed to enjoy. I’m saving the replies and will post them (anonymously) in its own topic. > > Depending on if posters read this topic first or see their PM, I may not get very many genuine replies now, but no biggie, I have no regrets. 😛 I took it sincerely and responded sincerely. Don’t contact me again, for any reason. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/32 "2015-04-01T17:16:05Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I wasn’t pretending or trying to simulate a board hacking. I’m actually surprised anyone thought that, but I guess I should have thought it might be the case, so that’s my fault for not thinking of it, I’m sorry. > What I was doing was seeing how many people would really believe I was female or not and/or what their response/reaction would be. > > [It’s basically a redo of this topic I did for Halloween,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739255) which I thought would be fun and that a lot of people seemed to enjoy. I’m saving the replies and will post them (anonymously) in its own topic. > > Depending on if posters read this topic first or see their PM, I may not get very many genuine replies now, but no biggie, I have no regrets. 😛 You can post mine with name attached. So… Was she hot? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/33 "2015-04-01T17:15:43Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > \*\ > > \ > \* > ☹ > [@missred](#): > > Dang! I feel left out now. ☹ I would have wanted as many people to get one as I could, so I started with who was online at the time. The thing is, I quickly got to about 100-300 people, so I could only go with about that many. I really underestimated how many regular posters are on here. I was tired of ctrl-V-ing by the time I was done. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/34 "2015-04-01T17:17:14Z")
I saw that I’d been PM’d by a mod, thought I’d finally earned a warning for stalking members elsewhere, and was relieved it was just an April Fools. Thanks for the brief heart attack Idle Thoughts 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/35 "2015-04-01T17:17:14Z")
I got one too. My bullshit meter pegged when I read: “I know you and I don’t talk, really…but I’ve always liked most of your posts and just wanted to get it out to someone.” The thing is, not only do I not care if you’re male or female; I didn’t recognize your username as anything I’d ever seen before; and certainly didn’t recognize it as a true moderator account name. Seems to me like something a moderator shouldn’t post. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/36 "2015-04-01T17:17:52Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I wasn’t pretending or trying to simulate a board hacking. I’m actually surprised anyone thought that, but I guess I should have thought it might be the case, so that’s my fault for not thinking of it, I’m sorry. > What I was doing was seeing how many people would really believe I was female or not and/or what their response/reaction would be. > > [It’s basically a redo of this topic I did for Halloween,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739255) which I thought would be fun and that a lot of people seemed to enjoy. I’m saving the replies and will post them (anonymously) in its own topic. > > Depending on if posters read this topic first or see their PM, I may not get very many genuine replies now, but no biggie, I have no regrets. 😛 Heh heh. Good one. The thought of a hack didn’t occur to me until I read this thread. But there was a second or two of… non-plussed awkwardness of how to respond. Then a second later, yehhhh… Apr 1st. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/37 "2015-04-01T17:19:05Z")
I answered honestly - I debated for a few moments that it might be a hack, and then decided it likely wasn’t. Its not like I gave them my real password. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/38 "2015-04-01T17:22:41Z")
I think it was the naked photos that convinced me. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/39 "2015-04-01T17:23:08Z")
My response: [QUOTE=cmyk] Not that I’d care at all if true… but **checks the date** , I have to ask… April Fools? 😉 [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/40 "2015-04-01T17:25:23Z")
I laughed. And was about to develop my first ever Doper girl crush. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512.md?page=3)