Say I got banned tomorrow (which I’m not going to; I have reasonably good manners here) where should I go for my posting fix? Is there other similar boards like the Dope? Or, another way to put it would be, what is the SECOND best message board on the internet?
The only other large, general forums I’ve found that even come close are the Something Awful.com forums at http://forums.somethingawful.com . They don’t have a mission of fighting ignorance, and it seems to be a more diverse, younger-skewing group over there. Despite some immaturity and outright rudeness that takes getting used to, there are intelligent and funny posters to be found, and good discussions to be had.
If you watch TV at all, the best forums are on Television Without Pity.com’s website, at http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com . I’ve found some of the most insightful commentary and witty, snarky, hilarious discussion ever over there, but it’s all related to television.
Well hopefully you won’t get banned (though putting threads in the wrong place may not help things 
). There was a thread a month or so back asking basically the same thing, though I can’t seem to find it right now. I remember Something Awful came up a few times though.
Why? What are you planning to do? And why am I not in on it?
As this really doesn’t have anything to do with the arts, I’m moving this to IMHO.
This… this, I dont need…
Dude, you’ve been here at least a year and you still don’t know where threads go? The hell?
I’ll second Television Without Pity. I’ve been spending entirely too much time there and not regreting a moment of it.
Hey! Turns out I am fucking stupid after all!
How come nobody’s mentioned Snopes yet?
Go to Fark.com, that’s where we send all of our rejects…
Hey! Your girlfriend/boyfriend might resent that remark!
Try The Delphi Forums .
You’ll have to wade through some bad ones to find the good. I’ve got a shortlist of a half-dozen or so that I post to on a regular basis.
There’s fathom.org which I always thought of as “Dope Jr.”.
And Debatepolitics.com which is a debate site I am a moderator at. It’s slowly building up steam and is a bit more right leaning (which is fun, because it’s more of a challenge).
Hey! Dopers may be smarter but Farkers are funnier. Funny trumps smart in most social situations. TotalFark would be your best bet there bubastis but it’ll set you back 5 U.S. bucks a month.
HA! BRILLIANT!
Hope you used adequate protection 
If you get the boot here, you’ve hit rock bottom, my friend. Give up.
I don’t know if it would work for you, but the only other board I frequent is FlyerTalk. (There is a FAQ section, and then I’d start in the middle, “Jump to Forums” with selecting “FlyerTalk Miles & Points.”)
It is mostly about stuff related to frequent flying, collecting FF miles and frequent stayer points, etc., etc. But it also has a section called OMNI which is about half Straight Dope stuff and half political battles (like Great Debates combined with the BBQ Pit).
No fee to register, and you will have to have a certain minimum number of posts before you are allowed to post in OMNI, but that’s all I have to offer.
('Course, if you wanna know how to maximize getting free tickets & stays, it cannot be beat.)
Wha-pa!