# If the SDMB crashed forever. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428 "2003-02-25T16:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/1 "2003-02-25T16:54:12Z")
Two questions. 1. Is this your favorite board? (Use favorite loosely, e.i. - easiest to use, best mods, best members, best answers, the only one with whuckfistle, etc.) 2. What board would you migrate to if the SDMB went down indefinitely? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/2 "2003-02-25T16:57:50Z")
I’d miss you guys, even though I don’t really know any of you. This is the only message board I’m on. ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/3 "2003-02-25T17:03:44Z")
I doubt I would migrate anywhere. I’d spend much less time online. The SDMB is the only board I read/sorta participate in, and one of the few sites I even really surf to on a regular basis. I mean, I suppose I _could_ go to Fathom or UnaBoard, but I don’t post enough _here_ in the first place. Though I would miss a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/4 "2003-02-25T17:09:57Z")
I’d probably just stick with the aquarium, fencing, humanist, and martial arts boards I hang at. Been spending more time those places lately anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/5 "2003-02-25T17:10:48Z")
I’d probably spend more time at Fathom than I do now, and I expect I’d post more in my LJ. Or I might get a life - who can tell? I’d like to think I’d maintain my on-line correspondence with friends I’ve made thru these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/6 "2003-02-25T17:12:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\*1) Is this your favorite board? (Use favorite loosely, e.i. - easiest to use, best mods, best members, best answers, the only one with whuckfistle, etc.) \*\* Without a doubt, this is my all-time favorite board **ever**. None come close, IMO. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\*2) What board would you migrate to if the SDMB went down indefinitely? \*\* Well, I don’t know…I do frequent other boards, but I wouldn’t have the passion for them that I have here. Here’s some other boards I frequent: [Creationtalk](http://creationtalk.com/message-board-forum/) [Darwintalk](http://www.darwintalk.com/message-board-forum/) [Creationweb](http://www.creationweb.org/forums/) [Showtime](http://showtime.infopop.net/1/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&s=5131954363) [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/ulrpmb.stm) [Christianity Bogus Beyond Belief](http://pub7.ezboard.com/bcbbb) (I don’t post there much at all, it’s just a little wierd website). [Vampire Forum](http://forum.vampires.com/index.php) I also have about 50+ more forums at my house, but I don’t use them much. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/7 "2003-02-25T17:45:16Z")
I’d mourn and mourn and mourn, and there’d be no way to explain to the vast majority of the people I know in real like just what a blow I had suffered. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/8 "2003-02-25T17:53:24Z")
\*\*Why would SDMB ever go down and out? \*\* I remember the outage that lasted a while…But I thought the worse that could happen would be we would have to pay for it… ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/9 "2003-02-25T17:53:58Z")
Perish the thought! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/10 "2003-02-25T17:56:32Z")
Gah. Don’t tempt the ham{p}sters, **whuckfistle**. They’ve already figured out they’re overworked and underpaid and they might just take this as an opportunity to go on permanent strike! Shhhhhhh! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/11 "2003-02-25T17:57:55Z")
NOooooooooo!!! _ **whining** _\*\*\*\*\* Can’t even think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/12 "2003-02-25T17:59:22Z")
I just want to know how high this board ranks among those that use it frequently. And if there is a close competitor. I don`t expect it to crash. I will perish the thought…there perished. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/13 "2003-02-25T18:06:44Z")
No other board for me. I’d probably do more work, though I’ve just managed to get promoted while posting here during my working hours, so maybe I would find something else to occupy my time. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/14 "2003-02-25T18:19:38Z")
If the SDMB crashed forever? First, I’d grab my duct tape, plastic sheeting and a manual can opener… ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/15 "2003-02-25T18:35:48Z")
This is the only board I post to, so it is my favorite. I wouldn’t bother posting anywhere else for a couple of reasons. I assume that this is the best board around so anything else would be a shallow interpretation. I don’t want to start all over in crafting my online persona. I have carved out a happy little niche here which I shall nurture until it canbe nurtured no more. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/16 "2003-02-25T18:47:57Z")
I’d start naming household objects after SDMB members - “Hello, vase; I’m gonna call you **jjimm**. Oooh, that shelf looks just like **yojimbo** ”. That and pay more attention to the voices in my head. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/17 "2003-02-25T18:54:46Z")
1.) Yes. Especially because it’s > [@](#): > > the only one with whuckfistle I mean, when I need it, where else can I get all whuck-fistle-ey? HMMMM !!! 2.) I _might_ go to Fathom. But probably not. Probably I’d just writhe and weep in the ashes of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/18 "2003-02-25T19:06:40Z")
I would cry and cry. And then I’d refresh LJ. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/19 "2003-02-25T19:12:39Z")
This is absolutely my favorite board. If it went away, I’d be very unhappy. I’d probly try to make do with other boards. Maybe I should check out this Fathom thing that several people have mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428/20 "2003-02-25T19:44:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*I would cry and cry. And then I’d refresh LJ. \*\* Awright, what is LJ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-crashed-forever/157428.md?page=2)