# I'm banned! Banned I tell you! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503 "2011-09-07T16:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/1 "2011-09-07T16:01:31Z")
When I try to access the SD on my Android tablet, it tells me my IP address has been banned. Could I possibly be unbanned? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/2 "2011-09-07T16:05:21Z")
Try it again now. Everybody was blocked for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/3 "2011-09-07T16:10:18Z")
Those were several terrifying minutes. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/4 "2011-09-07T16:12:05Z")
Yeah, sent in a message to the admins that my work IP was banned. I figured it might have been my last post, but I guess it was for everyone. 🙂 -XT ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/5 "2011-09-07T16:14:59Z")
Same here. I sent a message that my work IP was banned. ---
**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/6 "2011-09-07T16:15:39Z")
I sent a message when I saw my IP was banned, but when I couldn’t get to it from my smartphone I figured it must be a wider problem… glad to have the Board back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/7 "2011-09-07T16:16:57Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I figured it might have been my last post, but I guess it was for everyone. I called my Doctor to get a lower dose on my Ambien, hoping to avoid future sleep-posting. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/8 "2011-09-07T16:20:03Z")
Many thanks to the staff for prompt action. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/9 "2011-09-07T16:24:02Z")
I’m embarrassed to admit how panicky that made me feel! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/10 "2011-09-07T16:30:26Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Those were several terrifying minutes. I was able to put the time to good use. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/11 "2011-09-07T16:33:48Z")
So… you didn’t discover my sock? ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/12 "2011-09-07T16:36:37Z")
Yeah… I was wondering who I pissed off! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/13 "2011-09-07T16:37:35Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > When I try to access the SD on my Android tablet, it tells me my IP address has been banned. Could I possibly be unbanned? If you were able to post that, you were already unbanned. We were all banned. Now we are unbanned. It’s a crazy world. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/14 "2011-09-07T16:37:44Z")
I was shocked, SHOCKED I tell you. How could you ban me after all the 8 months of adding vast quantities of knowledge to this board? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/15 "2011-09-07T16:39:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If you were able to post that, you were already unbanned. > > We were all banned. Now we are unbanned. It’s a crazy world. Oh, now you’re telling us we’re not as rare and outlandish as we thought we were? Hummphh. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/16 "2011-09-07T16:39:37Z")
Same thing happened to me which led me to scan my machine thinking that I might have picked up kind of bug, but I’m happy to report that nothing was found. Glad to hear it was only some kind of clitch ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/17 "2011-09-07T16:42:11Z")
Thanks mods and admins for quickly dealing with the situation and the resultant flood of emails from all of us. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/18 "2011-09-07T16:42:55Z")
I figured it had to do with Marley23’s recent ‘promotion’… :eek: -XT ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/19 "2011-09-07T16:45:07Z")
That’s okay, you don’t owe us any explanation or the courtesy of an apology, it’s not like we’re paying customers or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/20 "2011-09-07T16:48:03Z")
_Whew!_ Please ignore my e-mail. I didn’t really mean those things I said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503.md?page=2)