# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![JoThrive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JoThrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoThrive)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/41 "2011-09-07T17:53:25Z")
Well, evidently I missed all the fun this morning. I didn’t log on to SDMB, I didn’t know I was banned, or not banned, or whatever. A simple trip to the grocery store made me unaware of whatever happened. Does this mean I should never go to the grocery store again? Ever? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/42 "2011-09-07T17:54:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Many thanks to the staff for prompt action. Hear hear! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/43 "2011-09-07T17:56:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You got off lucky-my tv remote quit working and my toilet wouldn’t flush! And you were luckier - after experiencing banishment, I went downstairs to find that my (formerly well trained) dog had crapped on the carpet! :eek: I feared that we might be experiencing an ELE (extinction level event). ---
**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, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/44 "2011-09-07T18:04:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You got off lucky-my tv remote quit working and my toilet wouldn’t flush! Woah, how do I get my Harmony to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/45 "2011-09-07T18:05:11Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Very nice shot for a new admin! Well done sir, well done! > > Is there some reason your post no 2, in this thread, couldn’t contain, ‘Sorry for the inconvenience’? It’s four little words, after all. > > Or is it just better to slam the person who points out your oversight? > > No one likes to be reminded when they forget to say please, but the correct response is to suck it up and say, “you’re right, I should have said please.”, not slam the person who points out your lack of common courtesy. **elbows** , are you trying to provide an example of [Poe’s Law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law)? 'cause if so, full marks, you hit it dead on. In other news, the tech staff got things back pretty quickly, and thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/46 "2011-09-07T18:05:33Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Very nice shot for a new admin! Well done sir, well done! > > Is there some reason your post no 2, in this thread, couldn’t contain, ‘Sorry for the inconvenience’? It’s four little words, after all. > > Or is it just better to slam the person who points out your oversight? > > No one likes to be reminded when they forget to say please, but the correct response is to suck it up and say, “you’re right, I should have said please.”, not slam the person who points out your lack of common courtesy. Do you find it odd that not a single person has chimed in to agree with you? ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/47 "2011-09-07T18:11:10Z")
Well, I released/remewed my IP and cleared out all my cookies. My PC is running faster now, so, Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/48 "2011-09-07T18:15:35Z")
When I thought the external IP of our corporate LAN was banned, I looked it up on a blacklist checker. I found out that my company was blacklisted by Barracuda. I figured that was the problem. Even though it wasn’t, I still got to look like a smart guy for informing my boss that we’re on Barracuda’s blacklist. So, thanks for banning me! ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/49 "2011-09-07T18:24:02Z")
I sent the obligatory concerened email when I got the banned message on my home PC then figured it probably wasn’t personal when the same message showed up at work. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/50 "2011-09-07T18:26:07Z")
I’ll add my thank-you to the staff. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/51 "2011-09-07T18:28:41Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Very nice shot for a new admin! Well done sir, well done! > > Is there some reason your post no 2, in this thread, couldn’t contain, ‘Sorry for the inconvenience’? It’s four little words, after all. > > Or is it just better to slam the person who points out your oversight? > > No one likes to be reminded when they forget to say please, but the correct response is to suck it up and say, “you’re right, I should have said please.”, not slam the person who points out your lack of common courtesy. How can you not understand who in this thread is known by everyone else in the thread to be acting like a complete jerk? Or if you do understand, why wouldn’t you care? If we were talking about a serious moral issue that’d be one thing. But you’re talking about a brief glitch which if anything gave us all a bit of time to do something productive. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/52 "2011-09-07T18:31:43Z")
I was asleep when this happened and missed out. I have nothing to do right now and need some excitement in my life. Would TPTB make it happen again so I can enjoy panicking over the probably temporary loss of something that is not essential to my life, health, livelihood, finances, or education? Thanks _ever_ so much! ::kissy smilies:: ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/53 "2011-09-07T18:34:40Z")
I don’t think you realize what you are asking for here, Toucanna! I was down for 15 whole minutes…15!! Minutes!! Whole!! Down!! For!! :eek: Seriously…:eek::eek::eek:! Don’t tempt fait…or fate…or phait… -XT ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/54 "2011-09-07T18:39:37Z")
Thanks to the staff for reversing Marley’s clear and obvious power grab – er, I mean, the technical glitch. Yes. Technical glitch. No for reals, I can’t believe how nice **Tuba** ’s email was, considering it was one of probably about 3489 she had to send out this morning. Well played, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/55 "2011-09-07T18:56:50Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Very nice shot for a new admin! Well done sir, well done! > > Is there some reason your post no 2, in this thread, couldn’t contain, ‘Sorry for the inconvenience’? It’s four little words, after all. > > Or is it just better to slam the person who points out your oversight? > > No one likes to be reminded when they forget to say please, but the correct response is to suck it up and say, “you’re right, I should have said please.”, not **slam the person who points out your lack of common courtesy**. I don’t see what a reach-around has to do with this. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/56 "2011-09-07T19:12:26Z")
I’ve been very active on the board over the last week. I woke up at the crack of 11, grabbed my iPad beside my bed to check emails and the Dope, and thought, it’s about damn time. No, after the first _WTF?!_ moment, I knew it had to be a tech issue, because my posts are nothing if not reasonable and cooperative, with just a _pinch_ of arrogance to give 'em a little pep. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/57 "2011-09-07T19:31:48Z")
Thanks for the quick fix, Board overlords! I have to admit, I had an “Oh, shit!” moment when I read that I was banned. But I felt _cooler_ when I was banned… ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/58 "2011-09-07T19:34:32Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Is there some reason your post no 2, in this thread, couldn’t contain, ‘Sorry for the inconvenience’? It’s four little words, after all. Those four little words were already posted in the other thread and in the announcement. It didn’t occur to me to say it again in response to **NineToTheSky** ’s post, and I think we’re covered on the apologies. My guessis that **NineToTheSky** knows we didn’t want to block is access to the board (and everyone’s, including ours). Anyway if **NineToTheSky** found my post wanting, he can tell me so himself. You and I don’t need to argue about it on his behalf. I leave it to you to decide who needs to suck it up. ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/59 "2011-09-07T19:35:46Z")
Apologies to all, having an off day, getting a little testy. Please excuse. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/60 "2011-09-07T19:37:38Z")
This morning’s disruption was upsetting to everyone. I’m glad things resolved quickly and everyone was able to get back on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503.md?page=4)