# I'm not impressed with the SDMB cheaters that inhabit the PIT.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936 "2005-10-19T16:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/41 "2005-10-19T23:15:19Z")
I’ve actually been in trouble for internet usage (primarily the SDMB) and have, within the last month or so, seriously cut down at work. Now it’s ONLY breaks and lunch. Before it was whenever I thought nobody was looking. Turns out that somebody was looking… One very mediocre annual review with the phrase “agency policy on internet usage” repeated several times convinced me it would be in my best interests to assume that somebody is _always_ looking. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/42 "2005-10-19T23:18:13Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > I’m self employed. I’ve checked with my boss, and I don’t mind if I browse the SDMB whenever I want. I’ve even given myself permission to post at will. What Weirddave said. I might add that when I was working in someone else’s office and the rules prohibited visiting message boards online, I followed the rules. Which is why I was mostly absent from the SDMB for much of a year, since I simply didn’t have time when I got home to hang out online as much as I wanted to. Oddly, the last place I work prohibited checking home email, even during lunch or breaks, but had no policy about message boards. Nevertheless, I only checked them – here or anywhere else – during idle moments. Not everyone who hangs out in the pit is a scumsucking cheater. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/43 "2005-10-19T23:19:20Z")
Without me my place of employment would be out of business within six months… So, pretty much whenever I want to. -Joe ---
**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:** [October 19, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/44 "2005-10-19T23:34:20Z")
My boss is a complete asshole, so I don’t give a fuck what he cares about posting in any forum. In other words, self employed. My paid work is all in the field. My office is the same as my 2nd bedroom. If I’m posting, it’s because I’m at home on my computer. Kind of hard to post while working when I’m in the middle of nowhere installing new windows, or finishing drywall in an add on room, retiling a restaurant floor 800 miles from home, or staining kitchen cabinets, ya know? What spooked your high horse? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/45 "2005-10-20T00:33:25Z")
I post from work, because if I didn’t I’d go insane and start killing people. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/46 "2005-10-20T01:03:03Z")
I’m President of my firm, of which I am the majority shareholder. My VP for Sales occasionnally tells me we should IP ban this place as a matter of policy. Then I threaten to fire his sorry ass if he doesn’t make 10% above quota this month and he goes away. So I feel pretty solid. ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/47 "2005-10-20T01:05:20Z")
My job is actually to read and post on the SDMB. In The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/48 "2005-10-20T01:29:58Z")
Only from home. Though I have an office, I work in the field most of the time. And by “in the field” I don’t mean sales or traveling. I mean in the field as in the wilderness 😃 But in the wintertime, when the summer field work season slows down. I post on breaks, when I’m on hold on a stupid phone call. Stuff like that. With tacit permission from the bosses. At my new company, I don’t know yet, I’ve heard it’s pretty much the same as the my former company, but I’ll see what everyone else does. So no, I won’t post without permission. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/49 "2005-10-20T01:39:17Z")
Only from home. At work I’m cleaning kennels and scooping poop. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/50 "2005-10-20T01:51:10Z")
I’ve only been online since I was using my own computer at home. More recently, I go online at the library. I am completely and totally HONEST. As a matter of fact, I’m PERFECT! Wait, that was a lie . . . so I guess I’m not perfect (or honest) after all. But wait, I admitted that I lied, which is honest, so I’m pretty close to perfect after all! Is anybody buying this crap? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/51 "2005-10-20T01:56:33Z")
I don’t have internet access at work (if I did, I’d scam as much as I could though). I work at home too. I have my own transcription business, and I charge by the length of the recordings given to me. So, I’m there typing away on the computer, but the wireless broadband is on too. Right there in the background, beckoning me. If I give in to it, and start posting on message boards, then it means I’ll only be up that much later into the night transcribing interviews. I’m only robbing myself, so Idon’t feel guilty about it. Foolish maybe, but not guilty. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/52 "2005-10-20T02:23:30Z")
I used to be self-employed. I banned personal use of the internet on company time. Then I caught myself going to the SDMB way too often during work hours. I really, in fairness, had no choice but to fire myself. A sad affair, really. Most unfortunate. These days I wait for **Gus** to go to work, then post from his house. 😛 I was fortunate enough to have a supervisor (also a Packers fan) turn me on to a great site that completely punks Webs…uh…the site blocking software at my company. Sweet, sweet live internet coverage of the games when I have to work. Whoo-hoo! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/53 "2005-10-20T02:33:55Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I bet there is not one with the stones to admit that they are 100% cheaters at the SDMB… There will be at least one slimy excuse or rationalization for everyone who responds or they will come only to slam the OP without giving an answer. I post from work all the time. I work at home all the time. I routinely put in 50 hour weeks. I’ve been promoted three times since starting my job. I produce, my boss is happy. He doesn’t micromanage my time, and doesn’t need to. Fuck you sideways with a grappling hook. How dare you judge me, or anyone else, based on their posting habits, you festering turd. You know precisely jack and squat about me, my work ethic, or what I can accomplish during a day. Take your petty quibbles and sanctimoneous attitude and shove 'em hard up your ass. ---
**Author:** ![LadySybil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@LadySybil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadySybil)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/54 "2005-10-20T03:32:04Z")
Anybody else find it funny that **GusNSpot** hasn’t replied once since the OP? I think s/he’s got some 'splainin to do, because it’s no fun when you post something like that in the pit and then run away. We don’t get to mock you as much when you don’t respond, **GNS**! Get back in here! …And for the record, I only post at home because my work has no Internet. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/55 "2005-10-20T05:39:53Z")
Hey, thanks for the replies folks… I just got back to the SDMB so I’m not really running away… For those that might have taken this a bit too seriously, I have no agenda, not planning on taking this any place special, I don’t throw rocks cause I live in a glass house, just thought I’d ask and I’d rather do it in the PIT as this type of posting is sometimes more offensive to a company than say, GQ. Filters for bad words and stuff and such. ( So I threw a few bad words in just to spur some replies as I was not sure a straight question would work and I did not want it moved as I was interested in this particular forum. ) ( you can tell I’m not good at posting foul language ) Also figured I’d get less outraged innocence and more honesty from this bunch of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ posters… Bawahahaha So, I was just curious and it is fun. I was really expecting more comments about the speed factor. The boss keeps you hooked to a big pipe with his $$$ not yours, and you are on a soda straw at home and won’t waste your time here. Sort of, ‘I will goof off here but I won’t expend any real effort or waste personal time to reach the board.’ So, how many come only from dial-up at home??? To the few who copped a ‘tude’, I say, “Waaaaaaaa” ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/56 "2005-10-20T05:45:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Also figured I’d get less outraged innocence and more honesty from this bunch of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ posters… Bawahahaha I’ve observed that people who assume others lie on a regular basis are often big liars themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/57 "2005-10-20T05:54:58Z")
My current job keeps me far too busy to surf, and even if I had time, the internet there is heavily filtered and blocked. So I only post from home. I used to post from work all the time, though, at my old job. I was paid to be there in case something went wrong. When everything was fine (95% of the time), I was on my own to entertain myself. I used to watch movies, study, play games…whatever. ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/58 "2005-10-20T06:03:06Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > These days I wait for **Gus** to go to work, then post from his house. 😛 You’ll have a long wait…😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/59 "2005-10-20T06:37:54Z")
> [@dre2xl](#): > > I’ve observed that people who assume others lie on a regular basis are often big liars themselves. From the OP: > [@GusNSpot](#): > > \*::: Hangs head is shame at the fact that I hang with the likes of you all. ::::: ::: refuses to look in the mirror ::: \* ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936/60 "2005-10-20T06:58:13Z")
I post at home. From a computer I own and an internet account I pay for. My Lawful Good alignment is unsullied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-impressed-with-the-sdmb-cheaters-that-inhabit-the-pit/326936.md?page=4)