# I'm really stupid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-stupid/216285>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-stupid/216285 "2003-12-01T16:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![agiantdwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-stupid/216285/1 "2003-12-01T16:27:23Z")

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I was updating my e-mail address in the user cp, and when I hit submit it gave me the “you do not have permission” page. I thought this meant I was banned, and nearly had a heart attack.

I went to my e-mail account to write an apologizing e-mail, when I see that vbulletin sent me an e-mail confirming my new address. I then realized I wasn’t banned.

:smack:

That is all.

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**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-stupid/216285/2 "2003-12-01T16:45:55Z")

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Quick! Administer CPR!  
**breath breath breath** pump pump pump\*\*\*Breath breath bre… **Coughing**

IT’s ALIVE!!! IT IS A L I V E!!  
\*What was the problem doctor?  
-Oh it was very serious. A common case of BFSDP.  
Banned-From-StraightDope-Phobia.  
Ok very lame joke. (i hope nobody took this as in mocking)  
I haven’t had a goodnight sleep…

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-stupid/216285/3 "2003-12-01T17:47:11Z")

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Amusing, no? My wife did the same thingt some months ago, but had you really beat out.

You see, she tried to change her e-mail address to the one she currently uses - namely mine - because she cannot remember her old e-mail’s password.

Got that? Since she could not use that addy, she obviously could not get any message about confirming anything, so she could not change her addy on the boards.

Friggin’ brilliant, no?