# IMHO SD Message Boards Suck! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233 "2000-10-25T06:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/21 "2000-10-25T15:58:53Z")
Oscar: Here’s a quarter. Go call someone who cares. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/22 "2000-10-25T17:45:23Z")
> [@](#): > > No where else on Earth is as mundane and pointless as Diego Garcia." It’s special to us, MontereyGo works there. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/23 "2000-10-25T20:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Or’n’ry Oscar \* > \*\*and to answer your second question: > > I don’t know how. \*\* So kwitcher bitchin’. There are people who have been around far longer than you and have fewer complaints, or they don’t voice them. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/24 "2000-10-25T22:58:06Z")
**Diane** said: > [@](#): > > Crybaby. Appointments as Crybaby are _my_jurisdiction, dammit! C’mon, people, you gotta follow the Table of Organization! MysterEcks, SDMB Chief Crybaby. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/25 "2000-10-26T00:35:03Z")
Since it was MY thread that quoted, let me just say FUCK OFF AND DIE OSCAR. No one asked you to open, read, or respond to that thread, or any others, for that matter. The day that you are put in charge of thread content, I will join my fellows in linking arms and walking off the nearest tall edifice. So, in summary, KISS MY LILY WHITE ASS. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/26 "2000-10-26T00:59:11Z")
That’s it. It’s time to initiate the post of “Newbie Moderator.” We’ll appoint a newbie every month to make sure that every thread on the boards is friendly, inviting, and interesting to every single person who drops by. What a great idea! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/27 "2000-10-26T03:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Byzantine \* > **Oh, gee, yes, I flamed a “newbie” I guess that makes me a bitch.** Speaking as the Unofficial Defender of Newbies, fuck off, **Oscar**. You’ve had plenty of time to get a minor clue about the lay of the land to be blowing shit around like that. Shit, I’ll never get official standing talking like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/28 "2000-10-26T04:04:19Z")
Hey! You dare to quote Jedi Girl’s thread? What?! You’re more idiotically stupid than I though you were. I may still be a newbie to a certain degree but, dude, if you don’t like it then quit your bitching because no one is forcing you to stay. Jedi Girl had some very good responses to her thread if you were literate enough to figure them out that is. Alright I mustn’t try to kill th newbie, I will not attempt to pluck every hair from his body… really I won’t… DIJON!!! Come spite this moronic idiotic for me will ya? Disgruntled Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/29 "2000-10-26T04:07:13Z")
See, you know you’ve gone too far when you make someone with a screen name that cutesy even _consider_ setting foot in the Pit. You pissed off a Kitty, you brute. ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/30 "2000-10-26T04:41:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Or’n’ry Oscar \* > **A month ago, people seemed to discuss topics a bit more. What happened?** Like everything else, it comes and goes. The pit right now is slow as molasses only a dozen threads on the Last Day list. But some days things fly too fast to keep track of. Best bet, take a few days off, and come back fresh. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/31 "2000-10-26T04:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Originally posted by Enderw23 > I do kinda like :eek: or :o because they have their mouth open in an inviting way and that kinda makes me sweaty. > \*\* **Enderw23** : Guess you’ve never been winked off 😉 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/32 "2000-10-26T05:25:36Z")
Or’n’ry Oscar, In the words of whoever chooses: “Don’t let the door hit you in ass.” I really liked Diane’s sumation (sp), that one got me a good giggle. BTW Or’n’ry Oscar, if you have a rat’s ass I will pay 50 cents for it, no need to give it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/33 "2000-10-26T18:19:02Z")
Or’n’ry, try as you might, you’ll never be as smart as Joe Malik. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/34 "2000-10-26T18:58:54Z")
Wait, let me check… Nope, don’t give a damn. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/35 "2000-10-26T19:16:22Z")
This Oscar character certainly gives new meaning to “Member”, as applies to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/36 "2000-10-26T19:28:42Z")
Mr. Cynical, The only thing that comes to mind with “member” is dickhead. Other than that I am stumped. \< giggle \> Hey I am not trying to be mean here but I do have this fixation on the male “member” lately! ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/37 "2000-10-26T19:40:56Z")
The sea going services have a dummy used for practicing man overboard drills. The person initiating the drill detains a crewmember and then throws the dummy overboard and times how long it takes for the “man overboard” to be noted and reported. The drill proceeds with the recovery of the dummy and an accounting for the presence of all the personnel, the detained crewmember must be reported as missing. The dummy is always named “Oscar” after the “O” pennant hoisted to the yardarms to indicate a ship has a man overboard. So… Oscar (dummy) pick a side, port or starboard. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/38 "2000-10-27T21:44:09Z")
Am I the only one that keeps mis-reading Enderw23’s sig? Is this intentional? Am I supposed to be thinking what I’m thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Mu\_Mu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/39 "2000-10-27T22:07:55Z")
Yes, you do seem to be the only one who doesn’t know the old joke when you see it. - Ben Dover ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233/40 "2000-10-27T23:37:55Z")
Fletch, nice idea. I’d like to con, as I’ve got a new maneuver I’d like to try out. Basically, it involves an “all back full” to get back to where the dummy is dropped. It’s sure to be more popular than the Williamson turn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-sd-message-boards-suck/38233.md?page=3)