# is advertising allowed or not?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176 "2005-07-26T05:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/21 "2005-07-26T19:58:47Z")
Let us just say that advertising is allowed. Let us also say that it is not. That way, we prove everything. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/22 "2005-07-26T20:24:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Let us just say that advertising is allowed. Let us also say that it is not. That way, we prove everything. Multiple choice - one, or more, or none, of the following, may, or may not, apply to anything, everything, and/or nothing: [list=A] [li] Everything not proscripted is compulsory. [/li][li] Everything compulsory is proscripted. [/li][li] Everything proscripted is not compulsory. [/li][li] Everything not compulsory is not proscripted.[/li][li] The mods are jackbooted fascist babyeating card-carrying NRA communist PC Libertarians whose world outlook is just a trifle oblique.[/li][/list] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/23 "2005-07-26T21:15:48Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Multiple choice - one, or more, or none, of the following, may, or may not, apply to anything, everything, and/or nothing: > [list=A] > [li] Everything not proscripted is compulsory. [/li][li] Everything compulsory is proscripted. [/li][li] Everything proscripted is not compulsory. [/li][li] Everything not compulsory is not proscripted.[/li][li] The mods are jackbooted fascist babyeating card-carrying NRA communist PC Libertarians whose world outlook is just a trifle oblique.[/li][/list] I would say both all of the above and none of the above. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/24 "2005-07-26T21:25:19Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > That’s _one_ interpretation. But not the one EITHER of us will go with, I fear. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/25 "2005-07-26T22:22:40Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Hmm… > Do these penis pumps have a money back guarantee? 😕 I hear Sean Connery’s looking for the Penis Mightier… ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/26 "2005-07-26T22:38:50Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Hmm… > Do these penis pumps have a money back guarantee? 😕 If it fails, maybe you can ensue… get it?.. penis ensues?.. (I shouldna said that) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/27 "2005-07-27T00:08:26Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > . . . so I will be pissing off. Is that a promise? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/28 "2005-07-27T00:16:24Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’m gonna slap ya, Jenny! [points finger]Mod abuse! Mod abuse[/finger] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/29 "2005-07-27T13:45:46Z")
At least it’s not nun abuse. That can be habit forming. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/30 "2005-07-27T13:58:24Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Hmm… > Do these penis pumps have a money back guarantee? 😕 Only if they backfire. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/31 "2005-07-27T14:07:06Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > [points finger]Mod abuse! Mod abuse[/finger] And yet I got away with it. Either I’m a member of some evil and powerful clique or else my Sean Connery Penis Mightier works. Bow down before me! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/32 "2005-07-27T14:12:28Z")
So, in other words, what the admins are saying is, one click to ads isn’t kosher. More than one is. If the poster were advertising AS A POST (spamming), I could see tossing that person out. But nobody’s forced to click on **unclvny** ’s link. As far as I can remember, **unclvny** ’s never included a line in his posts to inform readers to click on his web page link for Ebay bargains either. I don’t see what the harm is, although Vinnie seemed kind of childish in his complaint. Everybody else is doing it, why can’t I? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/33 "2005-07-27T19:24:27Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > So, in other words, what the admins are saying is, one click to ads isn’t kosher. More than one is. I think we’ll have to ask **Zev** to get the final word. ;j ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/34 "2005-07-27T19:33:43Z")
sigs are a fad. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/35 "2005-07-27T19:41:10Z")
god hates fads ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/36 "2005-07-27T20:29:29Z")
god hates sigs ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/37 "2005-07-27T21:00:54Z")
> [@](#): > > The mods are jackbooted fascist babyeating card-carrying NRA communist PC Libertarians whose world outlook is just a trifle oblique. The Mods have an oblique worldview? That’s it, I’m leaving. After a while. BTW, anyone know where I can find fresh baby? I’m getting really sick of the canned stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/38 "2005-07-27T21:08:38Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > The Mods have an oblique worldview? That’s it, I’m leaving. > > After a while. > BTW, anyone know where I can find fresh baby? I’m getting really sick of the canned stuff. Why, at my home page, of course: > **[Fresh Baby | Nutrition Education Products for All Ages](https://www.freshbaby.com/)** > > Providing nutrition education products for all ages across public health, non-profit, and government programs. oops. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/39 "2005-07-27T21:15:56Z")
This is a very interesting thread and I am posting a comment only to express that opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176/40 "2005-07-27T21:20:41Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > > > BTW, anyone know where I can find fresh baby? I’m getting really sick of the canned stuff. > > [www.freshbaby.com](http://www.freshbaby.com) Heeeeyy! There’s no place to order fresh baby on that site! Or even canned baby! Just another stupid spam site that promises one thing and delivers another. I probably even got a virus just visiting it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-allowed-or-not/314176.md?page=3)