# I've been gone from the SDMB for 20 years. What's happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625 "2024-01-25T14:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/21 "2024-01-25T16:42:44Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What if I made a joke about a leering sexist? “So this leering sexist walks into a bar…” “…and says ‘ouch!’” (Because he was too busy leering and not watching where he was going) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/22 "2024-01-25T17:07:01Z")
> [@Poldana](#): > > Any important things I should know? Well, some guy from the 1980s Manhattan yuppie-culture somehow rug-hooked into the 1990s small town-hate Washington culture, and 2/3 of the threads are about it all. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/23 "2024-01-25T17:32:26Z")
Some fun threads and forums: [Thread Games.](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/thread-games/28) Exactly what it says on the tin. [Polls Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4470) and the [Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread/972380/9562) for same. A lot of interesting pollage and talk about same: we currently have 4,448 polls in the thing. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/24 "2024-01-25T17:52:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And some are unable to determine hair color due to lack thereof. I resemble that remark! ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/25 "2024-01-25T17:54:00Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > When I started lurking (early 2001) and posting (September 2001) I had a lot of hair, now not so much, evidently posting in the SDMB causes hair loss… Damnit! Why didn’t anyone warn me! The same thing happened to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/26 "2024-01-25T17:55:48Z")
We may have standing for a class action suit… (Mods: just kidding, please don’t ban me) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/27 "2024-01-25T17:58:10Z")
That’s not a bannable offense. But it could get you blackbald. > **Huh?** > > Your English seems exceptionally good. But just in case … [**pun**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackball) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/28 "2024-01-25T18:03:48Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Your English seems exceptionally good Thanks!, I got the pun 🙂 My English wasn’t nearly as good when I started posting in the SDMB, I learned a lot from this board, I think that makes up for the hair thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/29 "2024-01-25T20:48:20Z")
> [@Poldana](#): > > Any important things I should know? We’re all 20 years older. 😭 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/30 "2024-01-25T20:57:27Z")
Hey @Cecil_Adams spoke to me. And he’s always in my heart… We’re friends you know? Chat, chat, chat. All the time. Man has a mouth on him. I don’t mind a needy friend tho’. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/31 "2024-01-25T22:54:25Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I resemble that remark! Between You, Me and Coach, we have an average amount of hair. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/32 "2024-01-25T23:12:47Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > (For example: There used to be lots of threads here on the theme of “help me polish my resume”, or “should I report this coworker to HR?”, or “vacation tips for hiking the Appalachian Trail”. Nowadays you’re more likely to see threads about retirement, or vacations on a cruise ship.) Don’t forget the colonoscopy threads - good times! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/33 "2024-01-25T23:12:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I recently reread old threads on where you lost your virginity and where is the weir place you’ve ever had sex. Good times! > > But I don’t think they would get much traction now I disagree. I think threads like that would be fine…so long as they stayed away from a “heh, heh, BOOBIES!” tone. Witness **Master Wan-Ka** ’s [hilarious colonoscopy thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magical-mystery-tour-or-where-no-man-has-gone-before-colonoscopy/983131/31) from last April. Oh, that’s another thing, @Poldana - we talk about colonscopies, now. A _lot._ ETA: See what I mean? Ninja’d by @snowthx. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/34 "2024-01-25T23:14:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Oh, that’s another thing, @Poldana - we talk about colonscopies, now. A _lot._ > > ETA: See what I mean? Ninja’d by @snowthx. Yeah, we spend too much time ‘cleaning-out’ our thoughts on that. [entrance for puns and dad jokes…] ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/35 "2024-01-25T23:16:38Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Oh, that’s another thing, @Poldana - we talk about colonscopies, now. A _lot._ > > > > ETA: See what I mean? Ninja’d by @snowthx. > > Yeah, we spend too much time ‘cleaning-out’ our thoughts on that [entrance for puns and dad jokes…] That’s not an entrance, son… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/36 "2024-01-25T23:21:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I recently reread old threads on where you lost your virginity and where is the weir place you’ve ever had sex. Good times! > > But I don’t think they would get much traction now. I also don’t see what would be wrong with threads like that, if they were humorous rather than pornographic. It could be more inclusive now that we’ve _all_ probably lost our virginity. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/37 "2024-01-25T23:30:13Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Don’t forget the colonoscopy threads - good times! Huh? Did someone call my name?? /d&r @Poldana welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/38 "2024-01-25T23:31:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Oh, that’s another thing, @Poldana - we talk about colonscopies, now. A _lot._ And knee surgeries and cataract surgeries. Oh, and we weren’t allowed to call each other “motherfucker” and some other epithets in The Pit, and then we were again. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/39 "2024-01-26T00:13:40Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Well. they’re all gone now, like a faded poster of Simon and Garfunkel that was tacked to the back of a door. Speak for yourself… I still have my Simon & Garfunkel poster… Welcome back @Poldana ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-gone-from-the-sdmb-for-20-years-whats-happened/996625/40 "2024-01-26T00:15:54Z")
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