I've been gone from the SDMB for 20 years. What's happened?

[solost]

@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)

[Slithy_Tove]

@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.

[John_DiFool]

Some fun threads and forums:

Thread Games. Exactly what it says on the tin.

Polls Only and the Discussion Thread for same. A lot of interesting pollage and talk about same: we currently have 4,448 polls in the thing.

[OttoDaFe]

@running_coach

And some are unable to determine hair color due to lack thereof.

I resemble that remark!

[Pork_Rind]

@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.

[Frodo]

We may have standing for a class action suit… (Mods: just kidding, please don’t ban me)

[DavidNRockies]

That’s not a bannable offense.

But it could get you blackbald.

Huh?

Your English seems exceptionally good. But just in case … pun

[Frodo]

@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.

[Spice_Weasel]

@Poldana

Any important things I should know?

We’re all 20 years older.

[Beckdawrek]

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’.

[Gatopescado]

@OttoDaFe

I resemble that remark!

Between You, Me and Coach, we have an average amount of hair.

[snowthx]

@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!

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@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 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.

[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…]

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@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…

[Riemann]

@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.

[Mama_Zappa]

@snowthx

Don’t forget the colonoscopy threads - good times!

Huh? Did someone call my name?? /d&r

@Poldana welcome back!

[Chefguy]

@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.

[janis_and_c0]

@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

[Beckdawrek]

If it starts with bad bad bad it’s mine.
Read them you’ll be amused, entertained and maybe a bit confused.

But there’s always a moral that is thought provoking.(yeah, that last one may be a lie)