# Let's face it - the level of discourse has gone down on this board. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473 "2015-10-12T20:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/41 "2015-10-13T16:23:47Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I blame the internet, video games, the 1%, and gluten. And vaccines. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/42 "2015-10-13T16:34:09Z")
Eh, when I joined the board was basically swamped in political snark due to the Iraq War and other Bush administration foibles. Basically a lot of posters were determined to turn every thread into an Iraq War debate, regardless of how far that was from the original topic. I’d say that was about the nadir of the Boards level of discourse. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/43 "2015-10-13T16:43:01Z")
The internet evolves, and the SDMB has changed. Pay2Post really did affect the basic personality of the board (imho), but goodness, that was a decade ago. It hasn’t been P2P for several years now, but these boards have continued to evolve. Less newbies, and many of the newbies that come around are trolls, socks, or weird. I like the weird, trolls bring the place down. The changes in moderation and administration have contributed to changing this place, too. Some will say for the better, some not. Bottom line: I still think Maryam d’Abo is smokin hot! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/44 "2015-10-13T17:21:30Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Sometimes I see myself as a self righteous twat; other times I think I’m more of a fluffy forum type. Coincidentally, my old garage band was called “Fluffy Twat”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/45 "2015-10-13T17:29:09Z")
The level of discourse on this board has really gone down since yesterday at 4:07 PM EST. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/46 "2015-10-13T17:30:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > And vaccines. And taking the lead out of paint. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/47 "2015-10-13T18:29:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > As a matter of fact, the board has been going precipitously downhill ever since I joined 15 years… Well, we know who to blame now. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/48 "2015-10-13T18:39:23Z")
Before all the black people, conservatives, gays, feminists, left wing pinkos, Jews, artsy fartsy types, mouth breathers, white supremacists, baby killing liberals, welfare queens, war-mongering Republicans, racist assholes, bible thumpers, Native Americans, Xbox players, and the like showed up we used to just walk around in togas debating in iambic pentameter, and composing sonnets. I miss that. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/49 "2015-10-13T19:01:05Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Bottom line: I still think Maryam d’Abo is smokin hot! Hey! Let’s go down to the quarry and throw Maryam d’Abo in! and Olivia was hotter ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/50 "2015-10-13T20:05:51Z")
I’ll tell you one thing, it’s definitely _quieter_. Nowhere near as _much_ discourse, which makes me really sad. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/51 "2015-10-13T20:16:56Z")
Yeah, that is actually the truth ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/52 "2015-10-13T21:04:14Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Well, we know who to blame now. I’m sure people were complaining of it going downhill by June of 1999.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/53 "2015-10-13T21:08:41Z")
Your mom has gone down on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/54 "2015-10-13T21:16:44Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw this board down there. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/55 "2015-10-13T21:50:43Z")
I’d try to raise the discourse, but **dasmooche** r is only pawn in game of life. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/56 "2015-10-14T01:46:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m a bored shit stirrer some of the time. The rest of the time I’m drinking. I can multi-task. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473/57 "2015-10-14T02:14:26Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > …Xbox players… Hey! I’ll buy you one, it’ll keep you out of our hair for a while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-face-it-the-level-of-discourse-has-gone-down-on-this-board/734473.md?page=2)