# Murphy's Laws for the SDMB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380 "2002-11-05T15:40:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380/41 "2002-11-08T23:23:12Z")

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**People will be long since bored with the topic by the time you get the computer to open the dang page**  
The screen freezes one step before opening the selected page (usually #3) of your chosen thread, it takes two minutes to bring up each and every page {this is not exaggeration}, it says unregistered the instant after you register, and instead of bashing the monitor with a sledgehammer, you let it thaw for two days–  
Or you get it the next day and spend two more looking for your lost thread.

Then follows **elmwood’s** law.

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**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380/42 "2002-11-09T03:34:24Z")

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After clicking a link that leads to a GD thread, you will read it and post a long, well-thought out reply to it, and after hitting submit, you will see that the last reply in it was posted in March 2000.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380/43 "2002-11-09T06:07:24Z")

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I wonder if, just for grins, somebody could post a link to the actual Threadspotting thread right about here.

Although I must admit, the Murphy’s Law-ness of this particular link is not lost on me.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380/44 "2002-11-10T01:34:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by The Devil’s Grandmother \*  
> If you have a gender-neutral username, you will be assumed to be male.

I submit that you will be assumed to be whichever gender you aren’t.

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**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murphys-laws-for-the-sdmb/135380/45 "2002-11-10T09:01:43Z")

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If you are mostly a lurker, then the posts you are most likely to respond to have just been closed by the Mod.

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