Neither you nor satan (Mr. Since when are sdmbers qualified threapists?) nor Contestant #3 (Mr. The sdmb as a dating service) or anyone else I may have neglected to mention can dictate the types of topics people post. I havnt even read the pet threads…cause they dont interest me! The ONLY people who HAVE to read all the threads are the moderators, and unless I missed a page in this book…you aint!
So if you dont wanna look at pet stuff…dont. Nobody is gonna make you!
Personally I think the pet threads are less interesting than the pissing threads.
Fine, I’ll rephrase it in a more kelli-friendly manner.
“I dislike it when people post about their turtle with a spastic colon on GQ. I feel they would be better served on another board. They are of course free to post wherever they like of course, and I am free to mock them in the pit, and kelli is free to take my mocking waaaaay too seriously.”
Nah… The OP is funnier. Sorry.
“The world ends when I die. And as far as I’m concerned, the rest of the universe might as well call it a day too.” – Matt Groening
And just who appointed you List Police, Alphagene? Are we supposed to check with you first to make sure the question we post meets with your approval? Maybe they should start a new forum called ‘Alphagene’s Approved Topics’?
Apparently there are a lot more people interested in pet questions than ‘Hypothetical Extradition Questions’.
If you don’t like the damn topics, don’t read them. Do you watch TV programs you hate just because the TV is on?
I enjoy the pet questions - I’m not nearly as educated or intelligent as many of the posters here, but I do know a LOT about cats. Questions about cats give me an opportunity to contribute something valuable to the board, and maybe save a pet owner and pet some unnecessary grief.
If you want to be Big Boss and Head God of a message board, go start one of your own.
Yo, Alphie, I’m with you all the way. I think that people who post specific questions about their pet don’t really want a straight forward answer - they just want to talk about their pets. If they did want a thorough, rational answer they would consult one of the web pages you listed above.
Especially since once a topic like that has been posted it always turns into one of these: “well MY cat had a gall bladder infection once and we gave him some medicine that came in a blue box. He was cured in two weeks. You should talk to your vet”
Well, if ya woulda cared in the first place, ya woulda called the vet first.
I would SUGGEST that people not post those in General Questions as well, because I usually go to GQ to avoid personal sagas. It’s more of a MPSIMS type post IN MY OPINION.
Trust me, I wish I would have known details in threads before I read the damn things but it’s true, Alphie, you’re not God yet, you can’t dictate what some people will post. Damn.
When did I express my desire to be God? Did I slap on a badge? Did I say I need to approve of the topic? Look, if I thought it was a truly serious issue I’d email a Mod or put up a humorless post in About this MB.
And I generally do avoid posts I don’t like. But every now and then I’ll rip them a new one in the Pit, especially if I see a trend.
Christ on rollerskates, kids. If your ferret’s coughing up blood or your parrot has polyps, get thee to a vet.
Fine, I’ll back down from my keep-it-off-GQ stance. Post it on GQ. Feel free. Tell me about your Aunt Matilda’s emphyzema too. I’m fascinated.
If I think it’s really weird and I can bitch about it in an entertaining way (and come on, the phrase “retarded gerbil” is a hoot), I’ll rant in the pit about it.
Oooh zing! A bust on a thread I started. Let me bust on one you started. Hmm… Can’t seem to find one…
“The world ends when I die. And as far as I’m concerned, the rest of the universe might as well call it a day too.” – Matt Groening
And apparently I have left an unanswered question dangling here. Thanks Poly, you have performed yet another great service to the SDMB community.
terephthalate - Terephthalic acid may be obtained as a by-product in the production of phthalic anhydride from petroleum. It has a long-chain alkyl group with an amide linkage on one end and a methyl ester on the other. It is used for producing polyethylene terephthalate and other polyesters.
My source is: Material Handbook - Thirteenth Edition, 1991.
Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
C’mon, Uncle Beer…the thread that was entitled “This Thread Is Headed for Cuba” has got to have the all-time record for maximum deviations in trajectory. Though it was designed to do that, so maybe that doesn’t count.