# New Pit rules **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221 "2009-02-24T17:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/21 "2009-02-24T17:38:11Z")
Sounds like somebody took a Lee Dodd seminar on _How to Build a Successful Online Community_. Now, we just need Petz. Nothing like cute fluffy anteaters to take the edge off. And Living Avatars. Petz and Living Avatars. And some new Smilies. Petz and Living Avatars and New Smilies. Then everybody’ll want to be nice to everybody else all the time. Not a Fuck You to be seen! ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/22 "2009-02-24T17:38:45Z")
I just came into complain about a moderator action, until I saw the new Alien and Sedition Acts. Yowzer! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/23 "2009-02-24T17:40:05Z")
Giraffe, you know, some places do that automagically. You can just tell someone to gently caress themselves. Of course, we couldn’t criticize the new rules in this thread. So, off to ATMB I go. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/24 "2009-02-24T17:40:16Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I cant wait for the next RO thread about some horrible unspeakable thing. > > “Gosh darn that terrible mother for chopping up her children and sewing them together in the form of one giant Volton-like child. Gosh darn her straight to **heck**!!” You can’t abuse other posters. You can still abuse the subjects of RO threads, or whoever. > [@featherlou](#): > > Hey, no complaining! This is the Pit! > > 🙂 Yeah, take it to GQ! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/25 "2009-02-24T17:40:22Z")
Impotent Dickwaving, it’s not just a band name, it’s a whole old way of thinking! ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/26 "2009-02-24T17:40:44Z")
**Giraffe:** > [@](#): > > It’ll be like those languages twins teach each other. I just wanted to take the opportunity to say that this is a great analogy! And I’m not being sarcastic! Not at all! (No, really!) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/27 "2009-02-24T17:43:21Z")
Ahh, gently caress this. I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/28 "2009-02-24T17:43:54Z")
I almost started this thread but I didn’t because I would have had a hard time keeping myself from cursing and I was not in the mood to be banned. Can we say [bleep] instead then? Do we _have_ to say bleep instead now? These rules have taken away the essence and the point of the Pit. Might as well just not have a Pit anymore. What is the point of all these changes? Who out there that matters gives a bleep if I feel the need to say bleep you to another board member? Is it really a big enough of a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/29 "2009-02-24T17:45:18Z")
“I hope you say that to [someone prone to stabbing people] and they stab you”. This might be my new sig. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/30 "2009-02-24T17:45:47Z")
You can still say “fuck”. You just can’t say “fuck **Really Not All That Bright** ”, although if you’d like to, I can probably make arrangements. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/31 "2009-02-24T17:46:29Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > What is the point of all these changes? Who out there that matters gives a bleep if I feel the need to say bleep you to another board member? Is it really a big enough of a problem? Dunno, it’s all so confused. Best I can piece together, some Creative Loafing bigwig’s kid called **Ed** a cuntwaffle. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/32 "2009-02-24T17:46:33Z")
Now what will I do with this lawn chair? And the giant bowl of popcorn I just made? ---
**Author:** ![Rin\_Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/33 "2009-02-24T17:47:51Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Of course, we couldn’t criticize the new rules in this thread. So, off to ATMB I go. Wait- in all seriousness- is this true? I was taking the new rule regarding ‘staff and administration decisions’ to mean move your complaints about ‘why someone closed/moved my thread’ to ATMB. Does that include complaints about rules, too? We really can’t complain about the new Pit in the new Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/34 "2009-02-24T17:48:15Z")
Well, so long interesting Pit. Hello, GD 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/35 "2009-02-24T17:48:24Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Sad day for the Dope. What a bunch of wusses–I’ve said my last “Fuck You,” it seems. My first thought as well. Oh, well. Time to dig out all those insulting, demeaning phrases my grandmother used to use. Aren’t these new rules just _special_? I supposed they don’t know any better, the dears. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/36 "2009-02-24T17:48:41Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Well, so long interesting Pit. Hello, GD 2.0. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/37 "2009-02-24T17:48:51Z")
Now can we have that clinical white background changed to pink with little flowers strewn randomly? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/38 "2009-02-24T17:51:03Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I cant wait for the next RO thread about some horrible unspeakable thing. > > “Gosh darn that terrible mother for chopping up her children and sewing them together in the form of one giant Volton-like child. Gosh darn her straight to **heck**!!” I don’t see why this has to change. As I understand the New Rules, they forbid obscenities, vulgarities, and similar abuse (but not “creative insults”) **against other posters**. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/39 "2009-02-24T17:51:50Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Well, so long interesting Pit. Hello, GD 2.0. I wouldn’t be so sure. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before we’re told that we can’t actively disagree with one another and must respect all opinions equally so as not to hurt anyone’s feelings. But, hey, that’s only my opinion! You could be right, too! Let’s still be friends, 'kay? :D:D:D:D:D I love the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221/40 "2009-02-24T17:53:23Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Case in point: how do you deal with obvious sarcasm? What do you do when “you’re a wonderful man!” becomes well-known code for “you’re a stupid asshole!”? > > Give it a few years and this place will be incomprehensible to outsiders. It’ll be like those languages twins teach each other. 🙂 It’s called idioglossia, you wonderful man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rules/487221.md?page=3)