# No more avatars and no pics in signatures **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 9, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630 "2016-01-09T21:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/41 "2016-01-19T13:34:03Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Periods come _outside_ quotation marks. Sheesh! Not in the U.S. of A. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/42 "2016-01-20T21:40:39Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > But videos can not be posted on SDMB. It’s “cannot”. I had a co-worker once tell me there is no such word as “cannot”. How do you express :rolleyes: politely? I stared blankly and then walked away. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/43 "2016-01-21T00:25:11Z")
Links to videos can be posted on the SDMB though. It’s considered polite to put up a NSFW warning (or, I’d expect, a “check your volume” warning) if appropriate. Ranger Jeff The Idol Of American Youth ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/44 "2016-01-21T00:38:39Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Links to videos can be posted on the SDMB though. It’s considered polite to put up a NSFW warning (or, I’d expect, a “check your volume” warning) if appropriate. > > Ranger Jeff > The Idol Of American Youth Maybe SDMB is beautiful in the sense of presenting 1990s Internet. I was very interested when I saw a 1916 ModelT on the road. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/45 "2016-01-21T00:41:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Not in the U.S. of A. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. “America”! ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/46 "2016-01-21T00:45:47Z")
Sometimes [old technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bay_Horse_Tramway) needs to be preserved. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/47 "2016-01-21T03:18:57Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > “America”! As I said, periods and commas always go inside quotation marks in the USA. That is an exclamation point, not a period or a comma. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630.md?page=2)