# Non-USA Dopers: Are there any boards like this in your country? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945 "2002-06-13T23:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/1 "2002-06-13T23:10:01Z")
Just wondering…might be cool to try to get onto a good board in Australia or NZ or else somewhere in Europe or Asia - anywhere for that matter. Preferably one where English is understood… Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/2 "2002-06-14T02:14:53Z")
Nothing in Japan that I’ve found so far. The closest is the [Japan Today](http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=home) news website where you can post messages about the news stories (where I also post as sublight). The problem is that the only moderation is for naughty language, and 90% of the discussions devolve into anti-Japan/pro-Japan/anti-US trilateral flamewars, with the occasional “I lik 2 f\*k jap biches” from the mensa contingent. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/3 "2002-06-14T04:01:39Z")
This being the Internet, aren’t all boards essentially international? The main English language board in HK is [http://www.icered.com/](http://www.icered.com/) I post there a bit - but it’s mostly very lame. I don’t think any English language board anywhere matches the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/4 "2002-06-14T09:39:43Z")
There’s tons of interesting message boards in the Netherlands, but most of them focus on one particular topic. For example, I post to a few Dutch car and motorbike MB’s. But a message board as universal, diverse, and interesting as this one? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/5 "2002-06-14T09:53:51Z")
I don’t think there’s another message board like this one anywhere on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![bifar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/6 "2002-06-14T10:12:52Z")
DMark, you could definitely try the UK Guardian talkboards at [http://talk.guardian.co.uk/](http://talk.guardian.co.uk/). They have a fairly, erm, heated politics board called ‘International’, and a board for pointless stuff called ‘The Haven’. The layout is very different from the SDMB (and is annoying for a while) but I think the tone is quite similar. ---
**Author:** ![bifar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/7 "2002-06-14T10:14:04Z")
Tut tut, that should of course be: [http://talk.guardian.co.uk/](http://talk.guardian.co.uk/) Without the full stop. I should really get into the habit of previewing. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/8 "2002-06-14T16:37:15Z")
Sigh…oh well… I had been on guardian about three or four years ago and it is actually a fun read, but nothing like this one. I just wondered what it would be like to be the “minority” nationality (in terms of numbers of members), peering in. Just from lurking throught this board, you non-USA dopers probably have a better insight into the US psyche than most people, including and especially polititicians… Not that this board is representative of the American populace at large - we should be so lucky! If anyone should think of another board…let me know - but thanks anyway! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-are-there-any-boards-like-this-in-your-country/113945/9 "2002-06-15T00:41:23Z")
One that I frequent every so often, is the English version of _Pravda_. It’s not as good as this of course, but it has it’s moments. More political of course, and less fun. Different perspective… [http://bbs.newsfromrussia.com/cgi/Ultimate.cgi](http://bbs.newsfromrussia.com/cgi/Ultimate.cgi)