# Opinions sought on Pit rules **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 29, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442 "2005-06-29T23:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/101 "2005-06-30T19:08:09Z")
OK, one rule. Just the one. It should be a banning offense to post a “I must be heavily sedated and masturbating like a motherfuck but I agree with **The Unknown Poster** about this issue” post. Especially when said Doper is universally admired for intelligence, probity, and genial good nature. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/102 "2005-06-30T19:16:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > OK, one rule. Just the one. > > It should be a banning offense to post a “I must be heavily sedated and masturbating like a motherfuck but I agree with **The Unknown Poster** about this issue” post. > > Especially when said Doper is universally admired for intelligence, probity, and genial good nature. But what if they are agreeing with you? Mandatory smiley so nobody loses their damn mind over a joke: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/103 "2005-06-30T19:21:45Z")
We should get rid of all rules in the Pit. I also think calling someone a troll should be allowed only in the Pit, and not in other forums. On preview, I must be heavily sedated and masturbating like a motherfuck but I agree with **The Unknown Poster** about this issue. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/104 "2005-06-30T19:33:25Z")
> [@Pythian Habenero](#): > > This is true of any board with fewer than a hundred members. > > This board has more than a hundred members. > > Sure, the topic has been discussed. But there are new people around to discuss it. What invalidates their right to do so other than your arbitrary idea that they didn’t get there in time? Perhaps they weren’t registered. Weren’t online for that time period. Didn’t see that forum. Didn’t see that thread. Didn’t click the title because they didn’t know what it was about. Who knows? There are always new things to add to a discussion. If there aren’t, the new thread will be pretty much stillborn without the help of rules, unless a pile of lemon cheesecakes decides to come along and pile onto it saying “This thread is stupid, no one post in it.” Why is it an onerous request to effect a proper search before starting a new thread? Please cease with excuse seeking. It’s injurious to the fabric of us all. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/105 "2005-06-30T19:34:33Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Please cease with excuse seeking. It’s injurious to the fabric of us all. Naw, my cotton poly blend seems okay, but my silks have gotten a bit ratty… ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/106 "2005-06-30T20:14:40Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Why is it an onerous request to effect a proper search before starting a new thread? Please cease with excuse seeking. It’s injurious to the fabric of us all. I think you need to go back and read again, because as it stands Pythians statement seems to have casually whooshed right past you. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/107 "2005-06-30T21:18:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No rules in the Pit. None. Yes, there might well be a spate of flaming for flaming’s sake, but it would pass simply because so few of us would be interested. > > Let 'er rip! > > “But, but…that could lead to anarchy!” > > With any luck, yes. This may sound strange coming from me, as I have come down on the “just because something is in the Pit doesn’t mean that you have to be a jerk” side of things in the past, but I think that I am going to agree with the “lets not have any rules in the Pit” suggestion. It may be that I have just noticed the glurge spillover more of late, perhaps it is the realization that you are all just a bunch of electrons dancing on my monitor for my amusement, but I have to suck it up now and admit that I was probably wrong and that being nice, like anything, has a time and a place and that the Pit ain’t it. Let’s make the Pit nasty again! Let’s make it the forum that decent posters wont admit to checking! ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/108 "2005-06-30T21:35:12Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I was the one who came up with the DNFTTwit thing. I was wrong. It lends itself too easily to abuse. I appreciate the swiftness of **Giraffe** ’s ruling, but I will commit not to use the phrase again. And I apologize to **RedFury** for doing so. > > Regards, > Shodan Appreciate it, **Shodan** , that was indeed the point I was attempting to make at the time and now. * * * **Finn** , Good. We’re on the same page. * * * > [@featherlou](#): > > RedFury, you’re making my brain hurt. Glad to be of service. Anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/109 "2005-06-30T23:00:11Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Especially, I would like to see comparisons of any poster with **december** banned. Who _is_ the current “new december” anyway? The last I see, [**Milum** picked up the title a year ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4989737&highlight=new+december#post4989737) , but surely it’s passed on to **Aldebaran** or someone since then. It only seems fair that we should ask the current “new december” what he or she thinks about your proposed rule. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/110 "2005-07-01T02:52:21Z")
> [@Diane](#): > > We don’t expect anyone to post a favorite celebrity poll in GD. > > General Questions is for factual answers, not Humble Opinions. > > You practice your coding in About This Message Board, not Comments on Cecil’s Columns. > > There are many spankings when someone tarnishes MPSIMS with a flame. > > So why in thee Keeerist do people feel the need to come into the Pit, where they know that people get toasted, and spout their feel good happy crappy why-can’t-we-all-get-along bullshit? That’s the only rule I think should be needed in the Pit. Keep the MPSIMS stuff out. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442/111 "2005-07-01T03:12:49Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > That’s the only rule I think should be needed in the Pit. Keep the MPSIMS stuff out. But what if something Mundane and Pointless is pissing me off? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-pit-rules/310442.md?page=5)