# Posters you can't stand. Pit rules f\*\*\*ing apply! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003 "2008-12-20T00:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/641 "2009-01-02T06:49:29Z")
Signing posts is the sort of trivial issue that the membership should be allowed to settle by a vote. **Messageboard Democracy Now!** šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/642 "2009-01-02T23:20:11Z")
After some discussion, weā€™ve clarified the signature rule; see last item in: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697069&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697069&postcount=14) Short version: a simple signoff at the end of each post is OK. Complex sigs are subject to the more restrictive rules stated. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/643 "2009-01-02T23:33:39Z")
Iā€™m not very keen on that **Ed Zotti** fellow. Who does he think he is, coming in here and throwing his weight about? He sounds suspiciously like a mafiosi type to me! ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/644 "2009-01-02T23:33:52Z")
The Master Speaks! Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/645 "2009-01-02T23:53:52Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Short version: a simple signoff at the end of each post is OK. Complex sigs are subject to the more restrictive rules stated. Yay! Now can we all get back to bitching about posters we canā€™t stand, rather than harping on the fucking signature issue? Me, I adore each every one of you, every moment of every single day. Except when you hijack a perfectly good potential trainwreck and turn it into a boring group hissy-fit. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/646 "2009-01-02T23:54:51Z")
Nevermind, folks. The Ignore function still works, so annoying, pretentious and/or patronising sign-offs can still go past unnoticed. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/647 "2009-01-03T00:12:43Z")
Yeah, that pretty much sucks. I guess Iā€™ll be using ā€˜ignoreā€™ for the first time. Itā€™s a shame, 'cause at least two of these obsessive post-signing relics from Usenet are actually worth reading now and then. Itā€™s not that these are the Worst Blights to Humanity or anything. Just an annoyance ā€“ like a small stain on an otherwise pristine white shirt. (Kinda like that _Seinfeld_ episode, where thereā€™s a red dot on a cashmere sweater that no one notices at first, but once they _do_ spot it, itā€™s all they can see.) I just donā€™t understand why itā€™s so egregious to require these people to put their virtual scent-markings into the official signature area. But mine is not to reason why. The Masterā€™s vicar has spoken. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/648 "2009-01-03T01:28:02Z")
> [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](#): > > Nevermind, folks. The Ignore function still works, so annoying, pretentious and/or patronising sign-offs can still go past unnoticed. I understand your desire to use your ignore function, but I hope you donā€™t. The posters that sign are some of the more interesting posters on this board. Provocatively Bitten, Nzinga, Seated ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/649 "2009-01-03T01:37:58Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I guess Iā€™ll be using ā€˜ignoreā€™ for the first time. > > ā€¦ > > I just donā€™t understand why itā€™s so egregious to require these people to put their virtual scent-markings into the official signature area. But mine is not to reason why. The Masterā€™s vicar has spoken. Shall I spear you in the side now, or do you want to hang there a bit longer? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/650 "2009-01-03T01:47:40Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Shall I spear you in the side now, or do you want to hang there a bit longer? :rolleyes: Aw, I think theyā€™re allowed a bit of bitterness. They did after all convince some moderators to their camp only to have their angle of attack rendered null by a decree from on high. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/651 "2009-01-03T01:52:27Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Iā€™m not very keen on that **Ed Zotti** fellow. Who does he think he is, coming in here and throwing his weight about? He sounds suspiciously like a mafiosi type to me! If youā€™d only read _The Barn House_, you could have had a chance to memorize the map of Ed Zottiā€™s Basement Dungeon of Exquisite Perversions. Now youā€™ll have no chance of escape. Weā€™ll miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/652 "2009-01-03T02:59:39Z")
Good call, guys. Itā€™s nice to know that both sides are being heard here and that issues are being weighed and considered in that light, and that efforts are being made to accomodate the boardā€™s postership in a fair and reasonable way. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/653 "2009-01-03T03:35:51Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I understand your desire to use your ignore function, but I hope you donā€™t. The posters that sign are some of the more interesting posters on this board. > > Provocatively Bitten, > Nzinga, Seated Nah, Iā€™m personally okay with it most of the time, and even sign off some of my posts with ā€œ-BWPā€ if Iā€™m really serious about making it obvious that The Above Is My Personal Opinion; No Warranties Expressed Or Implied. I just get ā€¦ well, yes, \*provoked \*ā€¦ by folks throwing it in there every single time. I guess it comes down to how you view the board. If you view it in a ā€˜pen palsā€™ kind of way, then a sign-off is sensible. I, however, view it like an ongoing conversation, so people signing off every post sort of strikes me as a [Denny Crane](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2h-n8GjmIBM) kind of thing, only without the amusement value. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/654 "2009-01-03T03:52:56Z")
I really hate that one poster, the one who ALWAYS contradicts me. FUCKER! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/655 "2009-01-03T03:54:54Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I really hate that one poster, the one who ALWAYS contradicts me. No, you donā€™t. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/656 "2009-01-03T04:02:52Z")
> [@q.e.d.](#): > > no, you donā€™t. stop it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/657 "2009-01-03T08:01:14Z")
**LEL!** ---
**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:** [January 3, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/658 "2009-01-03T11:46:17Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > If youā€™d only read _The Barn House_, you could have had a chance to memorize the map of Ed Zottiā€™s Basement Dungeon of Exquisite Perversions. Look, I come from a long line of anti-DIYā€™ers - wouldnā€™t having to read that be deemed a ā€˜cruel and unusual punishmentā€™ in your country? > [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Now youā€™ll have no chance of escape. _Weā€™ll miss you_. \*Youā€™re just saying that. \* ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/659 "2009-01-03T18:49:32Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > After some discussion, weā€™ve clarified the signature rule; see last item in: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697069&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697069&postcount=14) > > Short version: a simple signoff at the end of each post is OK. Complex sigs are subject to the more restrictive rules stated. Thank you! And, ineluctably, and with a giddy sense of release, Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/660 "2009-01-04T00:58:19Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Pffft. Youā€™re about a [week late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10605044&postcount=209). Yeah I was a week late because I had other things to do. Thank you for telling me I had other things to do. I actually already knew that. But itā€™s nice of you to say so. Would you like to take my dog for a walk when I get **really** busy? Do you think Iā€™m going to read every damned post in a 10-paged thread? I have a job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=34)