# Posting While Intoxicated?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454 "2006-07-07T02:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/21 "2006-07-07T11:08:48Z")
On the other hand, [this HST-style rant posted while drunk by **Sofa King**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3217916&postcount=82) is my favourite SDMB post of all time. And he not only didn’t regret it in the morning, he asked to be reminded of it (and I did so). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/22 "2006-07-07T11:12:48Z")
> [@dnoorman](#): > > This deserves a Pit thread of it’s own, So does the misuse of “its” and “it is.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/23 "2006-07-07T12:36:11Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Shut the Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo up! > > That Whiskey Tango Foxtrot crap wasn’t cute on day one, nor is it cute now, or ever. > > WTF stands for What the fuck?! You’re euphemism (not yours per se, but the one you used) is the most lame attempt at legitimizing swearing since “mother trucker”. > > Swear if you like. If not, please don’t twist common epithets into inane bullshit like that. Dude . . . you been drinkin’? > [@](#): > > This deserves a Pit thread of it’s own . . . Not even remotely. Just be another Charlie Fuckin’ Foxtrot. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/24 "2006-07-07T12:58:54Z")
Somebody’s gotta have the 'srooms thread bookmarked. I used to have a thread I refered to as “The Rabbit Hole”-- a sort of SDMB’s most memorial,-- with links to that and monkey butlers. . … Gotta see if I can find that thread again. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/25 "2006-07-07T13:03:59Z")
The infamous “posting under the influence” Doper was [Homer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1758837). Searching his threads is a goldmine of why you shouldn’t post while impaired. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/26 "2006-07-07T13:11:24Z")
:: shrugs :: There’s a rule against being a jerk … you’re more likely to be a jerk when you’re drunk … seems to me that posting while drunk isn’t a good idea. OK, there’s no definitive way of _proving_ whether you’re drunk or not - however, since **Lobsang** (a) has a history of PWI, and (b) outright _says_ he’s “under the influence” in his OP, I’m not surprised **SkipMagic** picked up on these subtle clues. (And I’ve got no problem with moderators being entertaining _while_ they’re moderating content. It’s a long-standing board tradition.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/27 "2006-07-07T13:22:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The infamous “posting under the influence” Doper was [Homer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1758837). Searching his threads is a goldmine of why you shouldn’t post while impaired. Well, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764) specifically. Interestingly, I don’t see any warnings for him, though I’ve only done a superficial search. The threads that were locked were for zombies, not train-wrecks. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/28 "2006-07-07T13:58:36Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > :: shrugs :: > (And I’ve got no problem with moderators being entertaining _while_ they’re moderating content. It’s a long-standing board tradition.) “I am the goddamn hall monitor…” Please don’t come down on the mods for entertaining modding, its part of the charm of the place. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/29 "2006-07-07T15:04:04Z")
Just say you won’t delete posts under any circumstances, whether the poster was drunk, high, undergoing roid rage, etc. Whatever you post, no matter how far out there or embarassing, stays. It will police itself. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/30 "2006-07-07T15:38:42Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > So does the misuse of “its” and “it is.” > > 😛 So does the “your/you’re”… > [@dnooman](#): > > You’re euphemism(snip) Which makes me cringe every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/31 "2006-07-07T15:46:02Z")
The only difference I see between my posts in which I’m drunk and which I’m not is that I acknowledge my status in the drunk posts. So therefore, from now on I just won’t do that anymore…bwahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/32 "2006-07-07T16:19:09Z")
Obviously, mods can’t tell whether or not you’re drunk unless you’re acting so. Which leads me to believe that it is not, in fact, posting under the influence that’s against the rules, but posting while acting like a drunken jackass, which state is indeed identifiable by the mods. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/33 "2006-07-07T16:40:14Z")
I’d just like to say that I, for one, welcome our new mackdonna handheld shoehorn butterhorse overlords. 😃 Gawd, that post from Homer was funny! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/34 "2006-07-07T17:13:59Z")
Regarding posting while drunk, there was also this memorable thread: > **[I'm going to try to drink 26 beers today or, Bruce\_Daddy runs a marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=208158)** > > That’s right. I have jackshit to do today. The grass is cut, plus it’s hot as hell out there. I know, I could read a book or even play PS2, but I’m not. Therefore, I have visited my local beer store and purchased a case of Bud Light\* + there are... ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/35 "2006-07-07T17:39:47Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The infamous “posting under the influence” Doper was [Homer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1758837). Searching his threads is a goldmine of why you shouldn’t post while impaired. Here’s one: [I just ate 3 mushrooms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764) Sadly, it seems, the infamous “Monkey Butler” thread is no more. ☹ Damn, I miss **Homer** -I wish he’d come back. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/36 "2006-07-07T19:02:57Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > “I am the goddamn hall monitor…” [minor nitpick] Actually, he was [the fucking hall monitor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2744558&postcount=26). [/mn] That was also the thread where he was accidentally (presumably) called “banhattan”. Pure comedy gold, that thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/37 "2006-07-07T20:23:03Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Shut the Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo up! > > That Whiskey Tango Foxtrot crap wasn’t cute on day one, nor is it cute now, or ever. > > WTF stands for What the fuck?! You’re euphemism (not yours per se, but the one you used) is the most lame attempt at legitimizing swearing since “mother trucker”. > > Swear if you like. If not, please don’t twist common epithets into inane bullshit like that. > > This deserves a Pit thread of it’s own, but I’d hate to be expected to have to answer the bullshit questions of those that think “Gosh darnit” is harmless. You meant the same thing as “Goddamnit”, you just didn’t say the word. Now you go to heaven, yay! Wow, somebody sure got up on the Whiskey Sierra Oscar Tango Bravo today. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/38 "2006-07-07T20:35:49Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Additionally, considering that it was yet another Lobsang thread about The Girl…well, we can also just call it a mercy killing, regardless of the excuse proffered. [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326930) [I](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334226) [think](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349128) [that’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=338442) [probably](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349924) [a](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363742) [correct](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361806) [assumption](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356237) [to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350941) [make](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352924). ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/39 "2006-07-07T22:20:16Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Additionally, considering that it was yet another Lobsang thread about The Girl…well, we can also just call it a mercy killing, regardless of the excuse proffered. Can I get an amen? I used to look forward to **Lobsang’s** posts; he had a quirky sense of humor. He’s been robbed of that for the past six months or so by this obsession, and it’s made me hesitate opening any of his threads as they’re invariably about his love/hate relationship with this woman he will not. Let. Go of. I sincerely hope he can move past it now that she’s gone. ---
**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 7, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454/40 "2006-07-07T23:04:48Z")
Yup, me too, **Maureen**. Just a thought for those of you who think you are just fine when you do stuff drunk/high - you do know other, soberer people are laughing at you, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-intoxicated/363454.md?page=3)