# Registration Agreement **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 23, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735 "2004-10-23T05:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/1 "2004-10-23T05:30:58Z")
Can someone link me the registration agreement? Have been told to re-read. After several Cosmopolitans, can’t seem to find ATM. =( Thanks! BA ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/2 "2004-10-23T05:32:19Z")
[http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247049](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247049) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/3 "2004-10-23T05:35:24Z")
You will find much the same by clicking on “rules” directly beneath the thread title on this page. ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/4 "2004-10-23T05:36:33Z")
Have I violated same? [Lynn calls me a troll](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282406&page=2) Don’t know what a troll is, to be frank. Sorry if I offended anyone, thought anything goes in this forum. My apologies. BA ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/5 "2004-10-23T05:46:31Z")
Just found a definition of Troll! [Voila!](http://curezone.com/forums/troll.asp) Don’t know if I’m that sophisticated, quite frankly. =D Anywho, will shutup. BA ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/6 "2004-10-23T05:46:44Z")
Might wanna check this one out too. [http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729) ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/7 "2004-10-23T05:49:25Z")
If anything, was trying for cynical, thought was pretty transparent. =D BA ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/8 "2004-10-23T05:59:47Z")
> [@Blackacre](#): > > Have I violated same? [Lynn calls me a troll](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282406&page=2) Don’t know what a troll is, to be frank. Sorry if I offended anyone, thought anything goes in this forum. > > My apologies. > BA Well, it’s a little late to be telling you now, after you’ve already begun your only thirty-day guest membership, but perhaps the information will prevent someone else from jumping the gun: You really would have been well-advised to lurk for a couple of weeks before beginning your guest membership. It would have afforded you an opportunity to watch and learn, given you a chance to pick up on certain idioms of this culture. There’s a very comprehensive collection of threads in a forum here called [**About This Message Board**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=2) that can answer just about any question you could have regarding this community. One quite pertinent thread is [**FAQ - guidelines for posting at the SDMB**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106617). If you’ll proceed to post #13, you’ll learn something about what a troll is. The mere fact that you have had the grace to offer an apology for your behavior suggests (to me, at least), that you may be a quick enough study to benefit from doing a bit of research on the community you have joined. It really is in our best interest to give you a good enough impression of the site to make you decide that ponying up $14.95 for a year is a good investment. At the same time, it is in _your_ best interest to take heed of the slogan the home page attaches to the link for buying advertising here: > [@Home Page](#): > > Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks. Whether you’re here representing the smartest and hippest, or the dipsticks is going to depend largely on what you make of your experience here. Welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/9 "2004-10-23T06:51:45Z")
Good grief, a cursory review of posts in this forum seem to be Troll-like, i.e. anti-Republican/Conservative. Any of them accused of Troll-like behavior? BA ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/10 "2004-10-23T08:03:06Z")
Well, there are a lot of people on the board with strong opinions. But from what I can tell, most of them aren’t posting just to get a reaction. Not that I’m saying you are, btw. People here tend to be wary of new posters that post on controverisal subjects. New people don’t have a known posting history, so it can look like they are just trying to cause a fuss. Just relax and hang out some, it’s a cool board overall. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/11 "2004-10-23T08:04:24Z")
Trolling is disingenuously advocating a position just to rile people up. Those folks actually believe what they’re saying. To wit: Rush Limbaugh is a big, fat, ugly jerk! _[Ranting, not trolling.]_ Them Irish babies is gooood eatin’! _[Trolling.]_ ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/12 "2004-10-23T13:58:43Z")
Good heavens! Have we banned Swift? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/13 "2004-10-23T14:01:18Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Good heavens! Have we banned Swift? I heard he had a sock. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/14 "2004-10-23T14:06:08Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Good heavens! Have we banned Swift? Tom or Jonathan? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/15 "2004-10-23T15:19:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Tom or Jonathan? “I’ve been banned.”, said Tom dismissively. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/16 "2004-10-23T15:22:01Z")
My first thought was Boat. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/17 "2004-10-23T15:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.[\i] Heh, now I understand **Hal Briston** ’s sig line. Thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/18 "2004-10-23T15:41:30Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > “I’ve been banned.”, said Tom dismissively. Then Jonathan said,“Thank you for this award! I’d like to thank all the little people…” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/19 "2004-10-23T15:51:37Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > My first thought was Boat. :dubious: Touche`. Took me a minute, but touche`. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735/20 "2004-10-23T16:24:48Z")
> [@Blackacre](#): > > Good grief, a cursory review of posts in this forum seem to be Troll-like, i.e. anti-Republican/Conservative. Any of them accused of Troll-like behavior? > > BA Yeah, but they appear to really mean the dumbass things they say. My rule of thumb is If you post dumbass things but aren’t a genuine dumbass then its trolling. If you actually are a dumbass and post dumbass things, that’s to be expected because you’re a dumbass. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registration-agreement/270735.md?page=2)