# Rules about posting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 6, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495 "2001-05-06T01:23:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/21 "2001-05-07T23:18:02Z")

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“If you’re just using profanity as a general exclamation or intensifier, though, it tends to detract from  
the discussion.”

I once asked why people swear in the subject line along with their question & for no reason but never got any real answers.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/22 "2001-05-08T10:40:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \*
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> Don’t mess with Anthracite, jarbabyj, Polycarp, or Collounsbury.

Hey… Is this good or bad this mention?

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**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:** [May 8, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/23 "2001-05-08T11:24:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \*
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> > Don’t mess with Anthracite, jarbabyj, Polycarp, or Collounsbury.
> 
> Hey… Is this good or bad this mention? \*\*

It’s sorta like that song by Jim Croce:

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> You don’t tug on Anthracite’s cape  
> You don’t spit on jarbabyj  
> You don’t pull the mask off the ol’ Polycarp  
> And you don’t mess around with Collounsbury…

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/24 "2001-05-08T22:28:15Z")

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Wow, **Anthracite** , you’ve got a cape? Cool. Can I see it? What color it is? _slap_ Oops, sorry, caffeine overload. _slinks out of thread, embarrassed_

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/25 "2001-05-08T22:29:20Z")

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> _originally posted by Collounsbury_  
> **Don’t mess with Anthracite, jarbabyj, Polycarp, or Collounsbury.**  
> Hey… Is this good or bad this mention?

Well, it was _intended_ to be good.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/26 "2001-05-09T07:09:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \*  
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> > [@](#):
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> > _originally posted by Collounsbury_  
> > **Don’t mess with Anthracite, jarbabyj, Polycarp, or Collounsbury.**  
> > Hey… Is this good or bad this mention?
> 
> Well, it was _intended_ to be good. \*\*

Oh good. Well in that case I shall pack away my natural sense of paranoia

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**Author:** ![domina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@domina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domina)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-about-posting/64495/27 "2001-05-10T04:30:39Z")

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Some other points:

If you start a thread, be sure to post it in the right forum. Mods hate moving threads and half the time they’ll just lock it if it’s in the wrong place.

If you start a thread referring to a Cecil/Staff Report column, provide a link.

Use the Preview button before posting. We’ve all learned that the hard way.

Don’t cross-post, i.e. post the same thread in different fora. There was a big stink here recently when someone did that.

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