# SDMB Tackiness Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749 "2004-08-20T17:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/1 "2004-08-20T17:39:43Z")
I think the tackiest thing to do on the SDMB would be to start a thread, then post to it over and over before anyone else got a chance to have their say. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/2 "2004-08-20T17:41:22Z")
I also think it would be pretty tacky to tell people to search for a post with the word ‘a’ in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/3 "2004-08-20T17:45:16Z")
It’s also tacky to say mean things about posters who are no longer able to defend themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/4 "2004-08-20T17:46:32Z")
also tacky: Replying to a poster that is banned and asking them questions. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/5 "2004-08-20T17:46:59Z")
**Rufus** , you must be stopped. We’re all here for you, you know that…now just come down off that ledge and we’ll let you take the pretty purple pills you love so much. Promise! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/6 "2004-08-20T17:47:58Z")
also: SDMB popularity contests. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/7 "2004-08-20T17:51:26Z")
I give up. It’s impossible to post in your own thread more than four consecutive times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/8 "2004-08-20T17:52:36Z")
… because once you’ve posted in it, it is no longer your thread. It belongs to the SDMB. Kind of like a river, only not so wet. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/9 "2004-08-20T17:53:21Z")
Ha ha! Foiled you again! Wait…is it you or **Lando** that is my arch nemeses? :dubious: I forget. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/10 "2004-08-20T17:56:13Z")
So how do you go about getting an Arch nemeses around here? ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/11 "2004-08-20T17:58:10Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > also: SDMB popularity contests. Unless you’re included. In which case, they’re great. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/12 "2004-08-20T17:59:22Z")
Can you have more than one **Arch Nemeses**? ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/13 "2004-08-20T18:01:27Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Can you have more than one **Arch Nemeses**? And if so, is the plural Nemesi? Susan ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/14 "2004-08-20T18:01:29Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > So how do you go about getting an Arch nemeses around here? Just…keep posting. One (or more) will turn up sooner or later. Trust me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/15 "2004-08-20T18:02:37Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Can you have more than one **Arch Nemeses**? By definition one must have multiple _nemeses_, be they arch or not. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/16 "2004-08-20T18:03:24Z")
I wear navy and beige together. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/17 "2004-08-20T18:04:37Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > So how do you go about getting an Arch nemeses around here? I just kinda picked one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/18 "2004-08-20T18:04:41Z")
I did meet a guy who was named Archie Emesis once. Told him he had a crappy last name. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/19 "2004-08-20T18:04:50Z")
I think it is really tacky to change the subject, like in that thread where some poster suddenly started talking about how big his penis is… Hey does anyone have a link to that one?..so I wouldn’t do that. Not that it isn’t big…I don’t mean that. Shit who was that guy? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749/20 "2004-08-20T18:06:01Z")
**Posting any message in a distinctive typeface and color – something other then the default black Verdana – also gets on my nerves.** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tackiness-contest/260749.md?page=2)