# Should threads started by users with mental health issues have a disclaimer in the OP? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 11, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890 "2016-04-11T15:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/21 "2016-04-11T22:14:58Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Considering my tongue in cheek OP referred to admitted or self-disclosed posters, I don’t think it fits into your category of labeling. Well, my comment about a lot of folks on Internet boards seemingly having obsessions about certain topics was also a bit tongue-in-cheek. One thing we can agree on is that some pretty strange birds have passed this way from time to time! Most of the really strange ones we could have/can do without. > [@BigT](#): > > What I think would be nice is a label telling you who is on a content restriction, so you don’t accidentally try to engage them on that topic. If they engage in off-limit topics they’re not going to be around long anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/22 "2016-04-11T22:16:54Z")
Some of the really strange ones, have provided some level of entertainment over the years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/23 "2016-04-11T23:33:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I should have stated at the beginning that I suffer from chronic depression. I also have Type 2 diabetes, aortic stenosis, spinal stenosis, peripheral vascular disease, insomnia, seborrheic dermatitis and mild cat allergies. It’s like that lost dog sign: “Answers to the name of ‘Lucky’” ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/24 "2016-04-11T23:39:16Z")
Margarine hat. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/25 "2016-04-12T00:20:21Z")
I can’t imagine the OP was inspired by any other poster besides **John Clay**. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/26 "2016-04-12T00:38:52Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > We have a number of posters that have admitted mental health issues. Wouldn’t you rather deal with a poster who admits to mental health issues instead of one who doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/27 "2016-04-12T00:40:41Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > But seriously, we have many productive posters who may have some kind of mental health issue who make intelligent, rational, and worthwhile posts. Which makes me 0 for 3. :o ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/28 "2016-04-12T00:54:18Z")
Why stop at mental-health issues? How about a Star of David for Jews or a pink triangle for gays? Get 'em up against the wall (against the wall)! There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me. Get 'em up against the wall (against the wall)! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/29 "2016-04-12T00:54:56Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Wouldn’t you rather deal with a poster who admits to mental health issues instead of one who doesn’t? No, that’s like asking whether I’d rather deal with a light-haired poster than with a dark-haired one. I’d rather engage with a poster who makes coherent and meaningful assertions with some rational basis than engage with an idiot or an irrational obsessive. It doesn’t matter to me if they claim they have some psychological disorder and are seeing a therapist. In fact the latter is actually a feature in terms of interesting dialog. I just have no patience for morons. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/30 "2016-04-12T01:02:43Z")
Can we get a special icon for known dipsticks? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/31 "2016-04-12T01:04:03Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Can we get a special icon for known dipsticks? Posters who are a–holes could get a little icon of tiny buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/32 "2016-04-12T01:06:32Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Can we get a special icon for known dipsticks? We’ve got that already. It’s that little circle next to one’s name. Sometimes it’s turned on and green, sometimes it’s off. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/33 "2016-04-12T01:26:26Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > We have a number of posters that have admitted mental health issues. What about the rest who just haven’t admitted it? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/34 "2016-04-12T01:46:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Posters who are a–holes could get a little icon of tiny buttocks. Tiny buttocks In the post make me happy make me feel the most ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/35 "2016-04-12T02:13:46Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > But should there be a required disclaimer that a Mod, attaches to the OP of these threads to advise other posters of the minefield they are about to enter? Should they be required to wear little badges? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/36 "2016-04-12T02:18:51Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Posters who are a–holes could get a little icon of tiny buttocks. )\*( ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/37 "2016-04-12T08:21:38Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > ^This is what I’ve always believed. > > NOTE: I should have stated at the beginning that I suffer from chronic depression. I also have Type 2 diabetes, aortic stenosis, spinal stenosis, peripheral vascular disease, insomnia, seborrheic dermatitis and mild cat allergies. Sorry that you’ve read so far, without having been alerted to these relevant facts. And you’re messy, and your job is noisy. Probably should bring that up every time too. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/38 "2016-04-12T14:03:04Z")
You mean like this? ---
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/39 "2016-04-12T14:39:50Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > We have a number of posters that have admitted mental health issues. No. We have a number of posters that _claimed_ to have mental health issues. We have no idea which of these have been confirmed by medical professionals, which of these have been self-diagnosed by hypochondriacs, and which of these have been spurious claims by attention whores who would just _love_ to get the type of spotlight you would choose to shine on them. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890/40 "2016-04-12T15:04:18Z")
It’s a great idea. That would tell me which are the interesting threads to open. And then I could ignore the threads from the 3 Dopers who don’t qualify. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890.md?page=3)