# Should Weird Earl's Be Restored? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709 "2014-12-20T00:15:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [December 24, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/61 "2014-12-24T20:20:45Z")
How about this: Have both, and then post the latest Weird Earl’s on Twitter when you do an update? See, it’s the best of both worlds! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/62 "2014-12-24T21:04:17Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How about this: Have both, and then post the latest Weird Earl’s on Twitter when you do an update? See, it’s the best of both worlds! 🙂 Yeah but just because someone doesn’t want a Twitter (or Facebook) account doesn’t make them a de facto Luddite or an idiot. I’m perfectly aware Twitter is, and it’s fine. I definitely get the utility, especially in fast-breaking news stories. But I already get a \*lot \*of both personal and business texts, emails and phone calls coming in on my mobile devices every day and choose not to add to that barrage of chirps, tweets, and other notifications. Some people would rather get updates **on their _own_ schedule by checking a website or forum** , rather than get yet another, often irrelevant, notification. That said, the reasons Ed gave in the ATMB thread made perfect sense, and I don’t have a problem with that. I’m not anti-Twitter; it’s just not something I personally want to engage in. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/63 "2014-12-25T00:36:59Z")
I didn’t say you were a luddite – what I SAID was, have both. And then, you could ALSO post the Weird Earl’s on Twitter. To draw even MORE to the site. Yeesh. So those who want to check the twitter feed could see it there, those who don’t could check it out on the front page. Easy-peasy. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/64 "2014-12-25T00:53:35Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I didn’t say you were a luddite – what I SAID was, have both. And then, you could ALSO post the Weird Earl’s on Twitter. To draw even MORE to the site. Yeesh. So those who want to check the twitter feed could see it there, those who don’t could check it out on the front page. > > Easy-peasy. :rolleyes::rolleyes::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/65 "2014-12-25T17:24:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, please, bring back Earl! YES! Everybody for Weird Earl’s, vote early and often! _- Just kidding about the “often” part, that would require sock puppets! But “early” is always good._ ---
**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:** [December 28, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/66 "2014-12-28T09:42:01Z")
Well, it looks like Weird Earl won’t be coming back, at least not to the main SD page. But I present you with what is hopefully the next best thing: [The Ongoing Weird Earl’s Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744601) ---
**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:** [December 28, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/67 "2014-12-28T23:37:17Z")
I gave it my best shot. Asked where Weird Earl’s went, started this poll, then started the Weird Earl’s thread for people to post links. Sadly, after a couple of days, there are no new links. I guess it’s just not the same as seeing it on the main SD page. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/68 "2014-12-29T05:02:05Z")
Or maybe it just wasn’t as popular as you thought it was. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/69 "2014-12-29T05:03:06Z")
Thanks for trying, **Siam Sam**. ---
**Author:** ![sailorman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sailorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailorman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/70 "2015-01-03T19:46:55Z")
I vote yes. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/71 "2015-01-08T02:37:46Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Or maybe it just wasn’t as popular as you thought it was. More than one-third of voters actively want it restored. I’d say that makes it pretty popular. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/72 "2015-01-08T02:41:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > More than one-third of voters actively want it restored. I’d say that makes it pretty popular. Let’s discuss this. As of this posting, 75 out of 203 want it restored, yes, just over 1/3. By the usual definition, not a majority. A _minority_ of posters who voted want it restored. That’s not especially popular, it seems to me. Furthermore, that’s 75 out of 5223 active SDMB posters, as of this posting. 75 divided by 5223 is 1.4%. So, 1.4% of active posters voted to retain Weird Earl’s. Still looking popular? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/73 "2015-01-08T02:49:35Z")
Eh, its a plurality. But hey! I concede defeat and am getting on with my life. It may take some therapy, perhaps years of it, but I’ll struggle through. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/74 "2015-01-08T02:50:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Eh, its a plurality. Well, true. > [@](#): > > But hey! I concede defeat and am getting on with my life. It may take some therapy, perhaps years of it, but I’ll struggle through. Need some whiskey? I could send you some… ---
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/75 "2015-01-08T02:54:15Z")
Single malt, please. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weird-earls-be-restored/707709/76 "2015-01-08T03:08:36Z")
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