# So what's this about banning for hijacking threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515 "2002-03-11T06:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/1 "2002-03-11T06:00:34Z")
I’d heard a rumor that people who hijack threads with complete non sequiturs will be banned? WTF? Is this a new rule? Or is it just a warning for people who do it constantly? Somebody clarify, if possible. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/2 "2002-03-11T06:08:11Z")
I like puddding, what about you? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/3 "2002-03-11T06:09:43Z")
So I was walking down the street the other day and it started snowing really hard. It sucked, I hate snow… Sorry. I couldn’t resist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/4 "2002-03-11T06:42:47Z")
Where did you here such a rumor? I mean, hijacking threads is generally something that would be hard to call “being a jerk”, and not at all something that would be considered so obvious as to require banning without warning. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/5 "2002-03-11T06:51:14Z")
Heard it in chat the other night. Perhaps someone was overdoing it on the temp board? 😕 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/6 "2002-03-11T07:00:34Z")
I believe you’re looking for [this thread](http://bb.bbboy.net/straightdope-viewthread?forum=8&thread=110). IMHO the most noteworthy thing about it is that **Lib** managed to rack up 393 post at the squat. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/7 "2002-03-11T09:26:22Z")
Ice cream has no bones. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/8 "2002-03-11T10:26:41Z")
So, I am to be banned for defending the opposing position of an assertion that the Opening Poster made in Great Debates? “Well, that’s just _perfect_.” — Lt. Dan ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/9 "2002-03-11T10:29:04Z")
I plefer Robster Craws ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/10 "2002-03-11T10:30:10Z")
with remon, of course 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/11 "2002-03-11T13:31:11Z")
Y’know, I just got the best mental image of Scooby Doo saying he likes Robster Craws… So much for the Scooby snacks. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/12 "2002-03-11T13:38:18Z")
Anyone know when we change to daylight savings time?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/13 "2002-03-11T13:52:10Z")
But then the very nature of non-sequitorianninity would be violated in the 38th parallel Parallel Continuum. We CAN NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN !!! Battle stations, people. That is all. May the Schwartz Be With You ! 😛 Welcome Home, Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/14 "2002-03-11T14:14:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone know when we change to daylight savings time? Everyone knows. Except you. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/15 "2002-03-11T14:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CBEscapee \* > \*\*Anyone know when we change to daylight savings time?😕 \*\* I never do. But then, I live in Indiana, where we constantly live in 1953. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/16 "2002-03-11T14:41:46Z")
I believe it’ll be on a holiday, probably one this very month.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/17 "2002-03-11T15:10:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CBEscapee \* > **Anyone know when we change to daylight savings time?** We don’t. Perhaps you mean Daylight _Saving_ Time? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/18 "2002-03-11T15:20:40Z")
Sometimes, I can wear my gloves as earmuffs. ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/19 "2002-03-11T15:30:11Z")
Man, I missed this asylum! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/20 "2002-03-11T15:30:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\* > We don’t. Perhaps you mean Daylight _Saving_ Time? \*\* I’ve always said Daylight Savings Time. Maybe its’ a regionalism. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515.md?page=2)