# Sock Rules between Message Boards **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 3, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660 "2022-10-03T23:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/21 "2022-10-04T12:05:02Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > That was mostly used on holidays, when you would make a holiday themed name that played off of your usual name We actually had that here one year. **Marley23** did all the changes manually though, and changed them back after Halloween. It was a bit of a game where people were infecting each other causing the change. I think I became “Brains are the new Snack.” ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/22 "2022-10-04T16:19:50Z")
That’s right, I remember that now. **Marley23** was nuts for doing all that work. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/23 "2022-10-04T17:25:14Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Well, unless you’ve stopped doing them, there are also the Halloween parties, where people make a fun sock account, and then later people guess who they are. Oh, those are fun! A now defunct board I was on used to do that, only their admin made a bunch of Halloween accounts and doled them out to whoever wanted to play. The great unmasking was done late on Halloween night. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/24 "2022-10-04T18:12:45Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Maybe I just forgot I did it. It was a while ago. Some people are so unique that it would be impossible to imitate them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/25 "2022-10-04T18:19:35Z")
While We’re On The Subject How come the Dope doesn’t have a Cthulhu smiley? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/26 "2022-10-04T18:28:47Z")
I used to go on GB and back then they seemed to encourage socks. Going back later I got my username TriPolar approved but lost the password and haven’t received a response from an admin to get a new one. Doesn’t matter, if I wanted in I’d use a sock. Since the Dope isn’t constantly going down anymore there’s not much reason to be there among that cast of banned Dope users and other misfits. We have much classier misfits here on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/27 "2022-10-04T18:32:20Z")
I may change my title on GB to ‘low class misfit’ now. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/28 "2022-10-04T18:35:05Z")
I had no idea that that was a problem for you. Anyone can message me here if they need help and haven’t gotten a response. I’ll re-set your password and you can come back if you ever feel the urge. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/29 "2022-10-05T01:39:03Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > How come the Dope doesn’t have a Cthulhu smiley? It still sleeps in R’lyeh. _Emoji fhtagn!_ ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660/30 "2022-10-05T01:53:39Z")
The mafia players usually have a sock Halloween game. Or a sock Christmas game. Occasionally just a sock sock game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-rules-between-message-boards/972660.md?page=1)