# Straightdope wish list **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798 "2007-11-26T15:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/61 "2007-11-28T02:02:01Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] There are a lot of sports threads I don’t start simply because people can be snotty about both sports and too many threads on any one topic. [/QUOTE] Just start them, I am never shy about doing so during the Baseball season. Maybe we need to annoy the sports haters more. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/62 "2007-11-28T02:09:40Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Sigs & avatars are fine with me as long as I can turn them off. My problem with that is that I _like_ signatures, but they get exponentially worse when images are allowed in them. I would hate to have to turn them off. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/63 "2007-11-28T02:18:34Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] A sports forum would be nice. I hesitated to post an offseason baseball thread because I’ve read too many complaints about sports and feel bad about inflicting my weird, obsessive baseball love on the masses. [/QUOTE] For what it’s worth, you’re one of the posters whose name I always seem to notice and while I know you like sports, I had no idea you were a huge fan so it must not be \*that \*obsessive. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/64 "2007-11-28T02:27:00Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] For what it’s worth, you’re one of the posters whose name I always seem to notice and while I know you like sports, I had no idea you were a huge fan so it must not be \*that \*obsessive. [/QUOTE] I just rarely talk baseball here. I try not to talk about most of my obsessions too much, lest I be run out on a rail. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/65 "2007-11-28T02:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] There are a lot of sports threads I don’t start simply because people can be snotty about both sports and too many threads on any one topic. [/QUOTE] Would these threads get responses? I suppose anyone who starts a lot of threads/day is going to end up being pitted, especially if the threads don’t generate much traffic. OTOH, if people are thread shitting sports threads, report their ass. The mods seem to encourage post reporting and thread shitting is well, shitty. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/66 "2007-11-28T03:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Like (I suspect) many Dopers, I find that the lack of avatars and embedded images is one of the reasons I keep coming back to the Dope. (Embedded images sounds great until someone posts an unpopular idea and gets a bunch of pictures of dog shit in response.) [/QUOTE] I’m on several boards that allow images and this kind of thing almost never happens. I have faith that abuse of embedded images/video etc. would not be a problem on this forum. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/67 "2007-11-28T04:27:47Z")
Please no avatars, signatures, images ever. Maybe photos. maybe. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/68 "2007-11-28T05:13:29Z")
IIRC, one of the other reasons we don’t have images and avatars is the same _Reader_ policy that prohibits us from posting long stretches of copyrighted text. Wouldn’t hold my breath on that one changing anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/69 "2007-11-28T05:19:37Z")
[QUOTE=Yookeroo] I’m on several boards that allow images and this kind of thing almost never happens. I have faith that abuse of embedded images/video etc. would not be a problem on this forum. [/QUOTE] I love my image-free board, is really what it comes down to. The rest of you members have as much say as I do, but if I ran it, there would be no images, ever, anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/70 "2007-11-28T05:29:31Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I love my image-free board, is really what it comes down to. The rest of you members have as much say as I do, but if I ran it, there would be no images, ever, anywhere. [/QUOTE] Wait, what’s that little yellow running man in your messages near the location field? It’s an image! DIE IMAGE, DIE! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/71 "2007-11-28T05:33:25Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Wait, what’s that little yellow running man in your messages near the location field? It’s an image! DIE IMAGE, DIE! [/QUOTE] I knew one of the literalists would step in and go all Albert Einstein on me. You can go ahead and tell yourself I don’t know the meaning of “image” and I was using the word in the most literal sense possible if that will help you sleep better. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/72 "2007-11-28T07:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I knew one of the literalists would step in and go all Albert Einstein on me. You can go ahead and tell yourself I don’t know the meaning of “image” and I was using the word in the most literal sense possible if that will help you sleep better. [/QUOTE] Lighten up, already. When you’ve been here a bit longer, maybe you’ll know how to respond to sarcastic humour with sarcastic humour, instead of… whatever the heck this is. Then again, some long-timers haven’t learned that, either. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/73 "2007-11-28T08:01:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Can I wish James Randi, Michael Shermer, Martin Gardner and Buzz Aldrin were members here? [/QUOTE] Yeah, actually, an “ask the…” thread once a month with a real famous person would be kind of cool.. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/74 "2007-11-28T13:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I knew one of the literalists would step in and go all Albert Einstein on me. You can go ahead and tell yourself I don’t know the meaning of “image” and I was using the word in the most literal sense possible if that will help you sleep better. [/QUOTE] Lighten up, already. When you’ve been here a bit longer, maybe you’ll know how to respond to sarcastic humour with sarcastic humour, instead of… whatever the heck this is. Then again, some long-timers haven’t learned that, either. [/QUOTE] Hi, allow me to introduce you to, \*\*Hostile Dialect \*\* the poster formally known as _Fetus \* has been around for a while and usually has a better sense of humor, perhaps **Hostile Dialect** somehow missed out on **Bryan Ekers** , one of the official resident wise-asses_ and jokesters. It is important to remember \*\*Bryan \*\* is joking more than he is serious. Of course sometimes he is more subtle than other times and causes self whooshing. Og knows he’s got me dozens of times but then I can be a little slow about these things. Jim - Meant as a sign of respect for your wit, not in anyway expected to be taken as an insult or slight. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/75 "2007-11-28T13:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Lighten up, already. When you’ve been here a bit longer, maybe you’ll know how to respond to sarcastic humour with sarcastic humour, instead of… whatever the heck this is. Then again, some long-timers haven’t learned that, either. [/QUOTE] Who the fuck are you referring to? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/76 "2007-11-28T13:45:45Z")
[QUOTE=Yookeroo] I’m on several boards that allow images and this kind of thing almost never happens. I have faith that abuse of embedded images/video etc. would not be a problem on this forum. [/QUOTE] I agree - there’s nothing particularly special about images that makes it possible to break the rules in ways that don’t already exist with text. If image embedding were restricted to members only, that would keep out 99% of the trolls and idiots. If anyone who has actually paid to join posts an image that breaks the rules, ban them and keep the money. Where’s the downside? ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/77 "2007-11-28T16:02:19Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] If we can turn them off, why do you need them to be non-animated? The reason I ask is because I do not want avatars, even though we can turn them off, and for the life of me, I can’t figure out _why_. Why should I oppose them if I can turn them off? [/QUOTE] I want the avatars because I’ll make the connections better between name and person (at least until they change their avatar), but realize that others do not want them. Animated ones, however, would drive _me_ batshit. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/78 "2007-11-28T16:37:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I agree - there’s nothing particularly special about images that makes it possible to break the rules in ways that don’t already exist with text. If image embedding were restricted to members only, that would keep out 99% of the trolls and idiots. If anyone who has actually paid to join posts an image that breaks the rules, ban them and keep the money. Where’s the downside? [/QUOTE] I think that’s a sound alternative, if image embedding absolutely had to allowed. **Bryan Ekers** , sorry for getting all het up on you. I have actually been around for quite a long time. I guess I was having a bad night. (BTW, picture my last post with eyes rolling, not spittle flying. When I submitted it, the first thing I thought was, “Oh, great, now some asshole is going to come along and tell me that the Straight Dope banner is an image, etc., and try to make me look stupid.” So, I did overreact–sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/79 "2007-11-28T18:04:47Z")
I’d love an Ignore Thread feature. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798/80 "2007-11-29T01:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Who the fuck are you referring to? [/QUOTE] Well, I could make a short list off the top of my head, but that’s skating dangerously close to Pit material. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-wish-list/427798.md?page=5)