# Suggested additions to the list of bannable offenses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949 "2009-09-13T20:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/21 "2009-09-14T01:41:14Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > What, I’ve been spelling it wrong this whole time? How’s it supposed to go? I’m definite that it’s spelled ‘definitely.’ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/22 "2009-09-14T01:48:29Z")
‘Breaks’ instead of ‘brakes’ for those things that stop a car. ‘Pouring’ over a document, instead of ‘poring’ over it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/23 "2009-09-14T02:57:53Z")
Pissing me off. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/24 "2009-09-14T04:21:39Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > “Apropos” instead of “appropriate.” “Apposite” is even better most of the time. It is an extremely underused word. And “jibe” is different from “gibe” as well. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/25 "2009-09-14T04:26:20Z")
Calling someone “athiest” who isn’t even much athier than average. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/26 "2009-09-14T04:43:35Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I’m definite that it’s spelled ‘definitely.’ Hear that sound as of air moving overhead? I’m pretty sure that “Definately” was not a statement of agreement with a previous post, but short for “spelling the word definitely ‘definately’.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/27 "2009-09-14T07:43:43Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Hear that sound as of air moving overhead? I’m pretty sure that “Definately” was not a statement of agreement with a previous post, but short for “spelling the word definitely ‘definately’.” Right whoosh, wrong explanation. Earbone Guy was the one who (most likely) pretended not to get the above. BiblioCat either missed the second joke, or, more likely, got it and wanted to use the lame pun anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/28 "2009-09-14T08:21:37Z")
Posting in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![silvermist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/29 "2009-09-14T12:38:44Z")
What the board needs now is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/30 "2009-09-14T12:51:52Z")
Peoples, we’re in MPSIMS and it’s a humor thread. No flaming, please. And I vote we add “+!” and > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > quoting 800 word post > > This. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/31 "2009-09-14T12:58:07Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > “Apropos” instead of “appropriate.” I quite agree. However, I nominate the construction “_A propos_ of…” to be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/32 "2009-09-14T13:26:12Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > “dammit” for “damn it” They sound exactly the same, and there’s no difference in the seriousness of the curse - despite how many people want to claim otherwise. I’ve seen “damnit!” used quite often. Those damned nits… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/33 "2009-09-14T15:30:40Z")
Reading the OP of a multi-page thread and obviously posting right away with your response, without reading the whole thread or at least checking for updates. This is especially bad if there’s some hugely major update in the thread that completely changes what advice is appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/34 "2009-09-14T15:38:53Z")
Saying “I’m not phased by this problem.” Faze and phase are two different words, argh! (Is it Star Trek’s fault?) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/35 "2009-09-14T15:48:02Z")
Did anyone else misread the OP subject as “ **banana** ble” offenses? I thought we were gonna give bananas to some SDMBers for their offenses! Yeah, pretty much what I just did should be banned. Still, I’d settle for a banana. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/36 "2009-09-14T15:49:48Z")
Can we ban people who don’t refill the paper towel roll in the break room? I’m not sure if any of them post here or not, but if they do, can we ban them? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/37 "2009-09-14T15:53:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Peoples, we’re in MPSIMS and it’s a humor thread. No flaming, please. I say, old boy. It’s ‘humour’, don’t you know? Another cup of tea to go with your cucumber sandwich? Do you know the cricket result? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/38 "2009-09-14T15:55:03Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Do you know the cricket result? Cricket? That’s, like, darts right? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/39 "2009-09-14T15:59:22Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Can we ban people who don’t refill the paper towel roll in the break room? I’m not sure if any of them post here or not, but if they do, can we ban them? I can get behind that cause. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/40 "2009-09-14T16:56:50Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > How about reading the intent of the messages and not nitpicking over spelling and grammar? Here?? You jest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949.md?page=3)