# Suggestion on a new rule **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 15, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744 "2011-10-15T15:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/21 "2011-10-17T13:36:57Z")
The responses in that footsie thread gave me some of the biggest laughs I’ve had in a while. I’d hate to see that go away. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/22 "2011-10-17T14:04:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And what strategy is best if you decide you want to stop drinking. Do like they do in Canada. Stop voting. And don’t watch the political coverage on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/23 "2011-10-17T14:10:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And what strategy is best if you decide you want to stop drinking. Retire from moderating. 😉 ---
**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 17, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/24 "2011-10-17T15:19:33Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I think it’s likely that someone may have a question they need/want answered yet would be hard pressed to contribute meaningfully to other threads. So, either they post crap in those other threads just to reach the magic threshold or, more likely, they give up and look elsewhere. Neither outcome seems particularly desirable, especially if the price to pay to avoid that happening is simply ignoring any “fly-by-night”-ers’ OPs. This is the key practical reason to not make this change. Another thing I’d point out, discouraging questions is not an effective means of fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/25 "2011-10-17T15:31:55Z")
Ban all religious threads. And religious answers to non-religious questions. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/26 "2011-10-17T15:41:59Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Ban all religious threads. And religious answers to non-religious questions. The first one is too extreme and smacks of censorship. But I definitely _ **like** _ the idea of banning religious answers to non-religious questions. 😃 (IINM, the Mods already try to intercept and discourage that sort of thing, don’t they?😕) ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/27 "2011-10-17T15:44:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And what strategy is best if you decide you want to stop drinking. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Retire from moderating. 😉 +1 😛 ---
**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:** [October 17, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/28 "2011-10-17T20:34:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Another thing I’d point out, discouraging questions is not an effective means of fighting ignorance. This is also the reason we don’t need to limit the board to adults. Catching ignorance before they become adults makes things much, much easier. I know a lot of people dislike a certain young poster, but he’s honestly gotten a lot better since he’s been here. I wouldn’t want to have to give that up. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/29 "2011-10-18T06:27:10Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > If it’s raised to 21, we could serve alcohol here! And if we raised it to 35, the SDMB could run for President! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/30 "2011-10-18T12:51:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And if we raised it to 35, the SDMB could run for President! We’d never win – too liberal. ---
**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 18, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/31 "2011-10-18T22:42:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > We’d never win – too liberal. It might be closer than you think, after you account for our huge lead among likely to vote zombies. -D/a ---
**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 19, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744/32 "2011-10-19T00:26:56Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > It might be closer than you think, after you account for our huge lead among likely to vote zombies. > -D/a Those zombies have as much right to vote as any other of the walking dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-a-new-rule/599744.md?page=1)