# Tales of The Sexually Unsuccessful

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337 "2013-07-12T17:32:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/41 "2013-07-15T15:54:41Z")

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> [@Sodalite](#):
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> Bold, italicized text added by me. Damn, why don’t I have a psychology paper to write? This thread is a gold mine.

Which is not acceptable. Changing quotes for whatever reason, however benign the intention, is not okay.

Please don’t do this again.

**twickster** , MPSIMS moderator

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**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:** [July 15, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/42 "2013-07-15T16:08:53Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Which is not acceptable. Changing quotes for whatever reason, however benign the intention, is not okay.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen text bolded for emphasis, with the quoter’s notification added, many times on the board previously. This really **isn’t** allowed?

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**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/43 "2013-07-15T16:08:56Z")

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> [@Sodalite](#):
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> Bold, italicized text added by me. Damn, why don’t I have a psychology paper to write? This thread is a gold mine.

😃

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**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/44 "2013-07-15T16:19:04Z")

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Aye, I’m still a virgin and I’m 18. I guess no one likes a wheelchair girl. Funny because most Scottish people nowadays lose their virginity by age 13! That is nae even a joke.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/45 "2013-07-15T17:06:30Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> I’m pretty sure I’ve seen text bolded for emphasis, with the quoter’s notification added, many times on the board previously. This really **isn’t** allowed?

**Sodalite** ’s bold italicised text was in fact _new material added_ by **Sodalite** , and NOT part of the original quoted text, thus changing its content. It’s one thing to call attention to “emphasis added” in an otherwise faithful quote and another to rewrite the original to “interpret” it. S/he should have quoted faithfully THEN in her/his own post, written: “Actually, I believe it’s more like ‘There are LOADs… etc. etc. new version yadda yadda’…”

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**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-sexually-unsuccessful/663337/46 "2013-07-15T20:43:34Z")

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Sorry. Note taken.

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