# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1033 "2026-07-28T16:36:46Z")
Oooooh, backwards K! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1034 "2026-07-28T17:42:59Z")
Actually, it’s upside down, not backward. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1035 "2026-07-28T18:19:34Z")
Oh, well then, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1036 "2026-07-28T18:32:50Z")
Close enough! ꓘ — for strike out, looking. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1037 "2026-07-30T15:59:51Z")
👍 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1038 "2026-07-31T17:04:53Z")
Part 1 [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55432282962_c7f68170b7_b.jpg "The game.") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/55432282962/) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1039 "2026-07-31T17:05:04Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55432282962_c7f68170b7_b.jpg "The game.") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/55432282962/) ETA: Didn’t work. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1040 "2026-07-31T18:35:26Z")
I just noticed that there is a “gif” option. Is this new? [![](https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/bf/80/qeDkN8Dq.webp) ](https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/bf/80/qeDkN8Dq.webp) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1041 "2026-07-31T18:58:23Z")
It’s been there a few months now. Of course you can insert any picture you can find anywhere, not just gifs, and not just the ones from that one gif library. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1042 "2026-07-31T20:13:25Z")
Please use this very lightly. It is almost always inappropriate outside of #Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1043 "2026-07-31T20:27:26Z")
Oh, I wasn’t planning to use it. I had just not noticed it before and wondered if it actually worked. I was thinking this was an option that had been removed when we first migrated to the platform (with good reason) and maybe had gotten turned back on with recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1044 "2026-08-21T15:13:26Z")
Image resizing test: [![](https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_4816_900x.jpg) ](https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_4816_900x.jpg) … ![coffee\_cups|450x450]([https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG\_4816\_900x.jpg](https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_4816_900x.jpg)) ![coffee\_cups|300x300]([https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG\_4816\_900x.jpg](https://www.stilllifeceramics.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_4816_900x.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1045 "2026-08-21T15:17:07Z")
No dice ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1046 "2026-08-23T21:27:37Z")
> **[Google Image Result for https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FycLgwoWAAIgjJz.png](https://www.google.com/share.google?q=DoAFcQOPg3ur9VpuP)** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1047 "2026-08-31T15:40:19Z")
Testing ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1048 "2026-09-26T08:38:06Z")
Testing footnotes… [1] \[1\] * * * 1. Footnotes are easy. Lead with a caret immediately follow with a bracket; put in your text and close with a bracket ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1049 "2026-09-26T13:46:13Z")
Nice. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1050 "2026-09-26T16:30:32Z")
Footnotes have been slowly\[1\] improving. A few months ago they started appeared in your preview, but not in your post. Before that they didn’t work at all. A special thanks to @Bullitt \[2\] for pointing this out to those of us who camp here for new news about Discourse features. But notice these aren’t really “footnotes”. They’re popups when you hover over the colored bracketed number. There isn’t a list at the bottom and there’s really no reason they should have numbers, since which note you see depends on which bracketed item you hover over. So they’re useful notes for sure, sort of hidden parenthetical remarks. But not traditional footnotes in the technical sense of the word. * * * 1. glacially slowly 2. an amazingly good poster ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1051 "2026-09-26T22:58:44Z")
What if you try[1] to game the footnote[2] system? \[1\] Here I am gaming the system \[2\] * * * 1. footnote 1 2. Yeah, that didn’t really work the way I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1052 "2026-09-27T04:10:45Z")
It wasn’t me, it was someone else in another thread who pointed that out. I think it was @Mollie_Magill , but I’m not sure…? I meant to put the poster’s name in my post. I’m sorry I didn’t do that. Added: my post was almost an exact write from what I saw in that other thread (that I can’t remember now). Added 2: yes it was @Mollie_Magill . The thanks go to her! Here: > [@So - I've started my medical transition last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380/30): > > Footnotes are easy. Lead with a caret ^ immediately follow with a bracket [put in your text and close with a bracket] If I do socially transition, I’ll use the diminutive of the feminized version of my name. I’m still me. I like me. I like this meme: [[Imgur] ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/55328486503/) Except that Maus isn’t dead. He was a chrysalis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=53)