# The locked Singles thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769 "2005-03-16T05:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/41 "2005-03-17T16:04:31Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Why is it sad? Why must this board be all things to all people? Thank god someone in this thread has some common sense. > [@CarnalK](#): > > I say they cut back to core. Eliminate MPSIMS and merge BBQ into GB- maybe let OPs tag their threads “flame on” or “flames off”. Merge IMHO & Cafe Society, again maybe let OPs set tags so members can still view on more specific subjects. > > I don’t know. I guess they’d lose a few older members who mainly like the socializing but it could work out ok. Financially it would be easy, any new member pay double so he would replace two “charter” members. I agree, mostly. Check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306948) from a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/42 "2005-03-17T16:14:12Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Thank god someone in this thread has some common sense. > > I agree, mostly. Check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306948) from a couple of days ago. So, the thread you started that included getting rid of MPSIMS was in MPSIMS and the link to the thread about getting rid of the BBQ pit is in the BBQ pit. Good thing you think we don’t need those forums becaue they’re obviously worthless when it comes to you using them. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/43 "2005-03-17T16:29:29Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > So, the thread you started that included getting rid of MPSIMS was in MPSIMS and the link to the thread about getting rid of the BBQ pit is in the BBQ pit. Good thing you think we don’t need those forums becaue they’re obviously worthless when it comes to you using them. Yes. As indicated in the linked thread, my national campaign to crush your precious forums is gearing up and will hit the road April 1st. Our goal is to travel all 50 states, finding people who use MPSIMS and shooting them in the face. At the end I will commit suicide, not being able to live with myself having used the atrocious forum. I don’t know why I have to explain this to you, it’s all there in the linked thread, man :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/44 "2005-03-17T16:39:45Z")
Wow, **Cisco** , you’re just a bitchy little thing aren’t you. Even the rolleyes in the MPSIMS thread when people don’t agree with your every what, whim and desire. With comments like these > [@Cisco](#): > > Yes. All hail the unquestionable authority of the hive mind :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/45 "2005-03-17T16:46:47Z")
If **CarnalK** and **Cisco** don’t like flirt threads, I have a solution for them: Don’t read them! Why shouldn’t other people be allowed to have fun, just because you don’t wish to participate? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/46 "2005-03-17T16:47:02Z")
Hey **Cisco** , I’ll jump on that bandwagon- despite the protruding arrows. I’ll think on it, refine my suggestion and bump your thread with it. 🙂 > [@](#): > > _stpauler said:_ > Good thing you think we don’t need those forums becaue they’re obviously worthless when it comes to you using them. I really hate arguments like this. Should **Cisco** just not post anything until the forums magically change to match his views? Working the system as it is, that’s the world **stpauler**. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/47 "2005-03-17T16:51:13Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I really hate arguments like this. Should **Cisco** just not post anything until the forums magically change to match his views? Working the system as it is, that’s the world **stpauler**. He’s complaining about the banality of the forums while spewing his banality. If he doesn’t like MPSIMS, he’s welcome to stay the hell out of it. He doesn’t have to “work the system”, he can ignore it. It’s not pervasive, it’s not a gateway he has to pass through to get to the other forums either. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/48 "2005-03-17T17:35:53Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Wow, **Cisco** , you’re just a bitchy little thing aren’t you. Even the rolleyes in the MPSIMS thread when people don’t agree with your every what, whim and desire. With comments like these There’s a difference between disagreeing rationally and civilly (as iampunha and I did in that thread) and jumping on the bandwagon to attack a strawman (the strawman being that I want your sacred forums closed NOW!), as silenus did. Of course, with your obvious lack of reading comprehension skills, I don’t expect you to see that difference. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/49 "2005-03-17T18:01:22Z")
> [@](#): > > _st pauler said:_ > He’s complaining about the banality of the forums while spewing his banality. Well, if his reforms remove banality, you’ll be done with him. Isn’t that worth your precious MPSIMS? 🙂 There are a lot of free options(LJ,ezboard,etc) out there that weren’t around when the SDMB started. I think we should take advantage of them and push the social scene of the boards back a little. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/50 "2005-03-17T18:31:05Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > I have the answer. > > [http://www.livejournal.com/community/mpsims/](http://www.livejournal.com/community/mpsims/) > > There you go. A whole LiveJournal community for SDMB members dedicated to post count parties, flirting, and game threads. > > Knock yourselves out. Is anyone coming to this livejournal site? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/51 "2005-03-17T18:37:16Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > There’s a difference between disagreeing rationally and civilly (as iampunha and I did in that thread) and jumping on the bandwagon to attack a strawman (the strawman being that I want your sacred forums closed NOW!), as silenus did. Of course, with your obvious lack of reading comprehension skills, I don’t expect you to see that difference. Yeah, that’s what **silenus** said or even implied. I think the Hooked on Phonics flunky is you, **Cisco**. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/52 "2005-03-17T18:42:07Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Well, if his reforms remove banality, you’ll be done with him. Isn’t that worth your precious MPSIMS? I’ve got a total of 83 posts in MPSIMS out of my 2000+. I’m not in there that often to care about it, but others do. > [@CarnalK](#): > > There are a lot of free options(LJ,ezboard,etc) out there that weren’t around when the SDMB started. I think we should take advantage of them and push the social scene of the boards back a little. Great, and you’re welcome to that opinion too. However, it’s obvious that there are a large number of posts in MPSIMS that would indicate an interest in keeping that forum alive. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/53 "2005-03-17T18:50:16Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Is anyone coming to this livejournal site? Although I agree with whoever said that this should be unnecessary, I’ll be visiting sometime over the weekend. Yeah, like that should cause a stampede. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/54 "2005-03-17T19:17:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _stpauler said:_ > Great, and you’re welcome to that opinion too. However, it’s obvious that there are a large number of posts in MPSIMS that would indicate an interest in keeping that forum alive. Of course. I hope the staff agrees that despite it’s popularity it should be pushed away. They already gives recommendations to “take it to email” or “leave it on LJ”, they should do that more. If the Chicago Reader wants to make a higher quality product and distinguish this MB from the other forums on the net, it’s the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/55 "2005-03-17T20:54:11Z")
> [@micahjn](#): > > Comparing flirt threads to people trying to find … dirty pictures seems to me anything but apt. Aren’t those often one and the same? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/56 "2005-03-17T21:16:18Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Aren’t those often one and the same? No we only want ‘artistic’ pictures in flirt threads 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769/57 "2005-03-18T03:36:50Z")
Well, I’m single. (Happily single, but still…) And I appreciate “flirt theads” and threads that turn into “flirt threads.” None of which seem to have gotten closed. I like that people meet each other and connect and fall in love and so forth. Some of my best friends fell in love after they met on this board. So hurray for that! However, I do see a difference between a “flirt thread” and a personals ad thread. One is a “how YOU doing” thread and the other is a personals ad. They don’t allow any other kind of ads here, why should they allow personal ads? JMHO [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-locked-singles-thread/294769.md?page=2)