# The Long-Necked Animal Message Board **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800 "2018-01-17T03:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/21 "2018-01-17T17:28:43Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ve seen it mentioned over here and went and checked it out, too. Seems pretty much the same, but with stupid shit like “Avatars” and paragraph long signature lines that show up on every post. > > Almost as bad as the BMW forums. 😉 > > And cat pictures. > > No thanks. I get enough of that here, there and everywhere. I don’t see the point in signing up for something just like this, but slightly more suckey. I need to get out more often, anyway. That’s odd about the signatures.i almost never see any on GB, but since the changes in shell over here, they ate well nigh constant. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/22 "2018-01-17T17:29:46Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s a terrible place, full of terrible people. What ↑↑↑ said. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/23 "2018-01-17T19:31:57Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > No kidding, the worst flaming/scorched Earth discussions I’ve encountered are in BMW forums. It makes our Pit seem like a frolic with sunshine and kittens. A Bimmer Forums thread was shut down when a guy threatened to kill another poster over a torque ratio argument (“Fucker, I’ll find your home address and beat you to death with a jack handle”). > > Good times! BMW … Bat Man’s Weiner? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/24 "2018-01-17T19:38:50Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > BMW … Bat Man’s Weiner? I’m pretty sure it means Bayerische Motoren Werke (in other words, the car company.) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/25 "2018-01-17T19:58:30Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s a terrible place, full of terrible people. Yes, but don’t be fooled - there is a down side as well. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/26 "2018-01-17T22:18:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, I’ve browsed over there a bit, too. Seemed rather relentlessly negative and insulting, but maybe I was just in the wrong threads. This. I joined and found myself being attacked often. I left and have not been back. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/27 "2018-01-17T23:11:19Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s a terrible place, full of terrible people. Awwwww…you’re just saying that cause it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/28 "2018-01-17T23:34:18Z")
A couple questions. How could you do a secret handshake with a giraffe? How the heck could science prove which movie is the best in the world? ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/29 "2018-01-17T23:39:33Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > It was a spinoff from this board when we went pay-to-post. No, it was pretty well after that. The cause of the schism was Ed parachuting in, making up a bunch of new rules - particularly for The Pit - that a bunch of folks found kind of stupid and patronizing, and everything blew up. Some posters never came back. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/30 "2018-01-17T23:54:10Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > No, it was pretty well after that. The cause of the schism was Ed parachuting in, making up a bunch of new rules - particularly for The Pit - that a bunch of folks found kind of stupid and patronizing, and everything blew up. Some posters never came back. Yes, you’re right. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/31 "2018-01-18T00:02:04Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > No, it was pretty well after that. The cause of the schism was Ed parachuting in, making up a bunch of new rules - particularly for The Pit - that a bunch of folks found kind of stupid and patronizing, and everything blew up. Some posters never came back. > [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Yes, you’re right. No, only partially right. There was a scare at the time the SDMB would be folded under the new ownership that triggered Ed to make the changes to The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/32 "2018-01-18T00:15:23Z")
It usually doesn’t get that much traffic - a _lot_ less than this board, which doesn’t seem to have nearly as much activity as it used to as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/33 "2018-01-18T00:29:53Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > It usually doesn’t get that much traffic - a _lot_ less than this board, which doesn’t seem to have nearly as much activity as it used to as far as I can tell. In terms of posts per year, the SDMB has been dropping by 10 to 15% per year for a while now. The GB, in terms of post count, gets maybe a tenth of the volume of the SDMB. There were actually two boards that formed immediately after “cunt-gate” but, in the end, the Giraffe Boards won that competition (to the extent that there was one.) ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/34 "2018-01-18T00:35:40Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > This. I joined and found myself being attacked often. I left and have not been back. But did you find a home for the rat terrier? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/35 "2018-01-18T00:38:02Z")
Yes, Mellophant, aka Dumbo was the other. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/36 "2018-01-18T01:28:49Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s a terrible place, full of terrible people. It’s kind of the SDMB’s equivalent of New Jersey.\*😉 \*To any New Jerseyites, this is a _joke_. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/37 "2018-01-18T01:32:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s kind of the SDMB’s equivalent of New Jersey.\*😉 > > \*To any New Jerseyites, this is a _joke_. What is the Dope’s Florida then? ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/38 "2018-01-18T01:42:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve heard of that place. They seem like a rather sketchy bunch. 😉 Don’t be coy. You’re some kind of moderator over there right? Maybe not a full on moderator, but you definitely know the place well. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/39 "2018-01-18T01:50:32Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > Don’t be coy. You’re some kind of moderator over there right? Maybe not a full on moderator, but you definitely know the place well. Actually, if you’ve read my title, I’m the Goddamn Batman. Not a moderator there. **Fenris** will vouch for that. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/40 "2018-01-18T02:24:45Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Yeah, just come over and sign up so we can ask you the _mandatory questions_. And if you answer wrong, we crucify you.😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800.md?page=3)