# The Thing I Hate About The Straight Dope Message Board **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499 "2003-06-13T03:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/21 "2003-06-13T04:42:11Z")
My brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/22 "2003-06-13T04:44:02Z")
This is a parody thread, right? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/23 "2003-06-13T04:47:15Z")
Not obvious enough? ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/24 "2003-06-13T04:49:18Z")
I got it! It’s those other smucks who didn’t get it! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/25 "2003-06-13T04:51:38Z")
Look, just leave the giant squid out of it, okay? Libertarianism works on a level of individual choice, as an opt-in society, not an opt-out one. Well, that’s _my_ best guess, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/26 "2003-06-13T04:52:41Z")
I’m a SCHMUCK. I think it’s bedtime. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 13, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/27 "2003-06-13T04:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*Look, I have no problem with people who question whether the belief that the opinion that calling for the banning of the expression of certain opinions should be restricted, that’s not the issue here. > > The thing that chaps my ass is people who want to restrict the rights of people who believe that those who hold the opinion that people who think that certain opinions should be banned need to keep their mouths shut from stating their opinions. People who think that need to shut the fuck up and let the decent, civilized people of this community have our discussions in peace. How can anybody argue with that? \*\* What are you, channelling **Justhink**? Maybe you could explain by example. Haj ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/28 "2003-06-13T04:54:43Z")
btw, this: > [@](#): > > I just think that this community would be a lot better if we didn’t have to deal with certain beliefs that are obviously over-the-line crackpot paranoid lunacy, namely the delusion that the belief that the opinion that the expression of the idea that certain opinions should be suppressed needs to be restricted ought to be suppressed is something that people should be required to keep to themselves is genius. The only other person who could have written something like this is Justhink… (shudder) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/29 "2003-06-13T04:58:50Z")
I dunno. Maybe [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189018), for one. If that’s not crackpot, I don’t know what is. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/30 "2003-06-13T05:06:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*I dunno. Maybe [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189018), for one. If that’s not crackpot, I don’t know what is. \*\* OK. If someone posts pseudo-scientific bullshit anywhere on this board I am going to slam them on it. They will be called out to prove their shit. I will slam them in a manner that is appropriate to the particular forum. We fight ignorance here. There myriad message boards out there devoted to clap trap and nonsense so take it there if you don’t like that. This may or may not agree with the OP. I’m honestly not sure. Haj ---
**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:** [June 13, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/31 "2003-06-13T05:12:07Z")
Either the OP is a moron, or I am. Although for once, I’m pretty sure that it’s me. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/32 "2003-06-13T05:13:20Z")
It’s a parody… I think. I’m not too sure any more. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/33 "2003-06-13T05:13:29Z")
Shouldn’t there be a certain tangible formula for these SDMB parodies. Or is this just a _Jersey_ thang? ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/34 "2003-06-13T05:19:59Z")
Can someone draw me a map? Or, like, a pie chart or something? Preferably low-calorie, I’m watching my weight. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/35 "2003-06-13T05:24:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > **btw, this: > is genius.** Aw, shucks. :o > [@](#): > > \*\*The only other person who could have written something like this is Justhink… (shudder) 🙂 \*\* Ah, good ole’ ' **hink** y… takes me back. I wasn’t thinking of him though. Just the irritating pattern so many of the pointless flame wars around here seem to take. It always seems to degenerate into a discussion of who has the right to prevent who from saying what. It’s extremely tiresome. [preemptive flame]_Well, if you don’t like it, quit complaining and go find another message board, you fucking waste of bandwidth!_[/p.f.] Yeah, yeah… I know. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/36 "2003-06-13T05:25:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Quoth samarm \* > \*\*This is a parody thread, right? \*\* > [@](#): > > _Sayeth the OP, cuauhtemoc_ > **Not obvious enough?** Seems pretty obvious. Or maybe now it’s actually turned into a parody of a thread where everyone wonders if it’s a parody thread. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/37 "2003-06-13T05:27:55Z")
Hey, I seem to be one of the more clued in participants. Take pity on the poor wretches wandering around with the dazed look in their eyes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/38 "2003-06-13T05:51:00Z")
No flames for you. However, welcome back, **cuauhtemoc**! _:: puts on party hat, throws confetti for the return of **cuauhtemoc** , and does not care what anyone else thinks ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Neck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Read\_Neck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Neck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/39 "2003-06-13T05:52:20Z")
After the 14th read I think (?) I understand. I sometimes think certain posters are actually “bots”. Scanning this board for keywords with select replys written into a random number generator. Then you have the PC police that can absolutely destroy a thread with there flapping and squawking. Next the drunks and dopers,as the evening wears on their posts go downhill in both content and grammar. And ,of course,the post counters. Their drive by posts are absolutely predictable. Ahh yes,the juvenile delinquents. I have this image of a 14 year old hiding in the basement. Squeezing zits and getting of on all the obscene,rude shit he’s putting on the screen that would get his little ass busted if he gets caught… I keep a text editor minimised and those are the top 5 of 11 categories. Kinda like people watching and it puts a little humor back into the board. I understand the for rules and guidelines and agree with most but the Pit is getting throttled a little too severely and some are banned a little too quickly. That,however,is the sole responsibility of the Mods. I gotta say they sometimes offer an explanation out of courtesy but they don’t have to. In short this is there sandbox and if you don’t like it pick up your toys and go find another place to play. What I don’t understand are the people that get banned and come back under another handle. (See sticky.) Like a stalker or a flasher standing on a street corner,that’s just plain creepy. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499/40 "2003-06-13T06:11:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\*My brain hurts. \*\* that’s JUST what I was thinkin’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-hate-about-the-straight-dope-message-board/181499.md?page=3)