# Things that annoy you about the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 22, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809 "2011-11-22T23:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/1 "2011-11-22T23:22:03Z")
“This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in 1 seconds.” 1 seconds??? I don’t know why it’s annoying, since I’m not a language Nazi. Maybe it’s because everything else about the SDMB is so perfect. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/2 "2011-11-23T00:34:07Z")
Still no flying cars. And my cocoa is cold. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/3 "2011-11-23T00:38:52Z")
I wish there was a way I could tell the forum if the wait is 5 seconds or less, just wait it out and display the search results. I can handle it. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/4 "2011-11-23T02:04:59Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Still no flying cars. This. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/5 "2011-11-23T02:10:46Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > “This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in 1 seconds.” > > 1 seconds??? I don’t know why it’s annoying, since I’m not a language Nazi. Maybe it’s because everything else about the SDMB is so perfect. 😃 Ha! Good luck. I brought this up myself four years ago to no avail. Thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448838&highlight=seconds). ---
**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:** [November 23, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/6 "2011-11-23T02:19:50Z")
You know, I could tolerate the lack of flying cars if they’d just give us the fucking jet packs already. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/7 "2011-11-23T02:23:04Z")
The biggest thing that annoys me about this board is how it challenges my preconceptions and things I just ‘know’, and makes me do all that thinking stuff. :eek: plus the fact that most of my OPs in CS on books meet with crickets as seemingly no one reads what I do. 😛 -XT P.s. Love this board…it’s by far the best moderated board I’ve ever been on, with the most interesting cast of characters and rogues it’s been my pleasure to argue with. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/8 "2011-11-23T02:24:16Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > “This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in 1 seconds.” > > 1 seconds??? I don’t know why it’s annoying, since I’m not a language Nazi. Maybe it’s because everything else about the SDMB is so perfect. 😃 The original programmer coded the message with a counter: “Please try again in _count_ seconds.” The fix would require new code that checks when count is 1 and then changes the word seconds to second. There are plenty of ways to do it…surely there is a more elegant solution. Also… since fixing it requires new code that may be the reason it’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/9 "2011-11-23T02:48:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You know, I could tolerate the lack of flying cars if they’d just give us the fucking jet packs already. [I gave you those too](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516044&highlight=jetpack). Geez, do I have to do everything around here? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/10 "2011-11-23T04:26:52Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Still no flying cars. No more whining, I give you… [Terrafugia - Flying Car.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0MEQSGW8w) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/11 "2011-11-23T16:29:22Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > This. Actually, that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/12 "2011-11-24T15:36:01Z")
My biggest pet peeve is the tap dance that is required in GQ. A poster will create a thread entitled “Why Do Republicans Continue to Fellate Rich People?” and then in the OP will specify that he doesn’t wish to bash Republicans, but simply wants a factual answer to his question. That last part is key. If you leave it out, it gets kicked over to GD, but just specify that you want a factual answer and it stays. Then if a poster says, “Well, I don’t think that it is fair to suggest that Republicans literally fellate rich people. IMO they simply cater to their whims.” Then, “MOD NOTE: The OP is looking for factual answers. Please start a new thread in GD if you wish to debate this issue.” \*sigh ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/13 "2011-11-24T15:59:25Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > My biggest pet peeve is the tap dance that is required in GQ. A poster will create a thread entitled “Why Do Republicans Continue to Fellate Rich People?” and then in the OP will specify that he doesn’t wish to bash Republicans, but simply wants a factual answer to his question. > > That last part is key. If you leave it out, it gets kicked over to GD, but just specify that you want a factual answer and it stays. Then if a poster says, “Well, I don’t think that it is fair to suggest that Republicans literally fellate rich people. IMO they simply cater to their whims.” > > Then, “MOD NOTE: The OP is looking for factual answers. Please start a new thread in GD if you wish to debate this issue.” > > \*sigh I can’t see any currently that show this problem-can you provide an example? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/14 "2011-11-24T16:38:29Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Still no flying cars. > > And my cocoa is cold. My hair hurts. And I don’t know how much longer I can complain. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/15 "2011-11-24T22:25:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You know, I could tolerate the lack of flying cars if they’d just give us the fucking jet packs already. You mean you don’t have yours yet? ([Bug webcomic reference](http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/up-up-and-no-way/)). ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/16 "2011-11-25T16:58:46Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > My biggest pet peeve is the tap dance that is required in GQ. A poster will create a thread entitled “Why Do Republicans Continue to Fellate Rich People?” and then in the OP will specify that he doesn’t wish to bash Republicans, but simply wants a factual answer to his question. > > That last part is key. If you leave it out, it gets kicked over to GD, but just specify that you want a factual answer and it stays. Then if a poster says, “Well, I don’t think that it is fair to suggest that Republicans literally fellate rich people. IMO they simply cater to their whims.” > > Then, “MOD NOTE: The OP is looking for factual answers. Please start a new thread in GD if you wish to debate this issue.” > > \*sigh cite? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/17 "2011-11-25T17:13:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I can’t see any currently that show this problem-can you provide an example? > [@Mosier](#): > > cite? It was hyperbole, guys. Come on. The lines blur and it’s easy to fall on the wrong side. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/18 "2011-11-25T17:44:05Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > My biggest pet peeve is the tap dance that is required in GQ. A poster will create a thread entitled “Why Do Republicans Continue to Fellate Rich People?” and then in the OP will specify that he doesn’t wish to bash Republicans, but simply wants a factual answer to his question. > > That last part is key. If you leave it out, it gets kicked over to GD, but just specify that you want a factual answer and it stays. Then if a poster says, “Well, I don’t think that it is fair to suggest that Republicans literally fellate rich people. IMO they simply cater to their whims.” > > Then, “MOD NOTE: The OP is looking for factual answers. Please start a new thread in GD if you wish to debate this issue.” > > \*sigh There is certainly a sense on this board that liberal/progressive views are the norm\*, but your complaint is simply wrong, even if taken as an exaggeration. Political thread in GQ, whether slanted left or right, get treated the same. You are confusing the culture of posters here vs the actions of moderators. I don’t think the latter show the kind of political bias you are implying. \*Mostly in the Pit, although a bit in GD, too. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/19 "2011-11-25T17:56:54Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > There is certainly a sense on this board that liberal/progressive views are the norm\*, but your complaint is simply wrong, even if taken as an exaggeration. Political thread in GQ, whether slanted left or right, get treated the same. You are confusing the culture of posters here vs the actions of moderators. I don’t think the latter show the kind of political bias you are implying. > > \*Mostly in the Pit, although a bit in GD, too. I wasn’t talking about political slant. Substitute “Democrats” and “the poor” in the above example. I was simply stating that the line between a pure answer and a debate/opinion on the answer is so razor thin as to be indistinguishable in some circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809/20 "2011-11-25T18:16:33Z")
OK. Now I have absolutely no idea what your complaint is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-about-the-sdmb/603809.md?page=2)