# Things you dislike on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870 "2007-06-13T17:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/141 "2007-06-14T18:15:43Z")
Give up **Jodi** , he’s hopeless. As soon as he-who-will-not-be-named is mentioned, the knee will jerk and the fingers will type. No way around it. Still, it is a living example for the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/142 "2007-06-14T18:26:26Z")
I’m pretty sure people understood what I was talking about without that graphic demonstration, but thanks for stepping up like that. Well played indeed. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/143 "2007-06-14T18:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] Simply NOT an “opinion” that Bush IS a fuck-up. [/QUOTE] Go. Open. Another. Thread. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/144 "2007-06-14T18:29:25Z")
Hey look, it’s Misses the Point Guy. [waves] ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/145 "2007-06-14T18:30:37Z")
Clearly, George W. Bush is something that **Redfury** dislikes about the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/146 "2007-06-14T18:36:02Z")
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**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/147 "2007-06-14T18:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] Thanks for the lesson, teach. And fuck you very much. [/quote] Well, since you didn’t understand the lesson, there’s no need to fuck me for it. Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a Shaw quote about wrestling with pigs that I feel the sudden urge to Google for exact wording and a personal reminder. ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/148 "2007-06-14T18:40:31Z")
Here’s something I don’t like: the rule that if there’s any thread that discusses what people _don’t_ like, it has to go in The Pit. It’s actually possible to have a civil conversation about things you don’t like, but such threads always get relocated to The Pit, where it invariably become a free-for-all. (sorry for the previous post; I all of a sudden thought I was wrong about the thread being moved; but I was actually right the first time) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/149 "2007-06-14T18:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Thought of another one: The leaps in “black and white” logic (for lack of a better term) that infuses some posts and some posters. For example, “If you don’t hate [for example] George W. Bush with all your heart, then you must be his biggest supporter,” [/QUOTE] Fucking Bush apologist. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/150 "2007-06-14T18:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] Reading this thread, it appears that I avoid a lot of the more irksome stuff or tune out rather quickly, but there is one thing that gets me every time: I’m in Cafe Society, settling in to a fun sounding thread about tv, characters on tv, plots on tv shows - whatever. And then, out of nowhere it’s all. about. BUFFY! And not that cute one who lived with Uncle Bill and Mr. French either! :mad: 😉 [/QUOTE] Hey, we don’t \*always \* talk about Buffy. Sometimes we talk about Firefly. And, occasionally, Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/151 "2007-06-14T18:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] Partisan my hairy white ass. I’m a Spaniard and couldn’t give a shit which Party runs your country…as long as they are not ignorant pig-fuckers with a murderous vein and dreams of empire. [/QUOTE] You’re right, partisan was a bad word choice. However, you’re still being irrational and mindbogglingly obtuse about when it is and is not appropriate to attack those who even appear to get tired of the Bash-bashing (which, by the way, I see as different than legitimately excoriating him for his actions. In this thread you’ve merely attacked him. Meritless or not, that’s bashing and it’s tiresome). I’ll stop participating in this hijack now, which I’m embarrassed I fell into despite my earlier posts. Get the last word in if you want. – I actually think a thread like this has to be in the Pit. I’m not sure a civil discussion could be had when you’re talking about things you don’t like about the board itself; some posts are going to hit a little too close to home and provoke responses, and in any other forum it’s just going to get messy. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/152 "2007-06-14T18:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] 1. The lack of a pukey smilie. [/QUOTE] Seriously? The lack of a pukey smilie is one of the things I like the _most_ about the SDMB. That and the lack of avatars, blinking sigs, dancing penises, and dancing bananas. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/153 "2007-06-14T18:55:58Z")
One additional point… there are some here that won’t apologize when shown in even the smallest error. Despite if it was instituted in the Constitution/commanded by the deity of their choice/proven to save their life and that of their loved ones. They usual just devolve into a pedantic ( 😛 ) argument to refuse saying “sorry.” Does it diminish someone some way by doing so? If that’s correct, then no wonder I’m a non-entity. Mea culpa. 😃 [Edited to add: Dancing penises are a bad thing?!] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/154 "2007-06-14T18:57:56Z")
**RedFury** , if you post one more post in this thread that has the word “Bush” in it, and you’re not talking about your wife’s genitals or your landscaping, I’m going to… well, I’m not going to do much. I will think you’re acting like a world-class asshole, though. (Heh - “Misses The Point Guy.”) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/155 "2007-06-14T18:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] [Edited to add: Dancing penises are a bad thing?!] [/QUOTE] Depends on where they’re dancing. 😉 (Have you seen the dancing penises? The bouncing testicles give me the willies.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/156 "2007-06-14T19:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=Plan B] Blind hatred of the US and the POTUS. An inability to see that democracies are about a zillion times better than tyrannies. [/QUOTE] Ever stop and think that’s one of the reasons for hating the POSPOTUS? And for past offenses under different prezes, I suggest you look up the following: -Guatemala -Pinochet, Salvador Allende, Chile -Mohammed Mosaddeq, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran -Iran Contra -Somoza dynasty -J. Edgar Hoover -Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohen -HUAC I’m not saying that I personally hate the US-I don’t, the very opposite, in fact. But these things are NOT representative of democracy, and they are a black stain on our nation’s history. Now, back on topic. The things I don’t like? I’d say most of them are technical-I don’t like how the server lags. (Considering that I’ve visited boards that are way busier and we don’t have to pay and they don’t perform as poorly as this one). I also hate that the search was extended to 2 minutes. (Insert joke about how my post count doesn’t reflect a problem with any of the above) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/157 "2007-06-14T19:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Aren’t there about a zillion “Bush Suxxors” threads you could go play in? You could even start another if you wanted. But that’s not the topic under discussion in _this_ thread. [/QUOTE] We need a _forum_ for Bush Suxxors threads! 😃 Actually, that _would_ unclutter the other forums and when, say, someone says that Bush-bashing threads were old three years ago, **RedFury** can just start one and link to it here. Hmmm… that _almost_ seems like a good idea, but what we’d need is a clever name for the forum. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/158 "2007-06-14T19:05:12Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] Depends on where they’re dancing. 😉 (Have you seen the dancing penises? The bouncing testicles give me the willies.) [/QUOTE] Yes, I’ve seen the online version more recently than the real life variety. :o But as to the bouncing testicles (that would be such an awesome band name), I guess I was paying more attention to the point [::: ahem :::] that was being made. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/159 "2007-06-14T19:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Yeah, this stuff isn’t tiresome at all. :rolleyes: NOBODY is defending Bush. This thread is NOT ABOUT BUSH. It’s a thread that is about a subject _other than George W. Bush_. His arrogance, his hubris, his mass-murderage, his tough-guy/world leader status or lack thereof – all of it is completely irrelevant (and, not incidentally, aggravating) because this thread is **NOT ABOUT BUSH**. [/QUOTE] He’ll never get that. [QUOTE=BayleDomon] But disliking idiots who happen to be anti-Bush is not the same as liking Bush. [/quote] Or that. There is no such thing as a person who dislikes Bush and doesn’t agree with **Redfury** about absolutely everything. No way, no how. Doesn’t exist. _Can’t_ exist. And that, to bring this back on topic, is one thing I dislike about the SDMB these days: the unremitting, rampant, knee-jerk hatred in the political threads. Even now, when virtually everybody agrees that Bush is at best an incompetent fool, people just refuse to find the common ground that is clearly there to be found, instead poisoning thread after thread. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870/160 "2007-06-14T19:11:24Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] Yes, I’ve seen the online version more recently than the real life variety. :o But as to the bouncing testicles (that would be such an awesome band name), I guess I was paying more attention to the point [::: ahem :::] that was being made. 😉😃 [/QUOTE] Apparently I am easily mesmerized by bouncing testicles. I think the Dancing Penises and the Bouncing Testicles are both fantastic band names. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dislike-on-the-sdmb/407870.md?page=9)