# Trust Level 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 29, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768 "2020-07-29T23:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/21 "2020-07-30T19:27:29Z")
If The Lounge gets enough members it’ll actually just be like an AA meeting … “Hi everyone! My name is @LSLGuy & I’m a hopeless SDMB addict … The fact I’m here is all the proof you need. No need for sordid tales of a life half-wasted while half-wasted.” ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/22 "2020-07-30T19:32:36Z")
What’s a “The Lounge?” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/23 "2020-07-30T19:49:05Z")
It’s a significant part of what we’re talking about in this thread. If one is a level 3 person (which I am not) you gain access to a special thread category (like ATMB, IMHO, etc.) called “The Lounge”. Or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/24 "2020-07-30T19:52:42Z")
Apparently, you can only see the category if you’re level 3 (or, I suppose, 4.) If you can see it, it starts off: > [Welcome to the Lounge]([https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)\> /t/welcome-to-the-lounge/8) > > > Congratulations! confetti\_ball If you can see this topic, you were recently promoted to regular (trust level 3). There is currently one thread, populated almost entirely by people commenting that they can’t figure out why they, in particular, got handed level 3. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/25 "2020-07-30T19:59:24Z")
Come on, everybody! Let’s storm this so-called “Lounge”! _ **Who’s with me?!?** _ _Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!_ _Arise, ye wretched of the earth!_ ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/26 "2020-07-30T20:05:27Z")
@discobot release the kraken! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/27 "2020-07-30T20:17:33Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Come on, everybody! Let’s storm this so-called “Lounge”! _ **Who’s with me?!?** _ > > _Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!_ > _Arise, ye wretched of the earth!_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1q82twrdr0U/maxresdefault.jpg "Les Misérables | Do You Hear the People Sing?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q82twrdr0U) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/28 "2020-07-30T21:15:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If one is a level 3 person (which I am not) you gain access to a special thread category (like ATMB, IMHO, etc.) called “The Lounge”. Or so I’m told. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/29 "2020-07-31T16:59:57Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > If one is a level 3 person (which I am not) you gain access to a special thread category (like ATMB, IMHO, etc.) called “The Lounge”. Or so I’m told > > Thanks! I’ve been in The Lounge. It is all that _and more_. 🏴‍☠️ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/30 "2020-07-31T17:04:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve been in The Lounge. It is all that _and more_ What’s the first rule of The Lounge? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/31 "2020-07-31T17:06:16Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > I’ve been in The Lounge. It is all that _and more_ > > What’s the first rule of The Lounge? - Claim a comfy chair with soft cushions? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/32 "2020-07-31T17:09:10Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Procrustus](#): > > > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > > > I’ve been in The Lounge. It is all that _and more_ > > > > What’s the first rule of The Lounge? - > > Claim a comfy chair with soft cushions Oh, crap, those are cushions? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/33 "2020-07-31T17:13:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > There is currently one thread, populated almost entirely by people commenting that they can’t figure out why they, in particular, got handed level 3. The difficult requirement for promotion to Level 3 is that you must have viewed 25% of the topics created in the last 100 days (or 500 total, whichever is smaller), and read 25% of all posts (or 20,000). Even for people for come here daily, most of them probably don’t have an interest in enough of the threads to hit that metric. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/34 "2020-07-31T17:38:37Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > There is currently one thread, populated almost entirely by people commenting that they can’t figure out why they, in particular, got handed level 3. Somebody could use an attitude adjustment. Some place where everybody knows your name? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/35 "2020-07-31T17:53:50Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Even for people for come here daily, most of them probably don’t have an interest in enough of the threads to hit that metric. Tru dat. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/36 "2020-07-31T21:06:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Somebody could use an attitude adjustment. Some place where everybody knows your name? 😕 --this is supposed to be the confused smiley? this board has too many smileys and none of the right ones. – and good grief there are a large number of human ones under “people and body” and all of them are white; except for two blue genies and two gray zombies. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/37 "2020-07-31T22:00:39Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > and good grief there are a large number of human ones under “people and body” and all of them are white; except for two blue genies and two gray zombies. Try clicking those squares at the bottom of the emoji picker - those are skin tones. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/38 "2020-07-31T22:16:08Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Somebody could use an attitude adjustment. Some place where everybody knows your name? > > 😕 --this is supposed to be the confused smiley? this board has too many smileys and none of the right ones. I was cleverly referring to Cheers (sort of a lounge) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/39 "2020-07-31T23:32:04Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Try clicking those squares at the bottom of the emoji picker - those are skin tones Aha! And thanks. > [@needscoffee](#): > > I was cleverly referring to Cheers Ah. I tend to miss most culture references. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-level-3/916768/41 "2020-08-02T03:05:42Z")
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