# Unusual topics that are extremely incendiary on other boards **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884 "2016-08-25T05:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/41 "2016-08-25T17:01:13Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > Go on any car/motorcycle forum and ask about oil. You don’t even need to visit a car/motorcycle forum, just cut to the chase and go argue on the oil forums. [http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm](http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm) ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/42 "2016-08-25T17:07:16Z")
In a forum devoted to the specific airplane I fly… Whether adding 10 degrees of flaps improves takeoff performance. This is known on that board as the “flap flap” and has recurred as a months long debate at least once a year for the 20 years I’ve been a member of that board. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/43 "2016-08-25T17:14:58Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > de-clawing cats That ranks right up there with routine newborn male circumcision. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/44 "2016-08-25T17:15:47Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > “Shipping” in fiction, i.e. putting two characters from a work of fiction into a fan-made fantasy relationship. > > Consoles vs PCs for gaming > Definition of “RPG” (role-playing game) for video game purposes. gamefaqs? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/45 "2016-08-25T17:24:30Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > When I first got into scuba diving, I used to frequent this diving board. And then you learned you should enter the water more gently, to avoid dislodging your equipment. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/46 "2016-08-25T17:30:13Z")
on gamefaqs all you need is a difrening opinion of the other 3 people in a thread and it can be war … ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/47 "2016-08-25T17:35:58Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Food topics can be unusually volatile. My ex-wife is a member of the _[Slow Food](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Food)_ movement which sounds fairly sane and benign on the surface but it is anything but that when you meet the leaders. It is a strongly militant organization that outdoes even the craziest of the breastfeeders. I only spoke to the leadership of the Slow Food movement a couple of times in person before I refused to ever do it again for fear of all of our safety (I was going to hurt them as badly as possible if we ever crossed paths again). If you think I am some sort of an arrogant ass, try cranking that up x1000 and then you have a remote approximation of how bad they are. I’ve never knowingly come across one in person, but I’ll take your word for it, given how militant I’ve seen them on message boards 🙂 The other hotly combative topic are the “serious” food-centric shows. Every season there’s always an ongoing battle re the current _Top Chef_. It’s less on cheftestant drama nowadays than it is on why they were given X task or why did somebody choose THAT dish to make vs. something else and OMG, THEY DIDN’T USE THE “RIGHT” INGREDIENT NO WONDER WHY THEY PACKED THEIR KNIVES! _Chopped_ doesn’t count. They’re hacks, according to the boards. Besides, it’s on FOOD NETWORK :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/48 "2016-08-25T17:39:10Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Being somewhat familiar with the world of purebred dog breeding and showing (I’ve done neither directly but know lots of people who do), this is QFT. There ain’t no pedant like a purebred dog pedant. > > And \*Best in Show \*is a real documentary – nothing “mock” about it. Our ex-housemate is in the show dog world, albeit not as involved right now because of life circumstances, but she keeps up with anything and everything to do with “her” breed. And here I am elsewhere in this thread giving my $.02 about culinary topics :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/49 "2016-08-25T17:41:53Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > gamefaqs? Any gaming related forum, really. Heck, we get console vs PC arguments on here with only a handful of active posters in the video game threads. As for the other one, go to a gaming related forum and suggest that Diablo is/isn’t an RPG and let it go from there. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/50 "2016-08-25T17:45:07Z")
Benghazi! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/51 "2016-08-25T17:48:56Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > The effects of the nut material (guitar neck) on tone. Oh My God! Tone wood! I.e. does the wood an acoustic guitar is made from affect its sound? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/52 "2016-08-25T18:00:53Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Other boards? > > What? > [@panache45](#): > > There are other boards? Where? I couldn’t possibly understand why anyone would go anywhere else on the Internet since all knowledge in the Universe is right here. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/53 "2016-08-25T18:10:19Z")
Back in 2011, they shut down the DC Comics blog message boards over the flame wars that erupted over[whether Superman or The Flash would win in a race.](http://www.wired.com/2011/03/dc-comics-message-boards-shut-down-over-nerd-flame-war/) ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/54 "2016-08-25T18:29:27Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Being somewhat familiar with the world of purebred dog breeding and showing (I’ve done neither directly but know lots of people who do), this is QFT. There ain’t no pedant like a purebred dog pedant. > > And \*Best in Show \*is a real documentary – nothing “mock” about it. Being an adopter of retired racing greyhounds, I participate in a really great forum dedicated to greyhounds. The forum owners have flat-out forbidden any discussion of dog racing and any mention of abuse. The entire topic of using animals for the entertainment of humans is so fraught with passionate anger and debate that we can’t even go near it. You can’t even say the words “Track $name in $city is a great track that treats it’s animals well”, even if it’s true, without causing world war III. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/55 "2016-08-25T18:32:40Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Being an adopter of retired racing greyhounds, I participate in a really great forum dedicated to greyhounds. The forum owners have flat-out forbidden any discussion of dog racing and any mention of abuse. The entire topic of using animals for the entertainment of humans is so fraught with passionate anger and debate that we can’t even go near it. You can’t even say the words “Track $name in $city is a great track that treats it’s animals well”, even if it’s true, without causing world war III. Does this mean you can’t even say, ‘‘I adopted a greyhound that was a victim of abuse’’? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/56 "2016-08-25T18:39:54Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > On military message boards: The F-35 fighter jet. And in the case of one specific military board, the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier. Don’t ask me why. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/57 "2016-08-25T18:42:11Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I am a member of some other messageboards, or at least I used to be, but now I waste my time mostly here and on Christian Forums. Kudos to you for making an effort not to live in an echo chamber. That’s actually why I left Facebook. It’s [almost impossible not to](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/12/11406334/social-media-echo-chamber) over there. I actively sought out contacts with dissenting viewpoints (who could express them respectfully) and the issue wasn’t finding people with dissenting viewpoints, it was in finding people with dissenting viewpoints who could express them respectfully. Then I realized a lot of my liberal acquaintances were just as assholish in how they expressed themselves, I just didn’t feel the same sting because I generally agreed with their sentiments. I regard myself as pretty far left but the people creating the vast majority of my online stress were liberal friends. This place is downright reasonable compared to Facebook. There may be a dominant culture but at least I learn new things here. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/58 "2016-08-25T18:50:35Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > That’s actually why I left Facebook. Facebook is crafted and continually fine-tuned to be the most perfect echo chamber possible. Which should not be surprising, as the general zeitgeist of the web is to do the same thing - shape your ‘experience’ so that you only see things you’ve expressed interest in, however casually. Far too much of it is targeted marketing efforts, but the general idea that you only want to see things you’re overtly interested in permeates everything, especially the various social media. I have been test-driving FB for a few months, and I am ready to give up. It shocks me to see how… cocooning it and the other social media are, and I can’t imagine it’s promoting healthy mindsets and attitudes to be smothered in intellectual donuts. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/59 "2016-08-25T19:02:19Z")
‘‘Intellectual donuts’’ is exactly how I would describe it. I still have an active FB Messenger life with my IRL friends so I feel I have lost approximately nothing. Now if Messenger could only cut ties completely with FB I could get rid of my account for good. Until then I have to be happy with suspending it. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/60 "2016-08-25T19:18:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I was a member of the Ms. messageboards but they are now defunct. I was never banned there, but I got tired of the non-stop screeching. I joined on the recommendation of some Dopers - it wouldn’t be fair to say who. There’s entertaining crazy, and there’s the Ms. messageboards. No kidding? Me too! (pre-Dope). I rather liked it there, even the really wacky stuff was interesting, and I learned a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884.md?page=4)