# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/61 "2016-08-25T19:54:48Z")
Is a Hamburger a sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/62 "2016-08-25T19:56:52Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Oh My God! Tone wood! I.e. does the wood an acoustic guitar is made from affect its sound? I post links to some of the better guitarboard kerfuffles. One of the last ones was whether it was okay for a loved Americana guitar player was okay spending a bunch of money on a pricey vintage guitar. Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/63 "2016-08-25T20:04:12Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I couldn’t possibly understand why anyone would go anywhere else on the Internet since all knowledge in the Universe is right here. Cite? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/64 "2016-08-25T20:17:06Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Horse boards have the whole shoes/barefoot thing, plus mentioning the names of popular stallions can cause WWlll at times. Shoes vs. barefoot? Shit, the farrier board I followed could have meltdowns over the use of regular shoes (smoothly rounded across the toe) versus Natural Balance shoes (less rounded across the toe, more like a square with rounded corners). ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/65 "2016-08-25T20:22:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Does this mean you can’t even say, ‘‘I adopted a greyhound that was a victim of abuse’’? Right, that’s not allowed. You can only say “I adopted a greyhound”. If you’re actually posting for help about a behavior problem that you think is the result of abuse, you have to describe the behavior only, with no theorizing as to what caused it. For example “he’s very shy and cringes if you pick up a broom”. You also can’t say things like “I’m against the Chinese practice of eating dogs” because that’s in the territory of discussing animal abuse. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/66 "2016-08-25T20:32:01Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Right, that’s not allowed. You can only say “I adopted a greyhound”. If you’re actually posting for help about a behavior problem that you think is the result of abuse, you have to describe the behavior only, with no theorizing as to what caused it. For example “he’s very shy and cringes if you pick up a broom”. I don’t know why, but his legs start twitching whenever he sees a mechanical rabbit. What should I do? ---
**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/67 "2016-08-25T20:35:09Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Right, that’s not allowed. You can only say “I adopted a greyhound”. If you’re actually posting for help about a behavior problem that you think is the result of abuse, you have to describe the behavior only, with no theorizing as to what caused it. For example “he’s very shy and cringes if you pick up a broom”. > > You also can’t say things like “I’m against the Chinese practice of eating dogs” because that’s in the territory of discussing animal abuse. I don’t know anything about dogs, but it seems abuse history would be pretty relevant to how to address behavioral problems. In your view is this a good rule to have on that message board, or is it as ridiculous as it sounds? ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/68 "2016-08-25T20:35:42Z")
If you put a plane on a treadmill… ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/69 "2016-08-25T20:38:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t know why, but his legs start twitching whenever he sees a mechanical rabbit. What should I do? Kill the wabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/70 "2016-08-25T20:55:17Z")
Feral cats ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/71 "2016-08-25T21:40:43Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > If you put a plane on a treadmill… You’re only allowed to do that for 20 minutes at a time, and don’t even think of mentioning the weapons from a certain time period in the early 20th century. I don’t read many other forums, but I notice that a certain board about a D&D-based webcomic seems to go a bit crazy over the alignments of certain characters and what exactly each alignment means. I suspect that most D&D forums argue a lot about that last topic. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/72 "2016-08-25T22:05:08Z")
My daughter moderates a small sci-fi board and seems to be continually trying to stamp out flame wars about race and gender. If you should ever meet her, please don’t talk about the Hugo awards. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/73 "2016-08-25T22:18:16Z")
“Gamergate”. Of the two other boards I spend the most time on, one bans discussion of it entirely and the other restricts discussion on it to a single thread. I only have a vague idea of what it is, myself, beyond “two groups of really unpleasant people yelling at each other”. The Na’vi from\* Avatar, \*on those same boards there’s a vocal contingent that _utterly hates_ them, and given an excuse goes into very colonial-era fantasies of genocide against them. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/74 "2016-08-25T22:35:07Z")
I’ve never done more than dip my toe into some running fora, so I can’t judge the level of vitriol it engenders, but it seems that stretching before or after a run, or not at all, is a recurring discussion. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/75 "2016-08-25T23:59:03Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > … the general zeitgeist of the web is to do the same thing - shape your ‘experience’ … webzeit? > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I couldn’t possibly understand why anyone would go anywhere else on the Internet since all knowledge in the Universe is right here. You should be thankful that they do. Imagine if SDMB were flooded with the kind of garden-variety ignoramuses who are barely even intelligent enough to plug in a broadband modem. _Hey, stop pointing that mirror at me!_ > [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Feral cats Is that anything like the debate about not letting your precious fuzzy darling go outside? ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/76 "2016-08-26T00:19:04Z")
I don’t know that I ever encountered it on anything that could be described as a _board_, but the classic, never-ending Internet flame war was about \*\*vi \*\*vs. **EMACS**. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/77 "2016-08-26T00:32:55Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > 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) So, I just had to go check that out. Maybe learn something new about oil. Good lord, that place is boring. I tried 5 or so different threads and every single one of them is about, or turns into what some guy paid for an oil change. Granted, 5 or so threads out of…MANY…might not be the best cross section of reality over there. But I had my fill of oil. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/78 "2016-08-26T00:35:16Z")
Chronicle of Higher Ed (For college academics): multiple choice exams ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/79 "2016-08-26T01:04:01Z")
intel vs AMD Nvidia VS amd … ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884/80 "2016-08-26T01:09:42Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > Go on any car/motorcycle forum and ask about oil. On the motorcycle forums, that’s nowhere near as bad as the big Hs: helmet laws and Harleys. And on the car forums, oil types and oil filters aren’t the biggies - it’s how many miles between changes. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884.md?page=5)