# Weak guys. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087 "2013-05-23T03:17:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/41 "2013-05-23T17:40:59Z")
Unscheduled outages should be announced in advance. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/42 "2013-05-23T18:02:51Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’m allergic to outside. [Puffs inhaler] Did you know that the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” was about an asthmatic shut-in? It’s true, look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/43 "2013-05-23T18:15:55Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > That is the stock message that the current server farm throws up when they are working on problems, even if the problem is unscheduled. Stock message is a lie! We should follow [Fark’s stock message](http://beerspill.fark.com/drunkfarksysadmin.jpg) when we are down. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/44 "2013-05-23T18:20:24Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > So is anyone else wondering, “Surely there’s more reliable hosting for what we’re paying?” Asks the guest. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/45 "2013-05-23T18:24:59Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Unscheduled outages should be announced in advance. At first I thought you said "Unscheduled _outrages_…but I’ve got weak eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/46 "2013-05-23T18:25:25Z")
We’re sorry for the inconvenience. And now to report the OP for sexist language in the thread title. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/47 "2013-05-23T18:49:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Asks the guest. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/48 "2013-05-23T18:52:28Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > So is anyone else wondering, “Surely there’s more reliable hosting for what we’re paying?” Dude, if you look hard enough, you can get noticeably better _free_ hosting. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/49 "2013-05-23T19:26:27Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > :rolleyes: Don’t roll your eyes at me. I have no problem with guests – except those who talk about what “we” are paying. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/50 "2013-05-23T19:48:14Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Asks the guest. Isn’t he paying by being a set of eyeballs (and source of potential clicks) on the site’s ads? I don’t understand why you’d dismiss him like that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/51 "2013-05-23T20:14:22Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Isn’t he paying by being a set of eyeballs (and source of potential clicks) on the site’s ads? If he’s doing that, he’s also using the site’s resources without paying for them as members do. I would think that works both ways. Perhaps his word choice was just unclear. That said, let’s start with the obvious: we’re not the ones making these decisions anyway. It’s above the paygrade of the mods and admins, and I am sure nobody actually needs to be reminded to ask that question. Let’s leave that to them. ---
**Author:** ![WhiskeyInACask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WhiskeyInACask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiskeyInACask)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/52 "2013-05-23T20:27:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If he’s doing that, he’s also using the site’s resources without paying for them as members do. I would think that works both ways. Perhaps his word choice was just unclear. > > That said, let’s start with the obvious: we’re not the ones making these decisions anyway. It’s above the paygrade of the mods and admins, and I am sure nobody actually needs to be reminded to ask that question. Let’s leave that to them. Fair enough on the second paragraph, but surely you can agree that twickster’s comment did not help. I submit that a comment like that would’ve been modded had it been made by a non-moderator. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/53 "2013-05-23T20:31:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Asks the guest. Says a mod, who gets a free membership for life. > [@WhiskeyInACask](#): > > Fair enough on the second paragraph, but surely you can agree that twickster’s comment did not help. I submit that a comment like that would’ve been modded had it been made by a non-moderator. I doubt it. But we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/54 "2013-05-23T20:36:23Z")
\*\*Yeah, MODERATORS!! What’s wrong with you!!! Moderate the server into being more stable!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: \*\*Server reported. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/55 "2013-05-23T20:36:30Z")
> [@WhiskeyInACask](#): > > I submit that a comment like that would’ve been modded had it been made by a non-moderator. Doesn’t seem worth it to me. > [@BigT](#): > > Says a mod, who gets a free membership for life. What does that have to do with anything? She was a paying member for years and her subscription is now comped because she volunteers to moderate the board. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/56 "2013-05-23T20:37:06Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > \*\*Yeah, MODERATORS!! What’s wrong with you!!! Moderate the server into being more stable!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: > > \*\*Server reported. Now we’re getting somewhere! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/57 "2013-05-23T20:43:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Now we’re getting somewhere! Ghod, I hope not. There’s gonna be a world of hurt if you start modding us for stability. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/58 "2013-05-23T20:53:02Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > :rolleyes: WHOOSH! may have been more appropriate.😉 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/59 "2013-05-23T20:56:46Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > What does that have to do with anything? It is hypocritical on **twickster** ’s part because she’s bashing someone for not paying when she herself no longer pays. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087/60 "2013-05-23T21:02:51Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > It is hypocritical on **twickster** ’s part because she’s bashing someone for not paying when she herself no longer pays. She doesn’t pay for it, true-she _works_ for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-guys/659087.md?page=4)