# Welcome Syphilis... I mean SyFy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186 "2009-07-07T12:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/21 "2009-07-08T02:47:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Colin’s fun, but Ed Quinn’s funnier. I’ve seen every panel they’ve done at Comic-Con, and Ed always has everybody in hysterics. > > I’m still going to register my distaste for the new logo. Maybe I’ll piss on their display… Ever listened to the few episode podcasts they did together, along with some of the others? Hiliarity ensues, pretty much. I haven’t liked the podcasts nearly as much since the actors stopped doing them. I don’t much care for the new name/logo, but I don’t hate it with a flaming passion, either. I’ve been around long enough to remember the screaming and hate for the original name when the channel first started up. All the old-line fans were screaming about how awful the term ‘Sci-Fi’ was as opposed to the ‘more proper’ ‘SF’. So I have a hard time digging up any real hate for the latest name. ---
**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 8, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/22 "2009-07-08T03:05:36Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I don’t know about this Warehouse 13 idea. I mean, how many cliches are shoved in here? > Secret government facility with hi-tech stuff/ancient magic artifacts? Check. > Straight laced female agent with “fast and loose” male agent? Check. > Crazy, eccentric old man to guide the two aforementioned people? Check. > Wacky adventures the two go on to lead them to more ancient artifacts? Check. Not as good as _Stargate_ or _Eureka_ but quite watchable. Certainly far better than their movies. I do miss the weird little transitions they did at commercial breaks. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/23 "2009-07-08T03:10:23Z")
I enjoyed the show. I found it very entertaining and it took me off guard a couple of times. I still don’t quite get the whole “SyFy” thing. Was there a reason for the use of the “y”? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/24 "2009-07-08T03:25:27Z")
> [@FalconFinder](#): > > I still don’t quite get the whole “SyFy” thing. Was there a reason for the use of the “y”? To copyright the term. Wait, has the pronunciation changed? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/25 "2009-07-08T03:41:56Z")
I hope\*\* The Twilight Zone \*\*marathons continue which is my only reason for switching to that channel. Anyone know off the top of their heads when the **Warehouse 13** ’s premier will be on again? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/26 "2009-07-08T04:35:23Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Rhymes with iffy. Yeah, that’s how I read it too. Isn’t a siffy something a 13-year-old boy is mortified to have when called up to the board to do math problems? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/27 "2009-07-08T05:02:25Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Isn’t a siffy something a 13-year-old boy is mortified to have when called up to the board to do math problems? No, that’s dyscalculia. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/28 "2009-07-08T06:14:23Z")
“What the hell is this thing Mudler?” Even Scully can’t take it. I turn on the channel and that’s what happens. I see the new logo. Oh, what did they do to the X-Files? It’s just all wrong now. Just wrong. Alternative reality, I don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/29 "2009-07-08T06:36:29Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I hope\*\* The Twilight Zone \*\*marathons continue which is my only reason for switching to that channel. Anyone know off the top of their heads when the **Warehouse 13** ’s premier will be on again? It repeated right after, it’s on right now. It wasn’t bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/30 "2009-07-08T11:31:11Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Anyone know off the top of their heads when the **Warehouse 13** ’s premier will be on again? According to my DVR: Thursday, 7/9, 12:00 a.m. Friday, 7/10, 4:00 p.m. Sunday, 7/12, 11:30 a.m. Sunday, 7/12, 11:00 p.m. Monday, 7/13, 2:00 p.m. There are other showings, but they’re on sister channels (Sleuth, USA, Chiller, etc.). They’re shotgunning this to get the most out of it, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/31 "2009-07-09T00:57:38Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > According to my DVR: > > Thursday, 7/9, 12:00 a.m. > Friday, 7/10, 4:00 p.m. > Sunday, 7/12, 11:30 a.m. > Sunday, 7/12, 11:00 p.m. > Monday, 7/13, 2:00 p.m. > > There are other showings, but they’re on sister channels (Sleuth, USA, Chiller, etc.). They’re shotgunning this to get the most out of it, I’d say. It’s also on Hulu, if you’re in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/32 "2009-07-09T02:15:26Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I’ve had a crush on the female lead ever since _Jeremiah_. > > [SUB]pleasedon’tsuckpleasedon’tsuckpleasedon’tsuck.[/SUB] That makes absolutey no sense. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/33 "2009-07-09T03:51:55Z")
Well, A&E doesn’t really do Arts and Entertainment anymore. The History Channel is no longer about history. The Discovery Channel isn’t science anymore. Etc, etc. By this announcement the SciFi channel will no longer be about sci-fi. In other words it is going to be just like all the former channels that HAD identity but now are indistiguishable from each other. “Imagine Less”, “Imagine Marketing”, “Imagine Every Other Channel.” I imagine a better slogan: “Hey, we’re not Lifetime, yet.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/34 "2009-07-09T05:46:35Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Well, A&E doesn’t really do Arts and Entertainment anymore. The History Channel is no longer about history. The Discovery Channel isn’t science anymore. Etc, etc. MTV rarely plays music videos. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/35 "2009-07-09T11:44:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That makes absolutey no sense. [Jeremiah](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290966/). Joanne Kelly played Libby, in the third season. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/36 "2009-07-09T11:54:50Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > [Jeremiah](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290966/). Joanne Kelly played Libby, in the third season. I think he means the fact that you find the female attractive but then you go on to say “please don’t suck” over and over again. If I have to explain the rest of the joke to you then it just lost all its funny. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/37 "2009-07-09T22:41:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s also on Hulu, if you’re in the U.S. Thank you, and thank you too **KneadToKnow**! I’ll probably watch it tonight on Hulu.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186/38 "2009-07-10T16:21:20Z")
**Mahaloth** said: > [@](#): > > Wait, has the pronunciation changed? Not intentionally. The channel has not indicated that the pronunciation is to be different - they seem to think it should be the same. But many people are registering their disdain for the network’s naming choice by pronouncing it differently. I’m annoyed. Because right after the changeover the DVR didn’t have Syfy channels programs loaded, I had to manually record using the timer. The movie before ran late, so I missed the last 5 minutes of the Warehouse 13 premiere. Now I have to rerecord it just to watch the ending. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-syphilis-i-mean-syfy/502186.md?page=1)