# What are your biggest specific SDMB annoyances? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327 "2011-07-25T23:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/121 "2011-07-27T04:12:53Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Seeing how hostile you are getting, I’m assuming you’re unable to curb your addiction and probably surf the Dope at work, too. I think you’re addicted to the Dope. I think you should try proving to us that I’m wrong, too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/122 "2011-07-27T04:14:25Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > It’s very unprofessional to accessing a message board such as the Dope at work, even if it is your break. As a rule this is inapprioate to do at work. Sorry, this is just silly. I access it all the time from work, when I want to take a break from writing or reading reports. There’s nothing in the least “unprofessional” about it, unless you are perhaps an air traffic controller. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/123 "2011-07-27T04:28:18Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Just because it’s allowed doesn’t mean you SHOULD do it. Honestly, you have bigger problem than work place etiquette (sp?) if you HAVE to access the Dope from your job. Yes, some threads are interesting but I’ve never had the urge to accress the Dope while on company time. > > Those who refrain from using COMPANY COMPUTERS for personal reasons are being more professonal. I have taken business courses and was told this by professors. I also worked with the owner of a company at my old job. He told me what he really thought of people who as he put it “wasted his resources”. > > Seeing how hostile you are getting, I’m assuming you’re unable to curb your addiction and probably surf the Dope at work, too. [Moderator Note]Please take this side conversation/hijack to another thread. Thank you.[/Moderator Note] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/124 "2011-07-27T05:34:46Z")
Hey, that’s one we forgot - when a thread gets totally bogged down in two posters going back and forth at each other endlessly. So boring for everyone else in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/125 "2011-07-27T08:51:54Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I think you’re addicted to the Dope. I think you should try proving to us that I’m wrong, too. I’m so addicted to the Dope I don’t use it as work (as many of you have admitted to doing) there’s days at a time (even weeks) when I am not on here. That’s a REAL addiction. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/126 "2011-07-27T08:54:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Moderator Note]Please take this side conversation/hijack to another thread. Thank you.[/Moderator Note] Why was I quoted (Sierra was the last one to post in the “hijack”)? Sierra actually started the hijack. Also, she cursed at me. Why isn’t she being modded? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/127 "2011-07-27T09:52:10Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Why was I quoted (Sierra was the last one to post in the “hijack”)? Sierra actually started the hijack. Also, she cursed at me. Why isn’t she being modded? 😕 Mom, she’s touching me!!! ETA: An example of a doper annoyance. I’ts not personal, it’s just a mod instruction ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/128 "2011-07-27T10:35:11Z")
The thing that annoys me the most is that the mere mention of the word “fat” as a description seems to not only bring down utter disgust from some members, but they will otherwise hypocritically be rude about thin people. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/129 "2011-07-27T12:28:54Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Anyway, I also hate the sort of “this here’s rational country” mentality some people have. Every time there’s a “share your paranormal stories” thread some posters or other (some regulars, some random passerby, not naming anyone) just HAVE to come in and inform everyone “gaiz there r no gosts! Their naht reel! Stop posting teh stoopid!” Yes, we know, now go sit in the smoking lounge while we have our fun. I hate this, too. For a long time I’ve been wanting to create a thread about whether or not any scientists had ever tried to explain how ghosts could exist given the science we know, in the same vein as a documentary I watched in which scientists tried to come up with the science behind UFOs – i.e., let’s pretend that UFOs are real and there are aliens visiting us, how could they travel here given the science we know?. But I knew the only responses I’d get would be, “Well, ghosts aren’t real :rolleyes:”. Which would not be relevant to my question at all. Any mention of the paranormal and the regulars come out of the woodwork to tell us it’s not real and we’re idiots for even bringing it up, regardless of the actual topic of the thread. And this: > [@Munch](#): > > I personally enjoy reading posts where people mention how smart the board is, then moments later read a post about how a long time member still has no idea how to make a fucking link. It’s hilarious. “Smartest, hippest people on the planet”? Don’t believe the hype. ---
**Author:** ![BDoors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BDoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDoors)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/130 "2011-07-27T12:43:38Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > But I knew the only responses I’d get would be, “Well, ghosts aren’t real :rolleyes:”. Which would not be relevant to my question at all. Any mention of the paranormal and the regulars come out of the woodwork to tell us it’s not real and we’re idiots for even bringing it up, regardless of the actual topic of the thread. > > And this: > > “Smartest, hippest people on the planet”? Don’t believe the hype. Yes, and someone touched on this before - the apparent inability of many oh-so-smart people round here to grasp the concept of hypothetical questions. Someone posts “Let’s imagine the Earth really was flat, like a disk. What would the consequences be?”. You always get people coming in with stuff like “but a planet couldn’t be a disk. It would collapse under its own gravity.” Yeah, we know that. You’re supposed to ignore that and imagine it anyway. That’s how hypothetical questions work. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/131 "2011-07-27T12:49:38Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Mom, she’s touching me!!! > > ETA: An example of a doper annoyance. I’ts not personal, it’s just a mod instruction Seriously. This is a HUGE one for me; for every single mod action, someone runs off whining to the goddamn pit like a 2 YO. SHUT UP and just listen. Sometimes the mod is genuinely wrong, but 85% of the time they’re like parents, they don’t care who started it, they’re ending it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/132 "2011-07-27T12:54:59Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Why was I quoted (Sierra was the last one to post in the “hijack”)? Sierra actually started the hijack. Also, she cursed at me. Why isn’t she being modded? 😕 Y’all are gonna get my otherwise beautiful thread locked down. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/133 "2011-07-27T13:22:54Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14069702#post14069702), feel free to continue the squabble about browsing on work time at the linked thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/134 "2011-07-27T13:30:32Z")
> [@BDoors](#): > > Yes, and someone touched on this before - the apparent inability of many oh-so-smart people round here to grasp the concept of hypothetical questions. Someone posts “Let’s imagine the Earth really was flat, like a disk. What would the consequences be?”. You always get people coming in with stuff like “but a planet couldn’t be a disk. It would collapse under its own gravity.” Yeah, we know that. You’re supposed to ignore that and imagine it anyway. That’s how hypothetical questions work. To be fair, in some situations if such things are impossible to happen in physics-land, they’re also more or less impossible to reason about. If something can’t even theoretically EXIST, how can we divine the properties of this non-existent object? The answer to the question really IS, “it would instantly collapse on itself without mercy” because there is no scenario in the current model of physics where anything else could happen. Now, say, if it’s a hypothetical about the geopolitical climate and economy given a flat Earth, then it’s a shitty response, but if it’s a science question sometimes when things defy natural laws so blatantly, and then you say “then what” the only honest answer is “we can’t possibly begin to theorize, it’s simply not possible in the universe as we know it, who knows what kind of physical laws we’d have to muck around with to make a scenario even possible.” Note that this IS different from “a ghost is proven to exist, what theoretical science could vaguely explain it.” Or “a flat planet really DOES exist, look, how do we reconcile this with our current physics model.” **Gallows fodder** , I’d like to see that thread. ETA: I really want to emphasize that this still doesn’t excuse people who fight the hypotheticals about more social consequences, such as “what if God was proven to exist?” ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/135 "2011-07-27T16:02:30Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The thing that annoys me the most is that the mere mention of the word “fat” as a description seems to not only bring down utter disgust from some members, but they will otherwise hypocritically be rude about thin people. Don’t want hijack too much, just feel the need for a little FTR: fat is almost universally perceived as a negative. Unless and until it becomes life-threatening emaciation, a rare occurance, thin is considered a positive. So really not the same, ya know? Stoid who is fat and doesn’t have an issue with the word fat, but takes issue with fat-based slurs and other unnecessary insults of all kinds ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/136 "2011-07-27T18:48:00Z")
People who don’t really have a relevant point but just HAVE to post. Or didn’t really read the OP. This happens all the time in Cafe Society. Zombie jokes are annoying too. Most of the time the original thread topic is more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/137 "2011-07-27T19:07:31Z")
What about “If you use any kind of social media or a cell phone for anything other than making and receiving VOICE calls (and even then, you better be a doctor in the process of saving someone’s life), then you are a six-year old girl”? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/138 "2011-07-27T20:36:25Z")
Since this seems to be the Festivus pole, one thing I find annoying on this board is the tendency for huge posts to be broken down bit by bit > [@](#): > > Where someone says something here and then the rebuttal > [@](#): > > and continuing on with the huge post and saying something pithy here to contradict it > [@](#): > > and more and more text here and then another response, usually getting emotionally heated right about now > [@](#): > > and so on and so forth. THEN the person being quoted does the same thing in response! I end up just scrolling past these annoyingly huge posts because it looks like the responder is just talking to themselves. This annoyance seems especially popular in Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/139 "2011-07-27T21:05:07Z")
The **Listbot(s)** bother me the most. Don’t know what a listbot is? Come over to Cafe Society sometime and see them in action… Start a general thread about works of art that can be grouped together under one theme, something like “Your favorite superhero movies”, and most of the posts will be of this variety > [@Non-Listbot](#): > > I liked Spiderman 1 most of all because…" You know, they’ll name a movie and then say something about it. Which is nice, because if I wanted to read something like the following, I would just go to IMDB or Google or something: > [@Listbot](#): > > Spiderman > Spiderman 2 > Spiderman 3 > Hulk (Eric Bana) > Hulk (Ed Norton) > Superman > Superman 2 > Superman 3 > Superman 4 (Quest for Peace) > … With nary a word about any of the movies, or why all of them are their favorites. ( 😕 ) Whenever I see the Listbot in action, my first thought is “God, what an attention whore.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327/140 "2011-07-27T23:15:20Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Don’t want hijack too much, just feel the need for a little FTR: fat is almost universally perceived as a negative. Unless and until it becomes life-threatening emaciation, a rare occurance, thin is considered a positive. So really not the same, ya know? Except the point I made about being rude, which is a negative. Cries of “eat a sandwich” towards anybody who is thin is an insult. But I don’t get upset at those comments, I get annoyed at the hypocrisy of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-biggest-specific-sdmb-annoyances/590327.md?page=8)