# What happened to the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170 "2018-07-18T21:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/41 "2018-07-19T00:20:16Z")
[This is Trump’s base 100 years ago.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington) We’re not going back there with you sick motherfuckers. Go fuck yourself. There are plenty of hives for scum online. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/42 "2018-07-19T00:20:50Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > Seriously concerned. > > All I’ve seen lately are posts akin to these; > > 1.) Russia is to blame for everything! > 2.)White people are to blame for all that goes wrong in society and everything is racist. > 3.)Anyone who voted for Trump has a moral and intelligence deficiency because “we are the unequivocal elite standard of morality and intelligence”. > 4.)Ignoring crime statistics and therefore inconvenient facts. > 5.)Police are agents of evil. + The justifying of breaking laws. > > Even GQ has a deficiency of in-depth topics lately. > > Thoughts? > Inevitable insults? > > What gives? Isn’t there anything else to talk about these days or has it dried up? The vulgar, hysterical, and irrational hive mind has driven off most dissent. ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/43 "2018-07-19T00:34:20Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I do miss the days where the big controversy was about shaving pubic areas or placement of tattoos. Or pan-fried semen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/44 "2018-07-19T00:38:42Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The vulgar, hysterical, and irrational hive mind has driven off most dissent. Is this a new theory? Because I thought the usual claim was that all the mods here were unprincipled rabid liberals who gave conservatives a hard time, no? But if this is the new theory to replace the terribly-unfair-mods theory, I have a question. Isn’t the hive mind supposed to be busy indoctrinating millions of innocent students at all those colleges and universities all over the land, each of which I understand to be a sort of liberal cell within the Big Hive? Man, that’s gotta be a big job! And aren’t they supposed to be busy spewing liberal propaganda from every broadcast and print outlet in the world? With all these big jobs going on, how can the Hive possibly have any spare time left to drive conservatives away from a little ol’ message board? ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/45 "2018-07-19T00:40:59Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The vulgar, hysterical, and irrational hive mind has driven off most dissent. This “hive mind” crap bores me. If you(and all the others that claim that dissent is being driven away) are going to stick around, come up with something new. It can’t be so damned awful for y’all here if you can’t find another board that will put up with your constant whining about being persecuted. Or is it that on the conservative boards you would be just another whiny voice amongst all the others? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/46 "2018-07-19T00:41:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Is this a new theory? Because I thought the usual claim was that all the mods here were unprincipled rabid liberals who gave conservatives a hard time, no? But if this is the new theory to replace the terribly-unfair-mods theory, I have a question. > > Isn’t the hive mind supposed to be busy indoctrinating millions of innocent students at all those colleges and universities all over the land, each of which I understand to be a sort of liberal cell within the Big Hive? Man, that’s gotta be a big job! And aren’t they supposed to be busy spewing liberal propaganda from every broadcast and print outlet in the world? > > With all these big jobs going on, how can the Hive possibly have any spare time left to drive conservatives away from a little ol’ message board? A few hours teaching Womyn’s Studies a week leaves a lot of time to post on message boards, smack people with bike locks, smoke a bit of dope, seduce a coed or three, etc. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/47 "2018-07-19T00:42:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This “hive mind” crap bores me. If you(and all the others that claim that dissent is being driven away) are going to stick around, come up with something new. It can’t be so damned awful for y’all here if you can’t find another board that will put up with your constant whining about being persecuted. > Or is it that on the conservative boards you would be just another whiny voice amongst all the others? Conservative boards are often hive minds as well. There’s more to be gained and learned by communication with those you disagree with. ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/48 "2018-07-19T00:44:42Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > A few hours teaching Womyn’s Studies a week leaves a lot of time to post on message boards, smack people with bike locks, smoke a bit of dope, seduce a coed or three, etc. You would think that you could come up with some new stereotypes to cling to. “Womyn’s Studies”? Really? ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/49 "2018-07-19T00:45:54Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Conservative boards are often hive minds as well. There’s more to be gained and learned by communication with those you disagree with. The fact that you are writing this juvenile gibberish demonstrates you have not, in fact, learned anything. ---
**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 19, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/50 "2018-07-19T00:47:12Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Conservative boards are often hive minds as well. There’s more to be gained and learned by communication with those you disagree with. Then I guess all those that you claim have left were just weak-willed right-wingers that didn’t want to learn anything…so why are you whining about them leaving? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/51 "2018-07-19T01:05:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Or pan-fried semen. 😃 Great…now I’m all hungry again. Thanks a LOT. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/52 "2018-07-19T01:13:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s you. > > I’ve come back to the beginning of this post after writing all that stuff below. I came back to say that for those who want a short tl;dr version of it, it’s the following: > > It’s you. You’re a right-wing nut. > > “Fit the bill to” is not a phrase in any language that I’m familiar with. It must be another Trumpism. But I infer that whatever it is you’re trying to say has something to do with Trump. If you don’t see that Trump is both dangerously unqualified and entirely unprincipled, to an extent unlike anyone else who has ever been in that position – someone who is an international embarrassment to the US and to every American in it, a danger to democracy and to the domestic and global economy, a danger to the peaceful world order, and the adoring puppet of a Russian dictator who is an enemy of the US specifically and western democracies generally, then you are totally blinded by narrow-minded ideology and a complete absence of perspective on the world. > No, I don’t think any clarification from you would be very productive, thanks anyway. > > You betcha; you are so “right leaning” that you’ve leaned all the way over and fallen into the swamp and got yourself all covered in shit. > > The only thing worse than “right leaning”. The anarchists who believe government has no legitimate role whatsoever except to protect their guns and property. Most of them haven’t figured out that their ideal role model was pre-2004 Somalia. Sadly, even Somalia now has a working government. Their libertarian paradise has come and gone. > > You worship guns. > > Instead you shit on the rights of those who would prefer not be shot, including school children. You even shit on incontrovertible evidence and plain logic by claiming that “culture” is responsible for the extraordinary off-the-charts level of US gun violence, not gun availability. This thread is not a gun debate, but I’m just pointing out what a fucking immoral and disgraceful moron you are, just like the guy you voted for. Those of us who live anywhere else in the civilized world outside of the US are quite pleased that we and our children live in relatively safe countries. If you believe that we shit on the so-called “rights” of gun nuts who want unlimited and unrestricted access to every kind of gun in any quantity, then let me say we’re quite proud to be rational members of the human race. > You hate government. You just admitted it. You’re a fucking libertarian. I’m not suspicious of government. They’ve never harmed me. They regulate commerce to keep it fair, they regulate the banking industry to keep it healthy, they’ve kept the housing market marvelously robust, they regulate broadcasting and run public broadcasting to keep it balanced and competitive. They pay me a regular pension. They administer my health care coverage. It works just fine. I have no reason to become a paranoid lunatic about government. > > I’ll try, thanks. Alright moron, I’ll bite. 1. Nitpicks over grammar and spelling mistakes? Grow up. The president we share (yes, it is your president too) is plenty qualified, maybe not in your perception where you would like someone kissing every other country’s leader between the ass cheeks like your beloved demigods Hillary and Obama. He may not be likable to many but that is the allure, to have someone who isn’t going to be a big fat sloppy coward lead the country, arrogance goes far in this respect. Keeping other nations on their toes and intimidated by perceived unpredictable behavior is a wonderful thing. All about perspective. The only ass kissing he has done so far t is with Russia but there are many benefits to potentially be made, especially with military. Enough with your Russian conspiracy theories, you lost so stop being a big fuckin baby about it. 2. Being right wing is about preserving the way the country was intended to be principled and run. Not attempts at shredding the constitution on emotional whims. No instead fuckheads like yourself and many others want to emulate other countries experiments with socialist agendas which time and time again have failed or are failing currently. What’s one more try right? 3&4. I do not worship guns, and I do not hate government you idiot. I love government only so much as they protect the rights guaranteed to us. If they attempt or even get an idea to change or dismantle these guarantees, I get suspicious. As should you if you were not a moron. Certain protections are fantastic as long as the price isn’t too big and overreach isn’t occurring. Too much government is for people who cannot control their own lives and need somebody to hold their fuckin hand through everything, like yourself. If you don’t like gun ownership, leave. It is here to stay and it always will, it is part of american culture and a guaranteed right. You will not get rid of them and shit on the rights of the majority to benefit a minority and punish everyone because some shithead goes on a rampage. If you don’t like the way things are here, leave… you will not be missed I promise. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/53 "2018-07-19T01:19:04Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The vulgar, hysterical, and irrational hive mind has driven off most dissent. I’ve noticed. One huge circle-jerk here sometimes. Just a big echo chamber ‘safe space’ for those pounding the sand that life isn’t a fairy tale promised to them as children. Can’t realize that not everyone can be happy and not everyone can be helped not should they in certain circumstances. I started this post in earnest, genuinely curious, now I’m just irate that some wimpy liberal like wolfpup had to engage with me. It’s almost as if they are oblivious to their idiocy sometimes, so much a moron that they cannot realize they are. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/54 "2018-07-19T01:21:38Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Is this a new theory? Because I thought the usual claim was that all the mods here were unprincipled rabid liberals who gave conservatives a hard time, no? But if this is the new theory to replace the terribly-unfair-mods theory, I have a question. > > Isn’t the hive mind supposed to be busy indoctrinating millions of innocent students at all those colleges and universities all over the land, each of which I understand to be a sort of liberal cell within the Big Hive? Man, that’s gotta be a big job! And aren’t they supposed to be busy spewing liberal propaganda from every broadcast and print outlet in the world? > > With all these big jobs going on, how can the Hive possibly have any spare time left to drive conservatives away from a little ol’ message board? Who knows with the amount of wasteful spending liberals engage in, anything is possible. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/55 "2018-07-19T01:23:40Z")
This is a board about fighting ignorance. The right wing of our country has embraced anti-intellectualism as one of its tenants. It is no wonder that this board contains few conservatives. The ones that do survive are either the rare intelligent ones that reject the anti-intellectualism, or only here to try and piss liberals off. Oh, and octopus, when you flip out every time someone tells you you are wrong, you really can’t argue about wanting to learn from people with different opinions. I cannot cite a single instance of you changing your mind, meaning you aren’t here to learn. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/56 "2018-07-19T01:27:13Z")
Ahem, “tenets.” Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/57 "2018-07-19T01:29:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That people can still with a straight face act like Clinton being in charge would have been worse is why I worry a good portion of our electorate is actually delusional. Says the grown adult who lives in Mommy’s basement. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/58 "2018-07-19T01:30:06Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > It kept Hillary out so that’s a good thing. I too want to be controlled by a foreign power because heaven forbid someone with a vagina is in charge. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/59 "2018-07-19T01:30:44Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Wow, just wow. Take a look at what Trump has done. While he’s done a lot of shit, let’s just take one: the child concentration camps. He separated children from their parents at the border and put them in underfunded camps–as a fucking negotiating tactic. If you still support Trump after that, then you deserve to be treated like garbage. If your bullshit about maybe doing better financially under Trump matters more to you than those children, then you get my first “FUCK YOU”. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170/60 "2018-07-19T01:31:28Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > A few hours teaching Womyn’s Studies a week leaves a lot of time to post on message boards, smack people with bike locks, smoke a bit of dope, seduce a coed or three, etc. I hope you’re attractive, because I doubt you offer anything of worth to society otherwise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-sdmb/818170.md?page=4)