# What the fuck is up with the sorting? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 16, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736 "2004-09-16T20:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/1 "2004-09-16T20:52:10Z")
Am I the only one? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/2 "2004-09-16T20:55:32Z")
It’s the time stamps, they were all outta whack. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/3 "2004-09-16T21:22:36Z")
Tell me about it. I can’t even post. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/4 "2004-09-16T21:22:47Z")
Whoops. All better now. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/5 "2004-09-16T21:38:15Z")
Actually, it’s still happening. In one thread someone appears to be responding to me before I even posted. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/6 "2004-09-16T21:48:20Z")
I just had a reply post to the middle of a thread, twice. V. confusing, probably, although I can’t tell if anyone responded because I can’t find their posts either… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/7 "2004-09-16T22:05:13Z")
My reply in GD in the homosexuality and the bible thread got placed two up from the bottom. Where it is now, the post after it looks like a sureally sarcastic response to what I’d said. 😛 Oh! and Bippy is posting from the future! It’s definitely not “today 9pm” PST yet, unlike the date stamp on his reply claims. I hope they fix it soon. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/8 "2004-09-16T22:05:35Z")
It’s 6:04 pm where I’m at. I just read a post timestamped 8:34 pm. And I **know** I chose the correct time zone in my User CP. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/9 "2004-09-16T22:37:20Z")
Weird all right. My page is set to GMT-7m and as of this writing it calls out the time as 3:36 p. m. Other posts are being counted as later in the future. That gives me an idea. Would somebody hop up about 55 hours from now and check out the California Lottery website. I need to know which numbers to buy for the Super Lotto drawing this Saturday. And don’t tell anyone you’re doing this for me. The jackpot is only seventeen million dollars, and it’s going to be spread pretty thin if it gets distributed among forty-eight thousand people. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/10 "2004-09-16T22:43:16Z")
The folks at Straight Dope have decided to give us a glimpse of relativistic effects. Whoa, Dude! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/11 "2004-09-16T22:43:34Z")
Someone was joking a few days ago that the board was going so fast, he’d be able to respond to his own post before he posted it. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/12 "2004-09-16T22:55:28Z")
Jerry said there was some strangeness in the wake of the work on the system today. Hopefully it’s all sorted out now and everything’s back to where it should be, only better. Please send me email if it’s not and I’ll try to alert Jerry, though this time of night, especially after today . . . no promises. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/13 "2004-09-17T00:46:14Z")
So does this mean I’m on my own for the lotto numbers? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/14 "2004-09-17T01:29:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Jerry said there was some strangeness in the wake of the work on the system today. Hopefully it’s all sorted out now and everything’s back to where it should be, only better. > > Please send me email if it’s not and I’ll try to alert Jerry, though this time of night, especially after today . . . no promises. > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator Maybe it’s still daytime where Jerry is. Or maybe he hasn’t even done the work on the board where he is. OR maybe he corrected the problem before it happened. ::::💫:::::need sleep::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/15 "2004-09-17T01:35:46Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Maybe it’s still daytime where Jerry is. Or maybe he hasn’t even done the work on the board where he is. OR maybe he corrected the problem before it happened. > > ::::💫:::::need sleep::::::: Don’t worry, **Sam** – **Jerry** ’s good. He already fixed it, tomorrow! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/16 "2004-09-17T02:05:20Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Don’t worry, **Sam** – **Jerry** ’s good. He already fixed it, tomorrow! 🙂 Wait! How did you know that _last week_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/17 "2004-09-17T02:27:46Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Wait! How did you know that _last week_? > 😃 You don’t have a subscription to the Ferdinand Feghoot Newsletter? :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-up-with-the-sorting/264736/18 "2004-09-18T18:04:26Z")
I go away for a day and look what happens! I can’t leave you kids alone for a minute can I?!