# What would you do if SDMB failed to exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555 "2012-04-12T13:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/21 "2012-04-14T21:21:03Z")
For me its about 10 min a day, no great loss as the level of quality posts has been going downhill for awhile now. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/22 "2012-04-14T21:44:13Z")
I would win the Board Death Pool ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/23 "2012-04-14T22:18:57Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Not much impact on me nowadays since I don’t visit SDMB much (although I’ve been reading through the Straight Dope archives, does that disappear too?) Dude, we can see how often you post you know. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/24 "2012-04-14T22:27:27Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Not much impact on me nowadays since I don’t visit SDMB much (although I’ve been reading through the Straight Dope archives, does that disappear too?) Why are you posting less? I hope we haven’t driven you out into the real world. You catch a lot of flak, but you’re a valued member here. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/25 "2012-04-14T22:27:42Z")
I’d just find another board. Though ones of this caliber are few and far between. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/26 "2012-04-14T23:15:07Z")
More at Giraffe, a very little bit at snopes, my alcohol consumption would go up, probably read books on my shelf that have languished for years, maybe travel a bit more, work at a soup kitchen. Shit like that. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/27 "2012-04-14T23:28:01Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Why are you posting less? I hope we haven’t driven you out into the real world. You catch a lot of flak, but you’re a valued member here. Don’t worry, I’m just busy nowadays with schoolwork and all. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/28 "2012-04-15T00:35:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I post on the Giraffe Board. The main flaw of that board is it has much less traffic than here. But I expect that would change if this board closed. Yep, me too. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/29 "2012-04-15T00:40:57Z")
Giraffeboards is nothing but a den of iniquity and madness. I do love it so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/30 "2012-04-15T00:56:39Z")
Unfortunatly, the Dope is blocked from work right now so it’s loss wouldn’t have a major effect on me. I’d be bummed since I still like to spend my down time here. I guess I’d hang out at Girrafe more but I really don’t have a back up plan since that’s the only splinter board I even remember any more. Well maybe I’d spend more time at some of the mafia boards. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/31 "2012-04-15T03:13:15Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > There’s an “Outside” now? > Who knew.. [The Outernet](http://wronghands1.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/the-outernet.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/32 "2012-04-15T03:21:40Z")
♪I’d go outside. (You’d go outside?) Outside’s great 'cause it goes world-wide!♫ I would spend a little more time at other sites that I currently visit infrequently, but mostly I’d just read a lot more. It’s what I did before the dope so I assume it’s what I would do after. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/33 "2012-04-15T03:25:51Z")
I’d pretty much shrug about it = this is no longer my primary online social network (and online is no longer my primary source of interactions with people) - while I still come here regularly, my main online friendships have moved elsewhere. You guys are great, but I wasn’t checking much here for a couple of years, and there are so many people I don’t recognize anymore, that it no longer feels like my online home. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/34 "2012-04-15T03:34:17Z")
Yeah, well while you were out we turned your room into a home office anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/35 "2012-04-15T03:45:07Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, well while you were out we turned your room into a home office anyway. Excellent! Is there a sleeper sofa? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/36 "2012-04-15T05:08:37Z")
Cry ☹ No really, I’d have no place to get all my burning questions answered. I’d probably spend more time at the Giraffe boards, and on Reddit. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/37 "2012-04-15T05:18:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’d relent and join the Giraffe boards, as I think most people who really cared would. That board would then become SDMB with fewer rules. You should only read, or post on the Giraffe board if watching paint dry is just too fast for you. Glaciers receed faster than the content changes there. And I mean that in the nicest way. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/38 "2012-04-15T09:23:10Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [The Outernet](http://wronghands1.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/the-outernet.jpg) How sad is it that the first thing I thought of when I saw that was, “Oooh! Gotta post that to Facebook!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/39 "2012-04-15T12:52:58Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > How sad is it that the first thing I thought of when I saw that was, “Oooh! Gotta post that to Facebook!” :smack: Even sadder is that’s where I originally saw it… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555/40 "2012-04-15T13:44:21Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > How sad is it that the first thing I thought of when I saw that was, “Oooh! Gotta post that to Facebook!” :smack: I did, too. Got tons of likes. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-sdmb-failed-to-exist/618555.md?page=3)