# Whatever happened to manhattan?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384 "2010-11-12T03:00:16Z")\
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**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:** [November 12, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/8 "2010-11-12T04:01:36Z")

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And manhattan’s best remembered post:

> [@How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-ie-from-automatically-chenging-the-text-size/143703/24):
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> I don’t use a client - I use Yahoo! mail. I have IE 6.02. You’re seriously telling me bcullman that no browser suddenly starts spinning the pointer, as if looking for an update or something, then changes the text size when finished? Bullshit. Help me, don’t help me, but don’t just invwent an answer please. I happen to know that Mac browsers so this all the time, Mr. Web developer.
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> sailor, Hail Ants, I wasn’t talking to you. What are you, the fucking hall monitors?

> [@How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-ie-from-automatically-chenging-the-text-size/143703/26):
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> As it happens, _I_ am the fucking hall monitor. If you don’t want help, don’t ask. You insult another user and you’re done here. That is _not_ how we do things here.
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> So knock it off.

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