# What's not allowed even in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875 "2014-01-15T15:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/1 "2014-01-15T15:41:32Z")
Title says it all. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/2 "2014-01-15T15:43:09Z")
Calling someone a cunt, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/3 "2014-01-15T15:45:38Z")
Threatening a poster with physical harm, wishing harm/death on another poster, saying “Fuck you” to a poster, calling them any variation using the word “fuck,” and threatening the Dope in general with legal action of any sort. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/4 "2014-01-15T15:47:10Z")
Not to be snarky or anything, but have you considered reading the rules and then asking questions about anything you don’t understand? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/5 "2014-01-15T15:55:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Title says it all. Criticizing mods for official acts. Advocating illegal activities. Discussing banned members. Confusing “their” and “they’re”. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/6 "2014-01-15T16:00:18Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Title says it all. [Sticky #1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=527897) [Sticky #2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858) [Sticky #3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507985) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/7 "2014-01-15T16:33:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Criticizing mods for official acts. Not allowed in the Pit, but allowed in ATMB. > [@](#): > > Discussing banned members. Disputing the reasons for a ban is permitted in ATMB. > [@](#): > > Advocating illegal activities. Not permitted in any forum. The specific wording is: “You agree not to post material that in our opinion fosters or promotes activity that is illegal in the U.S.” > [@](#): > > Confusing “their” and “they’re”. This is a bannable offense in any forum.😉 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/8 "2014-01-15T16:38:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Confusing “their” and “they’re”. It’s, its. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/9 "2014-01-15T16:45:10Z")
Violating conservation of mass and energy. Murder. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/10 "2014-01-15T17:15:33Z")
Wearing white after Labor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/11 "2014-01-15T17:16:47Z")
lolcats. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/12 "2014-01-15T17:19:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not to be snarky or anything, but have you considered reading the rules and then asking questions about anything you don’t understand? That’s not the sort of thing you rush into. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/13 "2014-01-15T17:23:21Z")
Copyright violations are not allowed. So if you’re pitting somebody, be original. Don’t just cut and paste some old Sam Kinison routine. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/14 "2014-01-15T18:24:40Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > It’s, its. Your, you’re. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/15 "2014-01-15T18:29:54Z")
There, there. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/16 "2014-01-15T20:39:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There, there. This is true. Even in the Pit, there is no “there there” there. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/17 "2014-01-15T20:48:13Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There, there. Hear, hear. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/18 "2014-01-16T04:00:05Z")
So, I suppose wishing another poster had a paper cut so I could squirt lemon juice on it is forbidden. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/19 "2014-01-16T10:32:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > threatening the Dope in general with legal action of any sort. Also, threatening to sue another poster. The owners of the Dope do not want to be arrested. They do not want to be sued. They do not want to be called as witnesses in someone else’s arrest or lawsuit. If they go anywhere near a courthouse, they want it to be as journalists covering a case in which they have absolutely no involvement. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875/20 "2014-01-17T21:00:29Z")
Talking about your cats or pets in general without posting photos. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-not-allowed-even-in-the-pit/678875.md?page=2)