# Why does it take forever for pages of the SDMB to load?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-forever-for-pages-of-the-sdmb-to-load/107081>\
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**Created:** [May 3, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-forever-for-pages-of-the-sdmb-to-load/107081 "2002-05-03T15:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-forever-for-pages-of-the-sdmb-to-load/107081/1 "2002-05-03T15:26:09Z")

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It is not my browser. It waits and waits while nothing is being downloaded. No other site behaves this way.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-forever-for-pages-of-the-sdmb-to-load/107081/2 "2002-05-03T15:40:40Z")

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Read the faq from the top of the page.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103503](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103503)