# Why the hell wasn't I banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191 "2007-03-16T13:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/141 "2007-03-19T14:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] \you would expect a little respect around here. [/QUOTE] And a little respect is exactly what you get! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/142 "2007-03-19T14:54:40Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Maybe he was trying to start a new thread about masturbation, and just mis-posted? [/QUOTE] Or mis-fired. Easy enough to do if you’re not posting it like a motherfuck. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/143 "2007-03-19T15:04:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] wankers [/QUOTE] > [@featherlou](#): > > Yes, full marks for brevity. Not even a capitalization at the start or a period after. Messy. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/144 "2007-03-19T15:23:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] All this attitude and a lisp too. Go figure. [/QUOTE] Sorry to beat a dead horse 'n all, but holy crap **Cervaise** , that was funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/145 "2007-03-19T16:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] > [@](#): > > How do I learn to be verbose? > At present I am too succinct - this often leads to problems. [/QUOTE] Oh my gosh, that is a hilarious post. I think Cryptoderk is a comic genius. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/146 "2007-03-19T17:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] I’m busy coming up with a pithy reply that will answer all the criticism here in three hundred words or less. … [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cryptoderk] wankers [/QUOTE] Not the magnum opus we were all waiting for! CMC fnord! Why do they all promise more that they can deliver? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/147 "2007-03-19T17:24:29Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] The Hemmingway of the SDMB. [/QUOTE] Poor Cryptoderk. Tried hard. Never banned. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/148 "2007-03-19T17:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] Who will think of the children? :mad: [/QUOTE] The ones in [prison for a day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8362775&postcount=30), you mean? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/149 "2007-03-19T17:30:26Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I have NO IDEA if they will ever be implemented. Don’t get your hopes up. This was discussed at least a couple of years ago, and I’ve heard nothing further. I’d like to see it happen, but I’d like to see a lot of things happen. [/QUOTE] I just refered to myself in an email as Amazing Science Resource Woman (really, it was relevent). Save that one for me, 'k? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/150 "2007-03-19T18:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] To be more succinct, you could have used an [interrobang.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang) [/QUOTE] I don’t think we can be that succinct on these boards – two character rule. ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/151 "2007-03-19T23:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] two character rule. [/QUOTE]   ? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/152 "2007-03-19T23:51:21Z")
[QUOTE=Puzzler] ? [/QUOTE] !!! ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/153 "2007-03-19T23:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] !!! [/QUOTE] You cheated!!! ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/154 "2007-03-20T00:00:15Z")
!! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/155 "2007-03-20T01:07:29Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/156 "2007-03-20T01:24:48Z")
Nothing, I see nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/157 "2007-03-20T01:42:33Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] Nothing, I see nothing! [/QUOTE] O rly? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/158 "2007-03-20T01:47:35Z")
Cool. We can talk in this invisible font and the mods will never know what we’re saying!!! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/159 "2007-03-20T01:55:04Z")
Awesome! I hear **Tomndebb** smells like elderberries! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/160 "2007-03-20T01:55:24Z")
Well colour me confused and hit me with a stick! How do you do that? I keep getting: “The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen you message to at least 2 characters.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=9)