# Why.....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626 "2003-05-21T20:01:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![irishbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishbird)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/1 "2003-05-21T20:01:59Z")

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… is The Straight Dope so-called? Is it to do with stupidity or smokin’? 😃

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/2 "2003-05-21T20:18:05Z")

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Dope is also a slang term for information.

Haj

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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/3 "2003-05-21T20:22:56Z")

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also - welcome to the boards. Perhaps, if you don’t mind, I may make a suggestion? check out the thread in About This Message Board for hints about posting etiquette here. For example, having a one word thread title w/o a hint of what’s inside often is something that annoys.

and you really do wish to check out :

a. the descriptions of forums (what kind of threads go where)

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b. the other forums themselves.

(hint, this forum was possibly not the best one for this question)

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**Author:** ![irishbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishbird)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/4 "2003-05-21T20:37:17Z")

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oops… _sidles out_

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/5 "2003-05-21T23:48:39Z")

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You mean this isn’t the message board for stupid heterosexuals?

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**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/176626/6 "2003-05-22T01:21:09Z")

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No, that would be Fox News.