# You know how sometimes new posters show up thinking this is a drug forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981 "2014-11-07T14:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/1 "2014-11-07T14:30:14Z")
Whatever could give them that idea? From the latest issue of the Reader: [http://i.imgur.com/bTiv3kn.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/bTiv3kn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/2 "2014-11-07T16:06:06Z")
That’s idiotic. That’s the best graphic design they could come up with? I’d be willing to bet the board members could come up with a dozen better options by lunchtime. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/3 "2014-11-07T19:39:40Z")
Yeah, it’s always been an issue. You should have seen it when we used to have chats; some people were sure this was the place to go to get your dope on and they were very disappointed that it was not 4:20 over here. ---
**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 7, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/4 "2014-11-07T19:46:14Z")
It’s 4:20 somewhere. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/5 "2014-11-07T19:47:18Z")
He’s right, though. It sure doesn’t help when it’s the publisher making the erroneous connection for the potential new posters. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/6 "2014-11-07T19:58:24Z")
And before anybody frets about money being spent on this kind of advertising (vs board upkeep or something) - I doubt SD or the Reader are paying for that space. Most likely it’s unsold page space that they fill it up w/ their own property’s ads. TV and cable networks do that a lot to - use unsold inventory to run their own spots just so that something is filling the time. I just found it pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/7 "2014-11-07T20:11:08Z")
Well, it’s topical given the election results. And Cecil could use the publicity, especially if it is essentially free. > [@Smeghead](#): > > That’s idiotic. That’s the best graphic design they could come up with? I’d be willing to bet the board members could come up with a dozen better options by lunchtime. You would think. But when a proposal was floated for member designed t-shirts, I think there were all of 2 entries, one of them preposterously amateurish.[sup]1[/sup] Someone with skill needs to open a Deviant Art account and start churning out the images. [sup]1[/sup]Hey, I never claimed to have any art ability. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/8 "2014-11-08T19:16:17Z")
I am an experienced deviant. Does that count? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-sometimes-new-posters-show-up-thinking-this-is-a-drug-forum/703981/9 "2014-11-08T19:50:10Z")
Knowledge is better than any drug. Which, of course is hardly true. But it’s gotta be better than meth.