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  1. Sticky thread Sticky: Thunderdome Rules!

    Started by Zuul‎, 07 Jan 2010 06:38 PM
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  1. first pit of the mods

    So what the fuck happened? Did your shift key get stuck from all the raspberry jelly donut filling and semen coating the keyboard? How about some proper capitalization in the forum names, ya tardhumpers? Hostility entirely feigned -- truthfully...

    Started by Ensign Edison‎, 27 Feb 2009 04:54 PM
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  2. I have a post that I wrote to Czarcasm and Rico about...

    ...I wrote a small post (haven't put it up yet, and may not) that I wrote to these two IMHO mods about, asking them if it was too edgy to run in the current atmosphere. To give them both the benefit of the doubt, they may have been too busy to read...

    Started by prr‎, 27 Feb 2009 03:47 PM
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  3. First Pitting!

    Hot damn! I get to pop the new board's Pit cherry. I hereby Pit.......somebody. Somewhere. For something they did or didn't do. Hmmmm....it's usually not this hard. I mean, it's usually rock-hard. That's it. But faced with such a virginal,...

    Started by silenus‎, 26 Feb 2009 01:45 PM
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  4. Fuck you and this message board

    Yeah fuck all y'all and your splinter forum. Now I have yet another forum to cycle through in my forum internet addiction. Thanks a lot! Tinker formerly known as mswas.

    Started by Tinker‎, 27 Feb 2009 07:50 PM
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  5. hey ed, I got two words for you, and one is not birthday

    Forgive me for the two threads at once, but I bit my tongue on the Dope and I need to get it out. Fuck you, buddy. Fuck a whole bunch of you. You're the classic example of the wrecked fighter who thinks he's still got it because nobody's...

    Started by Ensign Edison‎, 27 Feb 2009 05:28 PM
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  6. My ATMB thread was disappeared too.

    This was a surprise. Late last night I posted a thread suggesting Ed just go all the way and ban vulgarities and obscenities altogether. I mentioned a couple of other boards I read (blue collar; landscaping related) where disagreements over work and...

    Started by Starving Artist‎, 02 Mar 2009 09:42 AM
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  7. Oh hooray, the new "Bad Words List" is up...

    Read it and weep. I feel like I woke up in kindergarten this morning! :roll:

    Started by SmartAleq‎, 01 Mar 2009 03:54 PM
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  8. I Pit The Snow

    I pit this fucking snow that's actually sticking to the ground. This is Georgia and this should not be. I'm supposed to get lost looking for Peachtree Street, I'm supposed to respond to "ma'am", I'm supposed to eat grits, and I'm supposed to say,...

    Started by jali‎, 01 Mar 2009 12:56 PM
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  9. Stop the joke pittings, please.

    I get it. It's a new board, and you want to break it in. However, before making a Pit thread just for the hell of it, you might want to check what's already there. By my count, there are four non-serious pittings. Out of fourteen threads in this...

    Started by Captain Carrot‎, 01 Mar 2009 11:15 PM
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  10. This motherfucking cuntlapping Board keeps crashing

    No, it doesn't. And isn't that nice?

    Started by prr‎, 01 Mar 2009 06:58 PM
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  11. Alexa

    Alexa's traffic tracking. No real comment, as everything's already been said, basically. Just thought it was interesting. perhaps most telling is when the Six Month and Rank tabs are both selected.

    Started by Santo Rugger‎, 02 Mar 2009 11:49 PM
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  12. pepperlandgirl, if you please....

    In response to this: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=37#p291 Fuck you, you inconsiderate cunt! I wait all fucking week for Battlestar Galactica to download, which it does sans preview, and I don't want my experience of gleeful anticipation ruined because some...

    Started by Alan Smithee‎, 01 Mar 2009 01:24 AM
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  13. IS Ed Zotti really Cecil Adams?

    I don't know if this should go in GQ, but figured I'd start it off here, since it's something that probably will garner more opinions than facts among our users. What's the...uh, Straight Dope on this?

    Started by lorene‎, 01 Mar 2009 10:19 AM
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  14. Shock! Horror! Doper in TV scandal!

    Forgive my poor memory, but a female Doper recently announced she was playing in a University Challenge final. The lady was playing for Corpus Christi, who soundly trashed my home town team, Manchester University. Anyhoo, I hear on the radio this...

    Started by ivan astikov‎, 02 Mar 2009 06:38 PM
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  15. I can't "Clink" the TV Licencing mob!?

    I wanted to give them a bloody good pitting, ffs! Yeah, you BBC! You fucking wannabe jackbooted tyrants can go piss out your nostrils, if you think you will ever get a penny out of me. I rarely watch tv at the most desperate of times, so why...

    Started by ivan astikov‎, 02 Mar 2009 11:55 AM
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  16. 1. Pie 2. Marianas 3. Hi, Opal

    Three things I will be very happy not to see referred to on a non-SD board, thank you very much. If this is the only benefit to migrating to a new board, it's great that we can leave some of that old shit behind us. And develop some new shit!!

    Started by prr‎, 02 Mar 2009 02:11 PM
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  17. Stupid, greedy and clumsy motherfuckers

    Last week, Volvo (trucks, not cars) announced that they'll be raising the limit on executive bonuses from 50% to 60% of the yearly pay. This will affect about 250 execs. Nice. Those guys on the board really have their finger on the pulse of things....

    Started by Claptree‎, 03 Mar 2009 07:00 PM
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  18. Baldwin suspended for a month

    http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... p?t=508932 Try not to take it so hard, bro. Skip has been on a dickhead roll lately, and Marley's a fucknugget.

    Started by Oakminster‎, 03 Mar 2009 01:36 AM
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  19. My Shark Jump Meassage Board thread CLOSED on the SDMB

    Not sure where to post this so I put it in here. I recently started a Pit thread on the SDMB about how I thought that the Shark Jump Message Board was a cute way to refer to the SDMB. You can find it here...

    Started by I Love Me, Vol. I‎, 01 Mar 2009 09:12 PM
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  20. Ha ha ha!

    memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=422 Ha ha ha. HA HA HA HA HA HA! Heh heh. HA HA HA HA HA HA!

    Started by Roo‎, 03 Mar 2009 10:51 PM
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  21. Passive Resistance on the Dope

    I propose a new tactic to protest Ed's changes. Passive Resistance. As of now, I am officially on strike from both GQ and GD over there. Not that I really contributed enough to matter in GD, but I did participate in GQ threads, mostly on...

    Started by Oakminster‎, 03 Mar 2009 11:25 PM
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  22. Those sick fucks are editing people's posts!

    What. The. Fuck! http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... stcount=15 I. I just. I honestly don't even know what to say about this. I. It's just. Wrong. Delete the damn thing. Erase it. Send it to Siberia. But in the name of everything...

    Started by Liberal‎, 02 Mar 2009 02:23 PM
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  23. Omar Bakri - Banned but still causing trouble

    I note from the news that Muslim hate preacher Omar Bakri has once again been calling for the creation of an islamic state in the UK. ...

    Started by Walker in Eternity‎, 02 Mar 2009 07:15 AM
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  24. Asking for money already?

    I don't have a big rant planned out, and i was a member here before i was a member of any other splinter board. But actually asking for money already? Seriously..

    Started by The J Word‎, 05 Mar 2009 10:26 AM
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  25. Giraffe Boards

    Giraffe, I've always liked you. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... p?t=508842 Damn, damn, damn. This isn't going to help, and the fragmenting I was worried about will happen.

    Started by fisheroo‎, 02 Mar 2009 12:09 PM
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  26. Ed apologises (and takes a pay cut)

    Deleted. Beaten to it.

    Started by NineToTheSky‎, 07 Mar 2009 05:31 AM
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  27. Stupid fucking Sims!

    So I'm trying to create a new character (this would be Sims 1), and for some reason, one of the female head meshes keeps crashing my game! And because it stops right before you get to the problem one, I obviously can't figure out WHICH one it is,...

    Started by Guinastasia‎, 07 Mar 2009 12:51 AM
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  28. Can the SDMB ever make a profit?

    I've been lurking and reading some of the threads here and back there, and I've noticed that quite a few people are saying that the management at Creative Loafing ("CL") wants to turn the board into a revenue stream. I've heard similar before, but...

    Started by caffeine.addict‎, 07 Mar 2009 11:55 AM
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  29. The Blind Men and the Message Board

    I'm a little reluctant to post this, because I'm actually NOT one of the people who are super-fed-up with Ed Zotti or the SDMB. But the thing, like, practically just wrote itself. So, FWIW, here it is... pretend someone else posted it! And...

    Started by Borborygmi‎, 04 Mar 2009 03:48 PM
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  30. SDMB threads moved to the Offboard forum

    CRSP and QED were kind enough to start a new subforum exclusively for discussion about the SDMB. It doesn't matter what forum they might otherwise belong to, if it's about the SDMB or another splinter board, it goes in Offboard. It's not that we...

    Started by MsRobyn‎, 02 Mar 2009 02:56 PM
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  31. Hostile Dialect--Welcome to the Thunderdome

    There's a thread in "About DoMeBo Forums" called "Not keeping me logged in." (The current link is viewtopic.php?f=3&t=489, but I don't know if that will change.) In this thread, the OP politely lets our new overlords know that since the switch...

    Started by Green Bean‎, 06 Mar 2009 01:10 PM
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  32. I guess this will be the first REAL Clinking of this board

    For some unknown reason, the host site here has blocked my home ISP (Verizon fios!) and domebo won't even load. CRSP has been kind enough to make inquiries, and since I know he's got a lot on his plate, I certainly understand that he can't sit on...

    Started by Jill‎, 04 Mar 2009 11:38 AM
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  33. Goddamn you

    It figures. I'm just now getting around to where I'm waking up feeling refreshed, I get to bed at a decent hour and I am finally feeling like I can catch up with sleep and get into a normal sleep pattern again. Then I look at my calendar for this...

    Started by XJETGIRLX‎, 04 Mar 2009 09:38 AM
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  34. I've got something to say about The Straight Dope

    Since the new Pit rules were announced, I've been going over this in my head (with a few indications over there of my feelings on them). I think I've got it straight now what is bugging me. I have not been a "Chicken Little" poster there - we've...

    Started by featherlou‎, 27 Feb 2009 03:04 PM
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  35. Causing problems on SDMB

    Guys, I'm not going to pretend to be able to tell you what to do on the SDMB (or, for the most part, on this site, for that matter :P). However, I do not think it is a good idea that we cause an "us vs. them" mentality, or cause problems over on...

    Started by CRSP‎, 02 Mar 2009 06:47 AM
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  36. Why I hope the SD stays in business:

    Seriously. On one level, fuck Ed with a rusty entrenching tool, right in his gaping cunt. But on another more serious level (though is it possible to be more serious than that last image?) I would like to access the storeholds of sheer knowledge...

    Started by prr‎, 07 Mar 2009 06:13 PM
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  37. I pit with extreme loathing the RCMP

    This video is disturbing: RCMP taser man to death. This case has become infamous here in BC and in Poland. The long and the short of it is that a Polish man was left to wander around Vancouver airport for 10 hours upon his arrival. His...

    Started by vison‎, 04 Mar 2009 12:38 PM
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  38. I guess I've resigned from the SDMB.

    It was a heat-of-the-moment thing. I really didn't go there intending to quit the Dope. But I've said my piece and it would be hypocritical for me to keep participating there. See here. And here. I haven't really been going there anyway....

    Started by Hostile Dialect‎, 04 Mar 2009 05:56 AM
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  39. Seeing a change already, I think

    I was just visiting the Dope and I came across this thread - The White House Gets a Swingset. I had a moment of cognitive dissonance - I thought I was in Giraffe Boards, and was disappointed in how schoolmarmy they were being, and it wasn't until...

    Started by featherlou‎, 06 Mar 2009 01:30 PM
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  40. Need to vent about work...

    I have this huge network upgrade to do tonight at 10PM. Before we do upgrades, we like to do performance testing before (baseline) and after and compare performance statistics. If the testing following the work isn't at least as good or better...

    Started by Dudley Garrett‎, 07 Mar 2009 07:30 AM
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  41. QED, you need to read the rule book

    http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... stcount=37 Rule 38, section II, paragraph 4, subsection 12, item d, states: Anything said about Lynn Bodoni is a personal insult, and is forbidden here, there, and everwhere. This includes, but is...

    Started by Liberal‎, 09 Mar 2009 07:16 AM
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  42. 37,601

    I decided to leave a formal goodbye. And a plug. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... p?t=509484

    Started by Liberal‎, 07 Mar 2009 09:58 AM
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  43. Who's Close To SDMB Mutiny?

    I was wondering over here in our alter-world how many displaced people feel like having a cathartic moment on the Dope, and by that I mean basically going out in a blaze of vitriol, giving hearty "fuck you's" to everyone necessary, knowing you'll be...

    Started by Phalanx‎, 01 Mar 2009 10:49 PM
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  44. The SDMB Moderators -- WWYD?

    I've been thinking about this off and on for a few days now. Ed's poorly-communicated and oft-misunderstood direction seems to have pushed moderators to their limits, especially those of ATMB and The BBQ Pit. Due to this, I've noticed extremes in...

    Started by Dudley Garrett‎, 02 Mar 2009 08:30 PM
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  45. Non-Descriptive thread titles

    Please, please PLEASE can we make it something of a "don't do that" here? And actually stick by it? At the old boards I'd see it here and there.. And the mods would change it.. Sometimes. But already here I see a thread called "Goddamn you" and ...

    Started by Clayton_e‎, 10 Mar 2009 03:11 AM
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  46. Posters from SDMB you hope DON'T migrate over here?

    I'll be the first to take one for the team. I hope that Carol Stream doesn't bother coming over here. I don't think I've ever seen her post when she wasn't being a total twat. Go on, who's next.

    Started by alice_in_wonderland‎, 27 Feb 2009 03:03 PM
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  47. So NOW you give a shit! Fucking bank.

    My company had a bank account at a local bank. It was an investment account, not used for daily activity. We had that account for many years. And for many years there was no activity other than monthly statements sent and an annual flourry of...

    Started by wring‎, 11 Mar 2009 10:10 AM
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  48. We need a verb

    While I love the name Thunderdome because of its imagery, one of the best things about the name "The Pit" is that it lends itself to so many handy conjugations. "I Pit your face!" "I Pitted your mother last night." "Young man, if you don't behave...

    Started by Myrnalene‎, 09 Mar 2009 07:07 AM
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  49. If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance.... (SDMB bling)

    http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... p?t=509932 Tuba has announced that some new features are being turned on, starting with RSS feeds. I think that's probably a good idea, but I question the timing. Why now? Is this a bandaid to...

    Started by Soul‎, 11 Mar 2009 10:58 AM
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  50. So tell me about torrents.

    As I understand the rules, we are free to talk about torrents here in the Thunderdome, as long as direct links are confined to PMs. So here I go: I just discovered torrents, and they are an enormous boon* as I live out in the sticks with no...

    Started by Petrobey‎, 09 Mar 2009 03:05 AM
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    13 Mar 2009 06:45 PM Go to last post

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