# You know What This Board Lacks? A Dope Slap Rating! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 4, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284 "2020-06-04T02:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/1 "2020-06-04T02:30:59Z")
> **[In memory of Tom, gimme a "dope slap" source](http://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2014/11/in-memory-of-tom-gimme-dope-slap-source.html)** > > Tom and Ray Magliozzi's long run on public radio has included lots of language fun, as remembrances of Tom, who died last Monday, do not neg... Tester ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/2 "2020-06-04T14:04:19Z")
There may be a tendency to “pile on” here @Tester. And then of course there will be the retaliatory dope slaps and a “pile on” from supporters. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/3 "2020-06-04T14:19:31Z")
I think it will cause more trouble than it’s worth. Maybe we should just continue to use our words to disagree instead of an anonymous, virtual slap upside the head. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/4 "2020-06-04T15:45:46Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > I think it will cause more trouble than it’s worth. Maybe we should just continue to use our words to disagree instead of an anonymous, virtual slap upside the head. +1 Some other forums have an icon (a “head smack”) to indicate that someone has posted a hare-brained idea, but this site lacks that icon, and I think that this omission was intentional. The less rancor, the better, IMHO. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/5 "2020-06-04T16:03:42Z")
I agree with others who commented above. And for what it’s worth, the longer the show has been out of current production (besides the podcast), when people google around looking for help and come to post here, they may not have the context from the show. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/6 "2020-06-04T16:26:22Z")
> **[As Read: Volvo Dope Slap](https://www.cartalk.com/radio/letter/volvo-dope-slap-1)** > > I was recently traveling on vacation with my wife and two sons, 10 and 12. Werented a family size car from Hertz and were lucky enough to be assigned afairly new Volvo S80. A very nice car (with a totally unexpected feature), but one I may find... Tester ---
**Author:** ![Manolito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/manolito/32/3070_2.png) [@Manolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Manolito)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/7 "2020-06-04T17:31:30Z")
Dope slaps are best administered by our spouses. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/8 "2020-06-04T21:34:43Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Some other forums have an icon (a “head smack”) to indicate that someone has posted a hare-brained idea Like this ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/4/848c6e4e804d543fb37939605f4ea0eb90047578.png) or this ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/d/fd1bc909acc80243a1b9f9ef6f1708b0edc16421.png) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/9 "2020-06-04T21:39:47Z")
No, like this: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/c/6c350eadc5917ea20a3b21b6d129ecf5b3a2a74a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/10 "2020-06-04T22:52:38Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/6/1677b94272c80d7f1bd02f3269b443288d9a8390.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/11 "2020-06-04T23:22:23Z")
Dope slap. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/2/62c5ee1788683e9328c05f9049445e867888dcae.jpeg "Dope Slap 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdvTyXGWeTk) Tester ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-know-what-this-board-lacks-a-dope-slap-rating/165284/12 "2020-06-05T02:28:29Z")
![dope slap](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/e98b8fb7b3712822f4f9b729ae3bdc4129b115ef.jpeg) ![quad capt facepalm](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/5/591e1cc789a34ff45c36f87907c4a78030395e90.jpeg)