That explains why I suddenly noticed the lack of pages last night. And why I suddenly can't load some of the larger topics around here anymore, now that I think about it.
Edit: I'm editing all my really big useless posts into this so you don't waste your time reading them. If I should just leave them how they are then tell me and I'll stop editing them, but I think it would be better to not waste room on the page and stop if someone tells me to, than leaving them here to be annoying.
Nate seems to think the fact that the social topic couldn't open during this is further proof phpbb sucks donkey balls. I don't see where much of anything could do better, but eh.
Someone DID load the entire social topic yesterday (Kejardon). So, no, it's not php that sucks (although php does suck); it's just the hugeness of the topic.