fixed
apparently, there was a invisible forum in private discussion I must of skipped over that has the name "General Discussion" also (it's actually the old old old 'open discussion' forum from 2002)....renamed it, and everything is fine now
*edit: I changed an option in vBulletin that changes timestamps into detailed phrases. For example, you don't have to look at the clock anymore and calculate how long the last post was, for as now, it will say '15 minutes ago' or '1 week ago'. I personally like it, but can always change it back if I'm the only one
