Blow it out your ass, The Ryan

[Monty]

This is in response to your fucking stupid admonition, to wit:

Monty, your attitude is not appropiate for GD. Furthermore, as silly as it is to argue against something that someone only implied, it is even more silly to argue against it when the person has explicitly said that he was not serious.

Where it was quite clear that my attitude was, and still is, appropriate.

This is in the thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=97987.

[astro]

Well... I think the "attitude" he was referring to was your direct statement that the poster you were responding to (Hemlock) was being "racist" which is kind of a stink bomb to lob in a GD thread unless there is some direct evidence of this other than some degree of annoying cultural obtuseness. I saw Hemlock pressing your buttons like a three year old playing "Whack a Mole" and being deliberately provocative with you but I didn't quite see "racism".

You obviously got pissed when he called your argument "crap" but you were a bit over the top with the racism comment and got called on it by The Ryan.

You really should have addressed this in GD. There was no need to bring this to The Pit. Now you look like a sulking baby, which is ironic because your argument was superior.

[Monty]

Actually, I brought this to the Pit so I could use the curse word.

Regardless of the "stinkbombness" of the comment, Hemlock was being racist. The cues: "they are" and his posting of unsubstantiated opinions about Japan's military as though they are Facts From On HighTM*. Also, IMHO, Hemlock was backpedalling on the "uniform" comment. It's fine and dandy to say, "I was just joking." Excpet, of course, when the rest of the post pretty well proves that it wasn't a joke.



*"Whose trademark is that, you ask? Why, mine of course! Actually, it's not; however, I just wanted to be the first to accuse me of it.

[Duck Duck Goose]

I saw Hemlock pushing your buttons, too, Monty. ;) And, FWIW, I also thought this--"Japan needs to become a "normal" country"--came across, if not exactly as "racist", still as, well, what's the word I want? Bigoted? Prejudiced? Clearly it means that the Japanese are not "normal", and they need to become "normal".

Which I disagreed with strongly, but it being the sort of GD thing I don't normally touch with a 10-foot pole, because it always ends in tears, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for calling him on it, even if you did have to use the "R" word and piss off The Ryan.

Well worth it, IMO. :D

And now I am going to yield to temptation and go look for Prussian uniforms.

"Google in the morning,
Google in the evening,
Google at supper--TIIIIME..."

[Monty]

Astro,

FYI, I had already pointed out how racist Hemlock's "argument" was in that thread long before he chimed in with the "crap" comment.

[SPOOFE]

I notice that The Ryan is always quick to criticize and admonish people for their behavior, and yet is seemingly incapable of holding his own in check. Curious.

[Bossk]

Originally posted by SPOOFE
I notice that The Ryan is always quick to criticize and admonish people for their behavior, and yet is seemingly incapable of holding his own in check. Curious.

Yeah, the Pit ain't fun without a pile-on. Right, 'Fridge?

[SPOOFE]

Hey, Toy. Where ya been? I was starting to think you weren't stalkin' me no more.

[Una Persson]

"Fridge"? :confused:

[Gary Kumquat]

Originally posted by Anthracite
"Fridge"? :confused:

Anth, I hate to be the person to break the news to you, but Spoofe is a fraud. Rather than the theatre working masturbation specialist he claims to be, Spoofe is in fact an Internet Enabled Fridge. (http://www.t3.co.uk/gadgets/review.asp?ID=1418).

[Bossk]

Originally posted by Anthracite
"Fridge"? :confused:

Oh, sorry. I've forgotten that you puckish dopers don't register any event that happened before 1989.

Like SPOOFE, William "Refrigerator" Perry had an intense skin problem.

Like SPOOFE, William Perry was court-ordered to get in touch with his anger.

Like SPOOFE, William Perry liked to pile on.

Unlike SPOOFE, William Perry won a Superbowl ring for his resilience.

Read about it here at:

http://members.aol.com/suprbowlxx/perry.html

[TwistofFate]

Like SPOOFE, William "Refrigerator" Perry had an intense skin problem

and another personal attack.

[Una Persson]

Originally posted by Bossk
Originally posted by Anthracite
"Fridge"? :confused:

Oh, sorry. I've forgotten that you puckish dopers don't register any event that happened before 1989.
Puckish? :confused: Maybe I just didn't get an obscure football reference. I remember the Chicago Bears One Year Of Glory, including that offensive music video they made. I just don't automatically connect "Fridge" with "SPOOFE".

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Originally posted by TwistofFate
Like SPOOFE, William "Refrigerator" Perry had an intense skin problem

and another personal attack.

UGH!!! Before you start on the "all he ever posts are personal attack" thread again...

Maybe you should read ALL his posts and not just the ones you don't like.

Many of them are simple opinion statements or questions.

The glass really isn't even half empty for you, is it, Twist? Nah, it's closer to nothing left but backwash, huh?

[The_Raven]

Originally posted by Devil May Care

UGH!!! Before you start on the "all he ever posts are personal attack" thread again...

Maybe you should read ALL his posts and not just the ones you don't like.

Many of them are simple opinion statements or questions.



Zaaaright?
Zaaright...

Zookay?
Zookay...

How about a big hand :) for Senor Wences... :(

-Rav

[Slip Mahoney]

Not for nothing, Devil May Care, but are you by any chance Bossk's attorney?

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Originally posted by Slip Mahoney
Not for nothing, Devil May Care, but are you by any chance Bossk's attorney?

Nope. Why? You think he's got a chance at a defamation of character case? Hmmm, maybe...

I'm just getting tired of perusing the boards (I don't read every thread, just the ones with subject lines that interest me) and finding more accusations flying. Especially when by using the same manner of viewing (reading threads with subject lines that interest me) I manage to find many of Bossk's less "barbing" posts.

IMO, Twist has licked all the meat and juices off that bone, and he needs to bury it and leave it there.

[kabbes]

Having actually met Twisty, I can say without fear of contradiction from others that have also met him that he is one of the most pleasant, cheerful, happy-go-lucky, merry and sociable people I have ever met. His glass is never empty, nor is it half-so. For he always has another two stacked up ready to go.

And yet he seems to take offence to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic.

I wonder why.

pan

[astro]

Originally posted by Devil May Care
Originally posted by Slip Mahoney
Not for nothing, Devil May Care, but are you by any chance Bossk's attorney?

Nope. Why? You think he's got a chance at a defamation of character case? Hmmm, maybe...

I'm just getting tired of perusing the boards (I don't read every thread, just the ones with subject lines that interest me) and finding more accusations flying. Especially when by using the same manner of viewing (reading threads with subject lines that interest me) I manage to find many of Bossk's less "barbing" posts.

IMO, Twist has licked all the meat and juices off that bone, and he needs to bury it and leave it there.

Hmmm... Bossk annoys quite a few people but is quite clever in some of his posts, especially with respect to some of his pithier replies.

So are you.

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Originally posted by kabbes
Having actually met Twisty, I can say without fear of contradiction from others that have also met him that he is one of the most pleasant, cheerful, happy-go-lucky, merry and sociable people I have ever met. His glass is never empty, nor is it half-so. For he always has another two stacked up ready to go.

And yet he seems to take offence to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic.

I wonder why.

pan

My beef is in the statement that "...he seems to take offense (spelling correction mine) to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic."

That's just not the case, and that's my point. If someone is going to accuse another someone of posting nothing but garbage, the first someone should do his/her homework and make sure that is ALL said someone ever posts.

I would certainly not say that ALL Twist ever posts are "proofs" of Bossk's attacks, for that is certainly not so. But it is my belief that he needs to get over it now and, as I stated, bury the damn bone.

[Demise]

Originally posted by astro
Hmmm... Bossk annoys quite a few people but is quite clever in some of his posts, especially with respect to some of his pithier replies.

So are you.

Hmm, that is probably too subtle for Bossk, oops, I mean Devil May Care to grasp.

This should do nicely though.

[The_Raven]

Originally posted by Devil May Care
Originally posted by kabbes
And yet he seems to take offence to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic.


My beef is in the statement that "...he seems to take offense (spelling correction mine) to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic."


Hey, Senor Wences, ever been to Canada? How 'bout the UK?

Stupid, obnoxious, ignorant fuckstick...

You are hereby nominated for the Dopeytm in the category of Best Virtual Sock Puppet. Congratulations!

-Rav

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Originally posted by astro
Originally posted by Devil May Care
Originally posted by Slip Mahoney
Not for nothing, Devil May Care, but are you by any chance Bossk's attorney?

Nope. Why? You think he's got a chance at a defamation of character case? Hmmm, maybe...

I'm just getting tired of perusing the boards (I don't read every thread, just the ones with subject lines that interest me) and finding more accusations flying. Especially when by using the same manner of viewing (reading threads with subject lines that interest me) I manage to find many of Bossk's less "barbing" posts.

IMO, Twist has licked all the meat and juices off that bone, and he needs to bury it and leave it there.

Hmmm... Bossk annoys quite a few people but is quite clever in some of his posts, especially with respect to some of his pithier replies.

So are you.

Hmmm, comparing my quick wit and sharp tongue to that of Bossk's? I'll take that as a high compliment, thank you very much.

[kabbes]

Originally posted by Devil May Care
My beef is in the statement that "...he seems to take offense (spelling correction mine) to one poster, who seemingly has never posted anything but polemic."
In case Raven's message wasn't clear to you:

From Merriam-Webster online:Main Entry: of·fense
Variant(s): or of·fence /&-'fen(t)s, esp for 3 'ä-"fen(t)s, 'o-/And that's from a god-damn American dictionary.

If you're going to correct other people's spelling mistakes, then try to correct words that are actually wrong.

pan

[kabbes]

Having got your attempt at superiority out of the way; please can you show me Bossk moments that aren't polemic? Note that I'm not saying "garbage" (to use your quaint Americanism). I want to know what he's posted that isn't attacks on other people.

If it isn't more than 50% of his posts, then I think we're somewhat justified in claiming that he is a somewhat less than pleasant person.

Hell - it should really be more than 90%, but we'll settle for 50% for now.

pan

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

In my hasty reply, it didn't hit me until after I posted that the original spelling was an alternatively correct spelling.

My most humble apologies.

I don't know the easy way to post a link to his "nicey nice" posts, or I would. Sorry.

And I'm not saying that 50% or more of his posts are sugar and spice. In fact, I'm almost sure they aren't. My only point was that not 100% of them are polemic (happy now?).

Thanks for telling me that my use the word garbage is quant Americanism. Perhaps I should have used the words "argumentative", "belligerant" or "contentious" so that I sound more sophisticated, like you...? Would that appease her highness?

Once again this thread has been hijacked and turned into a spin off of an entirely separate thread. I realize that I've contributed to the hijacking, and apologize to the innocents for my contribution to their subjection to it.

[kabbes]

Hey - if you want to replace my words with words that don't mean the same thing then don't go crying when you're called on it.

pan

[SPOOFE]

Hey, Devil...

You claim that not all of Bossk's posts are personal attacks. Nobody has ever claimed otherwise.

But this is not a defense. Take a look at some of the other posters in the past that had been banned (or otherwise left the Board). Freakfreely, Satan, Silo... the vast majority of their posts had nothing to do with personal attacks.

You can't "dilute" the assholic posts with "witty" ones (although I fail to see what's "witty" about "Hey, this movie sucked!"). A person can have a million posts, all of them the epitome of wit and humor and information, but if he suddenly starts acting like an asshole, I'm going to treat him like an asshole.

Go read the thread dedicated to Bossk, and I re-iterate my challenge to you here: How can you reconcile the fact that he has made so many unprovoked personal attacks on people?

And as for Bossk... well... he's just envious of my devilish good looks. We're still waiting for the spineless wombat munger to post a picture of himself.

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Originally posted by SPOOFE
Hey, Devil...

You claim that not all of Bossk's posts are personal attacks. Nobody has ever claimed otherwise.

Go read the thread dedicated to Bossk, and I re-iterate my challenge to you here: How can you reconcile the fact that he has made so many unprovoked personal attacks on people?

And as for Bossk... well... he's just envious of my devilish good looks. We're still waiting for the spineless wombat munger to post a picture of himself.

First: Yes, in the Bossk tribute thread, someone [i]did[/b] in fact insinuate (if not flat out say) that all of his posts are personal attacks.

Second: I don't need to reconcile anything. All I've ever said is that 1) not all his posts are personal attacks; and 2) I'm just as disgusted by some of the stuff I see other people post as Bossk's attackers are by his stuff.

Third: In that thread where you called him out for a picture, he responded telling you that if you want to see him, all you have to do is go on ICU (it's a video chat program) and he's out there.

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

Sorry about the italics on that post. I should have previewed. :(

[yosemite]

Third: In that thread where you called him out for a picture, he responded telling you that if you want to see him, all you have to do is go on ICU (it's a video chat program) and he's out there.
Bullshit. A non-answer from him. He could have easily posted his picture somewhere, if he had a true desire to share. This "I'm out there" is just pure bullshit. He's dodging and avoiding the challenge.

[Monty]

Dang, and I thought this would be a thread ripping The Ryan. Silly of me.

[Sweet 'Sota Girl]

LMAO Monty. I believe I apologized in an earlier post for my part in the hijack. Once again, sorry.

These days Bossk is making a hobby out of taking shots at people and those people are fighting back, so any time he shows up in a thread and takes a shot, it tends to get hijacked.

It's a never ending circle, and I've said my piece about it and now I'm going to bow out. As I've stated to some people, I'm not going to say anything more for or against Bossk. And I'm going to handle myself in a new fashion around the boards, so I shouldn't be a party to the nonsense anymore.