# 2.5 inches is a troll. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533 "2008-04-30T22:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/41 "2008-05-01T00:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] I dunno. Looks to me like he didn’t want a Pit thread about it at all and hoped that the preemptive moderating would prevent that. [/QUOTE] He doesn’t want a Pit thread about it in GQ, is my guess. I’ve preemptively moderated in exactly the same way in IMHO on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/42 "2008-05-01T00:15:57Z")
And…closed. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/43 "2008-05-01T00:16:02Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Leave aside completely your knowledge of the OP… [/QUOTE] You can’t do that, because it’s part and parcel of _why_ the thread should have been closed. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/44 "2008-05-01T00:16:39Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] For a normal thread, yes. However, given the particular combination of question and poster, this one requires some special handling. You can see the reason why in this thread - there aren’t very many GQ OPs that spark a Pitting within a few moments of being opened. [/QUOTE] Great call, the guy is a shit disturbing idiot, and you just know that the next topic will be even more controversial. [QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] How is it trolling to ask a question with a factual answer is GQ?.. [/QUOTE] How do you come up with your idiotic topics? Flip pages in your porn mags and point at a word then try to make a question out of the 5 most objectionable words you come up with? Why do you want to know about little girls and vaginal lube ya sick fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/45 "2008-05-01T00:18:15Z")
Oh knock it off 😃 It was answered. I closed the thread. Pile on, people. I need the points in the yearly Mod Pitting contest. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/46 "2008-05-01T00:18:52Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] And…closed. [/QUOTE] Speaking of which, I think **bubble pop electric** makes a good point and that the OP’s question hasn’t really been answered. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/47 "2008-05-01T00:21:09Z")
Hey kids, what time is it? Time for the monthly “2.5 is a troll” thread. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/48 "2008-05-01T00:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] This is some kind of a joke, right? You didn’t really think that anything you could possible have done short of removing the thread altogether was going to prevent the inevitable Pit thread did you? Not on this, of all boards. [/QUOTE] Removing it would have caused a Pit thread too. Naw, I recognized we were in [zugzwang](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zugzwang) the moment the reports started to pile up. I just figured the chances of a Pit thread were 100% if I closed it, while there was a very small but finite chance of avoiding it by monitoring it. But you are probably right that it was 100% either way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/49 "2008-05-01T00:22:52Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] Why do you want to know about little girls and vaginal lube ya sick fuck? [/QUOTE] Asked and answered. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/50 "2008-05-01T00:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] Oh knock it off 😃 It was answered. I closed the thread. Pile on, people. I need the points in the yearly Mod Pitting contest. [/QUOTE] Perfect. Now they can Pit me for leaving it open, and you for closing it. Everybody wins! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/51 "2008-05-01T00:24:29Z")
never mind. why bother. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/52 "2008-05-01T00:25:30Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Asked and answered. [/QUOTE] That’s not an answer to the question you were asked. I’m rather curious myself; why on Earth would you want to know such a thing and what could possibly make you think it was a good idea to ask here? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/53 "2008-05-01T00:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Speaking of which, I think **bubble pop electric** makes a good point and that the OP’s question hasn’t really been answered. [/QUOTE] What point would that be, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/54 "2008-05-01T00:28:39Z")
No, no, **QED**. It was meant like this: _Why do you want to know about little girls and vaginal lube…_ (Asked) _…ya sick fuck?_ (and answered.) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/55 "2008-05-01T00:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] That’s not an answer to the question you were asked. I’m rather curious myself; why on Earth would you want to know such a thing [/QUOTE] Read this thread again from the beginning. > [@](#): > > and what could possibly make you think it was a good idea to ask here? > [@SDMB](#): > > Got a factual question for the Teeming Millions (and possibly Cecil) to consider? Post it here. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/56 "2008-05-01T00:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] No, no, **QED**. It was meant like this: _Why do you want to know about little girls and vaginal lube…_ (Asked) _…ya sick fuck?_ (and answered.) [/QUOTE] Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/57 "2008-05-01T00:31:06Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Read this thread again from the beginning. [/QUOTE] Again, that’s not an answer to the question you were asked, twice now. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/58 "2008-05-01T00:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] What point would that be, exactly? [/QUOTE] That someone who menstruates isn’t really prepubescent. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/59 "2008-05-01T00:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] never mind. why bother. [/QUOTE] Aw c’mon. You always seem to make it a little more peaceful. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533/60 "2008-05-01T00:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] Why do you want to know about little girls and vaginal lube ya sick fuck? [/QUOTE] Um . . . yeah. Over here he finally claims obliquely that the question had to do with the fundie cult in the news. (1) Why didn’t he just say that in the first place? (2) What the hell would this knowledge add to the discussion? Is child rape OK if the girl gets aroused and lubes up? And what the hell was up with posting the (yes, broken) link to the graphic Wikipedia page which also added **nothing** to the discussion. Hee-hee, a picture of a hoochie! What grade is he in, anyway? I’m thinking of a number from 1 to 5. Yeah, yeah, it was phrased as a factual question. So what? It was trolling, trolling, trolling, just more of the same from our bridge-dwelling friend. Tell me again why this twerp is allowed to stay? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5-inches-is-a-troll/447533.md?page=4)