# 2 responses to a Reeder thread and no slams. Life is over. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250 "2004-06-02T13:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/1 "2004-06-02T13:56:57Z")
**Reeder** opened another Bush Admin basher and I had 2 posts right off where I didn’t call him an asshole. > **[If Bush wins Ashcroft may be gone anyway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259313)** > > Perhaps a silver lining on a bleak outlook? http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/ashcroft.tm/ Oh yeah. Damn Bushco. Check the first few posts. What has me scared is **Reeder** didn’t go for the jugular. This can only mean one of two things. Either he’s feeling especially forgiving, or I should prepare for the locusts. Man, either way I think my world just changed. I’m so fucked right now! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/2 "2004-06-02T14:17:37Z")
I sense a lack of resolve on your part **duffer**. Where’s the black and white worldview? The us vs themism? Where’s the tough talk? You consies are just going soft. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/3 "2004-06-02T14:41:08Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > I sense a lack of resolve on your part **duffer**. > Where’s the black and white worldview? > The us vs themism? > Where’s the tough talk? > You consies are just going soft. 😉 [Cartman] Fuck fuckity fuck fuck [/Cartman] Better? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/4 "2004-06-02T15:22:22Z")
It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/5 "2004-06-02T15:26:56Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It’s a trap! Not a whoosh or joke thread, if that’s what you’re thinking. Earlier I agreed with a post from **Liberal** , I’m either going downhill or the locusts really are coming! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/6 "2004-06-02T15:38:35Z")
No. I mean **Reeder** is simply leading you on, feining that the Death Star is non operational. But, you will find out (too late) that it is _fully_ operational. And the threads will soon devolve into mindless partisan rhetoric yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/7 "2004-06-02T15:50:28Z")
Haha! I just watched two squirrels approch each other on a power line in my backyard. About 20-25’ up. Like two samurai of old, they held death in their hearts and _jumped_ towards one and other once they were about a foot and half apart. Of course, both promptly fell. At least one grabbed a branch of my locus tree on its way down. The other, whereabouts unknown. Maybe I’ll find him when mowing the lawn. If he is still alive, I’ll help him commit seppuku. Man oh man. Nature can be so amusingly fucking stupid sometimes. Oh ya… **Duffer** , the you need to rekindle the fire in your heart. For treatment, I prescribe that you renew your _National Review_ subscription, watch some taped Reagan speeches, and go shoot a gun. If that doesn’t work, we’re going to have to put you on a _Hannity_ drip. Godspeed. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/8 "2004-06-02T15:59:53Z")
What, so last week we were all Pitting **Reeder** for being so, well, Pitworthy, and this week we’re Pitting him for not being Pitworthy? No wonder I’m so confused all the time. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/9 "2004-06-02T16:20:43Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What, so last week we were all Pitting **Reeder** for being so, well, Pitworthy, and this week we’re Pitting him for not being Pitworthy? No wonder I’m so confused all the time. Well, it was a fit of pique. _Mea culpa_ **Brutus** , I’ve already shot the rifle a few times this morning. Are you sure I didn’t hit one of the varmints you speak of? Now be nice or I’ll pit you, too. And just because it’s apparently required, Fuck you **Reeder!** _They made me do it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/10 "2004-06-02T16:41:46Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It’s a trap! What the hell? Didn’t you mean to post this on Fark? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/11 "2004-06-02T17:09:33Z")
Nope, apparently it was a self pitting more true than even I thought possible. Shortly after the OP I went back to my original thoughts of him after seeing another thread he made. **Reeder** , it was fun while it lasted. Don’t worry, we’ll always have those 3 hours! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/12 "2004-06-02T17:30:02Z")
I assumed the thread was going to be about the surprising fact that nobody slammed **Reeder** with the usual "Yes, we know you hate Bush… :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: "… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/13 "2004-06-03T01:05:52Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > What has me scared is **Reeder** didn’t go for the jugular. And I find it scary that I actually agree 100% with him in this thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4923185#post4923185](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4923185#post4923185) That sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen. Is they sky falling? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/14 "2004-06-05T07:48:53Z")
**Reeder** was given his own thread for Bush-bashing. But he keeps straying from it. Why? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/15 "2004-06-05T17:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Reeder was given his own thread for Bush-bashing. But he keeps straying from it. Why? Non-issue. If you check, you’ll note that he was told he could have one Bush-bashing thread open on the first page of the Pit at a time. So far as I know, he has followed that guideline. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-responses-to-a-reeder-thread-and-no-slams-life-is-over/248250/16 "2004-06-05T17:54:30Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > For treatment, I prescribe that you renew your _National Review_ subscription, watch some taped Reagan speeches, and go shoot a gun. If that doesn’t work, we’re going to have to put you on a _Hannity_ drip. Godspeed. and America hating as well, since you know that the Constitution forbids “cruel and unusual punishment”. (seriously - that was funny)