# 3. Don't say or imply that someone is on your ignore list. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662 "2002-10-24T11:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/41 "2002-10-24T14:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > So why does someone spending their money in a way that benefits them “make you sick”? so no one is supposed to give to charity unless it benefits them? or lend a helping hand unless it benefits you… such self centered behaviour only promotes discrimination… bj0rn - discrimination sickens me… ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/42 "2002-10-24T14:20:20Z")
For some reason I’m imagining the B-52s singing: **Everybody go greek style!** Kate Pierson would wear a cool laurel wreath on her beehive. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/43 "2002-10-24T14:22:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Everybody go greek style! Sig line! ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/44 "2002-10-24T14:24:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Small vocabulary point: I think in English the behaviour to which you refer is known as bullying rather than the much milder and usually harmless teasing. In Australia, it is also known by the evocative term bastardisation. i simply couldnt, for the life of me, find a proper translation for the word “einelti”… bullying is certainly a better word…and i suspect that your “bastardisation” is exacly the word i was looking for, although i dare not swear by it. michael ellis: you did not manage to use a single icelandic character that is not in the english alphabet…nice try though. bj0rn - því ekki að prófa að fara í frí til íslands í ár? ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/45 "2002-10-24T14:25:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Whÿ nøt trï å høllïdåy ïn Ïcelånd thïs yeår? \*\* 😃 😃 😃 A Møøse once bït my sïster… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/46 "2002-10-24T14:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **Búnaðarbankinn** Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/47 "2002-10-24T14:31:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bj0rn \* > \*\*you did not manage to use a single icelandic character that is not in the english alphabet…nice try though. > \*\* Üñƒðtµñ冀, àíñ’t í†? ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/48 "2002-10-24T14:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Üñƒðtµñ冀, àíñ’t í†? congrats…you managed one 🙂 not unfortunate…sad maybe. bj0rn - … ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/49 "2002-10-24T14:39:26Z")
Whoosh! ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/50 "2002-10-24T14:42:22Z")
**particlewill** , I read his threads when I run out of word puzzle books, but I had no idea about this one. I think **tomndebb** figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/51 "2002-10-24T14:43:14Z")
I’m going to go have some cornflakes. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/52 "2002-10-24T14:45:04Z")
tomndebb figures everything out…🙂 bj0rn - even me! ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/53 "2002-10-24T14:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Whoosh! \*\* Mÿnd yøu, møøse whøøshes kån be pretty nåstï… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/54 "2002-10-24T14:57:52Z")
Ïndeed. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/55 "2002-10-24T14:58:32Z")
admin, please close this thread…people are only being silly. bj0rn - …thank you for your time. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/56 "2002-10-24T15:00:06Z")
Damn. Just plain damn. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/57 "2002-10-24T15:08:09Z")
**Fenris** wrote: > [@](#): > > Has anyone noticed that no one ever sees Bj0rn and Henry B in the same room at the same time? > Coincidence? > Or not. What a great opening for such a great OP! **Dear Fenris!** May I ask, most humbly, in order not to hurt Your precious soul: If You mention me in a thread, would You please E-mail me so that I know where I am mentioned. But please feel free to write anything You like about me. Could You also explain what You mean by Your remark? Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/58 "2002-10-24T15:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > May I ask, most humbly, in order not to hurt Your precious soul: If You mention me in a thread, would You please E-mail me so that I know where I am mentioned. good luck getting that one through… bj0rn - … ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/59 "2002-10-24T15:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bj0rn \* > \*\* > so no one is supposed to give to charity unless it benefits them? or lend a helping hand unless it benefits you… > > such self centered behaviour only promotes discrimination… > > bj0rn - discrimination sickens me… \*\* A: I don’t know what term you’re thinking of, but I’m positive that “discrimination” isn’t it. B: It is important to spend your money wisely. I don’t choose to give to any drunken fratboy who demands my money. I carefully choose what charities I give to, and yeah, I choose the ones that benefit me as a rule. I’ll give to local charities that help people in my city/state over giving to national charities because I’d rather have less winos lying drunk in the street in my city than some other city. I have to avoid the winos in my city\*. I don’t give to charities where I don’t think my money will be well spent. Fenris \*Any Coloradoans: STEP 13 is a _great_ charity, if you’re looking for someplace local to give! ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662/60 "2002-10-24T15:30:56Z")
i dont know where you got your “drunken fratboy” idea from…but let me assure you it does not apply to the producers of the documentary in question. bj0rn - … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dont-say-or-imply-that-someone-is-on-your-ignore-list/133662.md?page=4)