# A slap in the face to the whole SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264 "2002-07-22T19:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/21 "2002-07-23T00:48:18Z")
Discount tents? Woo hoo! Let’s go camping! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/22 "2002-07-23T01:42:06Z")
“The winner of our dis contest” The champion flamer in the BBQ pit. ---
**Author:** ![\_Roger\_the\_Shrubber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/977dab/32.png) [@\_Roger\_the\_Shrubber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Roger_the_Shrubber)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/23 "2002-07-23T01:47:38Z")
I just crawled out of my tent to leave a one of my favorite Tourture Suggestions: Roll him in syrup, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Finish him off by leaving him outside for the birds to eat. Don’t skimp on the breading, and enjoy. _zips tent flap_ -Rodge ---
**Author:** ![\_Roger\_the\_Shrubber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/977dab/32.png) [@\_Roger\_the\_Shrubber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Roger_the_Shrubber)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/24 "2002-07-23T01:52:38Z")
I just crawled out of my tent to leave a one of my favorite Tourture Suggestions: Roll him in syrup, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Finish him off by leaving him outside for the birds to eat. Don’t skimp on the breading, and enjoy. _zips tent flap_ -Rodge ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/25 "2002-07-23T02:57:25Z")
**Now is the Winter of our Disk Content** - I thought you said there was sum nekkid pitchers a’ Britney Spears on that CD\* ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/26 "2002-07-23T04:27:57Z")
I was wondering why I felt a sharp stinging sensation on my face the other day! Thanks for explaining, gigi! ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/27 "2002-07-23T05:42:54Z")
Um, it was “The Winter of our Missed Content.” Right? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/28 "2002-07-23T07:07:31Z")
… Australian athletes practiced in local parks, under marquees to shade them from the relentless antipodean sun. Sometimes you could look in through special openings to watch their progress. My friends **Wooly** and **TheLoadedDog** enjoyed staring at our girl’s high jump team, but I preferred the window of our discus tent. Just thought you’d like to know… Rareboss ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/29 "2002-07-23T07:40:54Z")
Apropos the Winter of Missed Content, there’s always the e-mail address of that particularly bitchy girl at college: Winter@MissCunt.ed ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/30 "2002-07-23T10:57:22Z")
I would think you’d have to care what his opinion is in order for it to be considered a slap in the face. He is a mere amateur compared to what we’ve experienced in the past. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/31 "2002-07-23T13:40:43Z")
Anyone else think of \*\*DRY \*\*? ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/32 "2002-07-23T13:49:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Act I Scene I > GLOSTER For fuck sake, can we not be relied upon to pronounce “Gloucester”? It’ll be Wuster sauce and Lester City before you know it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/33 "2002-07-23T14:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\* > > For fuck sake, can we not be relied upon to pronounce “Gloucester”? It’ll be Wuster sauce and Lester City before you know it. \*\* I was just watching “Looking for Richard” where Al Pacino says they should change the prediction about who will be a murderer from “G” to “C” because George of Clarence is referred to as Clarence and this would avoid confusion. Kind of falls apart though when Richard asks G of C why he is being imprisoned and he says “Because my name is George.” Dumbing down backfiring. **Giraffe** : Yes, definitely sarcasm. I have learned a lot from him. **Eonwe** : It’s not so much about Shakespeare per se, it was his assumption that anything connected to the Internet (a bastion of pop culture or something) must be of little worth. He would be surprised if he took a look, and not just here. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/34 "2002-07-23T14:50:41Z")
**gigi** , I see what you mean, but I also challenge the idea that just because someone isn’t well versed in the classics (or a place is filled with those sorts of people) means that that place and those people are of little worth. Smacks of intellectual elitism, as well as class discrimination. Pop culture does not equal “not worthy”, and more importantly, people who like pop culture do not equal “not worthy.” ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/35 "2002-07-23T15:18:24Z")
How is this a slap in the face to the whole SDMB? Some schmoe none of us but you has ever heard of disses us, and this somehow affects us? I don’t feel insulted in any way, 'cause to feel insulted, you have to care in the first place. And I don’t care about the opinions of some unknown person. Sua P.S. I mean, it wasn’t like he was insulting _Buffy_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/36 "2002-07-23T15:32:55Z")
Eonwe: Yep, I agree with you. That’s why sometimes I just have to take the tack that he is missing out on a lot of fun in not being open to lowbrow (his word) experiences. But I need to accept where he is coming from too. The ironic thing is that he works for poor people (and glorifies them to some extent) while being disappointed in their choice to watch TV all day and not read, so I don’t know if deep down he’s OK with it or he is just being patronizing. Sua: Don’t get him started on “Buffy” 😉 To be honest, it was me being an attention whore with the provocative title; and for once my thread didn’t die! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/37 "2002-07-23T16:08:06Z")
It’s a tough thing, and an oft-occuring bit of hypocracy that many of the people who are all for supporting lower class (used in the economic sense) people at the same time look down on these people for not being educated, or for liking/participating in “lowbrow” forms of entertainment. It’s ok to be disappointed that people choose to spend all day in front of the TV instead of reading, it’s another thing to hold people in contempt for it (a sort of twisted “love the sinner, hate the sin” kind of philosophy). ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/38 "2002-07-23T16:10:11Z")
I feel bad for saying this… …but I’d like to meet your “friend” so I can point and laugh at him and call him a wanker. I feel so evil. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/39 "2002-07-23T17:01:47Z")
There was an Onion story once called “Area man constantly reminding people he doesn’t own a TV”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264/40 "2002-07-23T17:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*There was an Onion story once called “Area man constantly reminding people he doesn’t own a TV”. \*\* I’m relatively sure I printed it out for this very friend! 🙂 I’m not sure he saw the connection. Eonwe: Thank you for saying it more articulately that I could. There is almost a sense that the group of us friends who hang out in this one context should be better than pop culture because we are highly educated, etc. But that is a result of natural aptitude, opportunity, and sometimes dumb luck or fortune. It’s the same distribution of types people across various class levels and why should one be required to pursue more “noble” activities? It’s the same argument about the worth of things that comes up in a variety of ways: yes, it may be considered lowbrow or mainstream and not contributing to High Art, but if I like it and it makes me happy, can’t you just be happy for me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slap-in-the-face-to-the-whole-sdmb/120264.md?page=1)