# A wee bit hypocritical there, Ed **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946 "2008-09-04T06:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/321 "2008-09-07T18:27:35Z")
> [@nd\_n8](#): > > Hey, you made me look up Quisling so I’ll leave it to you to look up Green Ink. Take the criticism as you wish, but while it is derisive and possibly childish, it is definitely not an accusation of being a Troll. Is there a prize for lamest, most pathetic attempt to force the creation of a board cliche/meme? 'Cause you’d be a serious contender with the whole green ink thing. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/322 "2008-09-07T19:45:12Z")
> [@RobuSensei](#): > > Is there a prize for lamest, most pathetic attempt to force the creation of a board cliché/meme? 'Cause you’d be a serious contender with the whole green ink thing. Nah, I could care less if anyone ever uses it but me. I’m just glad to have found a term to refer to the mindless whiny nitpickers with. It now resides in my useful criticism spectrum just above “Hand Stabber” and somewhere below “Putz”. Please note that I keep “Hand Stabber” and “Thumper” on the same level of distain due to their similarities in rabid conviction. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/323 "2008-09-08T14:23:30Z")
> [@Library\_Boy](#): > > When it fits their purpose, the SD is a business, and they are customers who deserve respect, but then when the SD acts like a business and does something to try to increase the money flow, then they have no right to do so because this is a community that was built by the members. I don’t get this at all. Facebook and MySpace, SDMB, I suppose none of them have the right to make a profit? It’s their system, they own it, they have the right to do whatever they want. They don’t have to care the least little bit about their members. The members have the right to stay or leave as they please. Not caring about the members – that’s not be the smartest attitude for the owners. Not very polite either. But they sure as heck have the right to do it. It’s theirs. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/324 "2008-09-08T14:56:36Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > If you ask nicely, I may show my tool to you sweetie! :o \< (That’s you, hon!) Ah yes, when you can’t come up with anything intelligent, wave your dick. :rolleyes: OK, I’ll play. Let me get my magnifying glass and gloves. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/325 "2008-09-08T17:18:48Z")
> [@nd\_n8](#): > > Oh, I took the opportunity to touch up your post, you’re welcome (by the way, did you ever look that phrase up?). Do not alter attributed quotes. If you want to alter text in a quote box, do not attribute it to the poster, even if you believe it is clear what you have changed. Do not do this again. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/326 "2008-09-09T00:56:04Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Do not alter attributed quotes. If you want to alter text in a quote box, do not attribute it to the poster, even if you believe it is clear what you have changed. Do not do this again. Understood ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/327 "2008-09-10T11:25:57Z")
I didn’t see your [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482484) until this morning, accepted, and if I over-reacted, I offer my own. Hugs and kisses all around, or maybe just a coffee. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946.md?page=16)