# Add my name to the FUCK YOU MANHATTAN petition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744 "2003-06-09T23:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/121 "2003-06-10T15:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > I do NOT believe that we are all really plugged into machines that use our body heat for energy. That, to use a word that triggered this whole mess, is just plain STUPID. Wait, I thought it was wrong and horribly offensive to call a belief STUPID. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/122 "2003-06-10T15:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > \*\*Heh. After calming down a bit, and seeing what horror can be sparked by 1) a complete misunderstanding (i.e. Matrix movie = my religion = NOT!) and 2) accidentally posting a silly yet thought-provoking question in the wrong forum… > > What’s funny is, if I were to tell you all…oh, fuck it. I’m not going to play this game anymore. > > I’ll just sit here and watch. Bunch of wolves, you all are. \*\* It gets worse, trust me. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > **Stupidity is not a religion.** But that is where you are wrong. My cite is no less a source than Albert Einstein - > [@](#): > > There are two things that are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the universe. So if religion is worship of the Infinite, and stupidity is partaking of the nature of the Infinite, then it follows that stupidity _is_ a religion. QED. But Einstein was born ethnically Jewish. Therefore, he must have been talking about a religion other than Judaism when he established that stupidity is a religion. And **KGS** ’ prediction _did not come true_. So what is to be done? It is rather clear - > [@](#): > > The LORD said to me: “What they say is good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. > But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death.” > You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. This is directly from the [Original Source](http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?passage=DEUT+18&language=english&version=NIV&showfn=on&showxref=on) Himself. Sorry, **KGS** - please report to the nearest False Prophet Recycling Center for processing. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/123 "2003-06-10T16:56:33Z")
I’m going with **elf6c** here. This guy is a major attention whore. But he’s also a complete lunatic. Thanks for the links, **In Conceivable**. So, **KGS** , what’s the plan now? Judging by what you’ve posted in those other threads, you clearly _do_ believe “The Matrix” is real. You also keep making references to that movie even when the topic at hand has absolutely nothing to do with it. You quote the character of Morpheus as though he’s some sort of authority. Which is odd, considering he **does not actually exist**. You’re clearly obsessed with what is, I have to say, merely second-rate overdone sci-fi with good special effects. Of course this is all very, very sad, but the scary thing is that 1) you believe every word of it, and 2) you use it to get attention from random strangers. You’re starting to remind me of the news story awhile back about the guy who blew a few people away because he thought they were “agents”. Does this seem like rational or acceptable behavior to you? You need to get help. There is no black & gold meteor, there is no protection pyramid, and there is no Matrix. You are not psychic, you are not Keanu Reeves, and you need to learn, through the haze of your budding psychosis, that you are not as smart as you think you are. You’re just a sad little fanboy who’s fallen off the deep end. And god help you if you take this into GD. You think the Pit is bad? The worst we do here is call you names. You wander into GD with the crap you’re spouting and you’ll get taken apart. I fear to tread in GD without a damn sound argument, and plenty of verifiable facts to back up any claim I make. The most the wolves do here is howl; in GD the teeth come out. No insults, no nastiness- just the relentless and inarguable application of logic and established fact. You better hope you have a protection pyramid if you think you’re going to waltz in there and convert the masses. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/124 "2003-06-10T16:59:51Z")
I have to second **ratty**. As much fun as it would be to watch, don’t take that stuff into GD. And get help. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/125 "2003-06-10T17:07:33Z")
I will say one thing for the OP; He sure melts pretty! And much quicker than others have as well. As for **manhattan** , well, I ain’t touchin’ him til he shaves his back. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/126 "2003-06-10T17:11:58Z")
Seconding the “Get Help” suggestion. If it will make it more palatable, just imagine that its Samuel L. Jackson handing you that Prozac tab, **KGS** , and if you take it, you just might meet Keanu Reeves or Carrie-Anne Moss. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/127 "2003-06-10T17:13:03Z")
Anybody here like pie? I like pie. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/128 "2003-06-10T17:19:27Z")
> [@](#): > > There is no black & gold meteor, there is no protection pyramid, and there is no Matrix. And the **Devils** won the Stanley Cup > [@](#): > > just imagine that its Samuel L. Jackson handing you that Prozac tab, KGS , and if you take it, you just might meet Keanu Reeves or Carrie-Anne Moss. I think you mean Lawrence Fishburne ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/129 "2003-06-10T17:29:14Z")
No **D-Odds**. I am sure he meant Samual Jackson. If Lawrence Fishburne handed him the pill then it would be just like the movie Matrix and his Matrix is NOTHING like the movie. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/130 "2003-06-10T17:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > \*\*Instead, manny called me STUPID. > I have issues with the word STUPID. \*\* Dude, you’ve got a lot more issues than this. Did you stop taking your Thorazine again? ---
**Author:** ![cabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@cabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/131 "2003-06-10T18:09:38Z")
KGS, manhattan owes you one. Not only did you do your best to make him look really cool, he got numerous shag offers in the thread that you opened for the express purpose of vilifying him. Make him buy you a beer or something. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/132 "2003-06-10T18:10:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I’d like to add that I had a vision just now-and in this vision, I found that you must all give me your credit card numbers, or something very bad will happen. \*\* Mine are maxed out, but you can have them. Would you mind paying them off for me with someone else’s card? Thanks. ::::off to solve world hunger by watching Three’s Company - I know Jack Tripper is trying to send me secret message::::: Ava ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/133 "2003-06-10T18:47:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ratty \* > \*\*I’m going with **elf6c** here. This guy is a major attention whore. But he’s also a complete lunatic. Thanks for the links, **In Conceivable**. > \*\* “Hey! You got major attention whore in my complete lunatic!” “Yeah, well YOU got complete lunatic in my major attention whore!” Two great tastes that taste great together… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/134 "2003-06-10T18:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by In Conceivable \* > \*\*No **D-Odds**. I am sure he meant Samual Jackson. If Lawrence Fishburne handed him the pill then it would be just like the movie Matrix and his Matrix is NOTHING like the movie. \*\* Did I just spill a spoiler for matrix 3? Ooops. Sorry\*. like anyone with a mental age older than 12 would waste $10 on that crap trilogy, which is so hyped up, people can tell you the players from the commercials… ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/135 "2003-06-10T20:19:58Z")
Haha. What a difference 3 xanax and 5 hrs. of sleep (more than I’ve got in the last 3 days combined will do for your perspective.) I’m actually enjoying this. You know, there was this guy, a long time ago, who had long hair, walked around in the desert alot, had visions and had alot of CRAZY ideas, and people laughed at him and called him CRAZY, and yet he had 12 close friends who believed him even though people called him CRAZY, and hatched a plot to “crucify” him. And his name was…hmm…I forget. Well the point of this story is…hmmm…I forget. Hey, Marge! You know who I’m talking about. You know, the guy you dated in high shcool? He used to ride that Harley? But fuggit. One GD thread coming up. BBL… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/136 "2003-06-10T20:31:04Z")
Please, don’t. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/137 "2003-06-10T20:32:55Z")
This is the “They laughed at Edison too” defense? Not to make light of mental illness, but please, go speak with your therapist. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/138 "2003-06-10T20:36:16Z")
Oh, great. Now he thinks he’s Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/139 "2003-06-10T20:43:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Oh, great. Now he thinks he’s Jesus. \*\* Quick, someone put holes in his hands and feet. Preferably with a Glock. (Kidding!) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/140 "2003-06-10T20:44:06Z")
Get more sleep. Lots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744.md?page=8)