# Aeschines -stop being an asshole. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813 "2007-03-21T03:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/41 "2007-03-21T14:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Unintended Whoosh? [/quote] Yeah, if that was a whoosh. Thanks for clarifying. Seriously though, people. The ban-flamming is just so unbecoming of you. Plus, there’s this thing called “suspension” that has greatly reduced the number of bannings in the past year. People here don’t see how sociologically ugly it is for people to gang up on someone and cry out for a banning? Then I guess some basic historical lessons are lost on you. As I said, pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/42 "2007-03-21T14:30:35Z")
But, see, if a squirrel runs out in front of a car and throws itself repeatedly at the tires, isn’t it just begging to be run over? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/43 "2007-03-21T14:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] But, see, if a squirrel runs out in front of a car and throws itself repeatedly at the tires, isn’t it just begging to be run over? [/QUOTE] Whatever turns you on, man. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/44 "2007-03-21T14:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Then I guess some basic historical lessons are lost on you. [/QUOTE] Such as? The banning of the American Indians? The banning of Japanese Americans during WWII? Honestly, I haven’t opened up my copy of Message Board Atrocities Throughout History recently. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/45 "2007-03-21T14:39:15Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Yeah, if that was a whoosh. Thanks for clarifying. Seriously though, people. The ban-flamming is just so unbecoming of you. Plus, there’s this thing called “suspension” that has greatly reduced the number of bannings in the past year. People here don’t see how sociologically ugly it is for people to gang up on someone and cry out for a banning? Then I guess some basic historical lessons are lost on you. As I said, pathetic. [/QUOTE] It was only a joke. I definitely do not think you are a danger to the Reader. I do really think that if you do not renew your subscription you will only be missed by those that enjoy watching trainwrecks. BTW: Do you still think the Dope will be shutting down next month or have you changed your opinion? I actually agree with the ban-flaming most of the times but I think some posters deserve some extra effort. I do not think you are one, but your buddy the Doctor and a few other were worth the extra effort. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/46 "2007-03-21T14:41:30Z")
Sober up this morning, did we, **Aeschines**? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/47 "2007-03-21T14:45:11Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Oh for fuck’s sake. This site really does have a bug up its collective ass. What a bunch of pussies that can’t take any kind of joke. What a bunch of ill-willed douches just itching for a banning or whatever. Pathetic. But suggesting that I be investigated is really going too far. The joke’s over at that point. Seriously. [/QUOTE] We can take a joke. But last time I checked, jokes are supposed to be, you know, funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/48 "2007-03-21T14:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] …I can’t help wondering if he may have become an adherent of Bokononism. [/QUOTE] Is that the study of the back of women’s jeans in a saloon? Oh. _Bedonkadonkism_! Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/49 "2007-03-21T14:56:40Z")
The title of this thread is one of the funniest things I’ve seen today. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/50 "2007-03-21T15:04:05Z")
Can someone please forward me the PDF of the SDMB program, because I cannot keep straight who is who most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/51 "2007-03-21T15:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] C’mon, you read this without laughing! [/QUOTE] Well, I guess we have only a few short days before the board is scheduled to implode. Let’s get cracking, people! ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/52 "2007-03-21T15:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] It was only a joke. I definitely do not think you are a danger to the Reader. [/quote] Got it. > [@](#): > > I do really think that if you do not renew your subscription you will only be missed by those that enjoy watching trainwrecks. Nah, that’s just one of my specialities. > [@](#): > > BTW: Do you still think the Dope will be shutting down next month or have you changed your opinion? I think I was wrong. > [@](#): > > I actually agree with the ban-flaming most of the times but I think some posters deserve some extra effort. I do not think you are one, but your buddy the Doctor and a few other were worth the extra effort. I think banning is appropriate for people who are genuinely mean-spirited or criminal, or for people who create genuine trouble on the board. Mere unpopularity or unlikeability shouldn’t be a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/53 "2007-03-21T15:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Mere unpopularity or unlikeability shouldn’t be a reason. [/QUOTE] I have never seen that happen. Just bannings after repeated warnings. If you don’t like the rules don’t post here, it is a big internet after all. Plenty of people here who are not popular but still post with no problems. I am not implying that you are someone who has received a bunch of warnings, I have no idea if you have every received any. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/54 "2007-03-21T15:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] Sober up this morning, did we, **Aeschines**? [/QUOTE] Hock and soda water, baby. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/55 "2007-03-21T15:22:13Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I have never seen that happen. Just bannings after repeated warnings. If you don’t like the rules don’t post here, it is a big internet after all. Plenty of people here who are not popular but still post with no problems. I am not implying that you are someone who has received a bunch of warnings, I have no idea if you have every received any. [/QUOTE] I think he means the occasional parties in the Pit where a bunch of posters chime in to call for or wonder why a poster has not been banned yet. See recently the BadChad threads and of course I was referring to DrMark2000 earlier where I participating in the calling for his banning. **Aeschines** , thank you for the replies. Jim ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/56 "2007-03-21T15:24:39Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] …needing to dodge into pseudo-“I am one level above you” mode. [/QUOTE] That’s the dissociative disorder kicking in. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/57 "2007-03-21T15:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I have never seen that happen. Just bannings after repeated warnings. If you don’t like the rules don’t post here, it is a big internet after all. Plenty of people here who are not popular but still post with no problems. [/QUOTE] What used to happen before the era of suspensions is that the usual crowd would encourage flame-outs in the Pit. Warnings in the Pit are pretty stupid. Are you going to have an out-of-control part of the board where people can vent or not? My “yum yum moo moo” thing was just transparent nose-thumbing. A warning against that is meaningless. The constant troll trials are tiresome. I’m not going to do a flame-out, but the unfunky uptightness of this site is very tiresome, and many good posters have been lynched. My favorite being the great **SnakeSpirit** , funniest damn guy on this site ever. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/58 "2007-03-21T15:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I think he means the occasional parties in the Pit where a bunch of posters chime in to call for or wonder why a poster has not been banned yet. [/QUOTE] Not just that, but actually trying to get someone to act in such a way as to be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/59 "2007-03-21T15:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] The ban-flamming is just so unbecoming of you. As I said, pathetic. [/QUOTE] Says the person who has just been behaving in an incredibly juvenile way in the other threads. > [@](#): > > My “yum yum moo moo” thing was just transparent nose-thumbing. That is, trolling. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813/60 "2007-03-21T15:34:53Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] Not just that, but actually trying to get someone to act in such a way as to be banned. [/QUOTE] Ah, you do not like to see posters egg on idiots? I can only think of a few cases where this worked. But I have not been around as long as you. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813.md?page=4)