# Am I not welcome here? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149 "2015-05-29T21:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/141 "2015-05-30T17:59:57Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > The highest order of insults are always said in Latin. That way no one understands what was said to who or why, or what it even means. It’s _that_ insulting. What a load of _perfidious testiculo…_ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/142 "2015-05-30T18:00:41Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > What a load of _perfidious testiculo…_ _clutches shawl_ GASP! ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/143 "2015-05-30T18:07:08Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I always love this. All it needs is, “as can be proved by the outpouring of support offered to me in emails and PMs. And on the nightly news. And in the President’s State of the Union address.” I assume, “The Silent Majority”, is what he calls his invisible friends. Apparently, they all hate talking to him, too. \*\*protoboard - \*\* out of curiosity, to what is your name referring? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/144 "2015-05-30T18:11:27Z")
He’s in favor of “toboard”, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/145 "2015-05-30T18:11:59Z")
Of course it’s presumptuous to say you speak for the “Silent Majority,” but is it oxymoronic? I’m not sure… Regardless, there must be an awful lot of people remaining silent about \*\*protoboard’s \*\*self-righteousness to outnumber the posts here calling him on it. Only one will break that silence and post their support for him? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/146 "2015-05-30T18:21:11Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > What a load of _perfidious testiculo…_ Check out the big brain on **macaroni-i-i-i-i**. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/147 "2015-05-30T18:22:43Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Of course it’s presumptuous to say you speak for the “Silent Majority,” but is it oxymoronic? I’m not sure… Regardless, there must be an awful lot of people remaining silent about \*\*protoboard’s \*\*self-righteousness to outnumber the posts here calling him on it. Only one will break that silence and post their support for him? Well, then they wouldn’t be the Silent Majority anymore would they? If they spoke up, would they be erased from existence, thereby making their support for **protoboard** meaningless? Oh. My. God…_It’s a paradox!_ Quick, shut the Portal blast doors and call the Logical Protectorate to guard the Spacetime Continuum! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/148 "2015-05-30T18:25:35Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > \*\*protoboard - \*\* out of curiosity, to what is your name referring? Made me think of a poster from the long-long ago who was also unpopular and one of his last self-destructive acts on this board was to start a thread asking if it would be okay (and then with increasing indignation, demanding to know why it was NOT okay) to indulge his amateur electronics hobby by assembling electronic components at his seat during commercial flights. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/149 "2015-05-30T18:27:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Check out the big brain on **macaroni-i-i-i-i**. Stick it up yer bollocks. Irish insults always win… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/150 "2015-05-30T18:34:02Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Stick it up yer bollocks. > > Irish insults always win… Not if spoken in Celtic. I insist the most heinous insults are delivered in Latin. Luckily the Irish speak English, so they do have the roots to work from, should they wish to continue in these dark arts. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/151 "2015-05-30T18:37:03Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > \*\*protoboard - \*\* out of curiosity, to what is your name referring? I’m assuming it means not quite as self-aware as a plank, but might be someday. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/152 "2015-05-30T18:38:02Z")
I guess you really can’t claim the majority thinks X if there is no evidence of people stating X, so you can only claim the Silent Majority thinks X – that way, you can say any-fuckin’-X you please without back-up or evidence. It’s diabolical, and fascinating in what it reveals about a person’s delusions… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/153 "2015-05-30T18:39:37Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > I guess you really can’t claim the majority thinks X if there is no evidence of people stating X, so you can only claim the Silent Majority thinks X – that way, you can say any-fuckin’-X you please without back-up or evidence. > > It’s diabolical, and fascinating in what it reveals about a person’s delusions… I’m pretty sure the silent majority thinks that’s crazy. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/154 "2015-05-30T18:44:56Z")
But also brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/155 "2015-05-30T18:56:14Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Not if spoken in Celtic. I insist the most heinous insults are delivered in Latin. Luckily the Irish speak English, so they do have the roots to work from, should they wish to continue in these dark arts. Erm erm… Fook off. Mancunian insults always win… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/156 "2015-05-30T18:56:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Made me think of a poster from the long-long ago who was also unpopular and one of his last self-destructive acts on this board was to start a thread asking if it would be okay (and then with increasing indignation, demanding to know why it was NOT okay) to indulge his amateur electronics hobby by assembling electronic components at his seat during commercial flights. Interesting. Was this before or after 9/11? Did he plan to use a soldering iron? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/157 "2015-05-30T19:19:30Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > Ignore the people calling you names and telling you to get therapy; the Silent Majority supports you. Horse shit. I’ve exercised extreme self-restraint because to post is pointless, as demonstrated in this thread and others. I’ve watched the broad-brushing pissing and moaning expand from Portland to the PNW (which includes me) to the West Coast, and now the entire country. I expect to see a post about, “Are people who live on the moon nice?” in a few months because he’s going to run out of earth. I’ve refrained from saying that in a lot of cases, you get what you give (I make friends easily here in the “nasty” PNW). I’ve refrained from saying that if he (or she?) could’ve made money to move with a part-time job or a small online business in all the time he spent bitching. I’ve refrained from saying GO TO COLLEGE (he’s only 25!) to improve his situation. What’s the point? Another everyone’s-so-mean-to-poor-widdle-me thread will just pop up in a few weeks. This is the fifth or sixth one I’ve seen. I don’t have much patience for people who blame everyone and everything else for their own crap. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/158 "2015-05-30T19:40:04Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Interesting. Was this before or after 9/11? Did he plan to use a soldering iron? [After](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448415). And no. (According to post #6.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/159 "2015-05-30T20:02:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > [After](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448415). And no. (According to post #6.) Wow. I remember that. **TLDRIDKLOLFTW** was a name change near the end, too, IIRC. What was his original moniker? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149/160 "2015-05-30T20:06:49Z")
> [@protoboard](#): > > It seems like everyone here hates my guts, just saying. Should I quit the forum? It doesn’t matter. To ask the question means you think you already know the answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-not-welcome-here/721149.md?page=9)