# An Anti-Pit: WhyNot is Awesome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751 "2012-03-14T16:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/1 "2012-03-14T16:34:14Z")
I was reading the pit and came across another brilliant post by WhyNot ([this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14864777&postcount=28)). I learn a lot here, and there are other posters of whom I’m a fan, but nobody else has such a consistently good balance of specific knowledge, humanity, and common sense. So thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/2 "2012-03-14T16:44:03Z")
That was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/3 "2012-03-14T16:54:17Z")
I’m on board with this antiPitting! There will never be another first born, second born or unborn for me, but the next goldfish shall be **Why**. Fabulous post. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/4 "2012-03-14T17:07:33Z")
It’s kind of strange to say this, but her posts read like something my mother would say (if my mother weren’t a steaming bag of nut). \*\*Whynot \*\*for board mother! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/5 "2012-03-14T17:11:48Z")
Another one for the **WhyNot** fan club. She’s been one of my Hopeless Doper Crushes[sup]TM[/sup] for ages. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/6 "2012-03-14T17:30:43Z")
WhyNot for SDMB President! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/7 "2012-03-14T17:34:34Z")
Sure, she could be our president and/our our mother. Why not? 😃 I loved that post when I came across it. A thoughtful, well-written SMACK DOWN. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/8 "2012-03-14T18:03:27Z")
That is a great post and she is a great lady! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/9 "2012-03-14T18:05:01Z")
Agreed, **WhyNot** is awesome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/10 "2012-03-14T18:11:42Z")
that didn’t read to me as a smack down to kanicbird But I think the point trying to be made in that snippet (not that I read the thread) is that some women or their impregnator may not think/believe/feel that their fetus is even human or worth anything but to be gotten rid asap. that said I would agree with the practice of honoring your aborted fetus someway…:dubious: geez that’s a tough one ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/11 "2012-03-14T18:12:17Z")
Yes! She is definitely worthy of anti-Pitting. Everything she writes just drives me sane! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/12 "2012-03-14T18:12:42Z")
I totally agree - I am SO glad she’s back. I love my mom, but she’s like another mom. A cooler one. Who has more sex. (Because my mom only had sex once.) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/13 "2012-03-14T19:24:37Z")
I had to read that post twice to absorb all its awesomeness. Thanks **Dr. Drake** for bringing it to my attention. And props to **WhyNot**. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/14 "2012-03-14T19:30:42Z")
Totally agree with this anti-pitting! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/15 "2012-03-14T20:51:49Z")
I knew which post you were referring to before I even clicked the link - that WAS an awesome post! **WhyNot** is just wonderful, and that was a great example. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/16 "2012-03-14T21:02:06Z")
The first time I read that post, it made my crush on her get even stronger. And this coming from a straight female ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/17 "2012-03-14T22:33:18Z")
:o (\<-----embarrassed, not blowjob) Aw, shucks, you guys. I don’t know what to say. I feel all warm and fuzzied…thanks… > [@chela](#): > > that didn’t read to me as a smack down to kanicbird > > But I think the point trying to be made in that snippet (not that I read the thread) is that some women or their impregnator may not think/believe/feel that their fetus is even human or worth anything but to be gotten rid asap. > > that said I would agree with the practice of honoring your aborted fetus someway…:dubious: geez that’s a tough one ☹ It was a little gentle smackdown, but on **kanicbird** ’s terms. I, honestly, share a great much of **kanicbird** ’s “kooky” spiritualist philosophy. I don’t speak about it in exactly the same language, but I grok what s/he’s talking about. So, that answer was accepting his/her terms. Given a similar spiritualist outlook, I arrive at a very different conclusion of what is right. That’s inherently a little smackdowny. ---
**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/18 "2012-03-15T04:49:17Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > It’s kind of strange to say this, but her posts read like something my mother would say (if my mother weren’t a steaming bag of nut). \*\*Whynot \*\*for board mother! Um… after reading that post I kind of think she doesn’t want to BE a mother. Are you trying to force her? Control freak! 😃 I kid! Control freak seems to be something thrown about carelessly you see and so um… well… I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/19 "2012-03-15T05:00:54Z")
Wow. Bravo, **WhyNot**. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751/20 "2012-03-15T05:01:43Z")
> [@scratch\_llll](#): > > Um… after reading that post I kind of think she doesn’t want to BE a mother. Are you trying to force her? I don’t think being “board mother” means that **WhyNot** has to be the literal mother of us all. If it did, she’d be in for a long series of very difficult pregnancies – and I for one don’t want to go back to the womb after more than 60 years outside it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anti-pit-whynot-is-awesome/615751.md?page=2)