# An apology to Jarbaby **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252 "2002-11-22T22:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/1 "2002-11-22T22:12:53Z")
I’m not going to put up any links or anything, but in a recent parody thread of mine, I offended you. I made you to feel that I thought you were stupid, and that I was smarter than you. I was paying so much attention to making sure that the thread was properly paralleled that I ran roughshod over you and your concerns. I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart. And I want you to know what I really think of you. I think you’re a bright and witty contributor to Straight Dope, and I think some of your posts are the best I’ve seen in my three years here. I know that my passion can make me come across as unfeeling, but I’m not. When I break someone’s spirit as I did yours, my own heart is broken until I can make amends. I’m also not as intelligent as you make me out to be. If I were, then my company would be making a lot more money than it is. Besides, I’m one of the few Dopers without a college education, so I’m probably in the lowest ten-percentile anyway. I do apologize. And I’ll carve a special place for you in my memory so that I don’t hurt you again. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/2 "2002-11-22T22:21:00Z")
[hijack] A college education does not a smart person make. [/hijack] [sub]Why is this in the pit?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/3 "2002-11-22T22:22:00Z")
I… love you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/4 "2002-11-22T22:23:43Z")
Good man, Lib. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/5 "2002-11-22T22:23:45Z")
Thank you for your kind forgiveness, Jarbaby. 🙂 * * * Juanita It’s in the Pit because that’s where the offense occured, and because I believe that Jarbaby deserves a public apology in the place where she was publicly humiliated. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/6 "2002-11-22T22:24:20Z")
Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/7 "2002-11-22T22:26:09Z")
And he KNOWS how much I love public humiliation I’M A BAD GIRL NAUGHTY KITTY ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/8 "2002-11-22T22:46:45Z")
uhhhh… ok… FUCK ALL YOU! AND the piece of shit horse you rode in on!!! 😉 Ok now it belongs in the pit ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/9 "2002-11-22T22:57:15Z")
Given the proliferation of oh-so-subtle, unlinked parodies of late, I wasn’t sure whether this was sincere or a parody itself. I’m pretty sure I have _not_ been whooshed, in which case, this was pretty classy. Such a fine line… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/10 "2002-11-22T23:31:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NPavelka \* > \*\*uhhhh… ok… FUCK ALL YOU! AND the piece of shit horse you rode in on!!! 😉 > > Ok now it belongs in the pit \*\* Actually, I rode in on a piece of horse shit. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/11 "2002-11-22T23:50:15Z")
Is this a parody? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/12 "2002-11-23T04:03:22Z")
Once again **Lib** , my friend: well done, and thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/13 "2002-11-23T04:18:27Z")
(sniff) I love you guys! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/14 "2002-11-23T07:38:46Z")
I don’t think a Christian would do a parody about forgiveness. masonite, who loves Lib’s parodies, and this thread is cool too ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/15 "2002-11-23T11:09:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Is this a parody? \*\* No. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/16 "2002-11-23T12:36:15Z")
As **Ferrous** said: You’re a good man, **Lib**. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/17 "2002-11-23T21:32:54Z")
Well done Libertarian. JarbabyJ- Doesn’t your son read the SDMB? You should be ashamed! Go spank yourself! It does this whenever its told or it gets the hose. [sub]I’m sorry. I have a thing for smart, articulate women who like wearing spiked dog collars and being told what to do. That, and I have poor impulse control. I tried seeing a psychiatrist about it. But, the power dynamics of the whole patient/therapist relationship lead to a tawdry affair that almost cost her her license.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/18 "2002-11-23T22:05:46Z")
No, huh? How are we to tell? Maybe your response was a parody, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/19 "2002-11-23T23:20:12Z")
Group Hug. ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jarbaby/138252/20 "2002-11-23T23:57:27Z")
You had me at ‘hello.’