# An Appropriate Thread For Nothing But Net **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355 "2001-07-13T10:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 15, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/61 "2001-07-15T08:12:56Z")
Nice way to “stick to the issue,” and nice way to dodge responsibility for your own words. Do the words “_ad hominem_” or “digging yourself in deeper” mean anything to you? Obviously your half-hearted apology was, indeed, just words - and poorly chosen ones at that. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/62 "2001-07-15T08:48:07Z")
First he says… > [@](#): > > So I give up up even trying. … then follows up with two more posts. Then he says… > [@](#): > > I made my opinions quite clear. Actually, no, you didn’t. You just made your personality - “asshole” - quite clear. Then he says… > [@](#): > > Don’t judge me motherfucker. I thought he was a cocksucker. Make up your mind, will you? 'Sides, give me one good reason why we shouldn’t judge you. If you don’t want to be judged, don’t post. It’s that simple, you pathetic excuse of carbon-based matter. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2001, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/63 "2001-07-15T08:50:45Z")
I dunno, **SPOOFE** - judging someone by their own words on an internet message board seems appropriate, donchathink? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/64 "2001-07-15T09:04:32Z")
Oh my God, this is like watching a car wreck. **Nothing But Net** , please understand that _you will not win this_. Cut your losses, give a sincere apology, and let this blow over before it is too late. You still have a chance to be welcome here. This is not the way. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/65 "2001-07-15T09:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nothing But Net \* > \*\*But aren’t you the the same person who was bragging on the boards a few months ago about your promiscuity, I mean like having sex with 4 or 5 people in one weekend? > \*\* Just because you’re jealous… ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/66 "2001-07-15T11:22:45Z")
After reading this thread, the immediate thought that came to my mind was something along the lines of… “a few people tend to take these message boards a bit too seriously.” ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/67 "2001-07-15T12:28:24Z")
And so what if we do, **Living Dead Guy**? You wanna judge my life, be my guest. I’m quite happy right here with my friends on the boards, thank you. Damn you and people like you. If you don’t want to be here, don’t come. It’s that fuckin’ simple. Of course, if you’re already posting stuff like that five posts in, you’ll be lucky if you get to ten. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some friends from the boards I’m meeting today, **in real life**. Fuck you, dude, and have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/68 "2001-07-15T13:08:16Z")
Okay … enough is enough. **Nothing But Net** , you’re winning no friends here. And quite honestly, your continual references to Wally make me believe that you’re a previously banned poster who has just come back to make trouble. I am putting you on official notice that one step out of line from here on in, in any forum, will result in the forfeiture of your posting priviledges. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355/69 "2001-07-15T15:49:17Z")
Okay, I’ve seen enough. FTR, I recommended to Nothing But Net to reconsider past actions, publicly apologize for their mistakes and start afresh. Sometimes new people to the board just start off on the wrong foot. This situation can sometimes be turned around, but it takes a little bit of counseling and a whole lot of reflection and work. Apparently my advice just didn’t register. In no way did I approve of Nothing But Net’s bad acts, not the first time, not the last time. I’ll rectify the situation. your humble Tubadiva Administrator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-appropriate-thread-for-nothing-but-net/72355.md?page=3)