# andrewdt85: a defense **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148 "2005-11-21T21:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/41 "2005-11-21T22:59:49Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > **Andrewdt85** , I just want to say that I feel your pain; the SDMB used to be the type of place where even if you pissed people off with your postings, they’d offer intelligent and creative criticism and debate, no matter how bonkers the OP. These days, even intelligent and serious OP’s like yours are invariably met with such witticisms as “Fuck you, d00d!!!11” and the like - basically all of that that you mentioned above. I don’t know what happened to this board, but it’s truly shameful. I think it started right around the time you signed up. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/42 "2005-11-21T23:07:14Z")
> [@MelCthefirst](#): > > Why don’t you use your signature Andrew? > That would make you one popular dude! Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/43 "2005-11-21T23:16:35Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Hee hee hee, haw haw haw, AUGUST. > > I guess the joke is that a few of us are only “Members Since,” but I personally lurked for almost two years before finally joining up, and I imagine this is true of several others. > > Think. Learn. Man, I remember what the board used to be like, back then. When you didn’t post. Good times, man, good times. Why can’t we go back to that? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/44 "2005-11-21T23:19:59Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to do that. Ah, yes. One step forward, two steps back. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/45 "2005-11-21T23:20:47Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Whatever you decide about it, 5000-word epistles that simultaneously say “I’m sorry” and “Fuck you” really don’t add much value, ya know? Maybe so, but there is a strange and fascinating symmetry, and I just can’t look away… ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/46 "2005-11-21T23:22:06Z")
Andrew, could you please start some threads on: – overweight people – bipolar disorder – circumcision – transsexualism I think you may be able to acheive a sort of greatness. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/47 "2005-11-21T23:22:26Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Today we’ve secretely replaced **Andrew** ’s coffee with equal parts meth and LSD. Let’s see if he notices. You know how folks always say stuff like “you owe me a new keyboard” and the like? Well I owe you for that one buddy. Best laugh I’ve had in a while and it felt **good**. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/48 "2005-11-21T23:23:23Z")
On review, I see you’re well on your way. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/49 "2005-11-21T23:27:45Z")
It’s probably already been said by other people - I feel just too lazy to read the whole thread. The simple thing is, if you start a “fuck you” thread in The PIT, what did you expect? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/50 "2005-11-21T23:30:16Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah You know, just when I think my computer screen has displayed the stupidest fucking thing I have ever in my life seen, another one of your posts appears! ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/51 "2005-11-21T23:34:26Z")
I accept your apology, **andrew**. I never took it personally. Beyond that, you’ve been given some good advice here and elsewhere, in between the shouting. I hope you’ll ponder it. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/52 "2005-11-21T23:54:11Z")
Only **andrewdt85** would start another thread in response to the almost unamimous { **VCO3** ’s support of him notwithstanding} opinion that he starts too many stupid OP’s and fills them with senseless gibber. If you really wanted to explain or defend yourself, **andy** there was a perfectly serviceable Pit thread that I opened expressly for that purpose. But no, you had to have _another_ bloody thread, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/53 "2005-11-21T23:54:26Z")
> [@VC03](#): > > These days, even intelligent and serious OP’s like yours are invariably met with such witticisms as “Fuck you, d00d!!!11” and the like - basically all of that that you mentioned above. Humph, I thought “brains of a cheese mite and social graces of a Barbary ape” was not half bad as witty insults go. And in my experience hardly anyone here ever uses leetspeak, unless they happen to be mocking someone else off-board who does. In conclusion, you may find the Board much more enjoyable if you have that coathanger surgically removed from your butt. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/54 "2005-11-22T00:08:15Z")
\*\*andrewdt85 \*\* Do you understand you only dug yourself deeper with this. If you post a FU in Pit, you will get a lot of FU’s back. Hey I know this from experience, the only difference is I did it my first month and learned quickly from it. You need to just take a short break and start a calmer thread out of the pit. Hopefully somewhat constructive Jim ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/55 "2005-11-22T00:15:03Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Or, if you prefer, if nobody likes you, fucking leave the board. Anybody _seen_ \*\*Scott Plaid \*\* lately?? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/56 "2005-11-22T00:20:08Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Anybody _seen_ \*\*Scott Plaid \*\* lately?? He’s been around, if you really care: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1274758](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1274758) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/57 "2005-11-22T00:26:37Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Andrew, could you please start some threads on: > > – overweight people > – bipolar disorder > – circumcision > – transsexualism > I think you may be able to acheive a sort of greatness. And: - SUVs - driving slowly in the fast lane - disciplining other people’s children - de-clawing cats - gun control - taking your shoes off in the house - ordering milk in a bar Now, if you could just get them all into one OP, THAT oughta do it. Seriously, dude, just quit while you’re still a member with posting privileges. You know, if you ask nicely, the admins will suspend you voluntarily for a week or so until you cool down if you’re in meltdown mode. Sometimes you just have to step away from the keyboard and go for a nice, long walk. This is looking like one of those times. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/58 "2005-11-22T00:26:51Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > He’s been around, if you really care: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1274758](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1274758) Thanks, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/59 "2005-11-22T00:30:37Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Anybody _seen_ \*\*Scott Plaid \*\* lately?? Well, I’d have to point out [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6818858&postcount=44) from **Bricker**. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148/60 "2005-11-22T00:33:13Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > These days, even intelligent and serious OP’s like yours are invariably met with such witticisms as “Fuck you, d00d!!!11” and the like - basically all of that that you mentioned above. I don’t know what happened to this board, but it’s truly shameful. It’s beautiful, it really is…brings a tear to my eye, the way the board’s two currently biggest assholes stand together in their time of need. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrewdt85-a-defense/332148.md?page=4)