Cynical Gabe
This killed me. Just killed me.
Glad I could oblige. This is like a surrealist trainwreck, as it is. I’m waiting for the flaming giraffes to come galloping across the thread.
If we can steal a few laughs from the crazyness, I think we deserve 'em.
takes a bow
Is this about Terrell Owens again?
A) I don’t have a problem. For problems look in the mirror.
B) Since “A” is true, I don’t have an argumant to make.
C) I will giggle like a chimp when I fucking well please, assface. Especially at you.
D) You and Andrew the fucktard amuse me. It’s ridiculous first off that he feels the need to pollute the boards here with his noise, then posts a fucking novel to tell us he’s going to stop. I found it amusing that you considered his paint-sniffing haze infused ramblings, what was it: “intelligent and serious”?
E) Yes, I’ve pulled up a chair. Now I’ve responded to you. Now I’ll sit here and await your measured and rational response. You will make sure to do that funny thing where every few words are really fucking big won’t you? It makes me giggle like a monkey.
Here’s an attempt at a calm answer.
Your rant was horrible. Absolutely horrible. And for the record, there were the beginnings of a good debate in there: lots of doctors don’t pay attention, don’t really care, just want to get you in and out. But your rant was so unclear. I know you’ve apologized for the swipe at Quadgop, but if you honestly wanted that thread to go anywhere you should have done it much sooner. Hold on, lemme go pull it up…
Upon reading it, it’s unclear, incoherent, you take a sharp right to bash Quadgop, a sharp left to bash pyschiatrists into the bargain, and then demand that no responses say anything like “You should study up yourself.”
You know, Andrew, it’s only a fucking message board. If it’s causing you this much grief and distress, why don’t you just leave it alone? Stop picking at it like it was a scab.
How about a thread about overweight, bi-polar transsexuals who order milk in a bar and want to circumcise other people’s children while driving an SUV in the slow lane and de-clawing cats that are in favor of gun control for people who don’t take their shoes off when entering someone’s house?
A few? Hell, I haven’t laughed this hard in weeks! Thanks, guys!
I really want to add something to that, but I think you’ve got it covered. 
Nope, Mr. Blue Sky didn’t specify pre-op or post-op transsexuals. That’s a very important distinction.
Are they Korean transvestites who like talking about fashion and work for Jerry Orbach?
Ooops, that should be Korean transsexuals. Not transvestites.
…who also use food stamps to buy liquor/ lobster/ candy and either live in bad areas of town or live with their parents?
Ok, andrewdt85, you’ve asked how many threads you should start in order not to get piled on.
Personally, i’m not sure that there’s a correct answer, but it certainly seems to me that you could benefit from starting fewer threads of your own, and spending more time joining in other people’s conversations.
Your total post count, as of 9.50pm Eastern here in the US, is 1,039. And the total number of threads you have started is 218.
Contrast this ratio with these figures:
mhendo (me)
Total posts: 7,455
Threads started: 198
FinnAgain
Total posts: 4,841
Threads started: 50
furt
Total posts: 4,386
Threads started: 150
kidchameleon
Total posts: 1,357
Threads started: 13
El_Kabong
Total posts: 3,906
Threads started: 104
Lute Skywatcher
Total posts: 13,278
Threads started: 447
Sal Ammoniac
Total posts: 525
Threads started: 32
Atticus Finch
Total posts: 1,555
Threads started: 33
The Gaspode
Total posts: 3,247
Threads started: 243
Agent Foxtrot
Total posts: 806
Threads started: 152
Do you notice a pattern here, and how it contrasts with your own posting habits? The only person in this list who comes close your number of threads started as a percentage of total posts is Agent Foxtrot, and he’s spread his threads out over the past 2+ years.
Of the rest of the people in the list, no-one has a threads/posts ratio above 1/10, and most are under 1/20.
I’m not saying that the people in this list are necessarily exemplars of how to post on the SDMB. I just chose them randomly from people who have posted in this thread. But i’m willling to bet that their posting and thread-starting habits are rather typical of medium- to long-term Dopers.
I won’t offer any more advice; i’ll leave you to take whatever you feel might be useful from this post.
And like President Bush.
If you can’t get it going with that, you should just quit.
<applauds vociferously>
I am not gonna wade through this whole thread–just wanted to say thanks for the laugh.
andrew --I share some of your frustrations with modern health care, but I can’t help but feel that no good can come from this type of thing (the whole apology/but here is my defense and BTW, fuck you thing).
And have ten cats that are declawed.
But what’s wrong with overweight, bi-polar transsexuals who order milk in a bar and want to circumcise other people’s children while driving an SUV in the slow lane and de-clawing cats that are in favor of gun control for people who don’t take their shoes off when entering someone’s house and likes George Bush?
What if they also chew gum with their mouths open?