# askeptic is a psycho **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848 "2004-03-28T02:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/21 "2004-03-28T16:35:13Z")
I dunno. He’s just a real attention whore. Seems like every post is “Oh, I was gonna post something, but I’ll regret it.” Then there was [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244899) and [this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244485) ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/22 "2004-03-28T16:40:56Z")
I see, so calling somebody on the fact that they are a loon in the BBQ pit is trolling? Pure genius there einstein. I generally read every post in the BBQ pit, and happned across Lib in general questions posting his crackpot theory, and am really tired of lib and his “handstabbing athiest” remarks, so I posted, if that is stalking, then I suppose I am guilty. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/23 "2004-03-28T16:50:04Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > I see, so calling somebody on the fact that they are a loon in the BBQ pit is trolling? Pure genius there einstein. Hey, Cuddles–you wanna call him on something, create a thread, have fun! Go nuts! Of course, if you did, you’d have to link to something he did that _caused_ you to pit him. And if the best you can come up with is he used the term “handstabbing”, you’d get pitted in your own thread. So I guess, from a snivelling chickenshit POV like you seem to have, this method certainly is safer. But it makes for a less enjoyable reading experience for me, and I suspect, many other Dopers who’d like to see where any given thread is going without your “Lib sux!” du jour posts. > [@](#): > > I generally read every post in the BBQ pit, and happned across Lib in general questions posting his crackpot theory, and am really tired of lib and his “handstabbing athiest” remarks, so I posted, if that is stalking, then I suppose I am guilty. See? Then we’re all in agreement. 🙂 Why not send a nice note to one of the moderators apologizing for stalking and hijacking and then go and be guilty no more. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/24 "2004-03-28T17:05:32Z")
**Epimetheus** , I owe you an apology–I did a couple of searches and I obviously mistook you for someone else. A quick scan of your posts shows that I was wrong and you were _not_ the person I was thinking of who follows **Lib** around and regularly hijacks threads. Sorry about that, I apologize. We now return you to your regularly scheduled **askeptic** pit-thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/25 "2004-03-28T17:07:08Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > **Epimetheus** , > > I owe you an apology–I did a couple of searches and I obviously mistook you for someone else. A quick scan of your posts shows that I was wrong and you were _not_ the person I was thinking of who follows **Lib** around and regularly hijacks threads. Sorry about that, I apologize. > > We now return you to your regularly scheduled **askeptic** pit-thread. You are thinking of **askeptic**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/26 "2004-03-28T18:30:52Z")
Thanks, Fenris, for getting my back. Lately, my main discussions have been about idolatry, atoms, and potato salad. I asked a GQ about grounding, but I still don’t get it. Ilsa, how did this guy know you in the manner he suggested? Is he connected with you from some other board? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/27 "2004-03-28T18:52:38Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Thanks, Fenris, for getting my back. Lately, my main discussions have been about idolatry, atoms, and potato salad. I asked a GQ about grounding, but I still don’t get it. > > Ilsa, how did this guy know you in the manner he suggested? Is he connected with you from some other board? Not in the least, hence the suspicion of, hmmm… shall we say “reincarnation.” The most interesting part is that I haven’t pitted **Aldebaran** since he registered. Insert nonfunctional dubious smilie. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/28 "2004-03-28T18:55:29Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Thanks, Fenris, for getting my back. Lately, my main discussions have been about idolatry, atoms, and potato salad. I asked a GQ about grounding, but I still don’t get it. > > Ilsa, how did this guy know you in the manner he suggested? Is he connected with you from some other board? You know, I did get kinda snarky with you a couple of times in some other threads. I apologize. You might have a tendency to fly off the handle (not unlike me 😉 ), but you’re really pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/29 "2004-03-28T18:58:52Z")
I am no fan of the casual “hand-stabbing” comments which, if you ask him who he refers to, he will hem and haw and pretend he was not referring to you. However, if he > [@Epimetheus](#): > > has thwarted modern atomic theory by “proving” atoms do not exist. That can only raise my estimation of him, seeing as they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/30 "2004-03-28T19:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > That can only raise my estimation of him, seeing as they don’t. Uh oh… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/31 "2004-03-28T19:23:21Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Not in the least, hence the suspicion of, hmmm… shall we say “reincarnation.” The most interesting part is that I haven’t pitted **Aldebaran** since he registered. Insert nonfunctional dubious smilie. Well, he seemed to know me from the get-go, after what, his first 50 posts in his first hour? He called me “Lib” which no one has ever done until they’ve been around for quite some time. He seemed to hold some ancient grudge against me, and his first post to me was a flame. I responded, “You are who again?”. It seemed to infuriate him. Similar spooky familiarity occurred a couple of other times. I reported them all, but the mods are quite busy at the moment. Incidentally, I just now noticed, thanks to Ludovic’s post, that Epimetheus ambushed me even in General Questions. I just reported it without response. ===================== Ludovic I just wanted you to know that I opened a whole thread in Great Debates about the question you had expressed frustration over not being addressed from the MOP. I spent about four hours of analysis on it, but the debate fizzled out from lack of interest and fell off the page. Since you’re back, you can resurrect it if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/32 "2004-03-28T19:27:14Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Well, he seemed to know me from the get-go, after what, his first 50 posts in his first hour? He called me “Lib” which no one has ever done until they’ve been around for quite some time. He seemed to hold some ancient grudge against me, and his first post to me was a flame. I responded, “You are who again?”. It seemed to infuriate him. Similar spooky familiarity occurred a couple of other times. I reported them all, but the mods are quite busy at the moment. Incidentally, I just now noticed, thanks to Ludovic’s post, that Epimetheus ambushed me even in General Questions. I just reported it without response. He does act like a bit of an old-timer… He doesn’t have **Kurdt Kobain** vibe at all. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/33 "2004-03-28T19:36:20Z")
Do some people seriously beleive that “atoms don’t exist.” Perhaps you can tell me what YOU think the smallest particle of matter is? Or does matter not exist either? Perhaps you can also explain what that big “boom” was in Hiroshima, since apparently atomic bombs don’t exist either. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/34 "2004-03-28T19:42:19Z")
The universe is a probability field. If it exists, it does so only epistemically. That was the point that was made. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/35 "2004-03-28T19:43:35Z")
I should have said probability distribution, not field. ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/36 "2004-03-28T19:46:49Z")
**Libertarian** , I really wish you would have answered his question in your [Barbra’s gluteus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4679230&postcount=101) Pit thread: > [@askeptic](#): > > Or should I just assume you think that I am just a little worthless prick, not worthy of your time? Yes, **skutir** , [atoms](http://www.animecelshop.com/animecelshop_com/images/ATOMBOY/cels0071.JPG) really _do_ exist… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/37 "2004-03-28T19:52:39Z")
Yeah, Glute, I saw that one. And I believe I answered it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/38 "2004-03-28T20:01:01Z")
Of course you did! Actions speak louder than words. I’m surprised **askeptic** hasn’t attended his own Pitting yet… it’s already March 28th, and he’s only got a measly 471 posts for the month. Will he make it to 500 by April His Day? ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/39 "2004-03-28T20:22:25Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > The universe is a probability field. If it exists, it does so only epistemically. That was the point that was made. So what are you, a solipsist? And when you say “If it exists,” are you suggesting that perhaps it does not? If there is no universe, then what am I doing here? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848/40 "2004-03-28T20:36:59Z")
No, I’m not a solipsist, but I’m not an existentialist either. A probability distribution need have only essence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askeptic-is-a-psycho/236848.md?page=3)