# bernse: Your kidding right? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419 "2003-02-11T20:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/21 "2003-02-11T21:27:47Z")
So would asking ‘Where in Chicago can I find some hookers **and** weed?’ be a double negative, and thus, like, okay? Just askin, ya’ know. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/22 "2003-02-11T21:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by D\_Odds \* > \*\*If the _Chicago Reader_ is anything like the _New York Press_ (and I’ve no reason to believe otherwise), then they are already in that ‘undesirable legal position’, as there are ads aplenty for such services. \*\* That’s a good point. Hopefully a lawyer can come and clear things up, but my wild ass guess is that since those ads probably say things like “asian massage” and do not expressively offer illegal services, they don’t carry the same weight as actively describing how to obtain those illegal services. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/23 "2003-02-11T21:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yme \* > \*\*Haj? worry about something else other than grammer, punctuation, ahnd sphelleeng? did you not under’stand what I said’ and or ask-ed! \*\* I answered your question in my first post. Did you even attempt to comprehend it? The second post was a gratuitous jab. Jesus, kid, if you don’t like the rules here, find another sand box. Haj ---
**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/24 "2003-02-11T21:41:06Z")
Uh… I was jabbing back. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/25 "2003-02-11T22:02:02Z")
All I have to say is that the “prostitute” thread shouldnt be in MPSIMS in the first place. In many peoples eyes (much like my own), prostitues and child molesters are on the same page. You can come up with a gagillion threads that would be shut down. (“ask the murdering convict!” or “ask the serial rapist!”) I do agree that because the board is part of a newspaper, solicitation of sex (and weed) shouldnt be allowed. Chicago AND experiences in Boston as the origional thread indicated. All I want to know (in a civil nature please) is, whats with the bias? ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/26 "2003-02-11T22:13:40Z")
Ooooh! My first pit thread!! \ Damn! I can’t even really use descriptive words like: _Fuckhead, Cunt, Asshat, Smegma eater, dick cheese, dog-fucker, grandparent felatio specialist, Jesus-on-a-pogo-stick, Jesus-on-a- **FUCKING** -pogo-stick and last but not least, Honky_, as a slam. You know why? You actually worded you OP quite politely and actually sounded like an honest question(s) which have been already answered. Thanks for asking though! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/27 "2003-02-11T22:13:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*ThatGuyWithPants \*\*\* > All I want to know (in a civil nature please) is, whats with the bias? Huh? I don’t get it. What bias? The bias against asking for information on how to commit crimes? **yme** , just keep “jabbing.” I can tell that you’re not looking any _smarter_ the more I read from you. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/28 "2003-02-11T23:09:05Z")
[nitpick] Prostitution is legal only in certain counties in Nevada. And no large cities. So that knocks out Vegas. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/29 "2003-02-11T23:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > In many peoples eyes (much like my own), prostitues and child molesters are on the same page. Are you fucking kidding me? That’s ludicrous. And **yme** I stand by my contention made in [this older thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160975)that you are indeed simple. Starting _this_ pathetic thread and your failure to recognize the difference between past acts and future acts only reinforces my belief. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/30 "2003-02-11T23:14:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*[nitpick] > Prostitution is legal only in certain counties in Nevada. And no large cities. So that knocks out Vegas. > [/nitpick] \*\* Damn. I’m going to Las Vegas next month. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/31 "2003-02-11T23:43:16Z")
[Trivia] Know why prostitution is illegal in Reno and Las Vegas, but nowhere else in Nevade? Men gamble more when they’re with their wives! [/Trivia] ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/32 "2003-02-11T23:47:13Z")
[Everything you ever wanted to know about prostitution in Nevada.](http://www.sexuality.org/l/workers/nevada.html) ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/33 "2003-02-12T01:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yme \* > \*\*Obviously you all knew that I made a mistake in my words. So correct for it while reading and keep going. > > If someone wrote: “The kat is black.” > > I wouldn’t point it out and waste thread space by saying: > > You idiot! You spelled kat with a K! > > But you knew it was a cat right? \*\* If you spell cat with a “K” you’re an idiot. Same thing goes with repeated abuse of “their”, “they’re”, and “there.” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/34 "2003-02-12T01:42:20Z")
Unless you’re referring to me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/35 "2003-02-12T01:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThatGuyWithPants \* > \*\*\ In many peoples eyes (much like my own), prostitues and child molesters are on the same page. \ \*\* This one I don’t comprehend. I doubt that this is the case “in many people’s eyes”. Care to expand on your thought a bit? ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/36 "2003-02-12T01:54:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > **Are you f** _\*\*\* kidding me? That’s ludicrous. > \*\* With all due respect, I am not kidding. All people who go out and do such horrible things are all disgusting. The people might be some of the kindest you’ll meet, but what they do is just plain wrong. “If a million people say a wrong thing, it’s still a wrong thing.” So personally I dont care what people in Nevada think about something legal…its still sick. I’m not saying you have to agree with me, but I stand firmly that those people I named off are no better than any of the others. Do child pedophiles disturb me? ugh dont get me started on it. They are the dirt of society. but I still think prostitutes are just as wrong on what they do. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/37 "2003-02-12T01:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > In many peoples eyes (much like my own), prostitues and child molesters are on the same page. I’d take issue with use of the word “many” in that sentence, as only a total loon would confuse sexual predation of children with a sex-for-money exchange between two consenting adults. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/38 "2003-02-12T01:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThatGuyWithPants \* > \*\* In many peoples eyes (much like my own), prostitues and child molesters are on the same page. \*\* Are you serious? Because, I think child molesters should be executed. I definitely don’t think the same about prostitutes. Way big difference. Out of curiosity, why do you feel they are on the same page? Are you ultra-conservative or of an religious group that sees only in black and white? ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/39 "2003-02-12T02:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*I’d take issue with use of the word “many” in that sentence, as only a total loon would confuse sexual predation of children with a sex-for-money exchange between two consenting adults. \*\* point taken. “many” unfortunately isnt a very good word. Replace it with “some” for a more-accurate statement. Thanks for the insight. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernse-your-kidding-right/154419/40 "2003-02-12T02:02:36Z")
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