# BigThanks to BigT!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482 "2011-01-05T14:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/101 "2011-01-09T05:11:01Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Is it just me or is this incredibly sanctimonious? “Those poor girls, still smarting from the abuses they suffered, they can’t help but lash out at people just trying to discuss things with them” It’s not just you. He sides with the guy that wants to pump jizz in a 5 year old and then laments the fate of poor girls who were abused as children. Dude really is having trouble keeping his moral outrage straight. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/102 "2011-01-09T05:24:45Z")
I think he’s basically one of those “you can’t call out bigots, because that would make YOU a bigot!” I found [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12463615&postcount=21) REALLY telling in his freak-out thread: > [@](#): > > Heck, the only reason I am rude here is because you guys taught me to be that way. Before I was here, I was the Wikipedia-style “be civil to everyone.” It’s here I learned that one can actually express negative emotions. What. The. Fuck. Dude, this is one MAJOR reason for this Pitting. This is NOT being “civil to everyone.” This is being a dick, and blaming everyone else for your problems, because you don’t have the balls to stand up for yourself. Or, as Jon Stewart said: “If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values—they’re hobbies.” And you’re not “civil” – you’re a patronizing, self-righteous, smarmy git. Someone should stab you in the eye with a really hot french fry!!! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/103 "2011-01-09T13:37:20Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > It’s not just you. He sides with the guy that wants to pump jizz in a 5 year old and then laments the fate of poor girls who were abused as children. > > Dude really is having trouble keeping his moral outrage straight. And he seems to do that often. Someone will say something creepy or rude, the rest of us will respond with, “Dude, WTF?!” and **BigT** will be all, “Forgive them, they know not what they say.” Maybe he identifies with people who say creepy things. If he’s really never leaving the house, I doubt his social skills are that great… ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/104 "2011-01-09T16:51:56Z")
Can I offer a hypothesis? Perhaps **BigT** tends to side with the underdog, whether they’re right or wrong, because that’s how he sees himself. It seems to me he fears the world outside of his door not just because of panic attacks, but because he sees it as cruel, painful, mean, and harshly judgemental. So when he perceives people being any of the above, he jumps into Super Hero mode. Defender of the weak. Protector of what’s good and pure. Maybe his real life is so empty that playing this role gives him _something_ to feel good about. I don’t know. I’ve never had a problem with him before, so I guess I’m being like **Cat Whisperer**. I’m not saying the OP isn’t justified, but I do think people are kinda going over board. Yes, he’s obese and suffers from various neuroses. But why should it bother people if he wants to participate in certain threads? I don’t know the guy’s full history, since I don’t participate in my threads, but do we know that he’s not in a relationship? Or that he’s virginal? Or are people just assuming these things about him? I believe him when he says he hasn’t read this thread, hence his strange apology. Knowing the little that I know about him, I wouldn’t think he would. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/105 "2011-01-09T17:06:33Z")
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. We have to chase him. Because he’s the hero that the SDMB deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we’ll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a guardian. A watchful protector. Our dark knight. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/106 "2011-01-09T17:15:44Z")
So is **BigT** the hero we need or the scapegoat we deserve, or…um…something? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/107 "2011-01-09T18:21:33Z")
I think **BigT** is Batman. Or the Comedian. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/108 "2011-01-09T18:50:03Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So is **BigT** the hero we need or the scapegoat we deserve, or…um…something? If **BigT** didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him. Or someone else. Or do something else. Maybe. That’s all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/109 "2011-01-09T21:15:36Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Can I offer a hypothesis? > > Perhaps **BigT** tends to side with the underdog, whether they’re right or wrong, because that’s how he sees himself. It seems to me he fears the world outside of his door not just because of panic attacks, but because he sees it as cruel, painful, mean, and harshly judgemental. So when he perceives people being any of the above, he jumps into Super Hero mode. Defender of the weak. So basically he’s a loser that contributes nothing to the threads. Doesn’t mean we should baby him. > [@monstro](#): > > Protector of what’s good and pure. Like pumping children full of jizz. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/110 "2011-01-09T21:19:18Z")
It seems that lately, half the people here like pumping a dead horse full of jizz. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/111 "2011-01-09T21:42:56Z")
Necroequiphilia? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/112 "2011-01-09T21:52:38Z")
**monstro** , I believe he’s stated that he’s a virgin for religious reasons, and that he is overweight. Okay, no big deal. That’s NOT what this is about. Look, I feel for the guy – I do. I have OCD, and I’ve suffered from depression. What I DO mind is his constant lectures – NOT his taking up for the “underdog”. I don’t like being told I’m an asshole for calling out someone for being a racist. I don’t like being told that if someone is mentally ill, that means none of the rules should apply to them, and if you call them an asshole, then YOU’RE the one who’s a jerk. And then when confronted about it, he runs away, claiming he can’t deal with it. Well, then don’t start something you can’t finish. (He told me to Pit him if I had a problem with him…yet there is a Pit thread, but he can’t bother to read it) The reason people are bringing up his condition is that he uses it as an excuse as to why no one can call him out, or why the mods can’t give him a warning, as happened in the thread previously linked. Also, he feels criticize and lecture people on “correct social morals”, despite the fact he has no knowledge or experience. And I sure as HELL don’t like being blamed for HIS actions. And a lot of times the so-called “underdog” is simply a dickbag being called on (rightly) on his or her behavior. Again, I really do feel bad for the guy. If he’s going through what he says, it sounds pretty bad. But don’t use it as an excuse to be an asshole, then turn around and blame it on others. (As quoted above, the whole, “YOU PEOPLE ARE MAKING ME DO THIS!!!”) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/113 "2011-01-09T22:13:41Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > It seems that lately, half the people here like pumping a dead horse full of jizz. Nothin’ worse than a dead horse only half full of jizz. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/114 "2011-01-09T22:44:44Z")
Anyone seen the Home Alone movies? Kevin watches a series of movies called Angels with Dirty Faces that features a mobster guy saying he’ll give his victim to the count of ten before he pumps their guts full of lead. I keep imagining that guy’s voice in my mind. Except now he’s not saying lead… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/115 "2011-01-10T14:37:05Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Seems like kicking someone when they’re down to me. I never understood this. Of course you kick someone when they’re down. Kick 'em when they’re up and they punch you in the face, break your nose, and they just have a bruised shin.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/116 "2011-01-10T17:32:49Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Is it just me or is this incredibly sanctimonious? “Those poor girls, still smarting from the abuses they suffered, they can’t help but lash out at people just trying to discuss things with them” No, it’s not just you. I wanted to punch him in the fucking teeth. What a fucking sexist pig–“poor baby, you disgree with me so you are inherently illogical, clearly something terrible must have happened to you, because no one could hold those opinions without some traumatic experience in their own past.” > [@Guinastasia](#): > > **monstro** , I believe he’s stated that he’s a virgin for religious reasons Uh huh. Sure. I bet he’d have been having \*so much \*sex, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s saving himself for marriage. Probably has to beat the ladies off with a stick. In fact, you know what–that’s almost certainly why he can’t leave the house! Too many women constantly soliciting him for sex. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/117 "2011-01-10T20:12:35Z")
I’m really not in favor of kicking someone when they’re down (although\*\* kayaker \*\*makes an excellent point). What frustrates me, though, is **BigT** ’s assertions that [we should not hold people’s past posts against them](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13336315&postcount=212). He calls it holding a grudge. But there’s a reason why this community has the rules it does about registering and posting under a singe user name, no socks, no anonymous posting. And that’s to create accountability for our posts. I see it less a grudge-holding than as forming an opinion of someone over time, based on that person’s own words and actions, but\*\* BigT\*\* would have us believe that that is petty and wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/118 "2011-01-10T21:24:50Z")
That’s because \*\*BigT \*\*is a social retard. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/119 "2011-01-10T23:28:05Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Uh huh. Sure. I bet he’d have been having \*so much \*sex, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s saving himself for marriage. Probably has to beat the ladies off with a stick. In fact, you know what–that’s almost certainly why he can’t leave the house! Too many women constantly soliciting him for sex. Hey – I’m just repeating what he said. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/120 "2011-01-11T00:21:06Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. We have to chase him. Because he’s the hero that the SDMB deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we’ll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a guardian. A watchful protector. Our dark knight. “Bruce, we need you! Someone calling himself the Pen…Uh, geez Bruce, you’ve kinda let, uh, let yourself go a little. Are you, um, are you alright? Have you…have you even left the mansion in the past couple of months? Um, you know, um, never mind. I’m gonna see what the Blue Beetle is up to.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482.md?page=7)