# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 7
**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 11, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/121 "2011-01-11T04:45:46Z")
In **BigT** ’s world, a “grudge” seems to be forming an opinion on someone based on your interactions with them in the past. Sometimes, he makes me think of that episode of _The Simpsons_, when Ned Flanders ends up in a mental institute: **Homer** : You know what your problem is, Flanders? You’re afraid to be human. **Ned** : Ho ho, now why would I be afraid of that? **Homer** : Because humans are obnoxious, sometimes. Humans hate things. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/122 "2011-01-11T05:50:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > … Because humans are obnoxious, sometimes. Humans hate things. IS THIS TRUE??!?!?! ~ **BigT** ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/123 "2011-01-16T17:12:25Z")
From the current “what’s the next move for the anti-vax crowd” thread: > [@What's the next move for the antivax crowd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-move-for-the-antivax-crowd/567346/68): > > My first MMR shot is what led to my seizure at 16 months, and is why I died. I wish. > [@What's the next move for the antivax crowd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-move-for-the-antivax-crowd/567346/68): > > That still doesn’t mean I won’t vaccinate any of my kids (assuming I have them). How can you have kids if you never leave the house? My vote is incest. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/124 "2011-01-16T19:09:20Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > From the current “what’s the next move for the anti-vax crowd” thread: > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > My first MMR shot is what led to my seizure at 16 months, and is why I died. > > I wish. **lindsay** , wishing death on another poster is a violation of the posting rules of the SDMB. No warning issued, but please don’t do this again. ---
**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 16, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/125 "2011-01-16T19:18:28Z")
Oh, now he has seizures? Oh, that’s rich. ---
**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 16, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/126 "2011-01-16T19:32:23Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, now he has seizures? Oh, that’s rich. More interesting than that is the fact that apparently he died. I must say, he posts quite well for a dead guy. ---
**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 16, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/127 "2011-01-16T20:47:57Z")
He’s pretty spry for a dead guy. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/128 "2011-01-16T21:46:06Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **lindsay** , wishing death on another poster is a violation of the posting rules of the SDMB. No warning issued, but please don’t do this again. Whoops, sorry! ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/129 "2011-01-17T05:30:44Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > 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… Dude, _dude_! I’ve had that exact thing in my head reading this thread!! Including “1…2…10!!! :: gunshots ::” ---
**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 17, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/130 "2011-01-17T05:53:32Z")
Keep the change, ya filthy animal! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/131 "2011-01-17T06:23:10Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, now he has seizures? Oh, that’s rich. How did you get “now he has seizures” out of “my seizure at 16 months”? Or are your seizures the only ones that qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/132 "2011-05-22T16:44:39Z")
Little weasel just can’t stop defending the other weasels. [Psxers Pit thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13828863&posted=1#post13828863), [BigT’s contribution here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13825576&postcount=150). > [@](#): > > …And, frankly, if you hate this guy, that says more about you than it does about him. He’s trying to do well. He apologizes when he messes up, and changes his tactics. That’s all a human being can do. If you choose not to even try to forgive him, that’s your prerogative, but blaming him for your choice is stupid. And once you’ve crossed that line, there is no longer any reason to bother trying to not offend you, as you’ve made it clear you are going to be offended by everything he does… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/133 "2011-05-22T17:19:19Z")
Eh, **BigT** is OK. He/she is just going through something a lot of people go through with regard to the Dope: he’s letting all the minor annoyances pile up to the point that they are all he sees. Logical fallacies, nonresponsive responses, hypocritical posting (to which none of us are immune), stupid snark, pointless dogpiles. The list, I’m sure you know, goes on and on and on. **BigT** just needs to step back and keep it light for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/134 "2011-05-22T17:22:52Z")
People have been saying that to BigT for a long time with no results. He insists that any criticism we make of someone else is unjustified and reflects badly on us. So apparently only BigTs criticisms of us is justified. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/135 "2011-05-22T17:40:38Z")
Yeah, I understand. I’m as liable as anyone else to take umbrage and waste a bunch of time arguing on the internet. But I’ve also seen **BigT** be compassionate and constructive. It’s all good. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/136 "2011-05-22T17:53:26Z")
I’ve made my thoughts on BigT very verbal in the past, but I’ll be the first to admit that he’s toned down his old routine a great deal. I don’t know whether he’s done that consciously or what, but it’s a noticeable change for the better. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/137 "2011-05-23T00:36:56Z")
Frankly, BigT is much improved since this pitting - perhaps because of it. Honestly he has really become a decent poster, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/138 "2011-05-23T01:39:46Z")
I agree. Someone should unpit BigT. I agreed with him in the psxer thread, too. > [@Zsofia](#): > > Frankly, BigT is much improved since this pitting - perhaps because of it. Honestly he has really become a decent poster, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482/139 "2011-05-24T09:05:19Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Frankly, BigT is much improved since this pitting - perhaps because of it. Honestly he has really become a decent poster, IMHO. > [@needscoffee](#): > > I agree. Someone should unpit BigT. I agreed with him in the psxer thread, too. I also agree. Unfortunately, it’s my months-old Pit thread that has been resurrected and I’m kind of embarrassed by that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482.md?page=6)