# Bought a set of buttplugs today **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378 "2015-12-04T03:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/101 "2015-12-05T18:30:42Z")
English major would use a semi-colon. They’d be about half right. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/102 "2015-12-05T18:48:39Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > Holy shit that was an epic take down. > _claps_ > > :eek: Just looked that over. Wow. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/103 "2015-12-05T21:46:22Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I thought that was the constipated engineer. > > The constipated mathematician worked it out with a pencil. A pocket calculator wouldn’t work very well… A book of log tables? Oh, I know! The mathematician simply converts to polar coordinates and inverts them, and what was inside is now outside. Then he wipes up with the log tables. ---
**Author:** ![Profdriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/104 "2015-12-06T03:56:20Z")
Bumping for politcal ass plugs ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/105 "2015-12-06T13:57:55Z")
> [@Profdriver](#): > > Bumping for politcal ass plugs Please respond to Post #27. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/106 "2015-12-06T14:49:19Z")
> [@Profdriver](#): > > Bumping for politcal ass plugs And there’s a new movie [coming](http://orig07.deviantart.net/282f/f/2012/237/d/f/emperor_palpatine_2_by_jkno4u-d5ccabg.jpg) [out](http://zone1.peacockpanache.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Donald-Trump.png)… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/107 "2015-12-06T15:06:37Z")
> [@Profdriver](#): > > Got myself a nice set of decent sized buttplugs in getting ready for the Bernie/Hillary administration. Havent had much luck with the ladies lately but at least my govt will be there to f\*ck me each day. Just forgot to grab some lube… > [@Profdriver](#): > > **Dont get too far ahead of yourself, I recently got these bad boys and the middle one is good to fuck with but it won’t prepare my anal cavity for the permanent gaping damage another democratic administration will do to it. OP delivers.** > [@Profdriver](#): > > Bumping for politcal ass plugs Well as long as the OP is still participating in this thread, let me get serious for a moment. You started this thread with the OP I quoted above. What was your intent for the thread? Did you feel people would be saying things like _“Wow, that really sums up the modern Democratic party in an insightful metaphor”_? If so, you must realize by now that didn’t happen. You obviously dislike the Democrats who are running for President. But you didn’t choose to express opinions like _“I don’t like Bernie or Hillary because they’ll raise taxes”_ or _“I don’t like Bernie or Hillary because I feel they’ll do too much for special interest groups”_ or _“I don’t like Bernie or Hillary because I feel they’ll make poor foreign policy decisions”_. No, your message essentially was _“I don’t like Bernie or Hillary because they’ll do strange things to my anus.”_ But I’m assuming you don’t believe this is literally true. I’m assuming that you just chose this as a metaphor for how you feel about the candidates. To me, it seems like the greater purpose of stating a political opinion is to sway the opinions of those who read it. If I said something like _“I lived in New York when Hillary Clinton was Senator of that state and I can tell you she did a poor job representing her constituents. She would do the same representing Americans as President. So don’t vote for her.”_ then I would be making a valid attempt to sway opinions about Clinton. But if I said _“Don’t vote for Hillary. She’s a big poopyhead.”_ then the way I presented my message would diminish the respect people would have for my opinions and defeat the purpose of posting them. Why would anyone want to take advice from somebody who’d use the word poopyhead? Your OP seems to cause the same reaction. It seems more likely to sway people’s opinions about you and your abilities as a political commentator rather than sway opinions about the subject you were commenting on. So, to get back to my question, why did you choose to make this post? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/108 "2015-12-06T15:16:03Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > And there’s a new movie [coming](http://orig07.deviantart.net/282f/f/2012/237/d/f/emperor_palpatine_2_by_jkno4u-d5ccabg.jpg) [out](http://zone1.peacockpanache.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Donald-Trump.png)… Coming out of … where? :eek: Did you remove the buttplug again? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/109 "2015-12-06T15:19:24Z")
Butt plugs, butt plugs, Roley-poly butt plugs Butt plugs, butt plugs Stick 'em up, _aaargh!_ ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/110 "2015-12-06T15:19:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Why would anyone want to take advice from somebody who’d use the word poopyhead? What’s wrong with the word “poopyhead”? It’s a fine word and works well to describe how I feel about some people. 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/111 "2015-12-06T15:23:42Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > Holy shit that was an epic take down. > _claps_ > > :eek: Yeah. **Colibri** is the shit, man. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/112 "2015-12-06T15:24:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Coming out of … where? :eek: Did you remove the buttplug again? I didn’t pull it out of Anywhere… that damn [Force](http://www.starwars.com/video/star-wars-the-force-awakens-official-teaser-2)… it just awakened… PS- Be Careful! Those Sith always run in [del][pears](http://www.trbimg.com/img-5119a276/turbine/ct-talk-aj-2-chris-christie-0212.jpg-20130211/600/400x600)[/del] pairs… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378/113 "2015-12-06T19:12:01Z")
Since the OP is no longer with us, I’m going to close this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378.md?page=5)