# BrainGlutton, wtf? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399 "2015-07-28T15:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/81 "2015-07-28T23:13:41Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Well, like what? The only sort of thing about being tortured to death that I can recall here has to do with criminals, or accused alleged criminals. (Which I’ve spoken against from time to time.) I’m having a hard time thinking of politicians and celebrities that are routinely wished to be tortured to death by posters here. Perhaps you can refresh my memory. That’s a valid question, but I don’t recall any specific instances and it’s a difficult thing to search for. But that’s my definite recollection and it seems consistent with what several other posters to this thread have observed as well. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/82 "2015-07-28T23:19:29Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > That’s a valid question, but I don’t recall any specific instances and it’s a difficult thing to search for. But that’s my definite recollection and it seems consistent with what several other posters to this thread have observed as well. Several posters? In this thread? Have observed that politicians and celebrities are routinely offered being tortured to death by posters on the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/83 "2015-07-28T23:25:24Z")
Not anything as specific as that, but see e.g. posts #10 & #60. In any event, that’s my definite recollection, and as a guy I know recently posted, “_You can either take my word for it […] or not. I don’t really care; I know what I’ve read_”. YMMV. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/84 "2015-07-28T23:26:04Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > As much as I’d love to pile on I read it as simple sarcasm. Not worth pitting over, in my opinion. It doesn’t really make sense as sarcasm. I thought it was some kind of injoke i wasn’t getting when i read it, glad to know i wasn’t the only one who thought it was horrible. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/85 "2015-07-28T23:27:16Z")
Pitting accepted, apologies to all offended. It was hyperbole, of course, but in very bad taste. Also dated – who even remembers Ivana any more? But back in the '80s she was almost as widely reviled and odious a figure as The Donald is now. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/86 "2015-07-28T23:32:41Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Not anything as specific as that, but see e.g. posts #10 & #60. > > In any event, that’s my definite recollection, and as a guy I know recently posted, “_You can either take my word for it […] or not. I don’t really care; I know what I’ve read_”. YMMV. 🙂 Well, see, that’s why I’m not attacking your impression. For all I know, it’s valid. I’m attacking your statement that “it seems consistent with what several other posters to this thread have observed as well.” Here’s post 10: > [@](#): > > Many people say off the cuff nasty shit they really don’t LITTERALLY believe. > > News at 11. Here’s post 60: > [@](#): > > Just want to say thanks for the Pit thread. I never would have read the post otherwise. > > Has it been mentioned he also claimed most Americans would also enjoy watching Don Trump be raped to death on TV? That makes it seem like the comment is a bit of rhetoric, something quite common online. I’ve fairly bewildered as to how these posts show that the posters have observed “People routinely use all sorts of other forms of torture in the exactly parallel manner, as hyperbolic quasi-humor aimed at unpopular politicians and celebrities, in these very forums, and rarely if ever attract this sort of reaction.” As you claim. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/87 "2015-07-28T23:41:14Z")
BrainGlutton, don’t judge yourself to harshly. Due to the insanely weird thing you said, you provided me the opportunity to sneak in an Alice Cooper reference, which made Faithfool smile. That’s the kind of crap that makes the world go around! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/88 "2015-07-28T23:43:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Pitting accepted, apologies to all offended. It was hyperbole, of course, but in very bad taste. Also dated – who even remembers Ivana any more? But back in the '80s she was almost as widely reviled and odious a figure as The Donald is now. That’s not an apology, that’s a fucking excuse, and a bullshit excuse at that. Even in the 80s I could find it in myself to not state that all good and decent Americans wished Ivana Trump to be raped to death on national TV. You are a despicable person. There is no fucking reason, no reason at all, for you to state such a wish, even as hyperbole. None. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/89 "2015-07-28T23:51:46Z")
I’m old enough to know ‘rape’ when it was only a noun. As a result it’s the only usage I feel comfortable with. I guess once it becomes an adjective even the original noun kind of loosens up somewhat. Fwiw, I’m not even sure about ‘pimping’ something up. Nasty, exploitative, abusive cunts that they certainly used to be ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/90 "2015-07-28T23:59:15Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > I’m old enough to know ‘rape’ when it was only a noun. As a result it’s the only usage I feel comfortable with. > > I guess once it becomes an adjective even the original noun kind of loosens up somewhat. Not sure if satire. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/91 "2015-07-29T00:05:11Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > That’s not an apology, that’s a fucking excuse, and a bullshit excuse at that. Even in the 80s I could find it in myself to not state that all good and decent Americans wished Ivana Trump to be raped to death on national TV. > > You are a despicable person. There is no fucking reason, no reason at all, for you to state such a wish, even as hyperbole. None. Well… in the seemier parts of the internet, such hyperbole is commonplace. Which is not a good thing, but it does put BG’s remarks in context. To repeat though, even when Brainglutton’s distasteful wisecracks are not this patently offensive, they nonetheless lack humor. It would be best for him to give up that particular shtick. Hey, I don’t deliver one liners well either. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/92 "2015-07-29T00:08:54Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Well… in the seemier parts of the internet, such hyperbole is commonplace. Which is not a good thing, but it does put BG’s remarks in context. I’ll be happy to perform every action I can to prevent the SDMB from becoming one of the seamier parts of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/93 "2015-07-29T00:23:25Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > BTW, FWIW, here’s my theory as to the reaction (in aggregate, that is, not that of any specific person). > > I think it’s at least in part a sort of what one might term “political correctness”. Specifically, it’s a reaction to the notion that there is a “rape culture” in which rape is tolerated to an extent to the point where people find actual rape to be less serious than other crimes. No, people found rape even more abhorrent before the concept of a ‘rape culture’ was widely discussed. As to why the image revolts people so, just consider: (I believe I should say Trigger Alert, because this is a bit graphic) [spoiler]Rape is inserting an object into a person’s body, specifically a vagina, anus, or even mouth, against that person’s will. That alone is painful, humiliating, and generally unpleasant enough, but consider what would be necessary to kill some one by doing so. Since people do not die of pain and humiliation, the rape would necessarily have to involve sufficient violence for the person to die of blood loss or internal injuries. The rape, therefore, would have to be committed with a particularly large or sharp object, or continue for a long time, probably with a large number of perpetrators. Unless BH just meant good and decent people wanted to see a woman and / or her husband beaten to death or otherwise murdered, with a rape tossed in for good measure. Call me PC; I find that abhorrent. [/spoiler] BG, you can be as hard on yourself as you like. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/94 "2015-07-29T00:51:33Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Even as sarcasm, it’s just waaaaaay out of bounds. Rape just isn’t something to joke about. So you’re that dingus that heckles comedians in comedy clubs. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/95 "2015-07-29T01:18:30Z")
So **BrainGlutton** doesn’t like Ivana Trump… And the internet outragers got butthurt about it… Y’all suck. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/96 "2015-07-29T01:20:41Z")
> [@j666](#): > > (I believe I should say Trigger Alert, because this is a bit graphic) Trigger warnings are stupid, especially in a forum called the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/97 "2015-07-29T01:23:11Z")
I guess this would be a bad time for an Ivana Humpalot reference. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/98 "2015-07-29T02:14:43Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Trigger warnings are stupid, especially in a forum called the BBQ Pit. Philosophically I agree with you, but I don’t think people should be forced to curtail their activities, for fear of facing a triggering item unprepared, when a polite ‘heads up’ is all that is necessary. And I did think others could find my comment unpleasant, and worth a warning. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/99 "2015-07-29T02:38:30Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > I’m old enough to know ‘rape’ when it was only a noun. As a result it’s the only usage I feel comfortable with. “Rape” has been a verb for as long as it’s been a noun, if not longer. > [@](#): > > I guess once it becomes an adjective even the original noun kind of loosens up somewhat. I think you mean verb here. “Rape” as an adjective? > [@](#): > > Fwiw, I’m not even sure about ‘pimping’ something up. Nasty, exploitative, abusive cunts that they certainly used to be Who? The pimps? In any case, you’re referring to using the term “pimp” as a verb, not an adjective. In honor of this post, I’m going to verb a noun: gibberish. As in, “ **up\_the\_junction** is gibberishing again.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399/100 "2015-07-29T03:05:59Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > In honor of this post, I’m going to verb a noun: gibberish. As in, “ **up\_the\_junction** is gibberishing again.” You call that verbing? Hmph! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399.md?page=6)