# Bryan Ekers, you are a thread-pissing dumbfuck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864 "2006-03-25T17:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/41 "2006-03-25T19:59:29Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Probably. He can pretty much be guaranteed to hold whatever opinion is unpopular at the time. It’s common behaviour among those who thrive on attention no matter what the kind. Cool, now all my enemies are officially active in this thread. Except the pittee himself. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/42 "2006-03-25T20:00:14Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > You didn’t answer my question. But let’s run with what you posted anyway. > > What percentage of the board do you actually think would rather have **Ekers** totally gone, and what percentage of the board would rather have me totally gone, never to post again? I couldn’t even guess. But you’re not under the impression that you’re popular or well-liked around here, are you? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/43 "2006-03-25T20:01:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > There was a bit of an unholy triumvirate involving **Aeschines** , **mswas** , and **drmark2000**. Of the three, two were suspended ( **mswas** ’ suspension is over, but he does not seem to have returned), and I fear **Aeschines** is cracking under the strain of bearing the entire load on his own. Ah, that’s right. Thanks. That was quite surreal. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/44 "2006-03-25T20:01:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Was **Aeschines** the one who used to tell us that **mswas** ’s long rambling paranoid theories were absolutely brilliant? Or was that someone else, and some other paranoid conspiracy theorist? Yeah, [he’s the one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351735). Or maybe it was more **mswas** telling us that **aeschines** was brilliant. I really can’t figure out what either of them are saying in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/45 "2006-03-25T20:01:47Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Compared to you? Yes. That seems to be the general consensus. How about not compared to me, in his own right? What’s your opinion of **Ekers?**. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/46 "2006-03-25T20:03:59Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > I couldn’t even guess. Then why make any statement in the first place? > [@](#): > > But you’re not under the impression that you’re popular or well-liked around here, are you? In this thread? No, of course not. You guys are my enemies on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/47 "2006-03-25T20:05:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ah, that’s right. Thanks. That was quite surreal. Wellll, it’s Little Miss Postpadder herself! Didn’t you get told to get a life and push away from the computer recently? Take the fucking advice! ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/48 "2006-03-25T20:07:41Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I really can’t figure out what either of them are saying in that thread. Of course not, you’re IQ would have to be at least 20 points higher for it to start to make sense. BTW, I have both argued against **drmark2000’s** and **mswas’s** opinions before, since we were by no means allied as a political force on the board but simply had respect for each other’s intellects. How and when did **mswas** get suspended? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/49 "2006-03-25T20:09:24Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > What’s your opinion of **Ekers?**. What the fuck does my opinion of him have to do with this thread? You’re the one pitting him, it’s your opinion that matters here. As the OP I can offer my opinion of you, but my opinion of whom you’re pitting matters not. I remember your mention of his number of posts. How many do you have in this thread alone?I’ll take one **Bryan Eckers** OP over a thousand of your posts anyday. That puts him way ahead of you. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/50 "2006-03-25T20:13:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Agree with the first part, disagree with the second. Drive-bys are not, in and of themselves, a negative or a positive. Content and context matter, as always. A drive-by in a political thread that says nothing more than “Bush sucks!” is not useful, and indicative of tooldom on the part of the poster. However, drive-bys can also be witty, or to the point. A good argument is not judged merely on length. And most often, drive-bys are not intended to be serious arguments at all, but merely jokes for the amusement of anyone in the thread. Most of the quotes you’ve pulled from **Bryan** seem to be in the latter category. I don’t agree with you on this. I’m not a fan of drive-bys (whether toolsih or on-target) or jokes just tossed into a thread. So I doubt that any further examples with convince you. > [@](#): > > And for the record, yes, I think **Bryan** is a clever, witty poster, and a solid asset to the boards in general. I don’t doubt it because you’re both fucking idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/51 "2006-03-25T20:15:45Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > What the fuck does my opinion of him have to do with this thread? Because it’s a thread about him, you fucking moron. > [@](#): > > How many do you have in this thread alone? It’s my thread, you fucking moron. > [@](#): > > I’ll take one **Bryan Eckers** OP over a thousand of your posts anyday. That puts him way ahead of you. No, it just proves that you’re a member of the Tool Crew. Fuck off! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/52 "2006-03-25T20:21:01Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > Yes. Wilson can be wrong but to dismiss his comments as ignorant or worse is foolish. I start with the assumption that anything a rigorous thinker with a reputation, like Wilson, says in public usually has been thought about beforehand and isn’t just a case of winging it. > > That’s why, in the thread involved here, I suggested that Wilson himself be contacted at Harvard and told about his many failings in the _Salon_ interview. That way, if he chooses to do so, Wilson can defend himself. Personally, I would feel a little (OK a lot) ill-equipped to defend E.O. Wilson. Yeah, and I agreed with you on that point in the thread. Wilson made a few comments in an interview and the OP and \*\*Liberal \*\*were upset because he didn’t back them up. Sheesh. It was just a few questions in the interview, not like Wilson was writing a thesis on the subject-- which I’m sure he could do and do brilliantly if he wanted. Did the OP admit to not having read any of Wilson’s work? If so, then his remarks are even more worthless than I originally thought. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/53 "2006-03-25T20:21:09Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I don’t doubt it because you’re both fucking idiots. I don’t see what either of their sexual partners have to do with this. I’m guessing, and I may be going out on a limb here, that neither are sleeping with you. Therefore, neither are fucking idiots. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/54 "2006-03-25T20:21:14Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Of course not, you’re IQ would have to be at least 20 points higher for it to start to make sense. Even if that were true, it would mean that you write your posts to be incomprehensible to well over 99% of the population. Perhaps I am merely too dim to understand you, but I do make the effort to communicate effectively with others, rather than acting like a pompous jackass towards anyone I don’t deem bright enough to figure out what the fuck I’m talking about. (Errr… hopefully that last sentence isn’t so tortured as to contradict my point) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/55 "2006-03-25T20:22:28Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > In this thread? No, of course not. You guys are my enemies on the board. There certainly do seem to be a _lot_ of them, don’t there? And so far, not one single “enemy” of **Bryan** ’s has shown up, to a pit thread with his name in the title. What does that tell you about your relative popularity? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/56 "2006-03-25T20:30:06Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > It was just a few questions in the interview, not like Wilson was writing a thesis on the subject-- which I’m sure he could do and do brilliantly if he wanted. I agree also that you should write to Wilson–and offer to give him in person the blowjob you’re giving him on the SDMB. > [@](#): > > Did the OP admit to not having read any of Wilson’s work? If so, then his remarks are even more worthless than I originally thought. Doesn’t matter, as I was criticising _only_ the stupid comments he made in the Salon interview. Some of you people seem to think that a “scientist” (ooh! aah!) of high enough stature is above criticism. That’s called “hero worship” and makes you look like a tool. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/57 "2006-03-25T20:30:18Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Because it’s a thread about him, you fucking moron.It’s my thread, you fucking moron.No, it just proves that you’re a member of the Tool Crew. > > Fuck off! Wow, I didn’t come storming in to assist you in this fucking weak Pitting? I’d love to help out, but my own pits generally are enough to rally the troops against me. I’m not going to share my talents with you. I may have lots of enemies and bad blood here, but I’ve earned it myself. And I take full responsibility for it. And I say so often in the threads that I screw up in. For the most part, when I’m acting like a douchebag, I eventually step back and rethink a few things. You, however, just keep marching on. With no self-realization of what a cunt you are. That’s on you. This is your thread. It’s for you to bitch and whine. Embrace it. Feed it. Make it yours again! Your OP is about a poster you have a problem with. It has nothing to do with what I think of him. I never got an e-mail from you when you were dreaming this up, so don’t look to me to validate it. Fucking moron? Put the mirror down before your next post. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/58 "2006-03-25T20:31:30Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I don’t see what either of their sexual partners have to do with this. I’m guessing, and I may be going out on a limb here, that neither are sleeping with you. Therefore, neither are fucking idiots. Fine, then they’re idiots who can’t get laid. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/59 "2006-03-25T20:35:18Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Some of you people seem to think that a “scientist” (ooh! aah!) of high enough stature is above criticism. That’s called “hero worship” and makes you look like a tool. And some people like to try to knock down an argument by asking if a poster has gone to college. It’s happened to me a lot, even after answering multiple times that I have gone to college. Never have I seen you stand up and call bullshit on the question. You’re full of shit in every facet of the phrase. You have brown eyes, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/60 "2006-03-25T20:36:24Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Fine, then they’re idiots who can’t get laid. OK. That was kind of witty. You’re still an asshole, but kind of witty, nonetheless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864.md?page=4)