# 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:** 4
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/61 "2006-03-25T20:36:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There certainly do seem to be a _lot_ of them, don’t there? Not really. I count only 10 or so. Mostly the Right Wing Blowhard Brigade, actually. > [@](#): > > And so far, not one single “enemy” of **Bryan** ’s has shown up, to a pit thread with his name in the title. We’ll see what happens. Bryan seems to have the biggest hardon for the New Agers of the board, and there aren’t too many of us. > [@](#): > > What does that tell you about your relative popularity? I was already fully cognizant of the fact that the wingnut and skeptic squads on the board didn’t like me, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/62 "2006-03-25T20:38:31Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > 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! Meltdown alert! Meltodown alert! Ooo, the gloves are off now! To quote the English politician Dennis Healey, “It was like being savaged by a dead sheep.” It really sounds like you are the one who needs to take a break from the computer. You are getting your ass handed to you in a **GD** and now you have come in here for everybody else to jump on the pieces. Is the only reason you picked on **Bryan** is because you thought he was an easy target? ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/63 "2006-03-25T20:39:08Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > 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? Huh? I’m totally saying the opposite: That degrees and fame and all that shit don’t make your opinions righter than those of anyone else. In general I think our educational system is designed to put the poor and middle class through hoops and preserve the prerogatives of the rich. What was the problem, again? ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/64 "2006-03-25T20:41:26Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > 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. Allow me to humbly suggest that you might be able better to understand where he was coming from in that interview if you took the time to educate yourself about his work. It’s funny you mention hero worship, because I originally had a line with exactly that term in it in my post, but I deleted it, thinking it wasn’t necessary. No one is hero worshiping Wilson. Those of us who are familar with his work consider him to be an accomplished scientist. He is a giant in his field-- that is a fact. Doesn’t make him above criticism, it’s just that you haven’t offered any valid criticsm. ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/65 "2006-03-25T20:42:56Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Not really. I count only 10 or so. Mostly the Right Wing Blowhard Brigade, actually. This is getting ridiculous. **Frank** , **Miller** and I have all been posting to this thread without any of us taking digs at each other. I’ve been flat-out told by one of them in a thread how much he personally hates me. Yet, we all seem to be in agreement about you. Hmmm. BTW, **Frank** , **Miller** , welcome to the club. I knew you two would eventually come around. I’m sending the “I [heart] Cheney” T-shirts out on Monday. What a glorious day this is for me! 😃 ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/66 "2006-03-25T20:43:33Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Meltdown alert! Meltodown alert! Yeah, right, as though you dumbfucks can get me worked up to any degree. > [@](#): > > It really sounds like you are the one who needs to take a break from the computer. Actually, I’ve been working hard recently and haven’t been posting very much on SDMB. This is fun. > [@](#): > > You are getting your ass handed to you in a **GD** and now you have come in here for everybody else to jump on the pieces. **Liberal** and I are the ones who did the ass-handing in that thread, unless you subscribe to a “one poster one vote” theory of ass-handing. > [@](#): > > Is the only reason you picked on **Bryan** is because you thought he was an easy target? Oh, does he appear to be one? ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/67 "2006-03-25T20:45:07Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Not really. I count only 10 or so. Mostly the Right Wing Blowhard Brigade, actually. People refer to me as “right wing” sometimes, and although I disagree with that, it’s an easy mistake to make if one insists on a one-dimensional political axis. But **David Simmons** and \*\*Miller \*\*and **Excalibre**? Man, you are more disconnected form reality than I thought! ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/68 "2006-03-25T20:47:11Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Allow me to humbly suggest that you might be able better to understand where he was coming from in that interview if you took the time to educate yourself about his work. You can suggest it, but I’ll tell you to fuck off anyway. > [@](#): > > Those of us who are familar with his work consider him to be an accomplished scientist. He is a giant in his field-- that is a fact. I studied him in college. Everyfuckinbody’s heard of sociobiology, not exactly an obscure topic. I agree that he’s a giant in his field. I also asset that he was saying a bunch of stupid shit in that interview. > [@](#): > > Doesn’t make him above criticism, it’s just that you haven’t offered any valid criticsm. Apparently none, that is, that you were capable of comprehending, as evidenced by your extreme ignorance of philosophy. ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/69 "2006-03-25T20:47:25Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Then why make any statement in the first place?In this thread? No, of course not. You guys are my enemies on the board. Your “enemies”? How old are you? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/70 "2006-03-25T20:48:43Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > 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? If you honestly think that such a test would turn out in your favor, they have codes and meds for that. ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/71 "2006-03-25T20:50:08Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Even if that were true, it would mean that you write your posts to be incomprehensible to well over 99% of the population. No sir, not if your IQ is about 70, which I truly believe to be the case. > [@](#): > > Perhaps I am merely too dim to understand you[…] OK, maybe 80 or so. You have some degree of self-knowledge. > [@](#): > > (Errr… hopefully that last sentence isn’t so tortured as to contradict my point) Err, err–keep trying. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/72 "2006-03-25T20:51:14Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Yeah, right, as though you dumbfucks can get me worked up to any degree. 30 of 70 posts are yours, in less than 4 hours. I’d say that’s pretty worked up. And we’re not the one’s getting you worked up. It’s your OP. Don’t blame us for your douchebaggedness. :non-winking Wally: ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/73 "2006-03-25T20:52:05Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > .I was already fully cognizant of the fact that the wingnut and skeptic squads on the board didn’t like me, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. you forgot the “liberal but not a fucking lunatic” group. We serve a nice baked brie. ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/74 "2006-03-25T20:53:01Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > No sir, not if your IQ is about 70, which I truly believe to be the case.OK, maybe 80 or so. You have some degree of self-knowledge.Err, err–keep trying. _Bangs self with hammer to the skull base_ Have I gotten to **Aeschines** ’ level? No? _bangbangbangbang_ ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/75 "2006-03-25T20:54:56Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Wow, I didn’t come storming in to assist you in this fucking weak Pitting? You ended that sentence with a question mark, not I. > [@](#): > > That’s on you. This is your thread. It’s for you to bitch and whine. Embrace it. Feed it. Make it yours again! So it was, and so it always shall be! > [@](#): > > Your OP is about a poster you have a problem with. It has nothing to do with what I think of him. So tell me, what do you _really_ think 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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/76 "2006-03-25T20:56:29Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > People refer to me as “right wing” sometimes, and although I disagree with that, it’s an easy mistake to make if one insists on a one-dimensional political axis. > > But **David Simmons** and \*\*Miller \*\*and **Excalibre**? Man, you are more disconnected form reality than I thought! OK, just you and **duffer** then. If we must name names. ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/77 "2006-03-25T20:57:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Your “enemies”? How old are you? How old are _you_, honey? ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/78 "2006-03-25T21:07:08Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Not really. I count only 10 or so. Mostly the Right Wing Blowhard Brigade, actually. You really think so? Looking over the thread, I see that the following posters have disagreed with your pitting to one extent or another: **Kyla** **Alessan** **Excalibre** **John Mace** **Frank** **David Simmons** **Guinastasia** **Larry Borgia** **duffer** **Priceguy** **waterj2** **rayh** **wring** And myself, of course. Now, out of those fourteen, which are, in your view, members of the “Right Wing Blowhard Brigade”? Me? **wring**? **Guinastasia**? The only poster in there I’d say is unreservedly right wing is **duffer** , although there are two or three whose politics I don’t know. For the most part, you’ve practically got a who’s who of liberal SDMB posters riding your ass. > [@](#): > > We’ll see what happens. Bryan seems to have the biggest hardon for the New Agers of the board, and there aren’t too many of us. Oh, I think there are quite a few more than you realize. Every so often, someone posts a poll asking Dopers what religions they follow, and there’s always a sizable company of pagans. More than I’d expect from a truly random sampling of the population. I wouldn’t mistake a lack of support for a lack of commonality of your religious/spiritual views. Could be that most other New Agers are just embarassed by you. ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/79 "2006-03-25T21:32:43Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > OK, just you and **duffer** then. If we must name names. The fact that you think people are disagreeing with you for political reasons is more evidence of your disconnect from reality. People disagree with you because you are wrong most of the time. You spread more ignorance on this board than almost anyone I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864/80 "2006-03-25T21:35:19Z")
Speaking of annoying posting styles, > [@Aeschines](#): > > Here is a pretty typical **Ekers** post, for those who crave examples:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362557](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362557) > Great stuff. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7190038&postcount=23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7190038&postcount=23) > [@Aeschines](#): > > …[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362373](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362373) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7185111&postcount=13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7185111&postcount=13) > [@Aeschines](#): > > …[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360481](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360481)… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7143621&postcount=13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7143621&postcount=13) > [@Aeschines](#): > > …[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361205&page=2&pp=40](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361205&page=2&pp=40)… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7158264&postcount=79](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7158264&postcount=79) You’ve been here how long?, and you still don’t know how to link to a single post? > [@Aeschines](#): > > …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? Maybe **Bryan Ekers** should start a thread! CMC fnord! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-ekers-you-are-a-thread-pissing-dumbfuck/349864.md?page=5)