# Can I flat out call a poster a liar in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 13, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344 "2015-12-13T18:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/1 "2015-12-13T18:30:04Z")
I’ve not seen anything specifically against it in the rules, but everyone’s been so fuckin’ touchy-feely lately… In fact I want to Pit someone who joined recently specifically for _being_ a liar. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/2 "2015-12-13T18:30:49Z")
Yes. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/3 "2015-12-13T18:32:20Z")
I’ll take that as an official okey dokey since you’re a mod. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/4 "2015-12-13T18:40:37Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’ll take that as an official okey dokey since you’re a mod. It’s a trap!!! You should have asked “_ **May** _ I call a poster a liar in the Pit?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/5 "2015-12-13T19:15:18Z")
It that like an Arnold Swartzeneger “its a trap” more like a Jar Jar Binks “izta trap”? Because there is big difference. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/6 "2015-12-13T19:19:31Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > It that like an Arnold Swartzeneger “its a trap” more like a Jar Jar Binks “izta trap”? > > Because there is big difference. [Admiral Ackbar.](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/admiralackbar1_2_845df144.jpeg?region=153%2C0%2C1614%2C807&width=480) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/7 "2015-12-13T19:50:37Z")
Well, you all know what everyone says about how consistent the modding is. And **Idle Thoughts** isn’t the Pit Mod. They’re very territorial, you know. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/8 "2015-12-13T20:22:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Admiral Ackbar.](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/admiralackbar1_2_845df144.jpeg?region=153%2C0%2C1614%2C807&width=480) [General Jeff.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G_ctFbLwC5I/RuLiGF1O5DI/AAAAAAAAAU0/nDgFG-xrvuw/s320/jeff.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/9 "2015-12-13T20:58:16Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, you all know what everyone says about how consistent the modding is. And **Idle Thoughts** isn’t the Pit Mod. They’re very territorial, you know. Yeah, but I don’t have to be a Pit mod to know the answer to this one, I know what’s allowed in the Pit and what isn’t. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/10 "2015-12-13T21:10:52Z")
My friends want **Boyo Jim** to pit some guy, but I’m against that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/11 "2015-12-13T21:15:03Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Yeah, but I don’t have to be a Pit mod to know the answer to this one, I know what’s allowed in the Pit and what isn’t. 😉 Well, okay, inasmuch as _this_ thread ain’t in The Pit, I guess the above ain’t no lie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/12 "2015-12-13T21:28:40Z")
So, in the Pit, can I suggest someone perform a physiologically improbably act of self-penetration? Or that his relationship with his maternal ancestor is socially unacceptable? Back in the old AOL days, I got away with the first one in reference to Cyberian64, or whatever number he was. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/13 "2015-12-13T21:56:30Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > So, in the Pit, can I suggest someone perform a physiologically improbably act of self-penetration? Or that his relationship with his maternal ancestor is socially unacceptable? > > Back in the old AOL days, I got away with the first one in reference to Cyberian64, or whatever number he was. I’m fairly sure those are over the line, at least according to my understanding (note: not a mod, don’t want to be). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/14 "2015-12-14T00:57:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Admiral Ackbar.](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/admiralackbar1_2_845df144.jpeg?region=153%2C0%2C1614%2C807&width=480) Our message board can not repel ignorance of that magnitude! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/15 "2015-12-14T05:42:06Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Our message board can not repel ignorance of that magnitude! 🙂 Be careful. It might be a trap. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/16 "2015-12-14T13:11:54Z")
So where’s the post? Waiting for the fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/17 "2015-12-14T17:07:41Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > My friends want **Boyo Jim** to pit some guy, but I’m against that sort of thing. The whole Pit should be shut down. It allows people to be mean and that is wrong and satanic. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_of\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jack\_of\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_of_Words)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/18 "2015-12-14T17:41:25Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > So, in the Pit, can I suggest someone perform a physiologically improbably act of self-penetration? Or that his relationship with his maternal ancestor is socially unacceptable? > > Back in the old AOL days, I got away with the first one in reference to Cyberian64, or whatever number he was. In my experience, that depends on who’s saying it and who they’re saying it to. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/19 "2015-12-14T19:01:49Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, you all know what everyone says about how consistent the modding is. And **Idle Thoughts** isn’t the Pit Mod. They’re very territorial, you know. It’s a trap. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/20 "2015-12-14T19:27:10Z")
Totally allowed. The list of things you can’t call other posters in the Pit is very limited: No hate speech\* No death threats or wishing harm. None of the terms listed on the “banned words” list. Anything else is fair game. And if you’re talking about someone who’s not a poster at all, the only restriction is “No hate speech.” \*“Hate speech,” in this context, refers specifically to the user of racial/religious/sexual slurs (“Faggot,” “Nigger,” etc.) or open calls for genocide (“Let’s just kill all the Muslims!”). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344.md?page=2)