# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/21 "2015-12-14T19:36:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It’s a trap. Third time’s a charm. ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/22 "2015-12-14T19:38:49Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Third time’s a charm. It’s a trap. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/23 "2015-12-14T19:44:39Z")
You can in any forum, but if caught the mods may not be nice to you. ---
**Author:** ![IDtenT\_Error](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@IDtenT\_Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDtenT_Error)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/24 "2015-12-14T22:08:17Z")
[It’s a tarp!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tarpaulin_fly_tent.jpg/800px-Tarpaulin_fly_tent.jpg) ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/25 "2015-12-15T02:18:48Z")
[It’s a carp!](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/wiegeabo/wars/star-wars-its-a-carp.jpg) ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/26 "2015-12-15T05:00:11Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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.” I thought it was forbidden to tell another poster to “Go fuck yourself”, which doesn’t seem to fall under any of the restrictions you mention here. ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/27 "2015-12-15T05:15:09Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I thought it was forbidden to tell another poster to “Go fuck yourself”, which doesn’t seem to fall under any of the restrictions you mention here. [It’s on the banned words list.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/28 "2015-12-15T06:36:33Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I thought it was forbidden to tell another poster to “Go fuck yourself”, which doesn’t seem to fall under any of the restrictions you mention here. Captain Barbossa: \*“And thirdly, the code is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules.” \* ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/29 "2015-12-21T18:40:46Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > You can in any forum, but if caught the mods may not be nice to you. HOTSPUR: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/30 "2015-12-21T18:53:20Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > The whole Pit should be shut down. It allows people to be mean and that is wrong and satanic. Satan is my master. He has always been. He tells me what to do. He buys my Metallica records for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/31 "2015-12-21T21:00:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Admiral Ackbar.](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/admiralackbar1_2_845df144.jpeg?region=153%2C0%2C1614%2C807&width=480) [Sheldon Cooper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMaZlWkK8o) doing an imitation of Admiral Ackbar. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/32 "2015-12-22T01:07:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > 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. You can even tell him or her they are a big, FAT liar. But, you can’t tell them their pants are on fire. There has to be a line somewhere… ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/33 "2015-12-22T04:40:25Z")
> [@XT](#): > > You can even tell him or her they are a big, FAT liar. But, you can’t tell them their pants are on fire. There has to be a line somewhere… Well, obviously, that would violate the board rule against wishing harm on another poster. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/34 "2015-12-22T15:38:56Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, obviously, that would violate the board rule against wishing harm on another poster. What if the pants on fire were specifically stated as being [stuntman asbestos fire pants?](http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/stuntmen5.htm) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/35 "2015-12-22T15:58:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What if the pants on fire were specifically stated as being [stuntman asbestos fire pants?](http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/stuntmen5.htm) Yeah, when I started an “Ask The Guy Who Wears Asbestos Pants Anything” thread, I got suspendered. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/36 "2015-12-22T16:21:25Z")
> [@IDtenT\_Error](#): > > [It’s a tarp!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Tarpaulin_fly_tent.jpg/800px-Tarpaulin_fly_tent.jpg) [It’s a Harp!](http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/harp-lager.jpg) And I’ll drink to that. ---
**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 22, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/37 "2015-12-22T17:09:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Satan is my master. He has always been. He tells me what to do. He buys my Metallica records for me. What? You don’t already have them all? You fail at Satanry. ---
**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 22, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/38 "2015-12-22T17:36:51Z")
> [@XT](#): > > But, you can’t tell them their pants are on fire. > [@Miller](#): > > Well, obviously, that would violate the board rule against wishing harm on another poster. Surely, if their pants _are_ on fire and you alert them to the danger, that’s the precise opposite of wishing harm? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/39 "2015-12-22T18:46:34Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > [It’s a Harp!](http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/harp-lager.jpg) [_Lyre!_](http://pre08.deviantart.net/7f71/th/pre/f/2012/224/d/c/_vector__lyre_by_tritebristle-d5au9kj.png) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344/40 "2015-12-23T02:16:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [_Lyre!_](http://pre08.deviantart.net/7f71/th/pre/f/2012/224/d/c/_vector__lyre_by_tritebristle-d5au9kj.png) I _knew_ there was some reason I liked you! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-flat-out-call-a-poster-a-liar-in-the-pit/740344.md?page=3)