# Can psychosis be diagnosed from BB posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026 "2000-01-07T03:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/181 "2000-01-14T23:50:00Z")
Hey, **John** , no fair trying to skew the odds! You know no one’s gonna take the “ **Phaedrus** leaves” bet, so it’s pure profit for you if he does. That’s cheating! And a damn fine idea. ## And **cagey bee** , tell **Phaedrus** he owes me ten grand. Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![ubermensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bcef8e/32.png) [@ubermensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ubermensch)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/182 "2000-01-14T23:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by KGB: > [BFunny, I’ve never seen a disclaimer at the beginning of any movie or tv show saying, " these are actors, this is not real". Have you? > \*\* not to nitpick, and i sure as hell don’t really want to get involved in this, but usually the disclaimer is assumed, and at the end of the movie or show it’s usually listed with the “all persons and events are fictional…blah blah blah…not based in any real events…blah blah blah…” ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/183 "2000-01-14T23:54:00Z")
In between the sound of voices screaming in his head, Phaedrus managed to utter > [@](#): > > David, if there were 10 grand on the line I could have anybody show up and claim they were somebody else to claim the money, Shannon is just trying to look “noblesse oblige”. Shortly thereafter, the ever-charming KGB sputtered forth with > [@](#): > > And if any of you doubt who I am just e-mail me and I’ll give you my phone number. I’ll talk to you in person, then you’ll REALLY get an ear full!!! Mr. Pot, please meet Mr. Kettle. So many choice quotes can be snipped and used to show the true malarky that this is becoming. But, I can’t have all of the fun. * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![KGB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@KGB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGB)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/184 "2000-01-14T23:55:00Z")
Yeah, Superman, and that was what he did when he stopped posting as an old man in the flat earth thread. Thanks for helping me prove my point. ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/185 "2000-01-14T23:57:00Z")
Wow. I just realized I now have **13** member names, all of whom who have signed on within nine days, who use nearly identical syntax, grammar, cadence of expression, ‘vocal’ separation, and structural presentation techniques. I wonder when this will end. All over the boards, this individual has fooled some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time. And I also notice that _I_ joined during this window of time… (Fortunately for me, both the Dopers and Pounders have select clientele who will vouchsafe my insertion to this board–which has taught me a few things I didn’t know before, and made me glad I wasn’t here during the ‘Pounder/Doper fiasco’… 13, and counting. And one of these identities will no doubt ask me who they are. Let me tell you: Don’t ask. I will tell those whom I _know_ are not one of the prefab replicants. But keep going–it’s a challenge. * * * _Insanity destroys logic, but not wit._ Nathaniel Emmons _If we are out of our mind, it is for the Lord; if we are in our right mind, it is for you._ 2Cor.5:13 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/186 "2000-01-15T00:05:00Z")
Hey there Pariah. I don’t think we have crossed paths yet, so welcome. Now, for the important matter at hand. Hmm-mm, _tell me tell me tell me tell me_ Now that I have that out of my system, I can go on. ---
**Author:** ![KGB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@KGB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/187 "2000-01-15T00:06:00Z")
Listen up, jerkface, my name is Sue Beacon as in SusyQLight? Which is my e-mail address, look it up asshole! His is Ken G Beacon as in KGB. I used his initials to honor him because I love him and because I didn’t want to tell anyone who I was and it was like going undercover. Just how did I manage to pull that off? Eww must have been some planning I schemed up a long time ago, as in my birth! You want Proof, moron? E-mail **ME** and I’ll send **YOU** MY drivers license! With my name on it! I’m done, rot in hell, all of you! SusyQLight ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/188 "2000-01-15T00:13:00Z")
What an extraordinarily pleasant family. Let’s see. Suzy allows Ken to post to the board using her email address. This is immediately after Ken had announced that he was leaving the board altogether. She is now annoyed at us for bringing up the inconsistencies she or he displayed during that time. I am convinced that Ken is not posting as KGB right now. He has a distinctive style of invective that “Suzy” is not demonstrating. Of course, I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Gigoloman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@Gigoloman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gigoloman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/189 "2000-01-15T00:15:00Z")
Is there a limit to how many pages you can go on to? ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/190 "2000-01-15T00:20:00Z")
DavidB just mentioned in some other thread (I think it was in the “For DavidB” thread in Great Debates) that they were thinking about closing threads at 500 posts because they get too unwieldy and cause server problems after that. * * * Princess of the Time and Space Continuum since 1969 (upgraded to Goddess 01/07/00) OK, we have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart. =^…^= ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/191 "2000-01-15T00:22:00Z")
Hotmail is certainly popular. I must confess, when I heard about the death threats before coming over here to viddy for myself the savoire-faire of this board, I also decided to use my hotmail account as opposed to my family account. You can’t be too careful, what with all the wackos about. So, I used my Quake II clan account (Yes, I’m an outed online gamer, canyuhsayhalleelooyah) in case anyone should decide to trace IP numbers and send a couple of guys to wait for me behind the grassy knoll outside. Paranoia? Nah. Shrewd? Sure. Ridiculous after being a part of this board for a week? Definitely. But hotmail is soooo eaaasy to acquire! And 8 of the 13 members of my little compendium also have hotmail! And 4 of them are unlisted. And one has a separate account. And, KGB, I did not say you were one of the pseudonyms, did I? Nor did I infer it, nor at any time spoke of you, about you, or to you. Lighten up on a chocolate cloud. * * * _Insanity destroys logic, but not wit._ Nathaniel Emmons _If we are out of our mind, it is for the Lord; if we are in our right mind, it is for you._ 2Cor.5:13 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/192 "2000-01-15T00:28:00Z")
**KGB** said: > [@](#): > > By the way, I’ve seen some pretty compelling evidence that Guadere and andros and Clark are one and the same. It convinced me. Great. **Show it to us.** That’s all we’re asking for. Can you throw us a fricking bone, people? Look, Phaedrus continually talks about the ‘evidence’ he has to disprove evolution or to prove evolution or to show that Gaudere is Andros or to show Gaudere is Clark K or whatever. And we always reply, “show us this evidence.” And then Phaedrus does his little happy dance, “Oh, gee, don’t have the time now. I’ll post another 50 or so messages, but, gee, don’t have the time now.” Therefore, we assume he has no evidence. If this pisses you off, KGB, then **fuck you**. He taunts, he teases, and when we say ‘prove it’, he gamboles off in another direction, asking for definitions of definitions and worrying whether we’re ‘worthy’ of his evidence. KGB & Phaedrus: You are claiming that one of our favorite posters is a liar and a sham. **Shit or get off the fucking pot.** Flame away. Go ahead. Call me nasty, brutish, an asshole, whatever. I’m fucking sick and tired of Phaedrus. If **once** he ever followed up a bizzarre or amazing statement with a single proof, I would be interested in hearing what he has to say. But until he puts some steak in with his sizzle, I’m going to think he’s a raging loony and an asshole. * * * JMCJ This could be YOUR sig line! For just five cents a post, JMCJ Enterprises will place YOUR sig line at the bottom of each message! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/193 "2000-01-15T00:29:00Z")
Pariah, do you ever feel as though you have too much time on your hands? I, of course, have spent too many years perfecting this persona to ever be accused of dealing with alternities. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/194 "2000-01-15T00:32:00Z")
You get the posters you deserve - you moan about the fellow but you feed him constantly. Either ban him or accept him, but this permanent “we think you are awful” (but please don’t go, because we need someone to be clever at) is just stupid… ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/195 "2000-01-15T00:42:00Z")
I just thought of something that could help the evidence issue. We have about 4000 registered members here. I am sure we would be able to find twelve who have no prior knowledge of this bruhaha. I propose we select a jury from folks who have been members for at least two months. Said jury to consist of members who have not previously shown an interest in posting to Great Debates or The Pit. Phaedrus can email his evidence to these people if he feels that posting his evidence to the board would compromise it, or leave him open to ridicule. I, for one, would support the findings of such a committee. ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/196 "2000-01-15T00:42:00Z")
Durnovarianus, ## Well said. Krispy Original – voted SDMB’s 19th most popular poster (1999) ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/197 "2000-01-15T00:50:00Z")
DrFidelius said: > [@](#): > > Pariah, do you ever feel as though you have too much time on your hands? _Is it any wonder I’m not crazy Is it any wonder I’m sane at all Is it any wonder I’ve got too much (clap clap) Time on my hands it’s tickin’ away with my sanity I’ve got too much (clap clap) time on my hands And it’s tickin’ away, tickin’ away from me_ Actually, Doc, I sit here at work in the latter half of the day after everyone has gone home, answering the phones 'til 5:00 PST. Plenty of time to jot cursory observations…and to keep a little chart of coincidences…and, since this guy lives in California as well, we’re in the same time zone. But man-o-man, I wonder how this guy earns an income with all the time he spends frittering away his hours donning these ‘comedia personnae’… * * * _Insanity destroys logic, but not wit._ Nathaniel Emmons _If we are out of our mind, it is for the Lord; if we are in our right mind, it is for you._ 2Cor.5:13 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/198 "2000-01-15T01:19:00Z")
I have recently read two fascinating books that prove that **Gaudere** could not have evolved into **Andros**. I will post the titles to the books when I pick them up from the bookstore, which is 50 miles away, uphill in the snow in both directions. If anyone wants to discuss this in a non-flaming way, I will try to find the time (which is quite limited for me). I say this not to appear superior, but because I know that in discussions of this nature, it is sometimes impossible to change what has been for so long engrained in the minds of many. I do not have the time now to disclose the books, as I am fatigued after teaching the new Cadets how to fly F-14s. Perhaps after attending to my sick relatives, I will find the time. But my duties as Secretary of the Treasury are quite wearisome, and a currently occurring international crisis which I cannot discuss at this moment but which will soon become apparent to you is causing me quite a burden, as I’m sure you understand. I am done for now, as I am quite tired as I said. But the theory of **gauderian** evolution is crumbling, and I will disclose the proof to you some other time. * * * Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/199 "2000-01-15T03:45:00Z")
And sometimes, my son’s spoor/feces/anterior discharge is _blue_ when I change his diapers. It’s the fruit loops. Oh, look…the thread’s turning blue toooOOOOOooooooOoooooOoooOoOooooo… ---
**Author:** ![David\_God\_of\_Frogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@David\_God\_of\_Frogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_God_of_Frogs)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/200 "2000-01-15T03:58:00Z")
Just to be technical, is “the end of the day” 1) sundown, in which case he’s already missed it, 2) midnight, in whatever time zone he’s on (I haven’t been following too closely - where does Phraedy live?) or 3) when he goes to sleep, which could be any time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026.md?page=11)