# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/221 "2000-01-18T14:56:00Z")
Personally,there are 2 options.Either Phaedrus is psychotic,as mnay have suggsted,or he is the modern day Andy Kaufman,brilliantly putting us on. Oops,I meant manny of course… ---
**Author:** ![FayeDruss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@FayeDruss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FayeDruss)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/222 "2000-01-18T15:11:00Z")
I think Phaedrus is quite fine,you all here just like to pick on him because he is so much above you!Humph!! ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/223 "2000-01-18T17:04:00Z")
andros said: > [@](#): > > Unlike some people I could name, the SDMB is not my life. I do things, I have RL friends, I don’t spend my days in front of my computer at home desperately concocting alternate personae, a fictional personal history, and lame conspiracy theories (no offense, Krispy), while moaning about how awful life has treated me. …well? _Why not?_ (Oh–and I have ‘Rocket Launcher’ friends too!) _–Online 3DEngine Fiend._ ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/224 "2000-01-18T17:58:00Z")
A fair question, **Pariah** , with a simple answer: I’m far too busy litigating mushrooms while in public office and dodging black helicopters. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/225 "2000-01-18T19:05:00Z")
I guess this really should be another thread, but since you brought it up… Is there really a lot of crime in the mushroom community? Is this something we sould be worried about? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/226 "2000-01-18T19:14:00Z")
Seems to be the case. **Phaedrus** has toldus that he’s a professional mycologist (and cloning expert) as well as a practicing lawyer. He’s also held public office (could be President, could be dogcatcher, who knows?). But he’s never actually mentioned the black helicopters. (Piloted by the evil military/ industrial/ evilutionist/ mushroom complex, I’m guessing.) ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/227 "2000-01-18T19:40:00Z")
…andros…darn it…that’s because _nobody_ mentions the _black helicopters_… To do so puts one in grave daNglkfhfef ihev9[Y4t{"?:gbNV GH B …APOLOGIES. WHO AM I SPEAKING TO??? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/228 "2000-01-19T02:00:00Z")
**KGB** sez: > [@](#): > > Have any of you stopped long enough-even a second-to look at what you post? To listen to your words and how they cut and hurt others? Do you enjoy doing it? Do you get a thrill out of viciously attacking people? You’re all like a pack of wild dogs, you get that first taste of blood and before you know it you can’t stop. And in the same post: > [@](#): > > **YOU VICIOUS BASTARDS!!!** And later on: > [@](#): > > Or would you say something like, “Do as I say, not as I do”? Or could you be big enough to say, “This is wrong, it’s not right to treat others this way”? So I won’t be any part of it? But then: > [@](#): > > Did you think I would come here and tell the truth about myself to a bunch of vicious bastards like all of you? And finally: > [@](#): > > Shannon, I know you are reading this and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Let me clue you in bitch, he has it, I’ve seen it I will “rejoice” when the members here send you packing! Okay, let me get this straight. It’s okay to be mean and rude, as long as you do it defending your wonderful Kenny-poo, and we have to do as you say but not as you do but you can do anything you want? I’m confused. Personally, I don’t care who the hell you are. You could be Phaedrus, you could be Satan, you could be David B, you could be me, you could be fucking Elvis for all I care. But internal contradictions piss me off. Of course, what could I expect from someone who doesn’t even know their own gender? * * * “Buffalo Bills? Oh, yeah. The guys that always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” --WallyM7 ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/229 "2000-01-19T02:02:00Z")
Love your new sig, Drain. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/230 "2000-01-19T08:09:00Z")
Good lord, i finished this entire thread, and I must say, Phaedrus freaks me out. I’ve never seen someone so incoherent, and obsessive about something. As my aunt would say: “Baliw siya!” (he is crazy!) * * * It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/231 "2000-01-19T13:04:00Z")
UncleBeer: > [@](#): > > I’ll lay 10 to 1 odds that Phaedrus’ next post is just another fucking delaying tactic. So, what did y’all wager? Pay up. I’ll accept payment in gold dubloons or bottle caps. Don’t make me send Guido over to collect. See Phaedy’s latest post in the **Phaedrusaire** thread for his delaying tactic. * * * That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines. – Phædrus – ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/232 "2000-01-19T15:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I will have more people like me as time goes on. In my life I have had many admirers and I am sure the board will be no exception whatever you try to do to stop it. Don’t hold your breath. Wait, on second though, do. I think that Phaedy is nothing more than a pathetically lonely man who enjoys fucking with people on a message board. * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Fluff yer hair Beula, I’s feelin frisky - M.S. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/233 "2000-01-20T04:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by FayeDruss: > **I think Phaedrus is quite fine,you all here just like to pick on him because he is so much above you!Humph!!** Am I the only one who noticed this? This is still the one and only post by this individual. It _could_ be someone else, but I think **Phaedrus’** has assumed yet another identity. And he dares accuse others of posting under different names… This is one more voice saying “Get help,” which I’m sure you will ignore. And he _still_ hasn’t posted his evidence. I am not surprised. Folks, this is the last time I ever directly respond to **Phaedrus**. I suggest you all ignore him/her as well. That’s the worst thing we can do to him. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/234 "2000-01-20T04:57:00Z")
Actually, Jab, I had the impression it was a one-time post, intended as a joke, from one of our non-Phaedriatic posters, using a sock-puppet. Your analysis, while sharp-eyed, seems to give him credit for a more deft sense of humor than I’ve noticed from him. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_O.Cruikshank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@Julius\_O.Cruikshank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_O.Cruikshank)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/235 "2000-01-20T05:37:00Z")
I’ve been around some, but this has got to be the most bizzare thing I’ve seen in a long time. And he’s a lawyer yet? I don’t think so. He’s probably in an institution and they give him a computer for therapy. It’s not working. * * * So much time, so little to do. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/236 "2000-01-20T14:45:00Z")
very astute kaylasdad.It was me.Thanks for the compliment,I guess I am funny after all.Phaedrus ISN"T funny.So now you know.But whats a sock puppet? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/237 "2000-01-20T15:12:00Z")
orangecakes, by way of answer, a fun project you can do around the house: Take a sock. Sew two button on it for eyes. Put your hand into it, so the “eyes” are on top, and your thumb can be articulated in the manner of a jaw. Give your puppet a name (such as, oh, I don’t know, how about “Fade Dross”). Now sign it on to a message board, and have it say things that you wouldn’t think were in character for yourself. _Voila_! A sock puppet. * * * Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/238 "2000-01-20T15:20:00Z")
Yes,but wheres the EVIDENCE of sock puppets??? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/239 "2000-01-20T16:02:00Z")
Yeah, but have you ever tried to type with a sock over your hand? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/240 "2000-01-21T06:03:00Z")
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