# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/261 "2000-01-24T21:24:00Z")
This is so sad. I really don’t know what to make of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/262 "2000-01-24T21:25:00Z")
He may not be posting, but I’m sure he’s reading, so to Phaedrus I say: If you imagine for one minute that I would invoke my professional title and standing to bother a U.S. Congressman in an attempt to discern your bona fides, you seriously over-estimate the degree to which I care who you are or what prompts your actions. I’m glad you’ve decided to stop posting and decided to get some help, because I honestly believe you really need it. Good luck. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/263 "2000-01-24T21:38:00Z")
Leave him be. It may appear as if Phaedrus has built a fragile world for himself, but he has an astounding ability to compensate every time one of us forces reality on him. He’ll never admit to that which we all suspect. Any further attempts to “call his bluff” will only serve to prolong what has finally become a sad (and in many way cruel) joke. ---
**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 24, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/264 "2000-01-24T21:46:00Z")
I have to agree with **Elmer**. If we continue to give him attention, even negative attention, he will never seek help. The most kind thing to do would be to allow all these threads to just drop off the screen. But **Manny** , you will inform us of any developments, won’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/265 "2000-01-24T22:17:00Z")
Six pages, and no one’s posted this link? [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_094b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_094b.html) Huh. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/266 "2000-01-25T00:07:00Z")
All bow down before Cecil! Either he has a time machine or he’s psychic! Y’see, he KNEW that **Phaedrus** would come along to bother us, so he wrote that column FOUR YEARS ahead of time, knowing that we’d need it. The fact that Cecil did not mention **Phaedrus** by name is intentional. Doing so would’ve given away the secret: Cecil is GOD. Post #801. (I forgot to check my Profile. Post #800 is elsewhere.) * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![Felice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e4f/32.png) [@Felice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felice)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/267 "2000-01-25T02:41:00Z")
Sounds like a schizophrenic with delusions of grandeur who has gone off of his medications to me. That is my informal opinion, NOT an official diagnosis (per the original OP of this thread, I don’t believe it’s possible to develop psychological diagnoses based on BBS posts. No matter how long.) * * * Felice “There’s always a bigger fish.” ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/268 "2000-01-25T03:43:00Z")
I’m amazed at just how similar Cherokee is to the Lakota tongue. * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/269 "2000-01-25T13:41:00Z")
You guys think you’re so smart. Heck, I called this one back on Nov 30th, 1999. Phaedrus, if you are still listening, I strongly urge you to go back to the flat earth thread. Find my post of Nov 30th, 1999. Read it. Think about it. You cannot escape yourself. You’re delusions will be your own downfall. _When_ they shatter it’ll hurt. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/270 "2000-01-25T15:35:00Z")
OH, PLEASE, WON’T _ANYONE_ **THINK OF THE _CHILDREN!!!_** * * * If you knew what **I** know, everything would make sense; and if it didn’t, you’d know enough to know not to worry about it – _ **The God of Somebody Else** _ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/271 "2000-01-25T16:21:00Z")
not wanting to nitpick- but does this sound like a threat to you? > [@](#): > > My fingers are VERY long and I will use everything in my power to see that justice is done here. * * * John Larrigan “82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/272 "2000-01-25T20:48:00Z")
And by including that photo, it now takes much longer to download the page. Thanks a bunch. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/273 "2000-01-26T02:12:00Z")
Alright, since the guy’s on his way out I’ll do him a favor: Provide a link to the document he refers that actually tries to provide evidence, rather than dead links: [Top Evidences Against the Theory of Evolution](http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/top.htm) I think the [bibliography](http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/refer.htm) is the most revealing. ## **Tom~** : The Cherokee and Lakota use different fonts when they speak. Everyone knows _that_. Dojo. Casino. It’s all in the mind. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/274 "2000-01-26T02:44:00Z")
Holy mother of god! Did anyone actually read through that??? I sure as hell didn’t! * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/275 "2000-01-26T04:37:00Z")
You know, though, I had to wonder when I saw this today if it was a sign… [http://www.msnbc.com/news/360603.asp?0m=N25B](http://www.msnbc.com/news/360603.asp?0m=N25B) It appears some of the “science” proving Origin of the Species is pretty shaky, indeed. Some of what Ken posted might have made sense, if we weren’t so frustrated with the rest of his posts. * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/276 "2000-01-26T05:12:00Z")
as I was saying before you guys _interrupted me_… I think the most revealing part of the page linked to was the bibliography. ## And Tom~, everybody knows the Cherokee and Lakota people speak in similar languages, but different fonts. Comming soon: [big damn font]favorite movie quotes![/big damn font] ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/277 "2000-01-26T05:37:00Z")
Careful Tom, or Phaedy will call you a Wasichu! * * * It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/278 "2000-01-26T05:49:00Z")
To which I would reply, “Gesundheit!” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/279 "2000-01-26T06:12:00Z")
Okay, I’ve never responded to Phaed before that I can recall, but here goes: First, sexual harassment requires that a plain sexual suggestion be made. Mere ‘dirty words’ are not enough. It further requires a threat by a person to confer or withhold a benefit or advancement. No such threat was made that I can see, since no one here has any power over you. Since you had, at all times, power to end the harassment by no longer coming to this public message board (unlike an employee, who MUST continue to work to make a living), you can in no way claim sexual harassment. Second, as you oughtta know, you’d have to file your suit in a location where the court would have jurisdiction over the person you claim harassed you. You’d best be prepared to do a lot of traveling… Third, I’d love to see your supposed court case(s). Give me a cite. I have access to LEXIS and Westlaw, plus a large law library just up the street. Pretty sloppy, for a supposed lawyer… Also, posting the same gobbledygook twice, in different fonts, doesn’t make it two different languages. Very spartan homepage, by the way. [http://members.aol.com/cageybee008/myhomepage/](http://members.aol.com/cageybee008/myhomepage/) ---
**Author:** ![RobRoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@RobRoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobRoy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026/280 "2000-01-26T07:35:00Z")
Kudos Max for the link - did he post it or did you do a simple email or photo search. Yep I looked at it. It is clear, there is NO online life, No interests, Nothing about him - I guess he’s a nobody. Has somebody called Yoko about this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-psychosis-be-diagnosed-from-bb-posts/4026.md?page=15)