# Can't you people tell when someone is unable to learn from their mistakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876 "2012-08-18T15:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/81 "2012-08-19T15:39:34Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Meant to post this in the “Is Diamonds02 a Troll?” thread? Now, why would I wanna do that? I meant to post in the dildo in the ass thread. Visiting enough erotic art shows, just about anything perverted can be considered as art. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/82 "2012-08-19T15:58:38Z")
I’ve set **Lute’s** greasemonkey avatar to this angry [bunny](http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u280/luilovley/ICONATOR_44344040553731f3fc5e8a51d5.jpg) that is ordering him to get air conditioning. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/83 "2012-08-19T18:01:46Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Did \*\*Luke Skywatcher \*\*ask you to marry him? > > Because that would be a match made in heaven right there. 😉 At the reception, roast rabbit will be served. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/84 "2012-08-19T20:03:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > _gag_ > Although I assume the whiskey has suitably sterilized the dried milk. I don’t get enough calcium in my diet anyway. > [@Freakenstein](#): > > Well, reading all this nonsense sure was a mistake. I won’t be coming back. Lies. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/85 "2012-08-19T20:08:44Z")
What the fluke\* is this thread about? \*That’s how whales swear. What? You didn’t know I was a whale? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/86 "2012-08-19T20:20:56Z")
OP, go watch _Fatal Attraction_. You can learn something from it…especially about air-conditioning bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/87 "2012-08-19T21:14:53Z")
Experience! The ability to recognize your mistakes when you make the same ones again! ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/88 "2012-08-19T22:30:08Z")
Whiskey and coffee go pretty well together, or so I’ve heard. I prefer Baileys and hot chocolate. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/89 "2012-08-19T22:34:14Z")
A nice Irish whiskey goes well in tea. Real tea, not Lipton’s or some of those herbal tisanes. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/90 "2012-08-20T02:25:14Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > The answer is yes! > [@Diamonds02](#): > > Whoops wrong thread! > [@hrhomer](#): > > Meant to post this in the “Is Diamonds02 a Troll?” thread? > [@Diamonds02](#): > > Now, why would I wanna do that? Because you are a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/91 "2012-08-20T06:17:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > _gag_ > Although I assume the whiskey has suitably sterilized the dried milk. Milk and whiskey. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU SIR! (I say that with all due respect). Kind Regards, -Bouncer- PS: Seriously though, milk and whiskey? Whaa? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/92 "2012-08-20T17:32:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > A nice Irish whiskey goes well in tea. Real tea, not Lipton’s or some of those herbal tisanes. My dad used to make me tea with Amaretto when I was sick. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/93 "2012-08-20T18:01:33Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > Milk and whiskey. Sounds disgusting. That’s why I posted _gag_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/94 "2012-08-20T18:02:52Z")
> [@Freakenstein](#): > > Well, reading all this nonsense sure was a mistake. I won’t be coming back. But…but…fart! Smunny! Dipsticks! I mean, hip! > [@RaftPeople](#): > > I’ve set **Lute’s** greasemonkey avatar to this angry [bunny](http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u280/luilovley/ICONATOR_44344040553731f3fc5e8a51d5.jpg) that is ordering him to get air conditioning. I’ve got to learn to do that some day. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/95 "2012-08-20T19:22:27Z")
Blucher! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/96 "2012-08-21T04:07:08Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > This reminded me of the time they lynched that green davenport. That was in the ottoman empire, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/97 "2012-08-21T04:08:19Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > That was in the ottoman empire, right? I must acknowledge this with the appropriate groan. Groan. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/98 "2012-08-21T18:34:28Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Dude,…\*. You care about this way too much. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/99 "2012-08-21T19:59:31Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > You care about this way too much. And yet you still bump the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/100 "2012-08-21T21:12:44Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > 1. can you read something we can’t read? > > 2. what’s with the gazebo love? or is it hate? > > c. Lute! I didn’t meant it, feel free to delete all you like. nice thread.😛 Re: #2. Hint, the next statement in the sequence is, [“I’m gonna cast a couple of fire balls at the damn thing! Burn baby burn!.”](http://www.kodtweb.com/2011/05/20/lair-of-the-gazebo-3/) There’s also supposed to be a video version on Youtube and other places. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876.md?page=6)