# Carrot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905 "2002-11-15T19:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/41 "2002-11-15T20:28:09Z")
Jarbaby > [@](#): > > YEAH! Even after you’ve told EVERYONE THAT IT WAS A JOKE And even admitted that it wasn’t a very clear one at that. Check the time signatures. I wrote my OP _before_ the (sort of) admission. I’m not defending my OP anymore — I’m defending the fact that I reacted to what I **THOUGHT** was gay bashing. And I’m saying that I’d do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/42 "2002-11-15T20:29:22Z")
A _hypocrite_? Fuck you, too. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/43 "2002-11-15T20:30:39Z")
Yes? Do they also argue to have gays admitted in the military? I really wouldn’t know, it’s been a while since I visited stormfront… (Just to clarify, back in my idealistic youth, when I thought I oughta keep up with the enemy, I did visit [stormfront.org](http://stormfront.org). I thought they were shitty web designers.) Oh, wait: 🙂 😉 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/44 "2002-11-15T20:33:26Z")
This is hardly a lambasting **Jar**. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/45 "2002-11-15T20:33:56Z")
Carrot Allow me to attempt to be serious because I think this is important. Yes, Storm Front does use rhetorical satire and sarcasm to bash gays, blacks, Indians, and everyone else they hate. Look, I’m sorry for mistaking you for them. I’m relieved that you’re not one of them. But I still won’t apologize for reacting the way I did. I did it because I love my gay friends, and I’ve promised to stand beside them and fight. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/46 "2002-11-15T20:35:55Z")
As you wish, Lib. But you know, when YOU do your parodies and whoosh people, and they don’t get your joke - as well-written as it is - you jump their case for not getting the joke. Well, you didn’t get the joke. Look, you might not have realized it was a parody, and if it really had been gay-bashing, your reaction would have been laudable. But it sounds to me like you’re pissed that it WAS a parody and that you didn’t get it. That’s not carrot’s fault, that’s yours. Am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/47 "2002-11-15T20:37:15Z")
Geez, you guys really gotta calm down. I mean, **dantheman** ’s over here calling [someone] a hypocrite, **Libertarian** ’s just telling everyone to fuck themselves, **World Eater** seems to think I’d be better off just not saying anything at all, and I think I nearly hurt myself laughing at the ‘Department of Dead Horses’ remark, **jarbabyj**. Can’t we all just get along? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/48 "2002-11-15T20:37:17Z")
And seeing the post you just made, never mind. Good post, that. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/49 "2002-11-15T20:39:22Z")
Look, he can’t be that bad, he thinks I’m funny. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/50 "2002-11-15T20:40:22Z")
Huh? When have I jumped someone’s case for not getting a parody? I’m not pissed about not getting Carrot’s joke (it wasn’t a parody). I’m pissed about being scolded for reacting to what I thought was a Storm Trooper. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/51 "2002-11-15T20:41:27Z")
Okay. Truce. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/52 "2002-11-15T20:43:16Z")
Besides, you should parse out your “fuck yours” a lot more … well, parsimoniously! I mean, if we all get them, they’re not as valuable. I want one all my own; I’m not sharing one with jarbaby. Nosir. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/53 "2002-11-15T20:43:17Z")
carrot, I think you’ll fit in quite nicely around here. It doesn’t hurt that I think carrot’s a funny name, either. [sub]You’re not from West Virginia, are you?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/54 "2002-11-15T20:47:07Z")
Wait, **Libertarian** , maybe it WAS a parody… Hear me out, here. [dictionary.reference.com](http://dictionary.reference.com) defines ‘parody’ as: > [@](#): > > 1. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice. So, it’s quite possible that it could turn out to be a parody of a joke! I’m a little new here, so I was wondering…Do I need a smiley thingy here? Better be on the safe side.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/55 "2002-11-15T20:48:24Z")
Not the most graceful entrance to the SDMB, but we’ll see how this plays out. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/56 "2002-11-15T20:49:41Z")
Winkies help, but a real parody doesn’t use them - it’s like explaining the joke. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/57 "2002-11-15T20:51:20Z")
Hang on–I don’t want nobody staring at _my_ winkie. That’s why I don’t want . . . _them_ . . . in the military. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/58 "2002-11-15T20:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > \*\*Wait, **Libertarian** , maybe it WAS a parody… > > Hear me out, here. [dictionary.reference.com](http://dictionary.reference.com) defines ‘parody’ as: > > So, it’s quite possible that it could turn out to be a parody of a joke! > > I’m a little new here, so I was wondering…Do I need a smiley thingy here? > Better be on the safe side.🙂 \*\* 😃 Okay. Well, you’re nothing if not charming. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/59 "2002-11-15T20:53:51Z")
You don’t want giant mutant ants in the military, andros? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905/60 "2002-11-15T21:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*You don’t want giant mutant ants in the military, andros? \*\* I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted SDMB personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot/136905.md?page=4)