# Catch-All Dio Pitting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 11, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997 "2011-04-11T20:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/421 "2011-04-15T02:53:02Z")
Keep fucking that chicken. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/422 "2011-04-15T02:54:54Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Keep fucking that chicken. Underage children, chickens, its all the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/423 "2011-04-15T02:57:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Repeat what? Did you even read the thread? > I’m not going to refight a 5 year old battle. Everything I had to say about that thread is in the thread. > [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Yes, you are. > > 😉 > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Great. Then anybody’s who’s interested can read everything that needed to be said about it 5 years ago? Is there some special reason to refight it now? > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m not going to play ball. Sorry to disappoint you. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > When the fuck did I say I would never post in this thread again? > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Keep fucking that chicken. See? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/424 "2011-04-15T02:58:46Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/425 "2011-04-15T03:00:32Z")
Duck season. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/426 "2011-04-15T03:02:22Z")
If you have a point, could you please just say what it is. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I said I wasn’t going to refight a five year old battle, and I haven’t. And your point is…? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/427 "2011-04-15T03:06:07Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Geezus on a cracker. > > Let me summarize it as I see it. > > Thread is folks bitching about the Dio Zone. > > Lots of bitching and moaning and ill will. > > Dio starts Dio Zoning. > > Then Dio sees the error of his ways and will try to change. > > Then he starts fucking Dio Zoning again post haste. > > Yeah, we will get things fixed up around these parts here right quick and easy. > [@billfish678](#): > > Its “interesting” to see Dio Dionizing the very thread thats about bitching about Dionizing threads and him nearly quadultationously denying he does it, apologizing for doing it, promising to not do it again, and then fracking turning around and doing it once again. > > Its like have an intervention at a big family reunion about 2nd cousin bubba who most people think treats his wife poorly. When confronted, he denies it, promises to never do it (not that he ever did in the first place), then turns around slaps his wife in the face and says “get me another beer bitch”. > [@billfish678](#): > > Yeah, but he apologized. He’s so classy we all just lurv him around here! Not that he won’t be a raging threadshitting asshole next week…but hey, apologies are free and limitless doncha know… > [@billfish678](#): > > Keep digging that hole deeper Dio. > [@billfish678](#): > > So “we” win Dio? > > You’ll NEVER post in this thread again no matter WHAT we say or bring up about your nearly infinite history of shit ? > > I think we will all allow one final “yes, I will never post in this thread again”, because, hey we aren’t assholes who try to use logical or semantic tricks to “win”. > > What say you Dio? > > I bet the powers that be will shortly lock this thread to protect you from yourself. > [@billfish678](#): > > Man, you really can’t help yourself can you? > > You do realize you just are showing everyone to be the very thing that most people are tired of don’t you? > > I await the inevitable “what I am I? I am not that!” baloney… > [@billfish678](#): > > Underage children, chickens, its all the same to me. I have to say, Bill, at this point, you’re getting to be the obnoxious one. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/428 "2011-04-15T03:06:22Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Duck season. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If you have a point, could you please just say what it is. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I said I wasn’t going to refight a five year old battle, and I haven’t. And your point is…? No, Rabbit Season! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/429 "2011-04-15T03:07:33Z")
One point may be that you CANNOT fucking stand to NOT get the last word in on anything. Thats one way you Dionize a thread. You WILL NOT shut the fuck up, having said your piece. Again, “we” will let you get one final “I’m done word” so as not to trick you. And again, I know you can’t stand to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/430 "2011-04-15T03:09:46Z")
I haven’t said “I’m done,” dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/431 "2011-04-15T03:10:41Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > One point may be that you CANNOT fucking stand to NOT get the last word in on anything. Thats one way you Dionize a thread. You WILL NOT shut the fuck up, having said your piece. > > Again, “we” will let you get one final “I’m done word” so as not to trick you. > > And again, I know you can’t stand to do so. Not only is this not really an accurate descriptor of Dio’s more annoying habits, but you’re doing it too. Seriously, wtf. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/432 "2011-04-15T03:15:48Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I have to say, Bill, at this point, you’re getting to be the obnoxious one. Hey, I am just doing a Dio with Dio. The difference being I don’t have 30 something pittings doing it. Compare my time/posting history here to Dio’s and the number of pittings. Shit, I should have a handful by now if my math is right. Hell, I don’t even have ONE fricking pitting (I think). And if I did get a pitting it would most likely be about a position of mine (or crappy grammar/cites/tone/humor/sumptin else, which is fine by me when push comes to shove) The only thread I might be Dionizing is a pit bitching about Dio (the meta irony!). And you won’t likely see me doing something remotely similar elsewhere. You can’t and won’t be able to say the same about somebody else here. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/433 "2011-04-15T03:15:54Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I have to say, Bill, at this point, you’re getting to be the obnoxious one. I’m agreeing with Joey and I fucking started this thread, so you know I’m not a Dio fan. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/434 "2011-04-15T03:18:36Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Not only is this not really an accurate descriptor of Dio’s more annoying habits, but you’re doing it too. Seriously, wtf. Post 430 seems to refute your point 🙂 I AM done for the night. Hell, I’'ll promise everyone I’ll be outa here for the next 24 hours. I bet most of you that are complaining about me (acting somewhat like Dio) or Dio himself can’t do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/435 "2011-04-15T03:18:40Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > For the record, I’ve never seen any reason to doubt you since then and agree that youhave a big heart. I apologize for any distress I caused you with my initial suspicions back then. I sure never meant to trigger anything. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/436 "2011-04-15T03:18:48Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Not only is this not really an accurate descriptor of Dio’s more annoying habits, but you’re doing it too. Seriously, wtf. Hey, we can’t ALL be like **Dio** , but some of us can _try_… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/437 "2011-04-15T03:19:48Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Hey, I am just doing a Dio with Dio. Well that’s just fucking stupid then, what are you, 7 years old? It’s like trying to get the bully to stop beating you up everyday by poking him with a stick. > [@](#): > > The difference being I don’t have 30 something pittings doing it. Compare my time/posting history here to Dio’s and the number of pittings. Shit, I should have a handful by now if my math is right. Hell, I don’t even have ONE fricking pitting (I think). And if I did get a pitting it would most likely be about a position of mine (or crappy grammar/cites/tone/humor/sumptin else, which is fine by me when push comes to shove) The only thread I might be Dionizing is a pit bitching about Dio (the meta irony!). And you won’t likely see me doing something remotely similar elsewhere. You can’t and won’t be able to say the same about somebody else here. Huh? You haven’t been pitted because you’ve been doing it for three days not 5 years and it’s only been a handful of posts, not thousands. You sound like Christopha. (Anyone?) ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/438 "2011-04-15T05:15:16Z")
[So much snark](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGd0gD0QNE)☹ ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/439 "2011-04-15T05:36:06Z")
I bowed out for a while, obviously. No need to keep typing. But tonight, for some reason, I decide to come in and see what I missed. I seemed to have missed a bunch. I am amazed. Even his psudo-pledge to try to turn things around didn’t last for half a page. Why? “Because \*\*Dio \*\*is who we thought he was!” (apologies to Dennis Green). A half page or so of encouragement, applause, and stroking later, and \*\*Dio \*\*is back at it, this time being proven wrong in a biblical thread. But that’s not what caught my eye. It was the quick blurb about \*\*Dio \*\*insulting a guy who just lost his baby. \*\*Dio’s \*\*response in this thread was that the man’s wife wasn’t pregnant. A baby didn’t exist, therefore a pregnancy didn’t exist. About a page and a half later, sure enough… someone was kind enough to post a link to the thread in question. (apparently, before this occurred, a sock came in to post a link to the thread in question, but thank goodness for diligent moderating, by **Miller** , who not only removed the sock, but the post the sock made, which according to **Cheshire Human** , included a link to the thread in question.) Post 409 has the correct link to the \*\*Dio \*\*post made 5 years ago, to a poster named **SADDAD** , who’s wife just suffered a miscarriage. \*\*Dio’s \*\*remark? man up. It’s not like you lost a child or anything… and the guy is coming off self-absorbed to **Dio**. (of course, I’m paraphrasing. Read the thread from the beginning to Dio’s statement at post 19 and maybe 10 more posts or so, until you get a link to his pitting. Then read the Pit thread. A poster no less than \*\*Bosca \*\*called \*\*Dio \*\*a troll five years ago, (and an asshole if memory serves - if it doesn’t, just subscribe that one to me.) The man’s wife was pregnant for 12 weeks. That’s 3 months. When my wife was pregnant 3 months, we most certainly considered her with child, and considered her pregnancy real, not fake. If she miscarried, I would have been devastated. I don’t know what point \*\*Dio \*\*was trying to make, if it wasn’t born yet, therefore it wasn’t a baby, or whatever. The fact of the matter is that the guy thought he was going to be a father again, and received the news of a miscarriage less than a week before posting his heart out in the OP. Read the OP… He was just venting, and I’m sure searching for some support, even if it was anonymous. So what does \*\*Dio \*\*do? Flies in, plops a load of shit into the thread, and then waits for the inevitable howls of protests from the teeming millions. \*\*Dio \*\*is without a doubt a troll, a disingenuous poster, and is here for two reasons only. He loves to get rises out of people, and he loves to derail threads. Any “value” people think he adds would not be missed if he went away. If there is any concern, read the biblical discussion… those of you that think \*\*Dio \*\*can’t be replaced will be happy to know that a number of well versed folks held their own in showing \*\*Dio \*\*he was wrong on a point. \*\*Dio \*\*is lonely, insecure, and in my opinion has created an "outside life’ that is in his head only. Maybe he was married once. He may even have a child. But if this is true, I suspect \*\*Dio’s \*\*relationship with them is similar to Michael Douglas’ relationship to his “family” in the movie “Falling Down”. Is he intelligent? I don’t know. What I \*\*\*do \*\*\*know is he is anti-social, and only feels noticed if he posts something controversial that will charge up posters. I don’t know if he gets hard, but he does garner satisfaction out of watching everyone get in a twist. Even more pathetic are his defenders, who, for whatever reason feel that \*\*Dio \*\*gets an unfair break out here. I remember \*\*Liberal \*\*being a similar sort of poster. No one thought him unintelligent. Just crazy. At least \*\*Liberal \*\*admitted as much. \*\*Liberal \*\*had his supporters too, so I guess it’s inevitable. \*\*Dio \*\*posts all day every day, manically checking his inbox for threads he’s subscribed to, making sure he gets to each and every thread and offers a rebuttal, sometimes within minutes. If anyone doubts what \*\*Dio \*\*really is, read the \*\*SADDAD \*\*thread. If \*\*Dio \*\*held the position he claimed, why on earth did he feel a need to enter that thread at all? Once entering the thread, he read the OP and decided, rather than just clicking out of the thread, he’s spend some time sharing with us what he believed. No one needed to know \*\*Dio’s \*\*opinion, it added no value, but upset a lot of people. What is that definition of trolling again? Or maybe that’s just threadshitting. In either case, it’s **Dio**! (giggity giggity) Because of this 5 year old thread, my contempt for \*\*Dio \*\*has crossed a Rubicon of some kind. His behavior in that particular thread was so assholish that only once conclusion can be derived. \*\*Dio \*\*is an asshole. He’s also a troll, and a dickhead. I don’t think he’d be missed if he failed to post here again starting tomorrow. But, as bad as \*\*Dio’s \*\*post in that thread pissed me off, it wasn’t the only thing to do so. Since I last read the thread, \*\*Dio \*\*admitted posting by proxy. Whether or not this is actually TRUE (since he receives so many PM’s for support :rolleyes:), he still admits to breaking a board rule. The moderators reaction? > [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > **Diogenes** , this is posting by proxy, which is a violation of the board’s terms of service. In the future, please let people post their own accusations, or, if they’re reluctant to do so for whatever reason, let them stay quiet. > > No warning issued. > [/Moderating] That’s right. No warning issued. Why break tradition? Hey **Miller** , how about going back into my warnings and rescind my warning about \*implying \*someone was on my ignore list outside of the Pit. That’s right. _ **Implied** _. To be fair, it wasn’t too hard to figure out who I was referring to, but I had no idea that was a rule, a mod decided to slap an official warning on me, and that was that. So, **Miller** … please explain to me the difference as to why \*\*Dio \*\*did not receive an official warning. By his own admission, he broke a rule. He didn’t skirt it… he broke it. And whether he knew it was a rule or not, being ignorant of that fact shouldn’t preclude him from receiving a warning. I know I didn’t get a break. Why the different standard for **Dio**? Oh yeah, that’s right… there isn’t one. (I’d appreciate an answer here. I’m not interested in starting an ATMB thread, although someone else might want to.) Then, \*\*Dio \*\*pulls the “I’ll try to be different” horseshit out of his ass, and what a surprise! A mod chimes in with: > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Bless you, Diogenes. I’m glad to hear it. Yes, bless you, **Dio**. You’ve made **Ellen Cherry’s job a bit easier if you actually stick to it. If you don’t, she’s going to have to try to defend rulings regarding your behavior, which can’t be a fun part of her day. FTR, I feel some pity for Ellen Cherry** and any other mod who would like to squash \*\*Dio \*\*like the bug that he is, but can’t for whatever reason they’ve been given. Below I’ve included the links to the \*\*SADDAD \*\*thread. It’s worth a read. > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7715257&postcount=19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7715257&postcount=19) > > This is the post **Dio** starts. Continue from there, and don’t forget to go to the Pit thread linked to, later… FTR, I’ve never really noticed Dio until fairly recently (I’d say in the last year or so), but the above is proof positive that \*\*Dio \*\*has been a troll, a dickhead, an asshole, or whatever your favorite adjective is for quite a long time now. I imagine in those 55,555+ posts over the years are gems like this one, further solidifying who he is. I should have stayed out of this thread, but after reading it, I felt compelled to respond. Fuck you, **Dio**. You lying sack of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/440 "2011-04-15T07:20:00Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Hey, I am just doing a Dio with Dio. As my father was fond of saying, “two stupids don’t make a smart.” **Dio** , I don’t think you and I have ever really interacted on here, but I see your side of things, to an extent. IRL, I’m argumentative, sometimes crude, direct, and an asshole. Not saying that you’re that way, too, but you can come across that way (judging purely from the threads I’ve read). I see where you said that you were gonna make an attempt. I applaud you for it, and, to be honest, that’s really all that anyone can ask. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997.md?page=23)