# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/521 "2011-04-19T13:38:33Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Has anyone proposed the term “Dio-rrhea” for these kind of threads? Has anyone proposed “Diorama queens” as a term for posters who overreact to every post he makes? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/522 "2011-04-19T14:16:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Has anyone proposed “Diorama queens” as a term for posters who overreact to every post he makes? Has anyone proposed “Diography” as the term for the story of his life? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/523 "2011-04-19T14:36:32Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Has anyone proposed the term “Dio-rrhea” for these kind of threads? I think it’s probably in poor form to complain when he is not evincing the behaviors that push him into “annoying” territory as opposed to merely strong-opinioned and vitriolic. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/524 "2011-04-19T14:39:32Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I think it’s probably in poor form to complain when he is not evincing the behaviors that push him into “annoying” territory as opposed to merely strong-opinioned and vitriolic. Dio-fender! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/525 "2011-04-19T15:14:53Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Has anyone proposed “Diorama queens” as a term for posters who overreact to every post he makes? They are Diobetics. They are adherents of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dionetics. I find them Dio-bolical. I have Diognosed them with Dio-sthymic Diosorder and prescribe a course of Diolectical behavioral therapy. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/526 "2011-04-19T15:55:02Z")
Sorry, I can’t participate in this thread any longer - I’m on a Diot. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/527 "2011-04-19T16:46:36Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I think it’s probably in poor form to complain when he is not evincing the behaviors that push him into “annoying” territory as opposed to merely strong-opinioned and vitriolic. Well, I only just thought of it. But these threads do get a bit runny. Shit, Cat Whisperer’s “Diot” wins. Thanks for playing everyone … except Zeriel. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/528 "2011-04-19T16:59:41Z")
Dioquitter. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/529 "2011-04-19T17:03:18Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > What the fuck? Gee, it just kind of got here? Or did you resuscitate a dying thread with your post [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13701723&postcount=475), in which you breathlessly informed everyone that “Dio just made up a new Jewish holiday.” This thread is called ‘Catch-all Dio Pitting’. I have yet to see a disclaimer that says “Members Only.” I posted a link. There was no\* breathless \*about it. **Steve** came to Dio’s defense and double posted and I posted a link to my response. As someone said: [INDENT] > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Lying, not reading cited info, making up details and saying “no I’m not” or “I never said that” after you were quoted as saying something are not debate skills. Are you sure you were reading the same threads? [/INDENT] Not shockingly, **Dio** did exactly what **Joey P** says he does (and presumably will continue to do). > [@](#): > > Even engaging with you in limited discussion has this sticky, yucky feeling. Kind of like wrestling with a tarbaby, or with the inappropriate scout master. Seems like you might be looking for more from this board than a debate. Maybe you’re like one of those apocryphal Western US eagles, looking to lock talons in a free-falling death fuck. So don’t talk to me. It’s just _limited_ discussion in a Pit thread that’s not about you, so why bother? Are you jealous of Dio’s attention? > [@](#): > > Regardless, I do appreciate you and **Cheshire Human** offering up a pitch perfect parody of what the Dio Show really is. You make it very easy for he rest of the SDMB to resolve the dilemma I mentioned above. I’d much rather you all kept this kind of shit restricted to the Snark Pit. Pay noooooo attention to the Snark behind the Computer. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/530 "2011-04-19T17:36:17Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I think it’s probably in poor form to complain when he is not evincing the behaviors that push him into “annoying” territory as opposed to merely strong-opinioned and vitriolic. I also feel I must point out that I was not complaining about Dio. I have not made one serious comment in this thread, except for the thing about robots, they’re still cool, and now maybe this one … sort of. I gave up complaining about Dio when I realized it would be more productive and less painful to physically bash my head into a wall. When I took the time to look at his non-trolly posts I noticed we had similar thoughts on a couple things, like Will & Kate’s wedding, so if we can agree on somethings maybe he’s not 100% evil (perhaps just 97%). So, I decided to be all Zen about Dio and not let him get to me, I’m DioZen. But that doesn’t mean I won’t come into these threads and make silly comments just for the heck of it but they’re more meta and not actually about Dio, himself. If only more posters could be DioZen, we could lower the average blood pressure of the boards, dogs and cats would hump each other and like it, unicorns would frolic and poop cotton candy rainbows and everything would come with bacon (double entendre intended). ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/531 "2011-04-19T17:40:08Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > If only more posters could be DioZen, we could lower the average blood pressure of > the boards, dogs and cats would hump each other and like it, unicorns would frolic and poop cotton candy rainbows and everything would come with bacon (double entendre intended). You are misinformed. That is false. Unicorns and cotton candy rainbows are a myth. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/532 "2011-04-19T17:49:14Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > You are misinformed. That is false. Unicorns and cotton candy rainbows are a myth. Don’t harsh my mellow. WWGBD? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/533 "2011-04-19T17:54:52Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I also feel I must point out that I was not complaining about Dio. I have not made one serious comment in this thread, except for the thing about robots, they’re still cool, and now maybe this one … sort of. Eh, I tend to hold myself to a standard whereby I’m almost knee-jerkingly scrupulous in defense of someone when they do something right if I am also prone to attacking them when they do something wrong. And I get into a tussle with Dio on a fairly regular basis, given that his hot-button issues intersect mine in a few places. No harm, no foul. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/534 "2011-04-19T17:59:48Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Eh, I tend to hold myself to a standard whereby I’m almost knee-jerkingly scrupulous in defense of someone when they do something right if I am also prone to attacking them when they do something wrong. And I get into a tussle with Dio on a fairly regular basis, given that his hot-button issues intersect mine in a few places. > > No harm, no foul. No problem. Have some bacon and cotton candy! ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/535 "2011-04-19T18:28:20Z")
Dio is a darling. He keeps all the cuddly bullshit down. Besides if he upsets all you fuckheads so much, then he must be doing something right. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/536 "2011-04-19T18:38:26Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Besides if he upsets all you fuckheads so much, then he must be doing something right. I seem to have run out of bitters for my Manhattan. Could you do me a favor and spit into the mixer? There’s a good chap. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/537 "2011-04-19T19:59:03Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > OK, I’m really sorry Dio got to have all the attention in his own Pit thread. **I’m was OK with keeping it in the other thread** and I stuck my reply in there, **but now it’s here** , so I’ll scoot my tootie over there… It’s here because you brought it here. > [@CitizenPained](#): > > This thread is called ‘Catch-all Dio Pitting’. I have yet to see a disclaimer that says “Members Only.” > > **I posted a link.** Which kind of undercuts your ‘it got here somehow’ bullshit. If you think Dio was wrong explain how and link cites. Your goalpost scooting and grasping-at-straws smearing is getting old. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997/538 "2011-04-19T21:07:05Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > It’s here because you brought it here. That’s the premise of the entire thread. I linked it. I didn’t try to _hash it out_ here. There was nothing to hash out, much as Steve or Dio want you to believe. He was arrogantly making statements that were false. Again. > [@](#): > > Which kind of undercuts your ‘it got here somehow’ bullshit. If you think Dio was wrong explain how and link cites. Your goalpost scooting and grasping-at-straws smearing is getting old. So you wanted the debate to move into here? :dubious: I linked the post where he made a **false statement** _and_ to show he made an incorrect statement. Finn also backed me up. The type of statement that he made put the burden of proof on _him_ since he threw out some historical unknown. If I told you that George Washington was really a hermaphrodite, that burden of proof is on _me_. **No one** could back up what he said. They tried, but it still didn’t negate the fact that the supposed Bible scholar fd up big time. It was annoying because he tried to smudge his original words into something like “that’s not what I meant” and “I’m still right”. He finally admitted he was wrong, more or less. Not surprisingly, when he called me a liar in this thread and then lied about what I ‘said’, I asked him to link it. Cite it. Prove it. He could not. What do you not understand? Who is grasping at straws here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997.md?page=26)