# Chief Pedant, come on down!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 11, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363 "2015-10-11T22:09:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/301 "2015-10-14T05:39:33Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> I’m not a Dr. but Midol might help.

Well, I’m not a doctor either, but if you really want to take a Midol, go for it.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/302 "2015-10-14T09:36:20Z")

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This is why we can’t have nice things

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/303 "2015-10-14T09:52:42Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> I’m not a Dr. but Midol might help.

Saying sexist things is probably not a good idea when you’re being called racist.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/304 "2015-10-14T14:14:43Z")

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In the much more polite thread, I posted some SCIENCE! bitches stuff, [for anyone interested in what racism actually means.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18772060&postcount=302)

Now we return you to the regularly scheduled bunch of fuckheads beating each other with imaginary heavy objects about their imagined head and shoulders.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/305 "2015-10-14T15:36:06Z")

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> [@FXMastermind](#):
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> Now we return you to the regularly scheduled bunch of fuckheads beating each other with imaginary heavy objects about their imagined head and shoulders.

I thought we agreed that “fuck” was so 1970 as to be worthless in the pit. Get creative.  
Try stuff like this;  
Before **FXMastermid** visited, Sodom was known for its beautiful pottery.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/306 "2015-10-14T16:10:02Z")

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Well, at least you are trying. Practice makes perfect.

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**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chief-pedant-come-on-down/734363/307 "2015-10-14T16:19:51Z")

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> [@FXMastermind](#):
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> In the much more polite thread, I posted some SCIENCE! bitches stuff, [URL=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18772060&postcount=302](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18772060&postcount=302)”]…

you do not seem to understand the meaning of the word science.

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