Colibri

The BBQ Pit
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Reference.

This seemed to me to be beyond surreal. How can Colibri, one of the most admired and respected people on the SDMB, have said something so raw, so low, so coarse?

Colibri is esteemed by all, a hero among men, an angel among saints. He has soothed anger by the wisdom of his moderating, and has enlightened many by his erudition, education, aesthetic judgement, and political insight.

How can he have unburdened himself of such a vulgarity? Even in the pit, many are able to discuss contentious matters with elegance and etiquette. To name only a few, iiandyiiii, Kimstu, Ramira, Idle Thoughts, Bryan Ekers who never fails to raise a good laugh, and even Bricker, a man of whom my opinion does not bear repeating here, can always address matters of dispute with correct and cogent language. These are all masters of eloquence, and would never descend to the nadir of loathely invective.

Perhaps Colibri was under the influence of some hideous alchemical elixir, which suppressed the Dr. Jekyll of his soul, and substituted it with an awful Mr. Hyde. Perhaps his forehead sloped, his eyes probed forward, the capillaries breaking, rendering the sclera red as a volcano’s throat. Perhaps his nostrils arched, his lips twisted, his breath took on the strong odor of cat food, his chin receded, his chest sprouted a substantial pair of moobs, his knees knocked together in a polymodal musical chord in some indistinct minor key, and his toenails sliced through the front of his shoes.

Fight against this, Colibri! Do not go gentle into that midnight of the soul, but strive, always, to live to the potential of your higher nature. Be the man your dog thinks you are; be true to the virtues of philosophy, whether it be stoic or sentimental. Return to the strength you have always displayed before us; uphold the Aristotelian (yes, I had to look up the spelling) good and celebrate the Platonic truth. Ascend to the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God (affectionately called the BOMFOG) and let your light be seen far and wide, illuminating the great city of wisdom.

Posted in all earnestness by one of his many sincere admirers.

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Your ox got gored, eh?

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I was much more surprised by Post #4 in that same thread. Those are literally fighting words.

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Mehh
Big C is a decent enough poster…

Having said that…like many other posters he will flip his shit about certain things…things that when he does…well…at least I am not surprised…and when he mods along those certain subject lines…well…I get a bit “I’m not sure he is an uninterested observer kinda mod” vibe going…

Kudos for him being a mod…god knows I probably can’t do it…

But yeah…C gets a bit to personally invested in this stuff sometimes IMO.

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Well said, you fucking moron.

Regards,
Shodan

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Of course, from Shodan, it is expected. There has never been anyone to allude to him as a hero among men or an angel among saints.

All Hyde, no Jekyll.

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I think at some point even Einstein stops giving a shit about dignity.

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I think it is wonderful that SDMB has a place where anyone can call anyone else a fucking moron.

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do not mess with hummingbirds

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You’re Pitting me for insulting you in the Pit? You’re right, that is surreal.

You’re still a fucking moron.:slight_smile:

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At least I put some literary effort into it…

Actually, I was pitting you for being coarse and vulgar, when you are, ordinarily, a paragon of eloquence. It was as if Shakespeare had said, “Fuck yourself” or Goethe had said “Piss on you.”

(Beethoven wrote some ditties along the lines of “Asses, they are all asses” and “So-and-so is a lump.” So even the great may indulge in vulgarity now and then.)

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Shakespeare also referenced Ophelia as a cunt. “Did you think I meant country matters?..that’s a fair thought to lie between maid’s legs”

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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you might as well call it one.

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You left out Ophelia’s vulgar response,

Did you think I meant country matters?
I thought nothing, my lord

Willie the Shake was one crude writer.

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If anyone has the right to call someone a fucking moron, it’s Colibri. He is beyond reproach, in the Pit or elsewhere, and I’ve never disagreed with him on any issue. Especially since Trinopus actually is a fucking moron.

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I interpreted that as her being rattled, and maybe not even sure what Hamlet is saying. Modernized:

Hamlet: May I lay with you
Ophelia: No…
Hamlet: I mean my head on your lap
Ophelia: Ok…
Hamlet: Did you think I wanted to fuck you???
Ophelia: I thought nothing.
Hamlet: Now THAT’S what I want to put between your legs!!
Opelia: What?

Hamlet. Nothing. (Which is usually said to mean ‘nevermind’. But the burn is still there)

(mic drop)

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That actually was what I was saying. He’s a great man. He doesn’t need to fling poop. (Especially because, when you do that, it gets all over your hands.)

Dale Sams: Good point about Shakespeare. He could talk dirty without being coarse about it.

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I appreciate his being succinct! I didn’t have to read a wall o’ text to figure out what he meant.

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Lost a bit in the translation. “Nothing” was Elizabethan slang, based on what one sees when looking down. Hence, Much Ado About Nothing, literally means a trivial fuss, but when you plug in the idiom, it means something very different.

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Have you read Shakespeare? Seen a play? There are literally college courses taught about the coarseness of Shakespeare. The fact that the double-entendres are escaping you doesn’t mean the man wasn’t incredibly vile at times; and this little out-take was from one of his dramas. You should get a load of the comedies.

I do want to thank you for clearing something up for me. I now know that you can Pit a Mod, for actions not taken as a Mod. He was right though.