# Contestant #3 - Love or Hate Him? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 1999, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351 "1999-09-15T02:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/21 "1999-09-15T15:06:00Z")
Wow, Kelli, that would be an interesting train of thought— if C3 turned up dead. It could be set up like the “Clue” game format. There’d be some minor modifications. The cast of suspects would expand, considerably, besides Col. Mustard and company. You’d have to have a card for Slythe, Auraseer, David B, etc. (I guess the deck would start resembling the New York City phone book) 😉 The murder weapons used would also go past the old gun, knife, and rope used in the original game. I guess you’d have to have pieces made like Large Beserk 18-Wheeler, B-52 bomber, and Slow-Acting Ancient Chinese Death Potion. In short, weapons that really fit the mood of SDMB posters that interact with C3. Actually, this board would be a little duller without his posts (rants?), so I’m just kidding about all this. Please don’t put me on your Christmas Card Death List, C3, okay? 🙂 * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/22 "1999-09-15T16:48:00Z")
I don’t have strong convictions either way. He’s never bothered me, personally. What I find amazing is that the very people who claim to hate him cannot resist posting on his threads or responding to his posts. (With the exception of Auraseer). I don’t get it- if you don’t like someone, don’t read their posts. If someone bugs you, don’t talk back to them. Then again, that isn’t very much fun, is it? Contestant #3 is just someone who loves to push buttons. So if you don’t like it, turn your buttons off. If only it were that easy in real life!! * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/23 "1999-09-16T05:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey Pat, in my distorted view of justice and fairness, being attacked multiple times by Auraseer concerning my belief in UFOs is license to call him out on his claim of being a witch that practices magick. I just don’t think attacking a person’s religion is the proper way to argue with someone. Of course, magick, might not be a big part of his religion anyway. But, that doesn’t really matter. You are attacking his religion, based on nothing but a disagreement he had with you on an unrelated topic. Maybe the first time you brought it up, you could say you were tying to bring fairness into it and flame him. But, even in your own “distorted” view, you have to admit, its getting old and stale, time to move on. pat ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/24 "1999-09-15T19:04:00Z")
C Who? J.K.! 😃 No probs-boy what an ego boost this thread is for this guy! Famous vs. Infamous ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/25 "1999-09-15T19:16:00Z")
We should all be so lucky, eh BunnyGirl? ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/26 "1999-09-15T20:08:00Z")
Oh, I hate him. Absolutely, beyond anything else in this world, I HATE him! Hey, that was fun! Now, if he would only hate me back we could have some REAL fun out here! * * * The moon looks on many flowers, the flowers on but one moon. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/27 "1999-09-15T23:18:00Z")
pricciar wrote: > [@](#): > > I just don’t think attacking a person’s religion is the proper way to argue with someone. Ah, but you forget – to C#3, unquestioning belief in alien spacecraft zipping through our atmosphere **is** his religion! * * * I’m not flying fast, just orbiting low. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/28 "1999-09-15T23:33:00Z")
I am indifferent to Contestant 3. On the other hand, Jazzmine, I would love to hear you expound on what you can do that is much more than sighing ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/29 "1999-09-16T03:06:00Z")
As a poster that has been away for many moons, I’m not sure I have a right to much of an opinion. However, based on his unprovoked personal attacks against me and a few others, I’d have to say that at this point I don’t respect him very much. However, I am looking forward to an intelligent post keeping at least mainly to the actual argument. Do you have one in you, C#3? * * * The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. – Henry David Thoreau My Homepage: [http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/Home.html](http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/Home.html) My RHPS page: [http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/RockyHome.html](http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/RockyHome.html) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/30 "1999-09-16T05:13:00Z")
Cessandra is back after a long absence, and the next day Connie starts a thread in the BBQ Pit attacking her. Tell me again why you respect him so much, Kelli? ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/31 "1999-09-16T05:17:00Z")
Now, slythe, watch out, he’s going to begin to wonder aloud (again) if you are trying to get me in bed. But seriously, he has a right to call me out if he thinks I am wrong, and the pit is certainly the right place to do it. At least he’s not trying to drag it into other conversations. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/32 "1999-09-16T11:41:00Z")
Where is that slythe, I didnt see it yet. (I havnt read them all) Is this the underage girl he implied you were after which then started all the bad blood right about the time I started lurking? ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/33 "1999-09-16T11:56:00Z")
nevermind…I read the thread, and all my questions have been answered. My feelings have not changed, but that doesnt mean I have to agree with him, I think it maay be best to handle him when he gets on a rant by ignoring him. ANd C#3, leave her alone man, she is just a kid.Really , stop already. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/34 "1999-09-16T19:27:00Z")
So tell me, C#3… Mancow? Stern? Where can I tune in? * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![Contestant\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Contestant\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contestant_3)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/35 "1999-09-16T19:30:00Z")
That’s just a joke Chris… * * * Contestant #3 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/36 "1999-09-17T03:12:00Z")
[[Geesh, 20 posts and so far nobody admits to hating me!]] C3 You have to care about something before you can hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Contestant\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Contestant\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contestant_3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/37 "1999-09-17T04:13:00Z")
Big Iron, Thanks so much for caring enough to open this thread with my name on it! The fact that you even then took the time and effort to post speaks well of your care… Thanks! * * * Contestant #3 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/38 "1999-09-17T06:24:00Z")
Well, Connie, ya piece-a-shit… You shouldn’t play with people’s feelings like that… * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/39 "1999-09-17T08:37:00Z")
In another thread I asked Connie and Cessandra for their birthdays. As I may have said before, the closest I’ve been able to come to “religion” is astrology. (In other words, I’ve never come very close to religion…) Anyway, I have this wonderful book, “The Secret Language of Birthdays”, that gives “personology” descriptions for every day of the year. I thought this would be an appropriate thread to relay what I learned about C#3, according to the book. And so, an excerpt from “The Secret Language of Birthdays” (it’s a bit long, but I did try to keep it as short as possible) Contestant #3 May 11th > [@](#): > > ``` > *Those born on May 11 have a most unusual way of seeing the world. The may > > ``` > > attract undue attention if they voice their feelings in public or act on their fantasies, so they often keep them under wraps. The most extreme of those born on this day, however, will go so far as to unabashedly flaunt their eccentricities; indeed, family and friends may hold > their breath when a May 11 person speaks, and raise their eyebrows after he/she has > spoken. > May 11 people run the gamut from the slightly eccentric to those who seem to > come from another planet. The one thing they all have in common, however, is their gift of fantasy, which, unleashed, can run wild. The most successful of those born on this day can make their dreams and imagination work for them realistically. Indeed, some May 11 people have a real talent for cashing in on unusual thoughts, but nonetheless must maintain > credibility with the empowered, who can help them succeed. If those born on this day are > objective enough to present ideas which may be believed by their listeners, or found > interesting or useful, they stand a good chance of receiving appreciation and reward. On the other hand, if they deluge others with a constant barrage of fanciful schemes and unworkable projects, they may be giving free reign to their creativity, but misjudging their audience.\* > :::snip::: > _Looking at it from an objective point of view, it is true that when telling stories May 11 people enlarge, embellish, and sometimes even mythologize events and characters. A skillful listener, close friend or associate can recognize a tall tale and separate fact from fiction. The more gullible, however, may just swallow stories hook, line and sinker. May > 11 people are capable of sticking to the facts in matters of concern but it would be a great mistake to take everything they say literally. > Usually there is no harm involved in May 11 people making life a little more > colorful. They are most often acting without guile; if anything, those born on this day are more guilty of conceit than deceit. They build themselves up because underneath it all they are lacking a bit in self-confidence and need support and affection. That is the underlying reason why they seek the attention of others in such childlike ways - by telling > stories, or acting outrageously. Luckily, their innate charm gets them through most of the difficulties they get into._ (Begin scary Twilight Zone music) Thus far, this book has nailed it for everyone who’s read it. Me included. Just wanted to share, get thoughts. No flames intended. (I _like_ C#3!!) * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351/40 "1999-09-17T10:27:00Z")
Well C#3 and I recently got into a little scuffle about alien implants, but it was relatively tame. He has his ideas and I have mine. He is certainly not stupid, by any means. Perhaps a little gullible about the implant thing, though I am sure he would prefer to substitute open minded for gullible. And I have no quarrel with that. I read his posts with interest, so yeah, I think he’s okay. * * * You are unique - Just like everyone else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-3-love-or-hate-him/2351.md?page=3)