# Dear BigT... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923 "2011-12-12T17:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/41 "2011-12-13T00:57:06Z")
Stop being mean to BigT. He doesn’t like it when people are mean to each other. (Ha, the meanies and the weenie. Made me laugh anyway) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/42 "2011-12-13T01:07:01Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I keep a fairly long ignore list. Sometimes this can be a problem; if you put a prolific poster on ignore, it can make reading certain threads nearly impossible. Even though I don’t like what they contribute, it’s hard to ignore it’s impact on the conversation. > > I’ve had **BigT** on ignore a long time. Sometimes, just for a giggle, I’ll click the “View Post” button and laugh at the inanity. But I never, ever, have to click and let him through because his posts are interesting and important, and I need to see what he’s saying for the thread to stay coherent. Never. Simply put, his contribution is meaningless. > > My advice is, stick him on ignore. Truly you won’t miss him. If you can read this post, we are kindred spirits. If not for the block list, I’d probably stop coming here or I’d have to read so few threads that I’d wonder what fun I was even having. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/43 "2011-12-13T01:47:18Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > I’d agree with that, but the thing is that on the Giraffe Boards they aren’t shy about pointing and laughing at the SDMB. (Thankfully they’ve moved that off the main page, so those who don’t care about that can ignore it.) Technically, the forum is to PAL at other places on the interwebs, not just the SDMB. No one seems to want to mention other places, however. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/44 "2011-12-13T02:07:51Z")
So, let them make fun of us. I’ve been over there plenty, and I was on the snark boards, too, reading only at both places. The tone of the mocking is worlds apart. The GB mocks us in an affectionate way, and I don’t mind their mocking. The snark boards were mean. And \*\*BigT \*\*really \*does \*have a fascinating for **Giraffe**! I’m amazed; I like Giraffe but really he’s just a funny guy and not \*that \*awesome. Sorry, **Giraffe**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/45 "2011-12-13T02:21:29Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And \*\*BigT \*\*really \*does \*have a fascinating for **Giraffe**! I’m amazed; I like Giraffe but really he’s just a funny guy and not \*that \*awesome. Sorry, **Giraffe**. 🙂 I’ve seen plenty of Pittings turn on the OP, but rarely this viciously. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/46 "2011-12-13T02:38:10Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > If you can read this post, we are kindred spirits. > > If not for the block list, I’d probably stop coming here or I’d have to read so few threads that I’d wonder what fun I was even having. 😃 I see you. Seriously, though, the ignore list is awesome. I went a long time thinking, “I’ll just scroll past,” but once I started using it, it really made my experience better. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/47 "2011-12-13T02:44:34Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > 😃 I see you. > > Seriously, though, the ignore list is awesome. I went a long time thinking, “I’ll just scroll past,” but once I started using it, it really made my experience better. Yup. I think it’s goofy how many people take pride in not using a feature that really can improve the board experience immensely. If I were going to scroll past, why not make what I’m scrolling past really short and unobtrusive? Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/48 "2011-12-13T02:48:49Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > I just got 822 results for “How to Masturbate” on Amazon. > > Most of them are for women, though. Bless their hearts. 822?! I got 38,100,000 results. Apparently I need a LOT more practice than you. ETA - I now see your hits are from Amazon, mine are from Google. Apparently I need a lot more pracrtice reading as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/49 "2011-12-13T02:54:52Z")
The only thing I miss about the ignore list is that Firefox plug-in that made the posts from ignored people completely disappear (not just hidden). It was bliss - they wouldn’t even show up in quotes! I want that plug-in back. The creator stopped supporting it a few iterations back. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/50 "2011-12-13T02:56:15Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > 822?! > I got 38,100,000 results. > Apparently I need a LOT more practice than you. > > ETA - I now see your hits are from Amazon, mine are from Google. > Apparently I need a lot more pracrtice reading as well. Huh. Here I thought that was a myth… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/51 "2011-12-13T02:57:13Z")
We know the state of your eyes. How are your palms, **zoid**? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/52 "2011-12-13T03:03:56Z")
The Giraffe Boards are cool. Well, except for that loser who runs it. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/53 "2011-12-13T03:25:07Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > The only thing I miss about the ignore list is that Firefox plug-in that made the posts from ignored people completely disappear (not just hidden). It was bliss - they wouldn’t even show up in quotes! > > I want that plug-in back. The creator stopped supporting it a few iterations back. I think a better plug in would be to replace that persons posts with random compliments, for example: > [@PosterOnIgnoreList](#): > > Kolga, you rock! Hope I’m as good as you some day. Or, random insults to themselves: > [@PosterOnIgnoreList](#): > > Dangit. I was going to post something but I am so stupid it was going to be a terrible post. Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/54 "2011-12-13T04:20:56Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I think a better plug in would be to replace that persons posts with random compliments, for example: > > Or, random insults to themselves: I would pay for the development of that application. It would provide me many LOLs. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/55 "2011-12-13T04:22:27Z")
I generally like BigT. But like another poster (SfG I think), posts in ATMB are generally wholly ignorable, shrill and whiny. Again, in most contexts (er, maybe half the pit, but I don’t keep track well enough) are great Board-fodder, but a small sub-set are beyond inane. The personal crush on giraffe makes me wish they’d get a room. PS G’raffe was a great Pit mod. No complaints about current mods, just saying I liked the atmosphere then. Oh, I’m still pretty narced up, so any incoherence should be ignored. Sorry if I unintentionally offnded. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/56 "2011-12-13T05:35:18Z")
I learned to eat pussy from a book – my first girlfriend in HS wasn’t having any of it (oh no, I’m so dirty!), so in expectation of that glorious day, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing any of it. I guess masturbation from a book isn’t so odd. **BigT** seems kind of entertaining enough to me – pretty harmless, really. But this is the pit, so I hope he jerks it so hard blood spurts out and the glans is separated by a few little nematode-like strands. Never happen to a pro like me, but he’s young I think, so maybe he could be an example to all the rest of us degenerate wankers. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/57 "2011-12-13T05:56:13Z")
I don’t frequent the Giraffe board, but I have no problem with it. Actually I think of it as an insurance policy. If the SDMB goes belly-up, the teeming millions will need a place to regroup. They sure won’t do that at the snack board, a haven for cowards, run by miscreants. The Giraffe boards also function as an afterlife for posters banned from this locale. Plus, they are a laboratory for board policies… Giraffe has no compunction about treating his members as guinea pigs, prodding them with sticks, etc. ---
**Author:** ![the\_brush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@the\_brush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_brush)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/58 "2011-12-13T06:03:47Z")
These threads are great I have read for years. I really enjoy them. But where is the hair talk. Where is the barbershop banter. remember to use shampoo. If you are a asian woman with frizzy hair that needs a wash please pm me. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/59 "2011-12-13T06:13:39Z")
The hell? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/60 "2011-12-13T06:18:02Z")
> [@the\_brush](#): > > These threads are great I have read for years. I really enjoy them. But where is the hair talk. Where is the barbershop banter. remember to use shampoo. If you are a asian woman with frizzy hair that needs a wash please pm me. Is this some sort of weird spam???😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923.md?page=4)