# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/81 "2011-12-14T02:54:50Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I hear he’s a dildo. Starting a board war. Reported. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/82 "2011-12-14T04:23:12Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > Could you un-ban dio? > Please! Ditto. ---
**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 14, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/83 "2011-12-14T05:15:41Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > I like it, but can you make it short enough to fit on a sampler? Alice Roosevelt had a pillow embroidered with the words “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come here and sit by me.” I think that works. **BigT** , if you have a problem with the Giraffe board, grow some balls and _post it over there_. Seriously. In fact, go post over there. It’s a general message board, just like any other. Yes, there’s gossip. So? A lot of people post at both boards – there’s going to be discussion. You don’t to post there if you don’t want to. Jesus. And no, someone being mentally ill or whatever doesn’t mean they’re exempt from ridicule. I’m tired of you going on and on about that. If someone’s a jackass, then they’re a jackass, and pulling the, “but I can’t help it, I’m SICK!” card makes them even MORE of a jackass if you ask me. (And I don’t need to lose my temper to be mean. And you’re not mean, you’re just annoying.) I want a drink. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/84 "2011-12-14T15:53:39Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I didn’t say it didn’t bother me and I’m not trying to keep you from getting in trouble. I **could care less** if you get in trouble. Similarly, **I could care less** if you hate me or not. (For the record, I never thought you did.) I just want you to stop being fucking annoying. See, I was all on your side and stuff, and then you had to go and do what I bolded there. Now you must die. [David Mitchell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw) agrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/85 "2011-12-14T16:41:54Z")
You and Mitchell are wrong. Why, I’ll bet that Giraffe is saying “I _could_ care less…it’s possible…but I care so little that I don’t want to make the effort to care less.” Right? Anyone buying this? Ok–go ahead and kill him. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/86 "2011-12-14T16:48:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > See, I was all on your side and stuff, and then you had to go and do what I bolded there. Now you must die. [David Mitchell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw) agrees with me. The original saying was “Know nothing and could care less”, so less than nothing. I can’t find it now, but I read it in some old book. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/87 "2011-12-14T16:49:57Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > You and Mitchell are wrong. Why, I’ll bet that Giraffe is saying “I _could_ care less…it’s possible…but I care so little that I don’t want to make the effort to care less.” > > Right? > > Anyone buying this? > > Ok–go ahead and kill him. Agreed! I have an awesome new black blazer I’ve been waiting for the chance to wear. A funeral is as good as a party, I suppose. ---
**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 14, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/88 "2011-12-14T16:54:09Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > See, I was all on your side and stuff, and then you had to go and do what I bolded there. Now you must die. [David Mitchell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw) agrees with me. No, it’s true. I could care less. Wait, hold on, here I go. (dramatic pause) See? I did it!! ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/89 "2011-12-14T17:35:18Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > No, it’s true. I could care less. Wait, hold on, here I go. > > (dramatic pause) > > See? I did it!! Is that it? Have you reached the point where you couldn’t care less? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/90 "2011-12-14T17:57:13Z")
My God. It’s like **Giraffe** reached Message Board Nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/91 "2011-12-14T18:02:39Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > My God. It’s like **Giraffe** reached Message Board Nirvana. Well sure- with that long neck and 18" prehensile tongue, he can reach the Transcendental Vegetation. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/92 "2011-12-14T19:23:03Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > No, it’s true. I could care less. Wait, hold on, here I go. > > (dramatic pause) > > See? I did it!! Do it again! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/93 "2011-12-14T19:35:23Z")
I went to the Giraffe Boards once. This thread is exactly what it is like - a chat room masquerading as a message board. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/94 "2011-12-14T19:54:37Z")
I suppose this is the place to put this. I don’t go to the Giraffe Boards anymore for pretty much one reason, and one reason only. The goddamn color scheme. I get the yellow and brown because of a giraffe, but the shades of the two colors are just fucking awful. It sounds like a joke, but I’m not kidding. The site just _looks_ ugly. It’s purely a matter of aesthetics. I’d post more, but I need to get back to the self-help book I ordered from Amazon, “Spanking the Monkey for Dummies”. The title has me a bit confused. ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923/95 "2011-12-14T20:30:32Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I suppose this is the place to put this. I don’t go to the Giraffe Boards anymore for pretty much one reason, and one reason only. The goddamn color scheme. I get the yellow and brown because of a giraffe, but the shades of the two colors are just fucking awful. It sounds like a joke, but I’m not kidding. The site just _looks_ ugly. It’s purely a matter of aesthetics. Pretty sure talking about GB is going to get the thread closed, so we probably shouldn’t do that, but while we’re here I’ll point out that you’re not the first to complain about the color scheme, which is why we have a variety to choose from. Use the pull-down menu on the lower left. (I recommend Default Style, personally, it’s very SDMBish.) Which is not to say you or anyone should go to the GB. Once you get past the awful colors, you’re still left with the awful people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-bigt/605923.md?page=4)