# Defending Reeder **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969 "2005-07-31T04:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/121 "2005-08-01T18:15:26Z")
Thank you, **tomndeb** for your explanation. **GIGO** I take your post with the humor with which it seems intended. **Mr. Mace** , someone pee in your coffee this morning? :dubious: A question can be valid to others that doesn’t seem so to you. May I bow before your omniscience? 😉 Respectfully. Inky ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/122 "2005-08-01T22:31:38Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I say, if two guys named “Bentley” want to get together … We can have ONE Bentley, but no more. And we can’t fuck him. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/123 "2005-08-01T22:41:44Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > We can have ONE Bentley, but no more. > And we can’t fuck him. Stop being such a bentlophobe! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/124 "2005-08-01T22:55:17Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Jesus, **duffer** , I don’t have a stake in whatever shit is going on between you and **tomndebb** , but his comment - with the “winky” - sure seemed like a joke to me. Of course, you and **Harborwolf** are both correct. I flew off the handle finding the **Giraffe** jab and read too much into it. As far as I know there’s no real animosity between us. They know I’m their hero. 😛 Moment of oversensitivity, fit of pique, whatever. Thread ain’t about me so I’ll leave it at that. Sorry for the outburst. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/125 "2005-08-01T23:05:28Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Woo hoo! All right, things are gonna change around here. First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. . Well that just makes it a silly club. Who would want to join with such a lack of metacohesive nonrealities?\* \*Off to look that up. I have no frigging idea what it means. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/126 "2005-08-01T23:33:00Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Well that just makes it a silly club. Who would want to join with such a lack of metacohesive nonrealities?\* > > \*Off to look that up. I have no frigging idea what it means. If you go to _Chez Panisse_ at the right season, they do a superb metacohesive non-realitly lightly sauteed in cream of primordial essence. It’s served with side orders of pickled world spirit and broasted anthromorphized inanimate process. For dessert I recommend the chocolate covered monads. The whole thing whould be washed down with chilled vital essence. Magnificent, but it’ll cost you alot of Karma. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/127 "2005-08-02T00:32:46Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > If you go to _Chez Panisse_ at the right season, they do a superb metacohesive non-realitly lightly sauteed in cream of primordial essence. It’s served with side orders of pickled world spirit and broasted anthromorphized inanimate process. For dessert I recommend the chocolate covered monads. The whole thing whould be washed down with chilled vital essence. > > Magnificent, but it’ll cost you alot of Karma. I would have to take issue with this. I find the metacohesive non-reality at _Chez Panisse_ to lack a certain _ensoucience_, a certain _je ne sais quoi_ - cynical rather than ironic, down-hearted rather than downbeat. It just misses the proper epistomological tang, the afterglow that should linger on the palate and complete the _roundness_ of the aesthetic experience. Plus their beer gives me the shits. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/128 "2005-08-02T00:59:33Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > . > > Plus their beer gives me the shits. > > Regards, > Shodan See, that’s the problem. You drank _beer_. Eewww! Bad choice. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/129 "2005-08-02T01:05:50Z")
> [@James Thurber](#): > > It’s a naive little domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you will be amused by its presumption. > [@me](#): > > It all tastes the same when you’re barfing it up. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/130 "2005-08-02T01:50:26Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Woo hoo! All right, things are gonna change around here. First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. Thank god. I’m _so_ sick of those fucking things. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/131 "2005-08-02T01:49:54Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Woo hoo! All right, things are gonna change around here. First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. Thank god. I’m _so_ sick of those fucking things. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/132 "2005-08-02T02:47:59Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > For dessert I recommend the chocolate covered monads. Can I get those without windows? I like the creamy filling to be _surprised_ when I bite into it! ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/133 "2005-08-02T02:59:20Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. And after that, Rolls Royce. No fucking Bentleys. I love you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/134 "2005-08-02T03:03:20Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > Magnificent, but it’ll cost you alot of Karma. I find that the more Karma I spend, the more I have. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/135 "2005-08-02T19:30:51Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > _You’re_ in a far better qualified position to judge whether or not those two posters were “exceptional”? > > Well. Never mind then; I’m certain I must be completely off-base. There are multitudes of self-styled experts on the Middle East in the Western Media. Few of them speak Arabic. Collounsbury did: he was a true regional expert on a topic populated by blowhards. Furthermore, he took care not to stray too far from his areas of expertise. (He also broke the Board’s rules, but that’s another matter.) Some are more qualified to evaluate Collounsbury’s skill-set than others. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/136 "2005-08-02T19:46:09Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I find that the more Karma I spend, the more I have. And the IRS would like to have a word with you about your accounting practices. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/137 "2005-08-02T20:35:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Woo hoo! All right, things are gonna change around here. First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. And after that, Rolls Royce. No fucking Bentleys. See, give the liberal some power and it’s Rolls Royces, metacohesive realilities. Too much power too soon I say. It’s the sound of a paradigm shift without the clutch. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/138 "2005-08-02T21:10:10Z")
> [@Measure for Measure](#): > > Some are more qualified to evaluate Collounsbury’s skill-set than others. Sure. But the _strong_ implication by istara in that post is that she’s better qualified to judge the relative worthiness of Collounsbury’s posts simply because she happens to live in that particular region of the globe. I don’t think happenstance of residence has any bearing at all on academic qualifications. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/139 "2005-08-02T21:11:55Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > See, give the liberal some power and it’s Rolls Royces, metacohesive realilities. Too much power too soon I say. > > It’s the sound of a paradigm shift without the clutch. Liberal’s not a liberal - except in the classic sense as it was understood by the founders of the United States. Stick that in your paradigm and smoke it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969/140 "2005-08-02T21:14:39Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Woo hoo! All right, things are gonna change around here. First of all, no metacohesive nonrealities. And after that, Rolls Royce. No fucking Bentleys. In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then, when you get the money, you get the power. Then, when you get the power, then you get the women. Then, when you get the women, you get the metacohensive nonrealities. Then… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969.md?page=8)