# Der Trihs, come on down! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247 "2009-05-04T03:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/101 "2009-05-05T16:46:56Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > However, it bothers me every time I see someone say that he lives in his parents’ basement. His parents are no longer living, and being about his age and having a husband whose parents are also both dead, I have an idea what it’s like to be in that situation. Yeah, but with any luck, one day he’ll manage to pick the lock on the basement door and escape. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/102 "2009-05-05T16:51:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah, but with any luck, one day he’ll manage to pick the lock on the basement door and escape. Oh, _you_. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/103 "2009-05-05T16:52:59Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (I do agree that the “parents’ basement” bullshit though is wearing extremely thin) Yes, I rather thought you might. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/104 "2009-05-05T16:55:16Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I highly doubt that DT is a virgin. There are a lot of leftist college women with dope-clouded brains who totally put out for all that anti-American jive. If you can affect the persona of the revolutionary hero who’s ready to tear down the institutions of religion, government, etc, it’s inevitable that you’ll get some pussy out of the act. Just so we’re clear that it is only a persona. DT has never given any indication that he does more to remake the world than come here and act like an asshole. He’s apparently a little younger than I am. I have this mental picture of him as being an older version of one those lefty jerk-offs I knew in college. The ones who smoked clove cigarettes and gave themselves nicknames that nobody would ever actually call them. The ones who thought they were being revolutionaries by making fun of the ROTC cadets…behind their backs. The ones who went to the “die-ins” and all that stupid shit hoping to get laid…but never did. The ones who railed against the elitism intrinsic to fraternities and then went to frat parties hoping to get laid…but never did. I bet my version of him is closer to the truth than yours. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/105 "2009-05-05T17:07:13Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Yes, I rather thought you might. How many times do I have to say it…I live in my parents’ ATTIC!!! Jeezuz pleezuz! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/106 "2009-05-05T17:34:48Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > ## Mr. Trihs is definitely looking better and better as this thread progresses. Just about every **Der Trihs** Pit Thread starts off with some reasonably valid criticism, and within a couple of pages there are generally at least a dozen people who manage to make **Der Trihs** look sane and well-adjusted by comparison. In this thread, it was the OP himself who took first honors in that game, but there have been some other prime contenders. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/107 "2009-05-05T17:42:28Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He would totally kick your ass. Seeing as how I’m 69 years old with a very bad back and a sedentary life style, it would be pitiful if he couldn’t. You, on the other hand, had best bring your lunch and a few helpers if you should decide to give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/108 "2009-05-05T18:21:47Z")
Wow, **Der Trihs** sure brings out the rough customers! Yikes. Scary. I like the guy. He speaks his mind and doesn’t trifle with the nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/109 "2009-05-05T19:26:03Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Wow, **Der Trihs** sure brings out the rough customers! Yikes. Scary. Yep. I hadn’t had the pleasure of watching the 101st Keyboard Brigade in action for quite some time. I hear the “Zs” are especially dangerous. Or was that the “Qs”? Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/110 "2009-05-05T21:13:12Z")
I agree that offering physical violence to someone on the internet who lives halfway across the continent is pretty pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/111 "2009-05-05T21:15:01Z")
But incredibly funny for the impartial bystander! Okay, _slightly_ funny then. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/112 "2009-05-05T21:22:08Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Wow, **Der Trihs** sure brings out the rough customers! Yikes. Scary. > > I like the guy. He speaks his mind and doesn’t trifle with the nonsense. That’s the beauty of many Internet message boards, one can speak one’s mind, unlike in the real world. Not this one usually though, where most people like **DT** who have unpopular views and are blunt about it are chased off as “trolls” and “shit-stirrers”. I’m not sure how **DT** managed to not get banned. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/113 "2009-05-05T21:24:25Z")
I wonder if someone who had the same views as DT, except from the right, would get banned. (This is not a rhetorical question! I’m actually wondering.) If there was someone who was the opposite of him - who insisted that everybody needs to be Christian, that all non-Christians were idiots and scum, that American troops were heroes and that all the people they kill in the Middle East were savages and deserved to die; would this person be allowed to remain here? And if so, would there be anyone defending him for “speaking his mind” and “being honest” the way some people defend DT? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/114 "2009-05-05T21:36:27Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I wonder if someone who had the same views as DT, except from the right, would get banned. (This is not a rhetorical question! I’m actually wondering.) If there was someone who was the opposite of him - who insisted that everybody needs to be Christian, that all non-Christians were idiots and scum, that American troops were heroes and that all the people they kill in the Middle East were savages and deserved to die; would this person be allowed to remain here? And if so, would there be anyone defending him for “speaking his mind” and “being honest” the way some people defend DT? My guess is no. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/115 "2009-05-05T21:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] I like the guy. He speaks his mind and doesn’t trifle with the nonsense. [/QUOTE] Well, yeah, but you were one of 2 people who actually defended Gonzomax in a recent pit thread, so your judgment is a bit, um, suspect. 😛 (I actually like DT as well…you just have to learn what subjects he can rationally discuss and which one’s he is bat shit crazy on). -XT ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/116 "2009-05-05T22:49:35Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > But incredibly funny for the impartial bystander! > Okay, _slightly_ funny then. I was actually going for funny. Did anyone really take me seriously after my self description? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/117 "2009-05-05T22:55:11Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I wonder if someone who had the same views as DT, except from the right, would get banned. (This is not a rhetorical question! I’m actually wondering.) If there was someone who was the opposite of him - who insisted that everybody needs to be Christian, that all non-Christians were idiots and scum, that American troops were heroes and that all the people they kill in the Middle East were savages and deserved to die; would this person be allowed to remain here? And if so, would there be anyone defending him for “speaking his mind” and “being honest” the way some people defend DT? That would be Ann Coulter and she hardly needs to post here as her adoring fans would surely tell you. Or at the very least the whole [25 of them](http://anncoulter.gather.com/) that are out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/118 "2009-05-06T02:34:14Z")
Yeah, maybe its true, all you guys are forced to swim upstream against the bias and prejudice of a lefty board so on and so forth. A novel notion. But consider another spin at work here, not so much an opposite spin as an oblique one. And that is that we are Amercians, for the most part, discussing American soldiers and, hence, inclined to a much more forgiving standard. But if these things had happened due to an Elbonian invasion of Gascanistan…an unprovoked attack, justified by lies…and **DT** denounced Elbonian soldiers as thugs, or at best collaborators… Would you care much? Or would any of us, for that matter? If you are prepared to accept that there is some bias in his favor due to the political leanings of Dopers, you should also be willing to accept that there is a very strong negative bias, due to his subject matter. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/119 "2009-05-06T02:49:50Z")
I don’t give a shit about his views - it’s all in how he expresses them, and how he looks down on anyone who disagrees. I resent his description of soldiers being murderers, rapists, thugs, all religious people are delusional and want to enslave everyone, anyone who votes conservative is evil, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247/120 "2009-05-06T03:38:00Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Wait . . . could you retype this sentence, this time in English? It’s like you set the Babel Fish to “dyslexic.” I’m going to shamelessly steal this phrase. > [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, maybe its true, all you guys are forced to swim upstream against the bias and prejudice of a lefty board so on and so forth. A novel notion. > > But consider another spin at work here, not so much an opposite spin as an oblique one. And that is that we are Amercians, for the most part, discussing American soldiers and, hence, inclined to a much more forgiving standard. But if these things had happened due to an Elbonian invasion of Gascanistan…an unprovoked attack, justified by lies…and **DT** denounced Elbonian soldiers as thugs, or at best collaborators… > > Would you care much? Or would any of us, for that matter? If you are prepared to accept that there is some bias in his favor due to the political leanings of Dopers, you should also be willing to accept that there is a very strong negative bias, due to his subject matter. The fact that you’re calling the invasion of Gascanistan unprovoked clearly shows your utter disrespect of facts. Why were they stockpiling healing potions? And their contact with the Brotherhood of Pain? Was that just a high school reunion? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-come-on-down/495247.md?page=7)