# Der Trihs Pitting du jour **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714 "2011-01-07T04:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/141 "2013-02-18T13:43:01Z")
He is one of those people whose posts I usually just skip over. I don’t have him on ignore or anything; I’ve just seen him post crazy over-the-top bullshit so many times that I know he’s not worth responding to or engaging with on a lot of topics. And yes, the overt misogyny is creepy and bothersome. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/142 "2013-02-18T13:43:01Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > That is pretty obviously a personal opinion and not in need of a cite. Exactly. And he’s obviously being hyperbolic. It’s silly to ask for a cite. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/143 "2013-02-18T13:53:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I don’t know why I remember this. In the thread about if a poster’s death would be noticed or announced on the Dope he said something like, “maybe if my brother found me dead in front of the computer with the SDMB open.” Makes me think the living in your mother’s basement cliche is spot on. Well, I think he lives in California and they don’t have a lot of basements over there. Maybe the attic. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/144 "2013-02-18T13:54:36Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Well, I think he lives in California and they don’t have a lot of basements over there. Maybe the attic. Dammit, you got your logic in my cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/145 "2013-02-18T14:22:05Z")
**Der Trihs** began writing screeds that list off Men’s Rights Talking Points relatively recently, or am I merely unobservant? I’ve always known him as that guy who hates religious people, thinks Americans are uniquely sociopathic, and – worst of all – gravely misunderstands proper use of semicolons. (See that dot on top? That means it’s _not a comma_.) Then all of a sudden I notice him advocating surreptitious recording of sexual encounters because those mean ol’ women are just itching to make false accusations of rape. Now he lets us know that men are studied more in medical contexts because of society’s callous attitude toward men’s suffering, a claim taken straight out of the MRA playbook. A shame. I don’t think he’s genuinely a bad person; in the right contexts he can be amusing or helpful. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/146 "2013-02-18T14:42:21Z")
He has always been that way. Many don’t notice it because they don’t frequent the threads where this is exposed. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/147 "2013-02-18T15:27:29Z")
All I have to contribute here is that I nearly always stop following a thread when I see that Der Trihs has infested it. Once he shows up, there’s virtually zero chance that the thread will remain interesting and/or entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/148 "2013-02-18T15:33:23Z")
No one is perfect. I tend to enjoy Der Trih’s posts and am happy he participates on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/149 "2013-02-18T15:44:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You greatly misunderstand me. If Der Trihs has posted blatantly misogynistic comments, then I don’t think I’ve read them- or I may just not remember. I don’t think he did. If you don’t remember I suggest it’s because it didn’t ping your miso-meter, the point I believe Ibn was trying to make. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/150 "2013-02-18T15:55:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And it’s funny how he goes on and on and on about how people who are pro-choice are motivated by hatred of women. Maybe the old adage is true (although sort of flipped in this case). How they say people who profess to hate homosexuals often are homosexual themselves. Maybe he hates women and calls others woman haters as a cover. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/151 "2013-02-18T15:56:56Z")
I honestly expected him to wind up banned within a few months when he first started posting. I don’t really care that he wasn’t, but equally it wouldn’t bother me if he was. As it is his screeds are impossible to take seriously and have become background noise. And to add to the chorus, his misogyny is creepier than his political views. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/152 "2013-02-18T16:00:15Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > No one is perfect. I tend to enjoy Der Trih’s posts and am happy he participates on the Dope. Yeah? What’d your post say _before_ he used his comic book supervillain hypno-mind-ray on you? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/153 "2013-02-18T17:04:59Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > All I have to contribute here is that I nearly always stop following a thread when I see that Der Trihs has infested it. Once he shows up, there’s virtually zero chance that the thread will remain interesting and/or entertaining. This exactly and it’s a shame. As someone who was brought up as a Christian Fundamentalist and is now Agnostic/Atheist, I would love to read and contribute to many threads in Great Debates about religion. But the second post of most of these threads is Der Westboro flinging his own brand of hate and the thread is instantly ruined. > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > Maybe the old adage is true (although sort of flipped in this case). How they say people who profess to hate homosexuals often are homosexual themselves. Maybe he hates women and calls others woman haters as a cover. Wow, I bet you’re right! I’d never thought about it like that. It actually makes a lot of sense really. He thinks religious people hate women, Republicans hate women, anti-abortionists hate women. But in the next breath he’ll post something about how “The women are always keepin’ him down”. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/154 "2013-02-18T17:11:32Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > … just in case Rosie and her five sisters… Nitpick: It’s Thumbilena and her four sisters. Just sayin’. Not that I’m an expert or anything. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/155 "2013-02-18T17:26:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah? What’d your post say _before_ he used his comic book supervillain hypno-mind-ray on you? What hypno-ray? There is no hypno ray… ---
**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:** [February 18, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/156 "2013-02-18T17:56:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I don’t know why anyone bothers pitting him. Not only is he immune, he is a coward. He has announced in the past that he does not “do” the Pit. The coward has no problem joining in on Pits against others. If he stayed out of the Pit completely (I know some do) I could understand it. But he obviously reads it and responds at times. He just won’t answer for his own bullshit. Oh, he’s reading this – you can count on that. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/157 "2013-02-18T18:30:44Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, he’s reading this – you can count on that. Maybe not. If someone took the time to pit me (unlikely — I’m insufficiently prolific and too lovable besides), I’d probably avoid it. But my cowardice _is_ the stuff of legends. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/158 "2013-02-18T20:40:25Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah? What’d your post say _before_ he used his comic book supervillain hypno-mind-ray on you? Der Trihs is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful poster I’ve ever known in my life. Now, how about a nice game of solitaire? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/159 "2013-02-18T20:42:21Z")
> [@dexter](#): > > Nitpick: It’s Thumbilena and her four sisters. > > Just sayin’. > > Not that I’m an expert or anything. :eek: Yup. It’s Rosie (or Mrs) Palm and her five lovely daughters. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/160 "2013-02-18T20:53:08Z")
_Daughters_? Fuckin’ pervert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714.md?page=9)