# Der Trihs: the stomach ulcer of atheism **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184 "2007-12-16T10:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/161 "2007-12-17T20:26:55Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Nice redirect, accompanied by a skillful…link to IMHO? [/quote] It was MPSIMS. Can you not even remember where you’ve dropped all your turds? > [@](#): > > Oh, wait, I forgot, you’re _Cherokee_. Yeah, sure. You and every other whitebread conservative who’s pulled fake Cherokee lineage out of his ass to justify his political stance. Actually, Principal Chief Chad Smith is a Republican. You may now continue your implosion. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/162 "2007-12-17T20:34:36Z")
How do you determine post size during a search? That might come in handy. I’m assuming you didn’t click on each individual post because self-loving though I am, even _I_ don’t have the patience for that. Anyway, I apologize for distracting the thread from its regularly-scheduled Trihs- and Liberal-bashfesh for this ATMB moment. ---
**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 17, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/163 "2007-12-17T20:35:07Z")
Chad…Smith? Man, your lot were fucked over but royally, weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/164 "2007-12-17T20:40:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] How do you determine post size during a search? That might come in handy. I’m assuming you didn’t click on each individual post because self-loving though I am, even _I_ don’t have the patience for that. Anyway, I apologize for distracting the thread from its regularly-scheduled Trihs- and Liberal-bashfesh for this ATMB moment. [/QUOTE] I did a quick post preview scan on roughly 1500 of your threads from the last two years. It is very unscientific, and could easily miss your 1253 word Opus on World Peace, but my post was not meant to be taken anymore serious that yours was. BTW: Who are we bashing again and why? I think I have lost track. I thought we were talking about the non-eminent death of Liberal again or was that some other thread? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/165 "2007-12-17T20:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Chad…Smith? Man, your lot were fucked over but royally, weren’t they? [/QUOTE] What’s the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers got to do with anything? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/166 "2007-12-17T20:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I did a quick post preview scan on roughly 1500 of your threads from the last two years. It is very unscientific, and could easily miss your 1253 word Opus on World Peace, but my post was not meant to be taken anymore serious that yours was. [/QUOTE] Fair enough. Incidentally, I wrote over 1200 words deconstructing _Children of Men_ last January. (I know it defeated my joke purpose to do the search myself, but it was gonna bug me if I couldn’t prove it, even to myself) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/167 "2007-12-17T20:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Chad…Smith? Man, your lot were fucked over but royally, weren’t they? [/QUOTE] Over, under, inside-out, and sideways. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/168 "2007-12-17T21:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Over, under, inside-out, and sideways. [/QUOTE] Man…you get accused of nailing yourself to a cross, argue that you didn’t, then you do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/169 "2007-12-17T21:12:29Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > It was MPSIMS. Can you not even remember where you’ve dropped all your turds? Whatever. > [@Liberal](#): > > Actually, Principal Chief Chad Smith is a Republican. You may now continue your implosion. Yes, you’re right, the fact that there is an exception totally invalidates my argument. Nice work, Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/170 "2007-12-17T21:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Yes, you’re right, the fact that there is an exception totally invalidates my argument. Nice work, Sherlock. [/QUOTE] Just curious. Do you ever use dialect that is not hostile? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/171 "2007-12-17T21:54:34Z")
I’ve got a suggestion. Why not only respond to **DerTrihs** when he post something new? I think his standard response in GD is made with a hot key, Subthreads involving him are pretty much identical no matter what the OP. He doesn’t support atheism at all, not really, since the sanity or insanity, niceness or nastiness of religious people (or atheists) have no bearing at all on the question. Whether or not religion is rational, responding to the 120th identical post by someone and expecting to get somewhere isn’t. Maybe if he stopped getting a rise out of you he’d be forced to actually think about these things instead of acting emotionally. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/172 "2007-12-17T22:01:13Z")
Hmm… That’s a notion. The problem with just leaving the rantings alone, though, is that he may further derail the discussion with claims that he has won the point because the faithful can’t answer his charges. (Not a particularly uncommon tactic of some people.) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/173 "2007-12-17T22:11:56Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Just curious. Do you ever use dialect that is not hostile? We _are_ in the Pit, if you haven’t noticed. I will concede that, if I were Christian, **Der Trihs** would really piss me off. I can’t blame you for being sick of him, although he really is just saying what a lot of atheists think but are too polite to say. I just don’t think you’re the one to go around accusing people of being unable to handle their emotions. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/174 "2007-12-17T22:30:38Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I will concede that, if I were Christian, **Der Trihs** would really piss me off. I can’t blame you for being sick of him, although he really is just saying what a lot of atheists think but are too polite to say. [/QUOTE] What exactly do a lot of us think but are too polite to say? That atheists are stupid? That they’re diseased? Deranged? Evil? I’m as atheist as they come, and I fight tooth and nail for separation of church and state. I’m also not shy about giving my views on organized religion as a whole, but I draw the line at attacking believers personally for their beliefs alone. **I** sure as hell don’t believe they’re stupid just for believing, and anyone who _does_ believe that is pretty much an asshole waiting to happen in my book. So 80% of the world is deranged and evil merely for believing in a higher power? What exactly does the world look like from the perspective of Der Trihs? Well, actually, now that I think about it, it looks pretty damned cool. If I believe that anyone who believes in God is stupid and evil, then that makes _me_ a better person than 80% of the world’s population just by rolling out of bed in the morning. It doesn’t matter how big of a loser Trihs is, or how pathetic he comes across, or how he doesn’t have any friends. In his mind, he’s better than the majority of the world’s population. It actually makes a lot of sense from that perspective. Of course, the downside is that he’s irrepairably alienated from society, and he stops being much use for anything other than posting stupid shit on a message board, but still . . . If that’s how he is anyway, he really doesn’t lose anything by coming to that conclusion. And is something wrong with high school townies in California? I grew up on the east coast, and I had the ever-living shit beaten out of me by townies in junior high and high school, and you know something? It wasn’t exactly the most fun I ever had, but at least it taught me common sense. I learned how to fight back and how to keep my mouth shut when I had nothing smart to say. Trihs must have had an easier time of it in high school. Maybe they didn’t have football or vo-tech classes at his school. Maybe he just had the crap kicked out of him by the chess club or something. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/175 "2007-12-17T22:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] . Trihs must have had an easier time of it in high school. [/QUOTE] Maybe he didn’t turn into a wishy washy pussy like you… This is funny. I just made peace with Lib in another religion thread, and you and I are both atheists, and all I want to do is kick your ass. Not that I would, but that’s how your posts make me feel. NB I don’t want to fight anybody, I am not threatening you, I just thought it was funny… ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/176 "2007-12-17T22:46:45Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] he really is just saying what a lot of atheists think but are too polite to say. I just don’t think you’re the one to go around accusing people of being unable to handle their emotions. [/QUOTE] Huh? again. No he’s not. Some people have religious faith, others don’t. If someone believes in a deity, and is happy that way, I really don’t care. As long as no one, no matter where they come from, is forcing me to adhere to their belief system, I don’t care if you’re a Pastafarian, a Mullah or the Pope. Believe what you will, just leave me out of that equation. Or, IOW, you’re using myopic U.S. glasses pointing to a great rift between atheists and religious people, whereas over here in the E.U. most people get along just fine, without perceiving such a rift. It’s just not as polarizing here as it seems to be over on your end of the pond. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/177 "2007-12-17T22:59:55Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] Maybe he didn’t turn into a wishy washy pussy like you… This is funny. I just made peace with Lib in another religion thread, and you and I are both atheists, and all I want to do is kick your ass. Not that I would, but that’s how your posts make me feel. NB I don’t want to fight anybody, I am not threatening you, I just thought it was funny… [/QUOTE] Hey, bro? If treating people with the same respect they treat me, and not bothering myself with what they believe or don’t believe, as long as they live and let live constitutes being a pussy, then sign me up for the nearest sewing circle. I’ll leave the UFC shit to tough guys like you and Trihs. And as far as kicking my ass, well if you want to track me down and try it, there’s not a lot I can do to stop you, but just remember that I wasn’t kidding about learning how to fight back. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/178 "2007-12-17T23:03:31Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Hmm… That’s a notion. The problem with just leaving the rantings alone, though, is that he may further derail the discussion with claims that he has won the point because the faithful can’t answer his charges. (Not a particularly uncommon tactic of some people.) [/QUOTE] Well, at least the post would be original. And by my suggestion could be responded to and refuted. Actually, though, there isn’t a point, is there? The assertion that religion is irrational without an argument is a not very humble opinion, not something that can actually be responded to. I don’t think it makes much sense to try to logically refute a metaphor, especially a bad one. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/179 "2007-12-17T23:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] And as far as kicking my ass, well if you want to track me down and try it, there’s not a lot I can do to stop you, but just remember that I wasn’t kidding about learning how to fight back. [/QUOTE] What part of my disclaimer did you not understand? I don’t want to fight you, I would never take the first step in tracking you down, I am not a tough guy. I just said thats how your comments made me feel in comparison to Lib. I just thought it was a funny observation. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184/180 "2007-12-17T23:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] What part of my disclaimer did you not understand? I don’t want to fight you, I would never take the first step in tracking you down, I am not a tough guy. I just said thats how your comments made me feel in comparison to Lib. I just thought it was a funny observation. [/QUOTE] Who’s the wishy-washy pussy now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-the-stomach-ulcer-of-atheism/430184.md?page=10)