# Disappearing Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 15, 2000, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289 "2000-09-15T09:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/1 "2000-09-15T09:55:44Z")
Am I nucking futs or did FarTrekers “PTA Rant” Pit Thread just completely disappear? I can’t find it anywhere else. I only called him a misanthrope. And it WAS the Pit 😃 So what’s the story? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/2 "2000-09-15T14:53:51Z")
Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/3 "2000-09-15T15:15:01Z")
The former. 😃 (Well you did give us a choice…) ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/4 "2000-09-15T17:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*I only called him a misanthrope. And it WAS the Pit 😃 > \*\* Well then, that explains it. The software probably couldn’t logically reconcile such a soft flame with your username, so it seized up, choked, and lost the thread forever.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Bilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bilder)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/5 "2000-09-15T18:16:09Z")
Some of my best friends are misanthropes, but as long as they buy a round once in a while, I forgive them. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/6 "2000-09-15T19:39:12Z")
If they buy a round for other people, they’re hardly misanthropic. Unless, of course, they’re trying to poison you or get you drunk enough that they can abscond with your wallets. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/7 "2000-09-15T20:20:30Z")
I removed the thread. I also banned FarTreker, as I wasn’t aware that he was still active. I think that it’s pretty obvious to everyone that he’s the same guy who used the MarkSerlin, Sentinel, and PRISM02 screen names, among others. A note to EVERYONE: if we remove posting privileges, that is NOT an invitation to try to post again! Lynn Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/8 "2000-09-15T22:44:40Z")
Ooh! Ooh! That means that we can start the **Next UserName Pool[sup]TM[/sup]** again!! Ten bucks American says it’s going to be _StanMerlin_. I dunno, just a hunch. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/9 "2000-09-16T01:42:57Z")
I’ve got _Sertreker02_ ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/10 "2000-09-16T06:24:43Z")
Dibs on BushFluffer or Colognuts. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/11 "2000-09-16T15:18:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*That means that we can start the **Next UserName Pool[sup]TM[/sup]** again!! \*\* Link? ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/12 "2000-09-16T22:27:35Z")
Naw, naw guys. He’s been following a certain pattern with his handles. Sentinel, rainbowcstr (Or however it was spelled), PRISM02, NITWATCH, Fartrekker. I figure he’ll either go with something like **Look, I’m Patriotic!** Flagwvr (sic) Patriot Protecter (sic) Overwatch Or **Ooooh, Pretty, Shiny Colors!** Chromaticos Longstrider Tint-N-Hue REDWHITEBLUE (fits the other catagory, too) Color sprayr (sic) Just my theory. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/13 "2000-09-17T15:27:15Z")
Well, whatever his incarnation, the most appropriate one is: **putzmaster** ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/14 "2000-09-17T15:35:29Z")
Or **HornyBigot**. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/15 "2000-09-17T16:57:26Z")
I’ve just spotted a newbie with just three posts. Yet from reading them, I think it’s him again. I’m not gonna say whom I think it is here, because I might be wrong. But I just wanted to let you guys know that I’m getting better and better at spotting him 😃 ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/16 "2000-09-17T22:51:50Z")
No way **Coldie**! I spotted him after the first post. I swear! Anyways, I can’t post the name here so you will just have to trust that I am the best. Toodles. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/17 "2000-09-18T05:00:15Z")
Coldfire, I suspect I know who you’re referring to as being the result of the _hunt_ for _Mike_. Oops, that should be Mark, hmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/18 "2000-09-18T09:08:41Z")
Hunt for Mike? Mike Hunt? Is that a poster name? Anyway, no. That’s not the one I’m thinking of. But as said, all details will be revealed when all doubt is removed. We can’t go around hunting down innocent newbies just because we have a vague suspision, right? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/19 "2000-09-18T09:16:51Z")
There is but he only joined last night . Bringing his name into it probably isn’t the best way to welcome a new member into the fold . He seems like a nice guy btw. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289/20 "2000-09-18T13:36:41Z")
Just wanted to let you guys know that the suspect is posting again. And I’m getting more confident by the post. It’s him. All will be revealed shortly, when he messes up good enough. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-pit-thread/33289.md?page=2)