# Dopers, please stop the FX nuclear blog **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515 "2011-08-21T08:14:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 21, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/21 "2011-08-21T17:57:19Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] I really think that we have to control ourselves and stop posting first. [/QUOTE] The trouble is that he’s still posting to the damn thing, and he’s attempting to spin the discussion so that he comes off looking like less of an idiot (it’s not working). I agree that we should all try and restrain ourselves from content free swipes at him (I’m as guilty as most in that thread…far more than Bryan Ekers). But when he’s quoting me (without links to the actual post and just snippets of the conversation) I’m going to respond and at least point out the spin (which I just did). > [@](#): > > I’ve always been opposed to closing threads while there were still multiple people responding. Like it or not, that constitutes a conversation of sorts, and that’s what the board is about. I think that this particular thread jumped the shark long ago, and that the Mods should have closed it down since it’s obvious that the OP is just bumping it to get a rise. The Mods obviously disagree, so when he bumps it 'dopers are going to respond, even if it’s just to continue to ridicule this idiot. > [@](#): > > Now, if everyone else can restrain themselves from pointing out FXMastermind’s stupidity and trollery for a few days, then the thread really will be nothing but a blog, and could reasonably be shut down. Well, we could try. I’m game to restrain myself from posting to that thread for the duration, despite whatever silly bullshit he comes up with next…the post I just made will be my last one in there. I’m not sure you can get everyone on board with that, and to me the optimal choice would be to have the Mods close it, and if any rational 'dopers wish to discuss the ongoing crisis in Japan or maybe a general discussion about nuclear power, they should open a thread in GD (not the freaking Pit). -XT ---
**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:** [August 21, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/22 "2011-08-21T18:07:54Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I’m game to restrain myself from posting to that thread for the duration, despite whatever silly bullshit he comes up with next…the post I just made will be my last one in there. I think this is a good start. I fully appreciate the desire to jump in and clarify the situation when a douche like **FX** seems to be deliberately misrepresenting your position, but no-one making an honest assessment of that thread would give any credence to his lunatic rantings, so i don’t think you need to worry that it makes you look bad. And the more he posts, the worse he looks. Let him have at it. and then maybe the mods will shut it down. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/23 "2011-08-21T19:25:42Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I really think that we have to control ourselves and stop posting first. Maybe, but it won’t help. He’s a troll - he’ll find some other way to get attention. Fercryinoutloud, he’s alternating between whining when a two year old stickey gets bumped, and then bumping a zombie thread to see what else will get him noticed. It’s gonna be **Commissar** all over - obvious troll is obvious, for months. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [August 21, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/24 "2011-08-21T19:30:39Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Fercryinoutloud, he’s alternating between whining when a two year old stickey gets bumped, and then bumping a zombie thread to see what else will get him noticed. Actually, he’s bumped two two-year-old threads today. When i saw the second one, i reported him to the Mods for trolling. We’ll see what they do. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/25 "2011-08-21T19:43:53Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Actually, he’s bumped two two-year-old threads today. When i saw the second one, i reported him to the Mods for trolling. We’ll see what they do. I just reported the second. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/26 "2011-08-21T20:09:11Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I really think that we have to control ourselves and stop posting first. I stopped a long time ago, and the fucking thing keeps shambling on. If it’s closed, he’ll just start another one. May as well let him burn himself out on one thread. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/27 "2011-08-21T20:18:50Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > If it’s closed, he’ll just start another one. May as well let him burn himself out on one thread. That was one thing that i thought might make the thread useful. If a thread like that serves to contain a drooling moron like **FX** to a single location, it can actually serve a worthwhile purpose on a board like this. The problem is that he’s started to branch out and troll elsewhere. Now that he’s spreading his stupidity more widely, there’s no motivation to keep the nuclear thread alive anymore. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/28 "2011-08-21T20:24:58Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Actually, he’s bumped two two-year-old threads today. When i saw the second one, i reported him to the Mods for trolling. We’ll see what they do. Yeah, he bumped that zombie to bitch about this thread instead of, you know, bitching in _this_ Pit thread or his blog Pit thread. If that’s not trolling, its at least thread-shitting or something else that should be officially discouraged. ---
**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 21, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/29 "2011-08-21T22:31:40Z")
[For the record.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14165582&postcount=139) ---
**Author:** ![OneMissedPost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/30 "2011-08-21T22:37:15Z")
I’m really not even sure why people keep posting under that thread. I couldn’t even go through all the pages. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/31 "2011-08-21T23:54:09Z")
Of course if you close the thread, nuclear energy will become safe again. There are Fukushima updates in lots of places. The story does not die because the plant is still a festering nuclear sore on the earth. There are new readings and continual updates. This is expected to last about 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/32 "2011-08-21T23:58:47Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The problem is that he’s started to branch out and troll elsewhere. Now that he’s spreading his stupidity more widely, there’s no motivation to keep the nuclear thread alive anymore. Cue southern sheriff voice: What we have here is a failure to maintain containment… ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/33 "2011-08-22T00:25:11Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > This is expected to last about 10 years. OK, I was all right with the thread hanging around for a few months, but if it’s going to be there for ten years, I support taking more aggressive action. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/34 "2011-08-22T01:17:52Z")
Thank you, **Miller**. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/35 "2011-08-22T07:04:01Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Of course if you close the thread, nuclear energy will become safe again. I think a bigger danger is having you and **FX** in a thread together. The stupid could reach critical mass. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/36 "2011-08-22T15:28:14Z")
[Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602177) posted by FXMastermind. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/37 "2011-08-22T23:06:52Z")
It doesn’t seem to be working very well, since I think the thread has advanced another page since this thread started. 😉 I’m still hopeful that it will eventually die, as it seems to be getting more and more inane…if that is even possible, considering where it was to begin with. -XT ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/38 "2011-08-22T23:35:03Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I think a bigger danger is having you and **FX** in a thread together. > > The stupid could reach critical mass. Indeed. Fathead and Little Brain. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/39 "2011-08-23T00:35:42Z")
I can’t help it, it’s too much ficking fun to see his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515/40 "2011-08-23T01:12:46Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > [Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602177) > > posted by FXMastermind. Obtuse _could_ work, but obscure might have been better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-please-stop-the-fx-nuclear-blog/593515.md?page=3)