# Doppelganger has left the building... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551 "2005-04-03T19:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/1 "2005-04-03T19:27:33Z")
I gotta ask: Was ole **Dop** a cute little sock for **Roland Deschain**? Kinda had that pathetic sniveling quality, coupled with all the sexual-angst-about-spousal-comtempt vibe. What a fucking tool either way. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/2 "2005-04-03T19:41:12Z")
I figured he was, if only because it’s too frightening to imagine there could be two guys out there that inanely pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/3 "2005-04-03T20:00:44Z")
I really hadn’t thought about it till after the banning, since ol’ Roland had pretty much fallen completely out of my mind about two seconds after being thrown out, but it does seem to fit. The, as you put it, pathetic sniveling quality, the total verbal diarrhea about personal details that really have no relevance, the young child, the wife who is just marking time because of said child, the lack of friends, the wife’s friends who might lead her into sexually adventurous stuff that doesn’t include him…it all fits. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/4 "2005-04-03T20:29:31Z")
Funny, it was exactly Roland that I thought of when I read his post saying his wife got hit on by some hot chick (and calling his wife “moderately obese” at 5’5 and 160 lbs.) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/5 "2005-04-03T20:39:23Z")
You name your sock puppet “Doppleganger”?? Talk about an imagination :rolleyes: . ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/6 "2005-04-03T20:43:45Z")
Well, it wasn’t as blatant (by a hair) as o\_O, but scanning the banned’s thread (Hhow do you pronounce that…“bands” or “BAN-neds”??), the **RD** connection is pretty obvious. Creepy creepy creepy. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/7 "2005-04-03T20:46:43Z")
So, who was o\_O? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/8 "2005-04-03T21:34:30Z")
My goodness. Just read the OP for the “a girls night out” thread… Number Six got banned (well, requested banning) for creating an entirely new persona while still pretending to be him/herself. RD can’t even seem to come up with any new details even when he’s trying to be someone else. I repeat, what an imagination :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/9 "2005-04-03T22:10:07Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > So, who was o\_O? That’s an emoticon stuck at the end of virtually every post made by another of the banned, **Zagadka** , AKA the sock **Demorian** , and a guess a bunch of other socks, too. For some bizarre reason he would stick that thing in while playing the sock-puppeteer, like he was trying to get caught. I guess o\_O is supposed to be :dubious:, but to me it looks more like googly-eyed confusion or surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/10 "2005-04-03T22:59:24Z")
It’s intended as a kind of “dumbstruck” or “boggled” icon, yes. I tend to use it with frequency in MMORPGs, so I guess I’m glad I’ve never (or rarely) used it here as a result. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/11 "2005-04-03T23:00:57Z")
Of course I just now noticed that his location was listed as “The Wastelands”. ::shakes head:: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/12 "2005-04-04T00:04:46Z")
I read his confession, just before the thread got locked/deleted. It was **Roland**. :rolleyes: :wally ---
**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:** [April 4, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/13 "2005-04-04T00:08:52Z")
Confession? Where was this? What a creepy piece of shit. I hope his wife wises up and leaves his ass soon. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/14 "2005-04-04T00:22:56Z")
Darnit! I always miss the good stuff-namesearch shows nuthin’. Fooey. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/15 "2005-04-04T00:28:35Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I read his confession, just before the thread got locked/deleted. > > It was **Roland**. :rolleyes: :wally Details, please, for those of us who can’t access it anymore? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/16 "2005-04-04T00:29:41Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Confession? Where was this? > > What a creepy piece of shit. I hope his wife wises up and leaves his ass soon. IIRC, they weren’t technically married. It was more of a common-law relationship. I feel sorry for their kid. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/17 "2005-04-04T00:31:42Z")
He knew his cover was blown, babbled something idiotic about free speech, & how he couldn’t be stopped 'cause he could get a new e-mail addy at will, & then got banned faster’n sh^t scooting through a goose. Laughing, gloating, BS. The usual. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/18 "2005-04-04T00:50:51Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Darnit! I always miss the good stuff-namesearch shows nuthin’. Fooey. You might try “Doppleganger” – the jerk couldn’t even spell his sock-name right. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/19 "2005-04-04T00:56:10Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You might try “Doppleganger” – the jerk couldn’t even spell his sock-name right. Thanks. Those posts smell of **Roland** fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551/20 "2005-04-04T01:07:52Z")
One thing that confuses me: The only thread I saw Doppleganger in was in IMHO, titled “Does ‘Girl’s night out’ bother anyone?” or something like that. I noticed the banning of Doppleganger, who wrote the OP, and noted in thread how we’d probably never find out how Girl’s night out went. Someone else said “search for Roland Deschain”, I wrote something like “Are you saying he was a sock?” This was just a few hours ago. Go try to find that thread. It’s gone. Other Doppleganger threads are still there, including an ongoing one about “why do lesbians like butch girls?” But that thread has been dissappeared. I’ve never seen a whole thread thrown into a black hole on the SDMB. Well, except for that Winter of Missed Content. WTF? 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doppelganger-has-left-the-building/297551.md?page=2)