# drad dog: Fuck you, you smug, douchebag troll **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965 "2017-10-15T18:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/201 "2017-12-05T15:02:08Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m gonna guess pork pie hat. Or a trilby, only for the satisfaction of schooling anyone who calls it a fedora. Those sound like good guesses to me. But a propeller beanie is also a distinct possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/202 "2017-12-05T16:09:35Z")
Like [this](https://www.villagehatshop.com/photos/product/giant/4511390S59719/-/size-m.jpg)? Way too cool for drad dog, I think. How about [this](https://www.villagehatshop.com/photos/product/giant/4511390S89672/-/size-m.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/203 "2017-12-07T15:36:14Z")
I like the second one better. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/204 "2017-12-08T01:05:47Z")
Total madhatters, you guys - let’s put a cap on it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/205 "2017-12-08T18:55:20Z")
Piling on (but, hey, it’s the Pit): [Here’s drad dog praising Blazing Saddles, and its star, Richard Pryor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843974&page=3) (Pssst…that was Cleavon Little, not Pryor.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/206 "2017-12-08T19:28:35Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Piling on (but, hey, it’s the Pit): > > [Here’s drad dog praising Blazing Saddles, and its star, Richard Pryor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843974&page=3) > > (Pssst…that was Cleavon Little, not Pryor.) I think you may be misunderstanding his post. Or perhaps I am. But Pryor was a writer on Blazing Saddles, but he didn’t play a role because of his issues. The “erstwhile star” phrasing does confuse that sentence, though. But I think that’s what he was getting at. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/207 "2017-12-08T23:21:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think you may be misunderstanding his post. Or perhaps I am. But Pryor was a writer on Blazing Saddles, but he didn’t play a role because of his issues. The “erstwhile star” phrasing does confuse that sentence, though. But I think that’s what he was getting at. True, I suppose. Though, it looks like I’m not the only one who was confused. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/208 "2017-12-09T04:17:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think you may be misunderstanding his post. Or perhaps I am. But Pryor was a writer on Blazing Saddles, but he didn’t play a role because of his issues. The “erstwhile star” phrasing does confuse that sentence, though. But I think that’s what he was getting at. I agree, and sometimes I kinda almost get his point, he just twists it into absolutely nothing. FYI drad: I’m still open to have you do a gig at an event of mine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/209 "2017-12-16T03:20:27Z")
Mommmmmm, it’s doing _that thing_ again. That thing being missing the fundamental point that was being discussed, then basically accusing of the people trying to educate them on the fundamental point of being absolutists in bizarre ways. They start with a stupid “Units of what” post [at the bottom of page 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=844527&page=2). I dunno, it’s a thread about music theory, so it’s probably fucking sound frequencies, genius. It goes on at about that level of understanding for a couple of pages after that, probably to continue for awhile. I’ve ceased to care if they’re that stupid or the most dedicated of trolls. The effect is the same. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/210 "2017-12-16T19:11:17Z")
\*\*drad dog \*\*regarding your post #206 in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20669916](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20669916) I hope I get this wording right: go fuck a cactus, you fucking cactus fucker. How’s that? You clearly have no clue as a guitar player. Any player worth their salt goes through periods trying out different string gauges and tuning down a half step and knows how different the feel and sound can be. Saying it has no effect is declaring your stupidity to everyone else. It was already obvious to me. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/211 "2017-12-17T18:32:12Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > \*\*drad dog \*\*regarding your post #206 in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20669916](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20669916) > > I hope I get this wording right: go fuck a cactus, you fucking cactus fucker. > > How’s that? > > You clearly have no clue as a guitar player. Any player worth their salt goes through periods trying out different string gauges and tuning down a half step and knows how different the feel and sound can be. Saying it has no effect is declaring your stupidity to everyone else. It was already obvious to me. I was following that thread with interest and then douche dog comes in and fucks it up. It seems he fucks up every music related thread and unfortunately, music threads are some of my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/212 "2017-12-23T16:48:16Z")
> [@Why does Levon Helm hate Robbie Robertson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-levon-helm-hate-robbie-robertson/331280/96): > > Ringo never embarrassed himself singing in THE BEATLES. Think about that. I thought about it. As usual, [if you weren’t so wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rpAqfd35Q), you might be right. Think about that. Seriously, there’s no way a professed Beatles expert like this jerkwad can’t be throwing that out without trolling for an idiotic diversion. Similarly they point out that Helm doesn’t get songwriting credit for “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, and doesn’t mention _that it’s one of the reasons he hated Robertson._ I’d considered correcting them in the thread, but fuck that. I might end up in another fucking conversation with the idiot. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/213 "2017-12-24T12:12:54Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I thought about it. As usual, [if you weren’t so wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rpAqfd35Q), you might be right. Think about that. > > Seriously, there’s no way a professed Beatles expert like this jerkwad can’t be throwing that out without trolling for an idiotic diversion. Similarly they point out that Helm doesn’t get songwriting credit for “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, and doesn’t mention _that it’s one of the reasons he hated Robertson._ > > I’d considered correcting them in the thread, but fuck that. I might end up in another fucking conversation with the idiot. Nah, he’s too busy expounding on John Lennon’s karma. I think he even killed a zombie thread. What a fucking douche. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/214 "2017-12-24T13:16:30Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Nah, he’s too busy expounding on John Lennon’s karma. I think he even killed a zombie thread. What a fucking douche. > [@douche doggy dog](#): > > Had there never been any consideration of what would happen if john had been assassinated while Julians fate depended on it? In all that time? What does that even _mean_?!?!! You bring fresh meaning to the fallacy of _reductio as absurdum_. Impwessive. Link to thread: [Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782232) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/215 "2017-12-25T18:11:48Z")
Ohhh, now you went and did it. You engaged it. Now, it “cares” about you…\ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/216 "2017-12-25T23:35:44Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Ohhh, now you went and did it. You engaged it. > > Now, it “cares” about you…\ I am an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/217 "2017-12-26T10:28:07Z")
See post #227: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841453&page=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841453&page=5) In one of **Machinaforce’s** threads, drad dog offers a measured, thoughtful way to approach mindfulness. Smart. Man, that guy MF worries me. Watching thread after thread go in exactly the same direction, it just seems to shout that something’s up. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/218 "2017-12-28T13:22:21Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What does that even _mean_?!?!! > > You bring fresh meaning to the fallacy of _reductio as absurdum_. Impwessive. > > Link to thread: [Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782232) For more fun, see post #83. > [@Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308/83): > > Let’s say Julian had called her a “chink” when he was 7. (I’m sure he never did such a thing) This would have really meant he was asking for attention and probably in trouble somehow. But with narcissists you can’t be a child. You are considered culpable, for what they did to you. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20684921&postcount=83](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20684921&postcount=83) Then, in response to **Word Man** , > [@Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308/84): > > What could you possibly be going on about? > > What if Julian insulted her during a Leap Year??!? Would John be allowed to be mean to him once every four years?!? > [@Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308/85): > > This is serious, and not snarky, because I do care about you: Can you explain what you just said here, by relating it to my post? It sounds like you are making reference to the solar calendar for some reason and getting really excited. How does that relate with anything? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20684938&postcount=85](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20684938&postcount=85) Then **drad dog** continues to set out his bait: > [@Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308/86): > > I am saying I don’t understand what you are asking. It sounds like you are asking us to imagine\* some scenario where jerk John is somehow even jerkier, or his jerkishness is somehow highlighted in his treatment of Julian. It’s some _reductio ad absurdum_ scenario that has no bearing. > > John was a jerk. He was damaged and it manifested in how he treated Julian and Cynthia. He also wrote about, and in some ways demonstrated, a desire to be a better person. And wrote some brilliant fucking music. What more are you looking for? > > \*heh > [@Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308/87): > > You don’t understand what I said but you’re just making sure the place runs correctly, with the right ignorance fought in the correct way? > > I said he was more than a jerk. It’s child abuse as I see it. You are pushing back because you want it to stay right there at “jerk”? Why do you have an agenda about the kind of father JL was? I already explained why I do. Why do you need to police content of other posters? > > Originally Posted by Horatio Hellpop View Post > I’m shocked to hear that Yoko high-hatted all of Lennon’s other relatives. Any record on how they treated her when John was alive? Yeah, if you’re related to someone who’s super rich, be careful what you call the likely executor of his will. > > I was responding to this in my previous few posts. Please look up at the OP. Have you read any of the last 10 posts for content? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20685295&postcount=87](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20685295&postcount=87) **drad dog** , douchecanoe supreme. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/219 "2017-12-28T14:34:57Z")
Man, there is an approach, isn’t there? But it really is classic _reductio ad absurdum_. I just don’t get the need to chase it down. Artists of all stripe are jerks and worse - we know this. “Making sure the place runs correctly” - between ddog, and Machinaforce, I think I’m just calling out bullshit and harmful behavior. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965/220 "2018-01-15T21:44:22Z")
I had to resurrect this in order to share the latest fun. drad dog [started a thread in GQ on Saturday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846923), which originally amounted to, “I inherited a Bose Wave radio, it’s not ideal, am I missing something?” Mostly, he was baffled that there was no way to adjust the specifics of the sound. As the thread went on, and as multiple posters (including Shagnasty, who used to work at Bose) pointed out that it’s a simple radio, made for non-audiophiles, drad’s complaining about the sound of the radio (which, again, he got **for free** ) became more and more strident, to the point that he states: > [@drad dog](#): > > I feel like my attention is being hijacked and mugged. After several people called him out on his complaints, he says: > [@drad dog](#): > > To everyone else: I’ll gripe all I want. I am the alpha and omega of this thread. Major props to Colibri, who replied with: > [@Colibri](#): > > **Moderator Note** > > No, you’re not, actually. This forum is for obtaining factual answers to specific questions. If you want to gripe or vent, IMHO or the Pit is the place for that. If you just want to complain, this isn’t the place for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drad-dog-fuck-you-you-smug-douchebag-troll/798965.md?page=12)