# DrDeth is Pitted Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044 "2025-10-17T03:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/81 "2025-11-11T15:56:19Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > He used to drop “as a Fed” in LEO threads, giving the impression he had some sort of front line duty without saying he was an FBI agent. Believe me, you really don’t want to mess with TVA\* security. \*Tennessee Valley Authority ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/82 "2025-11-11T16:14:44Z")
My vague recollection is that he worked for the IRS which is under the Treasury Department and his job involved law enforcement. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/83 "2025-11-11T16:20:58Z")
I have always pictured him as Agent Oscar Wallace from The Untouchables – a desk jockey who fancies himself a gangster. [![](https://resizing.flixster.com/8gPeo4_8ZHWx8nBb5F8o0EVA6dI=/fit-in/705x460/v2/http://media.baselineresearch.com/images/427528/427528_full.jpg) ](https://resizing.flixster.com/8gPeo4_8ZHWx8nBb5F8o0EVA6dI=/fit-in/705x460/v2/http://media.baselineresearch.com/images/427528/427528_full.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/84 "2025-11-11T17:03:36Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > My vague recollection is that he worked for the IRS which is under the Treasury Department and his job involved law enforcement. I have a vague memory of him stating something along the lines of “as a fed (not enforcement)” or similar at some point, years ago (before I put him on ignore). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/85 "2025-11-11T21:24:10Z")
He’s over in the Historical Myths thread floating that people agree with him that the joke about the navy ship and the lighthouse could not have happened. He brought it up, debunking it as an urban legend and a couple of people pointed out that it’s not an urban legend but a joke. But because someone asked why it was impossible, others explained and he doesn’t get that no one else ever mistook it for being real. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/86 "2025-11-11T21:48:10Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > But because someone asked why it was impossible, others explained and he doesn’t get that no one else ever mistook it for being real. It’s not unusual for a person to be too stupid to realize how much more stupid they are than everyone else. Pretty sure that’s the core of Dunning-Kruger. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/87 "2025-11-11T21:53:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > “Treasury Officer” covers everything from forensic accountant to the night watchman at the mint… Or quality control here [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfCV4I7FDtolfUI1JLNC_ynk-P8v0BkDt5sw&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfCV4I7FDtolfUI1JLNC_ynk-P8v0BkDt5sw&s) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/88 "2025-11-11T23:21:18Z")
I thought he worked as a guide in a national forest or park. Maybe with Boyscouts. There used to be paid upper employees with BSofA. I can’t imagine it’s a thing now. But anywhoo…my Daddy would describe him as having “alittle knowledge, enough to make him dangerous” ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/89 "2025-11-11T23:35:13Z")
I thought it came out that he worked for Social Security. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/90 "2025-11-12T01:19:31Z")
As I nored above, he’s got some significant journeyman body of arcane knowledge on banking regulations & compliance. Same as my late wife the banking regulation attorney, so I’m sorta positioned to recognize the difference between him and the usual Google-jockey. I suspect he held some audit, compliance, or related support function at FDIC or OCC. Heck, he might’ve been the same role as the customer service worker that @Saint_Cad called here: **[search for relevant thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?context=topic&context_id=1024734&q=%40Saint_Cad%20after%3A2025-11-10%20before%3A2025-11-12%20in%3Atitle%20currency%20order%3Alatest&skip_context=true)** ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/91 "2025-11-12T01:30:48Z")
Nored? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/92 "2025-11-12T02:03:48Z")
[Nored.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Nored) Yes, he is that guy. I enjoyed watching him as he helped Butler University almost win the NCAA Championship against Duke in 2010. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/93 "2025-11-12T02:13:18Z")
Sorry. I was on my phone. That’s supposed to be “noted” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/94 "2025-11-12T02:15:04Z")
(deleted) neverevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/95 "2025-11-12T12:22:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sorry. I was on my phone. That’s supposed to be “noted” That makes more sense. In my head ‘mentioned’ was the word you were going for, I just couldn’t figure out how that ended up as ‘nored’. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/96 "2025-11-12T12:29:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > For the kids at home playing along, this is at least the **seventh** DrDeth Pit thread. > > I shit you not. That evidence would suggest that it really hasn’t discouraged the more negative aspects of his personality. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/97 "2025-11-12T13:05:26Z")
The Pit is about discouraging bad behavior? That’s news to me. And I imagine to a lot of other posters ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/98 "2025-11-12T14:44:51Z")
Some folks are sensitive to peer pressure. Some are insensitive. Some are oppositional defiant. My best aphorism for this is > Everyone improves the room. Some by arriving, others by departing. If the Pit encourages some departures, the remaining room is improved. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/99 "2025-11-12T14:56:43Z")
And some take the criticism to heart and modify their behavior. There have been a few notable examples. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/100 "2025-11-12T16:07:22Z")
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