# DrDeth vs Hurricane Ditka: who's the bigger troll? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 23, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958 "2019-04-23T22:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/21 "2019-04-24T12:37:55Z")
In other words, if you carefully step around the shit in the room then you won’t get shit on your shoes. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/22 "2019-04-24T12:57:01Z")
More like a room in which everywhere you try to step, the same turd is there asking another stupid question. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/23 "2019-04-24T13:12:02Z")
\*\*HD \*_is by far worse because he clearly has an agenda that he is achieving through trolling. When there is a discussion that is critical of the GOP, HD comes in to shut that conversation down. He will post relentlessly not making much sense until everyone is talking about his posts rather than the criticism of the GOP. Because there is clearly a board policy not to moderate him_, he gets to do this again and again. If you told me that he was being paid by the GOP to troll the internet and shutdown criticism, it wouldn’t surprise me. **DrDeth** is just stupid. \*As to why there is a board policy not to moderate him, my working theory is that they are sensitive to the whining by the conservative snowflakes on this board that we’re mean to them and in the interest of appearing fair, they let HD troll uncontrollably. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/24 "2019-04-24T13:27:51Z")
I think it’s because the moderators wisely don’t consider “Posting something I disagree with” as trolling. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/25 "2019-04-24T13:31:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I think it’s because the moderators wisely don’t consider “Posting something I disagree with” as trolling. What about making a joke about the New Zealand mosque shooting a couple days after they happened in an unrelated ATMB thread? Sure sounds like trolling that would get a lot of people a warning, but not your pal. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/26 "2019-04-24T13:36:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Cage Match Pay Per View. > [@Turek](#): > > Loser has to leave the board? If the Dr loses, she has to smoke a pack of camels. If the Blowhard loses, he has to campaign for Bernie. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/27 "2019-04-24T14:23:14Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > What about making a joke about the New Zealand mosque shooting a couple days after they happened in an unrelated ATMB thread? Sure sounds like trolling that would get a lot of people a warning, but not your pal. Depends. Do you have a link? Black humor isn’t always humorous to everyone, but certain people do it as a coping mechanism. I’ve seen it a lot in my lifetime. To someone who doesn’t get or doesn’t want to get black humor it would seem to be trolling, even if it’s not. Or, he could be trolling and I missed it. I won’t rule that out. I just won’t jump to the conclusion of trolling without seeing the link in the context of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/28 "2019-04-24T14:23:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And Dit pulls ahead in the race with [this bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21604563&postcount=22): > > He, of course, doesn’t get that accredited degrees have requirements for the aspiring student to earn the things. Also, just because one has a degree that specifies a particular field of study does not mean the degree-holder will be limited to jobs in just that sector of the job market. The fact that the degree-holder now holds a degree will make them more attractive for employment outside of the focus of the degree, with a few obvious exceptions (as a linguistics major, there’s no way I’ll be working on a nuclear power plant, for example). Why not? I majored in Theatre Arts and Music, and I wound up operating a nuclear reactor. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/29 "2019-04-24T14:27:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If the Dr loses, she has to smoke a pack of camels. > If the Blowhard loses, he has to campaign for Bernie. If they tie, we all have to blow a pack of camels. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/30 "2019-04-24T14:30:42Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > What about making a joke about the New Zealand mosque shooting a couple days after they happened in an unrelated ATMB thread? Sure sounds like trolling that would get a lot of people a warning, but not your pal. I’m fairly certain that joke was about the inane attempts at censorship by the New Zealand government, and not about the shooting itself. And a Mod did give him a Mod Note, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/31 "2019-04-24T14:35:16Z")
If he wasn’t one of the protected, it would have been a warning. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/32 "2019-04-24T14:35:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Why not? I majored in Theatre Arts and Music, and I wound up operating a nuclear reactor. I don’t know if I should be hopeful or worried… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/33 "2019-04-24T14:38:36Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > If they tie, we all have to blow a pack of camels. [On the subject of camel penis](https://wilderness-ventures-egypt.com/2011/04/courting-and-copulation-amongst-camels/): > [@](#): > > 60 cm long and shaped like a sickle. A necessary design since a camel normally pees backwards and the penis needs to curve round and up to be inserted in the vulva, a clumsy business which needs a few shuffles, exploratory pokes and sometimes the helping hand of a Bedouin. The male now shifts his gaze into the distance, his nostrils quivering and saliva drooling, while the female bellows and groans and twists round to bite his neck. It can last up to 40 mins before the male finally releases his grip and tumbles sideways onto the ground, a spent camel. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/34 "2019-04-24T14:42:10Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > If they tie, we all have to blow a pack of camels. > [@kayaker](#): > > [On the subject of camel penis](https://wilderness-ventures-egypt.com/2011/04/courting-and-copulation-amongst-camels/): > > > [@](#): > > > > 60 cm long and shaped like a sickle. A necessary design since a camel normally pees backwards and the penis needs to curve round and up to be inserted in the vulva, a clumsy business which needs a few shuffles, exploratory pokes and sometimes the helping hand of a Bedouin. The male now shifts his gaze into the distance, his nostrils quivering and saliva drooling, while the female bellows and groans and twists round to bite his neck. It can last up to 40 mins before the male finally releases his grip and tumbles sideways onto the ground, a spent camel. Hard pass. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/35 "2019-04-24T14:50:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [On the subject of camel penis](https://wilderness-ventures-egypt.com/2011/04/courting-and-copulation-amongst-camels/): > [@](#): > > …a clumsy business which needs a few shuffles, exploratory pokes and sometimes the helping hand of a Bedouin… It’s prom night all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/36 "2019-04-24T15:10:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [On the subject of camel penis](https://wilderness-ventures-egypt.com/2011/04/courting-and-copulation-amongst-camels/): Whew, is it getting warm in here? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/37 "2019-04-24T15:24:57Z")
Hump DAAAAY! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/38 "2019-04-24T15:30:29Z")
Apparently, the Dr and I don’t really care about the same topics, so I haven’t picked up any “trolling” vibes from him/her. Ditka has admitted he argues against citations he refuses to read, which imho, is a key behavioral trait of a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/39 "2019-04-24T18:37:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Cage Match Pay Per View. Pay to NOT view, more like. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958/40 "2019-04-24T18:39:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [On the subject of camel penis](https://wilderness-ventures-egypt.com/2011/04/courting-and-copulation-amongst-camels/): > > 60 cm long and shaped like a sickle. A necessary design since a camel normally pees backwards and the penis needs to curve round and up to be inserted in the vulva, a clumsy business which needs a few shuffles, exploratory pokes and sometimes the helping hand of a Bedouin. The male now shifts his gaze into the distance, his nostrils quivering and saliva drooling, while the female bellows and groans and twists round to bite his neck. It can last up to 40 mins before the male finally releases his grip and tumbles sideways onto the ground, a spent camel. Pictures or it didn’t happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-vs-hurricane-ditka-whos-the-bigger-troll/832958.md?page=3)