# DreadCthulhu what is your problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855 "2003-12-24T16:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [December 25, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/41 "2003-12-25T01:36:10Z")
Meh, it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/42 "2003-12-25T03:52:06Z")
Cthulhu stew, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/43 "2003-12-25T04:10:30Z")
Although I’m a vegetarian, I’ll make an exception - excellent idea, **green\_bladder!** Perhaps some evil rice on the side, a big 'ole vicious cornbread…yummy! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/44 "2003-12-25T05:45:41Z")
Hey, I read that thread. I was going to say the same thing about eating goldfish, but **D.C.** beat me to it, the bastard. And now I’ve got a craving for fish sticks. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/45 "2003-12-25T05:53:12Z")
While sometimes it seems that **Dread Cthulhu** is **Cthulhess** [sup]1[/sup] in board etiquette, his sardonic wit has amused me several times in different threads. But you all are neglecting the obvious solution: ask **HPL** to keep him under control.[sup]2[/sup] [sup]1[/sup] According to authorities, Cthulhu is pronounced, more or less, as KLOO-loo. [sup]2[/sup] I figure, as his creator, he must have some influence over him. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/46 "2003-12-25T07:35:18Z")
On one hand, the OP’er is taking a big risk to not be eaten first. On the other hand, I will also take that risk & suggest that while I don’t consider most of DC’s cited responses as out of line- he should cool it when someone mourns the loss of a pet or expresses regret over accidentally killing an animal. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/47 "2003-12-25T08:40:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*What about people, **Cthulhu**? Giving up on us all ready? 😃 \*\* Didn’t I mention long pig? 😃 Yep, I am an evil bastard who enjoys the misery of others. Nothing anyone can do about it. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/48 "2003-12-25T08:57:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Yep, I am an evil bastard who enjoys the misery of others. Nothing anyone can do about it. Well, actually, I can ban you. And unless I see a lot more courtesy from you, I will. This courtesy can be as simple as not posting jerkish responses in threads where people are exposing pain. In fact, that is the minimum acceptable courtesy that I will expect. You’re on your last warning, DreadCthulhu. One more act of jerkishness and you lose your posting privileges. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/49 "2003-12-29T13:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*…Cthulhess[sup]1[/sup]… > > [sup]1[/sup] According to authorities, Cthulhu is pronounced, more or less, as KLOO-loo.\*\* Ah, good one. I’m glad you clarified, because at first glance I thought you were proposing the existence of a Mrs. Cthulhu. Which is also kind of funny, when you think about it. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/50 "2003-12-29T14:23:18Z")
Oh come on Lynn, lighten up a bit. The guy is only having a bit of fun…isn’t he? I doubt very much he eats goldfish or makes kitten or gerbil stew. Long pig maybe 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/51 "2003-12-29T14:28:40Z")
At Home With The Cthulhus. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/52 "2003-12-29T15:00:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*At Home With The Cthulhus. \*\* I can see poor ol’ Cthulhu struggling along with household chores while Mrs C screeches away at her herd of dogs & the surly teen son & daughter scream “F- you!” at each other! Next season on MTV! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/53 "2003-12-29T23:37:05Z")
If Cthulhu (when he arises) is anything like Ozzy Osbourne, I don’t think it will be so much a case of who he eats first, but rather who he first bumps into or trips over. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/54 "2003-12-30T01:32:21Z")
Someone’s vying for entree into One-Trick-Ponydom… ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/55 "2003-12-30T11:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gmork \* > \*\*Aren’t there probably some Lovecraft forums out there specifically so people like DC can do their thing and be appreciated? > > Instead of, you know, here… > > _Back to my chrissie presents._ \*\* Aren’t there probably some friendlier forums out there where people who get emotionally attached to potential food sources can get unanimous sympathy? Instead of, you know, here… _Back to the 1/12-scale abattoir._ ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/56 "2003-12-30T17:45:56Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by eunoia_ > Aren’t there probably some friendlier forums out there where people who get emotionally attached to potential food sources can get unanimous sympathy? > > Instead of, you know, here… Amen! I found **DreadCthulhu** ’s comments in those threads to be fascinating comments on our society’s increasing anthromorphisation of domestic animals to a role beyond that of simply “animal companion.” By sugesting the domestic consumption of our pets, he reminds us of the symbtiotic origins of our relationship with domesticated animals–this serves to highlight how that relationship has become less symbiotic and more parasitic as pets lose the ability to contribute anything more then a target for displaced emotions in our decreasingly rural society. OK, OK. I really just think he’s funny. Ban him if you must–I still think he’s amusing. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/57 "2003-12-30T18:05:11Z")
METACOM: I’ll bet you £20 to a pinch of shit you could not say that lot if you were shit faced 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/58 "2003-12-30T22:18:37Z")
Hey \*\* Metacom \*\*, for that, you get to be eaten first. 😃 Really, I just have a very dark sense of humor, and tend to find what most people consider tragic to be quite funny. I laugh in the face of Death. Or at holocaust videos. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/59 "2003-12-30T22:21:17Z")
And before anyone calls me anti-semetic, I laugh at just about any group of people dieing - even death of relative I found quite funny in way. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855/60 "2003-12-30T22:46:53Z")
Even with the quick backpedal, you have to know that’s gonna bite you in the ass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-what-is-your-problem/220855.md?page=4)