# DudleyGarrett, you're a plag\[i\]arist and a coward **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227 "2009-09-15T20:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/21 "2009-09-15T22:05:04Z")
What, we can’t PM mods with rectal insertion suggestions anymore? What is this, Nazi Russia? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/22 "2009-09-15T22:23:03Z")
Yes, the rectal suggestion was in a PM. If you wish to say such things to a moderator, let me suggest that doing so while she is meditating on whether or not to remove the warning she just issued is probably not optimal timing. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/23 "2009-09-15T22:31:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If you wish to say such things to a moderator, let me suggest that doing so while she is meditating on whether or not to remove the warning she just issued is probably not optimal timing. Well, you really should let us know. It’s pretty simple, really; something like this: **Rectal insertion suggestion mode ON** or, as appropriate, **OFF**. Sheesh, we gotta tell mods _everything_ around here? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/24 "2009-09-15T22:34:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > On my best day, not fit to sharpen his pencils. That’s another euphemism, right? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/25 "2009-09-15T22:37:35Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > LOL. If you post something you did not create, and don’t acknowledge the source, you’ve fucked up. Doesn’t matter what people do “all the time”. The misconduct here was entirely his. Not my fault he fucked up. > > And feel free to kiss my ass. Seems to me that you’re the one with your little pink panties in a twist. Don’t start shit with people for no reason. If you had a problem with a post, press the fucking alert button and report it. And don’t get your ass chapped when people you start shit with give it back. And for fuck’s sake, don’t come here and piss, bitch and moan because Dudley done ya wrong. Grow a thicker skin or don’t start shit with people. Feel free to pull your head out of your ass anytime. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/26 "2009-09-15T22:43:13Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > And for fuck’s sake, don’t come here and piss, bitch and moan because Dudley done ya wrong. **Dudley** apparently wants to give shit to people in private messages, but not to allow them to return the favor. Hence the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/27 "2009-09-15T22:44:42Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Seems to me that you’re the one with your little pink panties in a twist. > > Don’t start shit with people for no reason. If you had a problem with a post, press the fucking alert button and report it. And don’t get your ass chapped when people you start shit with give it back. > > And for fuck’s sake, don’t come here and piss, bitch and moan because Dudley done ya wrong. > > Grow a thicker skin or don’t start shit with people. > > Feel free to pull your head out of your ass anytime. > :mad: This is fun. I get to pit\*\* Dudley\*\*, and laugh at you at the same time. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/28 "2009-09-15T22:50:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > This is fun. I get to pit\*\* Dudley\*\*, and laugh at you at the same time. Thanks for that. Seriously! Did **taco** forget his meds today or what? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/29 "2009-09-15T22:52:04Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > This is fun. I get to pit\*\* Dudley\*\*, and laugh at you at the same time. Thanks for that. Laugh as you like. I’m not the one blowing a fuse. Did you get your “internet policeman” badge from sending in box tops from Whine-O’s cereal? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/30 "2009-09-15T22:54:16Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **Dudley** apparently wants to give shit to people in private messages, but not to allow them to return the favor. Hence the Pit. Well, maybe if Oakminster didn’t start shit over nothing at all, then this wouldn’t be an issue. From my seat, Oakminster escalated things by acting like a officious prick. The correct and reasoned response would have been to hit the alert button and move on. But NOOOOOO, can’t just do that. gotta make a “statement”. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/31 "2009-09-15T22:54:49Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Where in the fuck do you get off bitching about being busted for stealing someone’s work, fuckwit\*? It is clearly not my fault you’re a stupid little shit nugget. You know the kind…that one tiny little piece of turd that clings to a sphincter, refusing to fall and be flushed away no matter how much one flexes and strains. [nitpick] The correct term for this is “dingleberry”. [/nitpick] Good rant! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/32 "2009-09-15T23:05:35Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Did you get your “internet policeman” badge from sending in box tops from Whine-O’s cereal? Actually, it’s a junior mod decoder ring, and I got it in a box of Cracker Jack. It’s pretty spiffy. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/33 "2009-09-15T23:10:14Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > If you had a problem with a post, press the fucking alert button and report it. And don’t get your ass chapped when people you start shit with give it back. But that’s what he DID! > [@Oakminster](#): > > I busted you on it fair and square, and also reported the thread. > > Then, you curse me out via PM, while having your own PMs turned off so I can’t reply. That’s cowardice. If then the guy gives you shit again, but has his PMs turned off, where do you go from there? I think this was the most appropriate place to take his grievance. So, really Dudley shouldn’t have his ass chapped when people he starts shit with give it back (for the PM business). And I haven’t seen him complaining about this pitting. I think it’s a pretty fair one and it’s a good way to deal with the problem if Oak feels he must continue to respond. There’s no better place than the pit to do it, because what else can he do? Go to the Mods and complain that Dudley’s PMs are turned off, but Dudley’s giving him shit? :shrug: It’s not pretty, but it’s the best solution for the man. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/34 "2009-09-15T23:10:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Not all of us have the capacity for original wit, those of us who do are insufferably proud of it. Us? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/35 "2009-09-15T23:21:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yes, the rectal suggestion was in a PM. > > If you wish to say such things to a moderator, let me suggest that doing so while she is meditating on whether or not to remove the warning she just issued is probably not optimal timing. No question on the moderation, but isn’t the content of a Private Message supposed to be, you know, _private_? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/36 "2009-09-15T23:23:23Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > No question on the moderation, but isn’t the content of a Private Message supposed to be, you know, _private_? So far as I’m aware, there’s no rule requiring it be so. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/37 "2009-09-15T23:23:44Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > No question on the moderation, but isn’t the content of a Private Message supposed to be, you know, _private_? Nope. If you publish them, they get promoted to Corporal. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/38 "2009-09-15T23:26:09Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > If then the guy gives you shit again, but has his PMs turned off, where do you go from there? How about “let it go” or taking the high road. The way I see it is that someone who comes here and whines about something like this looks -just as bad- as the person they’re complaining about. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/39 "2009-09-15T23:28:25Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > How about “let it go” or taking the high road. Well, I don’t disagree with you on that point, but if we all did that, then there’d be no reason to really have a Pit would there? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudleygarrett-youre-a-plag-i-arist-and-a-coward/510227/40 "2009-09-15T23:29:52Z")
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