# facts is facts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157 "2015-03-27T20:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/41 "2015-03-28T21:21:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cylons are dangerous villains from the planet of the toaster people. Any story that asserts otherwise is a story I don’t care to have told to me. Resistance is futile! Exterminate! Wait, those don’t sound right… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/42 "2015-03-28T22:11:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > People knew the character’s name on that show isn’t Adama. They were just making jokes about it. So you weren’t fighting ignorance. You were being [this guy](https://xkcd.com/359/). No, he was/is being [this infamous guy](https://xkcd.com/386/)! ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/43 "2015-03-28T22:32:06Z")
**DrDeth** was being a huge jerk in that thread. How convenient in this thread that he forgot to quote the other half of his initial post: > [@drdeth](#): > > In any case Adama was played by Lorne Greene, who passed in 1987. His issue seems to be not with Adama in SHIELD, but Adama in BSG. Which is just an annoying hijack with the potential to stir up a lot of shit about a reference that was otherwise a JOKE. He posted about this SEVEN times before he got warned for threadshitting. FFS, dude. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/44 "2015-03-28T22:50:56Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#): > > **DrDeth** was being a huge jerk in that thread. How convenient in this thread that he forgot to quote the other half of his initial post: > > His issue seems to be not with Adama in SHIELD, but Adama in BSG. Which is just an annoying hijack with the potential to stir up a lot of shit about a reference that was otherwise a JOKE. > > He posted about this SEVEN times before he got warned for threadshitting. FFS, dude. Ahhhh… a Battlestar elitist. That explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/45 "2015-03-28T23:43:24Z")
> [@Dr. Deth](#): > > Look, characters have names. You can use the characters name or the actors name. Calling a character by a name from two shows ago was a hallmark of a recently deceased and not mourned site about TV with no Compassion. It was their crappy little in-joke shtick, it’s not the SDMB’s (we have plenty of our own ). Be original eh? > > So, stop already, please. Clearly trying to tell other posters how to post. Doesn’t matter that you said “please”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/46 "2015-03-28T23:58:59Z")
In the OP’s defense…we did sorta poke him. Once we found out what annoyed him (and after quickly checking to confirm he really couldn’t _do_ jack about it), we proceeded to engage in japery. Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. Plplplplplplplplplplplplplplp!\* \*-Do you have any idea how hard it is to spell a Bronx cheer? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/47 "2015-03-29T00:00:39Z")
Yeah it’s all kinda done now. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/48 "2015-03-29T02:29:40Z")
And will soon be done again. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/49 "2015-03-29T02:40:16Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > “All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.” The DR and I have danced this one a few times ourselves; I would say [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18238765#post18238765](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18238765#post18238765) being the latest example. I just wrote it off to all being how he entertained himself. In the general _welfare_ of the board, it’s hardly worth debate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/50 "2015-03-29T03:00:07Z")
\*\*DrDeth \*\*is us now. Go through us. Do it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/51 "2015-03-29T03:29:40Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#): > > \*\* > He posted about this SEVEN times before he got warned for threadshitting. I think 3, maybe four, and no warning, and the note wasnt for threadshitting. Mostly for hijacking, which was mostly true. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/52 "2015-03-29T03:30:55Z")
“Take this thread to Caprica.” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/53 "2015-03-29T03:45:33Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s too bad he won’t live. But then again, who does? I’ve always tried to do what’s right. That’s the code I live by. Do you understand that? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/54 "2015-03-29T08:36:15Z")
This seems like as good a place as any to ask… what about the other form of misattribution, where a character is described using the actor’s real name (e.g. “Willis is in the duct, but miracuoously, all of the bullets miss him” or “Keanu leans back and miraculously, most of the bullets miss him”. I see that all the time in printed and other media and although it’s different to the thing that sparked this thread, it seems about the same order of magnitude. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/55 "2015-03-29T11:23:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I see that all the time in printed and other media and although it’s different to the thing that sparked this thread, it seems about the same order of magnitude. This really calls for a new size-word, since your sentence could be misleading, even though it’s completely proper and correct. I propose _minitude_. This issue could only be honestly described in orders of minitude. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/56 "2015-03-29T14:41:16Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > This really calls for a new size-word, since your sentence could be misleading, even though it’s completely proper and correct. > > I propose _minitude_. This issue could only be honestly described in orders of minitude. LOVE it! I’m going to use this word a lot, starting now. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/57 "2015-03-29T14:50:57Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > This really calls for a new size-word, since your sentence could be misleading, even though it’s completely proper and correct. > > I propose _minitude_. This issue could only be honestly described in orders of minitude. You said what I wanted to say, only much better. Hats off to you, O civilized Barbarian. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/58 "2015-03-29T16:59:27Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > This seems like as good a place as any to ask… what about the other form of misattribution, where a character is described using the actor’s real name (e.g. “Willis is in the duct, but miracuoously, all of the bullets miss him” or “Keanu leans back and miraculously, most of the bullets miss him”. > > I see that all the time in printed and other media and although it’s different to the thing that sparked this thread, it seems about the same order of magnitude. Not as bad, IMHO. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/59 "2015-03-30T13:32:04Z")
“How do I reach these dopers?!” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-is-facts/716157/60 "2015-03-30T15:43:41Z")
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