# Fluiddruid, respectfully, you are mistaken **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305 "2008-06-09T06:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/21 "2008-06-09T15:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] we’ll also leave aside the question of how **TSS** knew to tweak the Liberal/Libertarian button. I’m sure they’re a “long time lurker” 😉 [/QUOTE] I don’t think it’s a big secret. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/22 "2008-06-09T16:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I thought it was justified at the time, but honestly, now that I’ve thought about it I don’t really see how you can warn someone for using insults in the Pit. Especially in response to an insult. [/QUOTE] It wasn’t a warning. The goal here was not intended to be a smackdown, but more to make a guest user a little familiar with the board here in order to prevent a problematic pattern of behavior (what was, in my opinion, thread hijacking). ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/23 "2008-06-09T16:18:58Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] It wasn’t a warning. The goal here was not intended to be a smackdown, but more to make a guest user a little familiar with the board here in order to prevent a problematic pattern of behavior (what was, in my opinion, thread hijacking). [/QUOTE] Maybe you should become more familiar with the board. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/24 "2008-06-09T16:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] Insults may be allowed but just using a series of insults with no rationale seems a bit weird. I can’t see what the Mod did wrong. [/QUOTE] Do you seriously want the pit to be moderated to that level? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/25 "2008-06-09T16:40:38Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] It wasn’t a warning. The goal here was not intended to be a smackdown, but more to make a guest user a little familiar with the board here in order to prevent a problematic pattern of behavior (what was, in my opinion, thread hijacking). [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=fluiddruid] Look, calling someone an idiot for their opinion is fine. It’s not the insults that are the problem. But just responding to someone calling you an idiot with a bunch of unoriginal, parroted joke-book insults was stupid and distracting. It’s a thread hijack.[…] [If someone insults you, you can only insult them back] within the forum guidelines or you will be warned, suspended, or banned. [/quote] Sure looks like a warning. And a smackdown. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/26 "2008-06-09T16:52:00Z")
I was set to side with the OP on principle, until I read the jokes… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/27 "2008-06-09T16:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I was set to side with the OP on principle, until I read the jokes… [/QUOTE] Freedom of speech (in the Pit) needs to be protected! I will defend your right to make bad and inane jokes to the last drop of FinnAgain’s blood! To the barricades! Who’s with me?!?!?! (anyone volunteering please report to the barricades. I’ll be over here watching fervently and cheering you guys on) -XT ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/28 "2008-06-09T17:00:45Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] I will defend your right to make bad and inane jokes to the last drop of FinnAgain’s blood! [/QUOTE] No prob. What’s one more fight with the mods? 😉 ---
**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:** [June 9, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/29 "2008-06-09T17:08:56Z")
😃 I figured you’d be game. -XT ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/30 "2008-06-09T17:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] It wasn’t a warning. The goal here was not intended to be a smackdown, but more to make a guest user a little familiar with the board here in order to prevent a problematic pattern of behavior (what was, in my opinion, thread hijacking). [/QUOTE] A 7.5% backdown is the most I’m ever likely to receive. I deny the non-charges for the reasons stated above. Thank you mhendo for posting the link. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/31 "2008-06-09T17:37:17Z")
_First they came for the pun-makers and I said “good” because I hate puns…_ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/32 "2008-06-09T17:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] _First they came for the pun-makers and I said “good” because I hate puns…_ [/QUOTE] ..then they came for **Vinyl Turnip** , and I did nothing, for I hate both vinyl and turnips… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/33 "2008-06-09T17:47:27Z")
But then they came for gonzomax (The Gonz, Gonzmiester) and… (hey, stop all that cheering! I’m trying to be serious here) …and… (WOULD you guys in the back stop. No, we can’t have a party right now) And then I started to worry, for if they could take down The Gonz, who would be next? (Stop with the raspberries already…sheesh, this is a serious subject here) -XT ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/34 "2008-06-09T17:53:12Z")
[QUOTE=Ensign Edison] You post a lot! Your mother had sex with your father! Maybe even in the ass! That means I’m smarter than you! 😃 [/QUOTE] Luke, I am your father. I may be developmentally challenged, but I have a regular job and pay taxes, you will keep your oedipal complex suppressed. Incidentally, Ensign, I strongly doubt Liberal reported the post. He got in the last word, mocking mine grammar, and it stung. But he and I had had enough. As for this soft spot people are vaguely referring to, I wasn’t aware of it. I will, out of caution, never make poop or marines jokes about this poster again. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/35 "2008-06-09T17:55:55Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I did sort of wonder who The First Stone was. [/QUOTE] Why Fred of course. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/36 "2008-06-09T18:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] He got in the last word, mocking\*\* mine grammar\*\*, and it stung. [/QUOTE] emphasis added. (note, I almost never note spelling errors simply 'cause I’m too likely to make 'em myself, but will do it if I see a funny one). welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/37 "2008-06-09T18:53:18Z")
[QUOTE=wring] emphasis added. (note, I almost never note spelling errors simply 'cause I’m too likely to make 'em myself, but will do it if I see a funny one). welcome to the SDMB. [/QUOTE] Please don’t encourage I. Him will only does it more offen. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/38 "2008-06-09T19:31:43Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] No prob. What’s one more fight with the mods? 😉 [/QUOTE] A pointless exercise? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/39 "2008-06-09T19:40:34Z")
Nah. At least, not any more so than writing to your local senator/ protesting government policies / calling a business’ customer service line, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305/40 "2008-06-10T04:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] Luke, [/quote] My name is Seth, and I fucking hate Star Wars. > [@](#): > > I am your father. I doubt it. Let’s see. > [@](#): > > I may be developmentally challenged, Check. > [@](#): > > but I have a regular job and pay taxes, Naw, this doesn’t sound like Dad at all. > [@](#): > > you will keep your oedipal complex suppressed. Why, now I just know it’s not him. > [@](#): > > Incidentally, Ensign, I strongly doubt Liberal reported the post. Brave of you to take this stand now that he’s made an official comment on the matter. > [@](#): > > He got in the last word, mocking mine grammar, and it stung. But he and I had had enough. As for this soft spot people are vaguely referring to, I wasn’t aware of it. I will, out of caution, never make poop or marines jokes about this poster again. Good of you to take the hits. I’m sure we can all live with fewer jokes we’ve heard a billion times before. Welcome to the pit, soldier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluiddruid-respectfully-you-are-mistaken/452305.md?page=3)