# For God’s sake, let me explain **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995 "2021-05-27T00:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/21 "2021-05-27T14:15:45Z")
> [@Something](#): > > Now I’m in my mid-30s, and I still hate the people who abused me and Doctors, because they are all drug dealing unethical quacks. This is very worrisome for two reasons. 1. You are overreacting to one bad doctor. I’m not even sure you could say this was a bad doctor. 2. I did something similarly stupid with dentistry. I had a bad dentist when I was around 19 and avoided dentists for years, until my two front teeth broke in half. (No pain! It wasn’t an accident, but untreated cavities.) I ended up getting two root canals (one per tooth) and now I have a good relationship with a dentist. Now you have a problem but you are not seeking treatment. This is like someone who broke their leg, but rather than going to a doctor to seek treatment, they just limp around, moaning about how their leg is painful. It’s incredible irresponsible. > [@](#): > > Because of that weight gain I ended up committing an act (which I will not go into detail about) that got me incarcerated for 3 1/2 years. You can’t blame a crime on weight gain. People always want to blame someone or something else for their bad decisions. > [@](#): > > Seven years ago, I got mad and threw a traffic cone in a car going 35 miles an hour. You could have hurt someone. > [@](#): > > I have a great idea for the next social media site,An idea so good that if I were to talk to Mark Zuckerberg about it, he would probably buy the idea and make it part of Facebook. Not only would I make good money off it, it would also give me the thing that I want, which is to learn about peoples lives in a way that no social media site currently existing comes anywhere close to. Speak to a wide variety of people about this idea before trying anything. There are over seven billion people on this planet. To be blunt, people have already had this idea. If nobody is doing it, it’s probably because it didn’t work out, at least for most people. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/22 "2021-05-27T14:20:15Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I assume other states have laws similar to California’s, and that somewhere a state has a penalty of up to 7 years for this crime, especially when committed by someone with a previous felony conviction. Although I think 7 years is out of line from what the OP has reported, traffic cones are heavier than you’d think and although squishy are quite capable of breaking the glass in a vehicle, depending on the relative speeds. I’ve… acquired a number of them (they make great horse toys) and to keep them from being blown around by traffic the square base has something – I suspect steel shot but never checked – mixed in with the plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/23 "2021-05-27T14:27:30Z")
To the OP: You are not going to get the help you need on an internet message board. You seem to have a lot of personal issues. You should seek counseling. I don’t know what your business idea is. But you should be working with professionals to figure out if it’s as valuable as you think and, if so, how to make money from it. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/24 "2021-05-27T14:30:00Z")
You say “Internet Detective”, I say “We’ve _all_ seen this MO many, many times before”. There’s no _harm_, no. Egg on your face is not _harm_. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/25 "2021-05-27T14:44:30Z")
Oh cursed is thy life, when your internet piers think you gullible! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/26 "2021-05-27T14:46:56Z")
Oh quay, then. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/27 "2021-05-27T14:48:40Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Because we’re taking the OP at face value? Meh. If it turns out to be entirely made up, it’s no skin off my back. Agreed! To just dismiss and ridicule someone based on an assumption discourages people with problems from being here. Unless I really feel it’s obvious, I will give a poster the benefit of the doubt, at least initially. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/28 "2021-05-27T14:49:38Z")
In MPSIMS? Knock yourself out. In BBQ? C’mon, that’s trolling 101. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/29 "2021-05-27T15:13:17Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Oh cursed is thy life, when your internet piers think you gullible! > [@MrDibble](#): > > Oh quay, then. It’s a real pair o’ docks. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/30 "2021-05-27T15:36:52Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Pills don’t solve problems, they just treat the symptoms of our problems, and they often create other problems. Get off them if humanly possible! Could be really bad advice, depending on the pills and the problems. I have to take a handful of pills each day, for various medical conditions. If I didn’t take them I’d be dead. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/31 "2021-05-27T15:54:45Z")
FWIW I reported it for a move to MPSIMS 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/32 "2021-05-27T16:01:22Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > > [@Grrr](#): > > > > Oh cursed is thy life, when your internet piers think you gullible! > > > [@MrDibble](#): > > > > Oh quay, then. Do you think the OP is a buoy or a gull? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/33 "2021-05-27T16:37:47Z")
> [@Kimera757](#): > > You could have hurt someone. Precisely. If you threw a knife at someone and missed their head by 6 inches they certainly were not physically harmed but that’s only because either you (and they) got lucky, and/or your aim was off. That’s at best reckless behavior that is potentially fatal. Definitely worthy of jail time. Arguably the traffic cone is worse because if you just startled the driver enough to cause an accident you could be directly responsible for multiple fatalities. Of course this is all academic since we can be pretty certain that the OP is a troll. Based on past behavior and just how over-the-top these posts are we are just talking about a theoretical situation that didn’t happen. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > FWIW I reported it for a move to MPSIMS 🙂 I think we’ve pooped up this thread too much for it to merit the move now. You’re not putting that silverware on the dining table at this point. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/34 "2021-05-27T16:42:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > f course this is all academic since we can be pretty certain that the OP is a troll. I started looking at the OP’s previous posts. Either they have a problem or they’re a troll… or both! ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/35 "2021-05-27T16:53:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Could be really bad advice, depending on the pills and the problems. I have to take a handful of pills each day, for various medical conditions. If I didn’t take them I’d be dead. Thank God you showed up and properly educated us about the importance of not stopping taking life saving pills. Otherwise a whole lot of us would have taken Jasmine’s advice and stopped, and died. I almost died until you came along and saved me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/36 "2021-05-27T17:46:27Z")
No, but there should not be even a hint of shame in taking psychiatric medication. It makes some peoples lives measurably better and they’re not just solving symptoms in many cases, but actual problems in body chemistry. I have to take blood pressure medicine to manage my high blood pressure because my body is just built that way. No it’s not diet, it’s not exercise. When I was the most athletic and healthy, running 50-60 miles a week at 6/mi paces, eating a sensible diet and fit, my blood pressure was still in the 160/90 range. I needed medicine. Within a few doses, I was down to the 120/80 range. And you know what else? It eased my anxiety a bit. I believe other people are similar with their brain chemistry and there shouldn’t be any more stigmatization associated with it than with me taking blood pressure meds. That, and I know some people that I believe would be dead today had they not sought the help they needed, both psychiatrically (for underlying biological conditions) and therapeutically. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/37 "2021-05-27T17:50:31Z")
Is there a tl;dr version? Does this explain the pain that we will soon see? It somehow involves a traffic cone? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/38 "2021-05-27T18:26:59Z")
It involves throwing a traffic cone into a moving car, which is a thing that people do, I guess. It begs the question of what was so egregious that it got 3.5 years, but won’t be discussed. The traffic cone got 7 years, but is presented as just a jolly lark. I mean what ARE people so upset about. I myself would be fine with a traffic cone suddenly flying through the window while I was driving. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/39 "2021-05-27T18:29:00Z")
The problem is that when you’re driving and you see a traffic cone, it’s indicating, “Hey, pay attention, driving is about to get a little more dangerous around here.” When it comes flying at your car at 35 MPH, that’s a real mixed signal. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995/40 "2021-05-27T18:30:01Z")
Yep. By the time you see it, it’s already too late. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-god-s-sake-let-me-explain/942995.md?page=3)