# Fuck You, Psycho Pirate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951 "2005-10-19T17:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/21 "2005-10-20T13:43:23Z")
Cite on Pullman ever stabbing anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/22 "2005-10-20T14:02:54Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Cite on Pullman ever stabbing anyone? Shit, as long as we’re at it, I’d like a cite - a _real_ cite, not a “Liberal pulling an anecdote out of his ass” cite - for O’Hare stabbing anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/23 "2005-10-20T14:04:57Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Jeez, **Talon** , the guy has 400 posts in 6 years, yet **Psycho Pirate** is someone you’ve “never liked”? Must not take much to get on your shit list, and you must have a memory like an elephant. Nitpick: Actually, he has been posting a lot more, lately. I clicked his name, and corfirmed what I remembered. An overview of his past posts indicates he " was in the moment, and I posted when I was angry.", almost all the fucking time. Besides an occassional superhero related post, it’s almost always “Why don’t you stupid liberals realize that Bush/Republicans are doing the right thing! You are just too short-sighted!” ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/24 "2005-10-20T14:05:58Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Shit, as long as we’re at it, I’d like a cite - a _real_ cite, not a “Liberal pulling an anecdote out of his ass” cite - for O’Hare stabbing anyone. I wouldn’t mind a cite that Pullman even stabbed somebody figuratively. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/25 "2005-10-20T18:21:35Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Nitpick: Actually, he has been posting a lot more, lately. I clicked his name, and corfirmed what I remembered. An overview of his past posts indicates he " was in the moment, and I posted when I was angry.", almost all the fucking time. Besides an occassional superhero related post, it’s almost always “Why don’t you stupid liberals realize that Bush/Republicans are doing the right thing! You are just too short-sighted!” Dude, you’re like, absolutely the very last person on the list of people who should be complaining about the tone of other people’s posts. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/26 "2005-10-20T19:09:31Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Shit, as long as we’re at it, I’d like a cite - a _real_ cite, not a “Liberal pulling an anecdote out of his ass” cite - for O’Hare stabbing anyone. I tried Googling with several different phrasings and got no hits. **Airman Doors** , can you point us to any cites? I’m not saying you’re lying, or even mistaken, just that I can’t find evidence of the phrase being used anywhere other than here at the Dope. I’d expect an anecdote like that, true or not, to make it into the glurge emails, at least, but Snopes comes up empty, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/27 "2005-10-20T19:18:30Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I tried Googling with several different phrasings and got no hits. Neither did I. In fact, there is no evidence on the internet that Ms. O’Hair ever sneezed in her entire life. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/28 "2005-10-20T19:35:04Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I tried Googling with several different phrasings and got no hits. **Airman Doors** , can you point us to any cites? I’m not saying you’re lying, or even mistaken, just that I can’t find evidence of the phrase being used anywhere other than here at the Dope. I’d expect an anecdote like that, true or not, to make it into the glurge emails, at least, but Snopes comes up empty, too. You beat me to that request, **ETF**. Maybe it was one of those “mandatory oral tradition” phrases that used to crop up in several regions around the country, always delivered with an admonishment to “never write this down.” But considering that I just made that up (as far as I know), probably not. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/29 "2005-10-20T19:38:17Z")
But I did find that, at least on one (presumably GB-centric) message board about fihing, the perch (or “stripey” fish) is sometimes known as a “hand-stabber.” Fuckin’ atheist perch, not believing in God. They deserve to get eaten. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/30 "2005-10-20T19:52:47Z")
**Scott Plaid** , I respectfully ask your firgiveness for my earlier impertinent comment. I’ve got a screaming head cold, and posted very rudely. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/31 "2005-10-20T20:22:41Z")
aw, hell, I can’t play nice, and now I can’t even spell. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/32 "2005-10-20T20:56:00Z")
I was mildly annoyed by **psycho pirate** ’s post, although I’m not sure that he meant it to seem like as much of an attack on atheists as it may have sounded like. (For what it’s worth, I’m not an atheist, but I have close friends who are.) In any case, the appology is appreciated. (Even though I still get the feeling he thinks Pullman is representive of _most_ atheists, a claim I’d wholeheartedly deny.) In my experience _most_ atheists don’t have anything against religious folk, they just don’t share their beliefs. Some atheists (not all) find it hard to understand how people could believe those things. Some (not all) feel like society puts too much pressure on them to be religious. Occasionally, there are those who respond to this pressure (or perceived pressure) by holding a grudge against all organized religion, but these people are really just the occasional assholes such as you have in any group. As usual, the assholes are particularly loudmouthed, but one shouldn’t mistake greater volume for greater numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/33 "2005-10-20T22:02:11Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I tried Googling with several different phrasings and got no hits. **Airman Doors** , can you point us to any cites? I’m not saying you’re lying, or even mistaken, just that I can’t find evidence of the phrase being used anywhere other than here at the Dope. I’d expect an anecdote like that, true or not, to make it into the glurge emails, at least, but Snopes comes up empty, too. No, I can’t find any cites either. But I can say that here in Central Pennsylvania while it’s not exactly a common turn of phrase I have heard it many times, and it’s always attributed to O’Hair. Believe me, I’m as surprised as you that it doesn’t show up on a Google search. I thought it was a common turn of phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/34 "2005-10-20T22:04:33Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > No, I can’t find any cites either. But I can say that here in Central Pennsylvania while it’s not exactly a common turn of phrase I have heard it many times, and it’s always attributed to O’Hair. > > Believe me, I’m as surprised as you that it doesn’t show up on a Google search. I thought it was a common turn of phrase. Holy contradictions, Batman. What I meant was that it’s not a commonly used phrase but in spite of that I thought it was more well-known. ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/35 "2005-10-20T23:13:46Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > I’ve never liked **Psycho Pirate** , but the apology does make him look better in my eyes. > **Psycho** , maybe I’ll try and show you why you’re annoying so you can stop doing it. The post in the CS Lewis thread is a good example. You didn’t actually participate in what the thread was about, instead posting a short frustrated knee-jerk response. STOP DOING THAT. Maybe you’re not such a bad guy, but you don’t come off that way. Why not discuss the topic at hand, and if you don’t like what someone says, bring it up in a better way than making generalizations about them. > > Finally, my advice may not be worth much. I’m sure there are people on the SDMB that don’t like me, or wouldn’t if they felt strongly enough about me to care. > But it might be worth considering anyway. I admit that I am more prone to post a drive-by than actually participate in a thread discussion. I should think more before I post. Most threads (especially political threads and religious threads) I try to stay out of, but some poster will post something that just sends me over the moon with their bias or stupidity and I just can’t help myself. At any rate, thanks for the advice. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/36 "2005-10-21T02:47:18Z")
> [@crazyjoe](#): > > **Scott Plaid** , I respectfully ask your firgiveness for my earlier impertinent comment. I’ve got a screaming head cold, and posted very rudely. In virus veritas. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/37 "2005-10-21T05:11:47Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > In virus veritas. Nicely done, **Uvula Donor**! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/38 "2005-10-21T09:59:07Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > In virus veritas. ::snertle:: ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/39 "2005-10-21T14:38:12Z")
Love the title. This is something I would hope to remember if I ever went insane and had to live on the streets. The sheer entertainment value of stumbling up and down the sidewalk screaming, “Fuck You, Psycho Pirate!” to all the well dressed financial folks is staggering. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951/40 "2005-12-01T07:57:48Z")
Just to clarify, the Psycho Pirate is a quasi bad-guy in the DC universe that manipulates people’s emotions: most famously to help bring out the end of the world. So at least some of the well-dressed people might think you are just a crazy comic fan. Personally, I have to say that as a non-believer, reading either Lewis or Pullman (who strikes me as a sort of god-hating quasi-atheist rather than a plain old non-believer) is sort of like being a Republican reading a novel by a not-so-non-political Democrat. The grating ideology is more apparent given that you see it coming, and it does sometimes spoil the enjoyment of the fiction, perhaps because it helps break the fourth wall or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-psycho-pirate/326951.md?page=3)