# Fuckin Moron!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908 "2003-12-09T13:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/1 "2003-12-09T13:47:08Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226525&highlight=cecil+putz) was NOT a joke thread! Jesus Christ! I appreciate Lynn Bandoni’s \*clarification \* of the _rule_ but are you people fucking blind! > [@](#): > > _Originally Posted by SkipMagic_\*\* > > Re: Pitting Cecil Adams - the putz! > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund > I am a really intelligent smartass, too; and 'm sure my researching skills are better than his. > > ## There are, get this, FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE here. > > How big is your fan club? \*\* Ok, I know that we might have a reading comprehension problem here, but I’ll work with everybody. “I am a really intelligent smartass, too; and 'm sure my researching skills are better than his.” - JOKE “Pitting Cecil Adams - the putz!” NOT A FUCKING JOKE! It was the “researching skill” bit that was the joke. If that were not enough, and I know how much trouble it must be to actually _read_ the thread: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by WorldEater_\*\* > Is this supposed to be a parody thread or something?\*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund_\*\* > Nope. I want a straight answer.\*\* Hmm…, I guess I can see the ambiguity there… I mean GODDAMMIT! Preemptive fuck you to WorldEater, Mr. B and maybe even Desmostylus for good measure. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/2 "2003-12-09T13:48:15Z")
The thread title indicates everyone, not any particular mod or member. But I do _mean_ it. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/3 "2003-12-09T14:43:21Z")
Can someone tell me how a person can post while “Suspended”? Looks like someone fell asleep at the switch. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/4 "2003-12-09T14:44:59Z")
**Ilsa\_Lund** , are you _trying_ to get banned? ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/5 "2003-12-09T14:49:26Z")
You seem a tad bitter, don’t get so worked up about. Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like to be suspended, banned, or even pitted. Sure, it would suck, but there’d be that certain little joy that you really ticked someone off, and in the case of the former two, you ticked a MOD off. But I do agree (and I thought so at the time, too), that was probably a bad call on Lynn’s part. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/6 "2003-12-09T14:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > Can someone tell me how a person can post while “Suspended”? Looks like someone fell asleep at the switch. My guess is that the week’s suspension is up, but the tag under the name didn’t get changed back. They seem to be independent of each other, as “custom” tags have been done before. **Ilsa** , your comment in the second post about it being a joke seemed to indicate to most people that - your other quote aside - the whole OP was one. I can’t see any way that someone was supposed to connect that sentence to his ability (or lack thereof) to research topics, or that you weren’t, in fact, claiming you could research better than he can. The Comments forum is constantly filled with challenges to his research. People would jokingly “pit” Cecil constantly in the past, being very stern about the whole thing, in an attempt to get him to post in their thread. This seemed pretty clearly to me, and to many other people, to be the exact same kind of thread. That in mind, coming out with both barrels blazing because **you** were unclear in your posting isn’t the best way to defend your actions. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/7 "2003-12-09T14:59:47Z")
**Ferret Herder** , > [@](#): > > My guess is that the week’s suspension is up, but the tag under the name didn’t get changed back. They seem to be independent of each other, as “custom” tags have been done before. For this to be the case, the suspension maintenance would need to be automatic - i.e., when a person’s week or whatever was up, he/she could immediately post, needing no intervention by a moderator/admin. Maybe that’s the case here. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/8 "2003-12-09T15:08:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > For this to be the case, the suspension maintenance would need to be automatic - i.e., when a person’s week or whatever was up, he/she could immediately post, needing no intervention by a moderator/admin. Maybe that’s the case here. Yeah, I was thinking something like that - like a “ban for 1 day/1 week/1 month/1 year/forever” selection option. Either that or it’s done manually and whoever let him post again just forgot to remove the “Suspended” tag. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/9 "2003-12-09T15:11:19Z")
Welcome back, I guess. As regards your suspension, far be it from me to question the august will of She Who Must Appeased With Chocolate and Cringing Flattery, but, as my wife often says to me, “That seemed a little premature.” Anyway, welcome back. At least we know you are serious about this thread. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/10 "2003-12-09T15:11:46Z")
but Cecil **is** smart! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/11 "2003-12-09T15:15:06Z")
Who is this Cecil of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/12 "2003-12-09T15:18:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Who is this Cecil of which you speak? Joking or no I think THAT’S a bannable offense. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/13 "2003-12-09T15:50:41Z")
So what’s the deal? Is Ilsa still suspended, or has he paid his debt to society? I’m glad to see that the “no joke thread” thing has been codified. But even judged against those standards, even in hindsight, Ilsa’s suspension was a stretch, IMHO. So why does it still say “suspended” under his name? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/14 "2003-12-09T16:02:51Z")
Lord, I wish this kid would go away. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/15 "2003-12-09T16:04:35Z")
Cecil’s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/16 "2003-12-09T16:17:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > **…but, as my wife often says to me, "That seemed a little premature."** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/17 "2003-12-09T17:00:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*Lord, I wish this kid would go away. \*\* Oh, fuck you. Lynn manually reinstated me, I believe, and simply forgot to remove Suspended. > [@](#): > > Ilsa, your comment in the second post about it being a joke seemed to indicate to most people that - your other quote aside - the whole OP was one. I can’t see any way that someone was supposed to connect that sentence to his ability (or lack thereof) to research topics, or that you weren’t, in fact, claiming you could research better than he can. The Comments forum is constantly filled with challenges to his research. > > People would jokingly “pit” Cecil constantly in the past, being very stern about the whole thing, in an attempt to get him to post in their thread. This seemed pretty clearly to me, and to many other people, to be the exact same kind of thread. I realize this, and any lack of lucid purpose was my fault. What got me was when I told WorldEater that it was _not_ a joke. **Lord Ashtar** , if they wanna ban me for pitting a mod, then whatever. I feel much better now. What about **Esprix?** ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/18 "2003-12-09T17:21:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I feel much better now. What about Esprix? I don’t know - go feel him, and report back. **Lord Ashtar** - My wife said I was a terrible lover. I asked how she could make an important decision like that in less than twenty seconds. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/19 "2003-12-09T17:22:42Z")
I’m glad to see you back **Ilsa**. I think you’re an idiot. But you’re a **fun** idiot. Now behave yourself, Bubba ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908/20 "2003-12-09T17:24:12Z")
Reading **Esprix** ’s LiveJournal last night, it looks like he’s out of town and I’m not sure when he’ll return. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-moron/217908.md?page=2)