# Giraffe Board Trouble Makers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 28, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088 "2018-09-28T04:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/21 "2018-09-28T05:37:28Z")
Why do you care **octopus**? Apart from a brief stumble onto the Gee-boards _many_ years ago, I’ve remained blissfully ignorant of the stuff going on over there since. Anyway, **you** and a few others are annoying-enough troublemakers here. Why are you trying uber-hard to stir up extra strife? Or are you really snfaulkner? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/22 "2018-09-28T05:37:40Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Can someone please tell me what this is all about? > > Someone wants the SDMB to be more like the GBs? In what way? > This/these someone are “lobbying exceedingly persistently” for this? Again, in what way? Apparently they are trying really hard for this board to be less misogynistic. It would seem **octopus** is against that. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/23 "2018-09-28T05:39:34Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > What you need to understand is to how to make a coherent argument. If you say nonsensical bullshit, be prepared to be called out for it. And when you are, try and learn from it rather than digging in on your nonsense. When I post actual nonsense and am corrected on it I don’t find that to be a problem. When I post on topic and several people who have a pattern of misreading what is read, throw out tons of accusations disguised as questions, plan this behavior at another board, laugh about the results of their trolling at another board, that is a problem. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/24 "2018-09-28T05:41:02Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Apparently they are trying really hard for this board to be less misogynistic. It would seem **octopus** is against that. Don’t you have more false rape accusations to make? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/25 "2018-09-28T05:44:22Z")
Still trying to start that board war, **octopus**? It’s not like the mods are unaware of Giraffe. Especially the ones who are members over there, too. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/26 "2018-09-28T05:45:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > When I post actual nonsense and am corrected on it I don’t find that to be a problem. When I post on topic and several people who have a pattern of misreading what is read, throw out tons of accusations disguised as questions, plan this behavior at another board, laugh about the results of their trolling at another board, that is a problem. You seem to be under some sort of misapprehension that many (most?) posters here: a) are active members of the Giraffe board b) understand the basic premises of your OP and/or c) give a shit. You do realize that there has been a longstanding rule here that ‘board wars’ are actively discouraged here? IOW, you have a problem with the behaviour of posters on the GB? Take it there. Simple! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/27 "2018-09-28T05:47:10Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > When I post actual nonsense and am corrected on it I don’t find that to be a problem. When I post on topic and several people who have a pattern of misreading what is read, throw out tons of accusations disguised as questions, plan this behavior at another board, laugh about the results of their trolling at another board, that is a problem. Nobody there plans behavior beyond a joke or two, that I’ve seen. Maybe readjust your nonsense filter to include a wider array of topics.they laugh at you because your flailing nonsense in defense of ridiculousness is funny. “Funny” in the sense that it hurts too much to cry. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/28 "2018-09-28T05:54:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Still trying to start that board war, **octopus**? > > It’s not like the mods are unaware of Giraffe. Especially the ones who are members over there, too. Mods are only members? No dual mods? Board war? How is it a board war when one board has thousands of posts dedicated to crapping on this board, its posters, it’s mods and admins and one board hushes up? That’s not a war. Question for you, Dibble, is how is it respectable for the duplicity displayed? The mods post there and are aware of the contempt? Yet posters come here and then try to lobby for changes to suit their social ostracism method of control? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/29 "2018-09-28T05:54:42Z")
So octo thinks he’s getting picked on over there and decided to snitch about it here? Do I have that right? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/30 "2018-09-28T05:57:19Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > You seem to be under some sort of misapprehension that many (most?) posters here: > > a) are active members of the Giraffe board > > b) understand the basic premises of your OP and/or > > c) give a shit. > > You do realize that there has been a longstanding rule here that ‘board wars’ are actively discouraged here? IOW, you have a problem with the behaviour of posters on the GB? Take it there. > > Simple! You realize you aren’t the administrator here? Does the new administrator approve of a group of members posting here to generate snark there? Maybe that is a new rule worth discussing. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/31 "2018-09-28T05:58:01Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Yet posters come here and then try to lobby for changes to suit their social ostracism method of control? Hmmmm, curious. Y’know, when you are being picked on by nearly everybody, the problem just might be you! I know, radical idea, ammirite? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/32 "2018-09-28T05:59:21Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > So octo thinks he’s getting picked on over there and decided to snitch about it here? Do I have that right? Yeah, that’s what I’m getting. Pretty sure there’s a simple fix for that though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/33 "2018-09-28T06:02:20Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You realize you aren’t the administrator here? Does the new administrator approve of a group of members posting here to generate snark there? Maybe that is a new rule worth discussing. What the fuck are you talking about? The SDMB mods/admin cannot control what is posted ON ANOTHER BOARD. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/34 "2018-09-28T06:04:09Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Hmmmm, curious. > > Y’know, when you are being picked on by nearly everybody, the problem just might be you! I know, radical idea, ammirite? Good old victim blaming! #whyidontspeakout! Thousands of posts of snark that predate me prove otherwise. A board that exists in part because of flouncing over not being able to call people cunt proves otherwise. It’s not like the internet forgets. People can read this for themselves. You honestly think piling on in a thread like this doesn’t actually prove my point? :dubious: man that gets two more. :dubious::dubious: ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/35 "2018-09-28T06:05:09Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > What the fuck are you talking about? > > The SDMB mods/admin cannot control what is posted ON ANOTHER BOARD. No but posters that post here to troll for content there? That’s actionable. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/36 "2018-09-28T06:14:27Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Mods are only members? No dual mods? I don’t know - only mods/admins over there I know are Fenris and giraffe, neither of which is a mod here. But I’m not a frequent enough 'raffe poster to know who’s who. > [@](#): > > Board war? Yes, that’s what I said. > [@](#): > > How is it a board war when one board has thousands of posts dedicated to crapping on this board, its posters, it’s mods and admins and one board hushes up? Would you call what you’ve been doing recently “hushing up”? > [@](#): > > That’s not a war. Are you saying one-sided wars aren’t wars? > [@](#): > > Question for you, Dibble, is how is it respectable for the duplicity displayed? What “duplicity”? The posters there who are openly contemptuous of …certain posters … here, are just as openly contemptuous of … those same posters … here. I know I am, at any rate. > [@](#): > > The mods post there and are aware of the contempt? They’d have to be blind not to be. > [@](#): > > Yet posters come here and then try to lobby for changes to suit their social ostracism method of control? I, for one, would be advocating for change here - involving ostracism of racists and misogynists and LGBT-phobes - in exactly the same way I do now, regardless of whether Giraffe existed or not. And the mods here who post there, are just posters there. So I don’t know what their being mods has to do with the price of eggs. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/37 "2018-09-28T06:16:35Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > No but posters that post here to troll for content there? That’s actionable. Actionable by whom? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/38 "2018-09-28T06:26:08Z")
Maybe posters who post _ **here** _ that are trolling for snark there are untouchable. Would explain a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/39 "2018-09-28T06:27:43Z")
Octo…You know, when I was a wee girl my Mother took me to a playground. I was crying in the middle of the sand box. She came over to ask what my problem was. I told her no one would play with me. She dried my tears and said “If you want the other kids to play with you, you have to stop hitting and pushing them down.” I was about 3yo. I learned my lesson rather early. I found by kindergarten there were a few who still pushed and hit. In Junior high there were still a few. It was clear, by high school and into college the ones still bullying weren’t gonna stop. And boy, do they cry the loudest when no one wants to play their game. And they still hit and push and fight like idiots to get their way. You, sir, need to learn your lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088/40 "2018-09-28T06:35:45Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > So octo thinks he’s getting picked on over there and decided to snitch about it here? Do I have that right? Yes, this new member, **“octopus”** , has been trying to start a board war for a while now. I don’t know why the mods keep allowing him to do so since apparently board wars are discouraged here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-board-trouble-makers/822088.md?page=3)