# Giraffe: tag, you're it. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315 "2009-07-17T07:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/21 "2009-07-17T12:57:15Z")
Bekause he’s a krakpot. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/22 "2009-07-17T12:59:01Z")
I believe it is a longstanding expression of political disrespect: Amerika, Demokrats, Rebpulikans, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/23 "2009-07-17T13:00:02Z")
And of couse, Nixon with a swastika. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/24 "2009-07-17T13:37:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Yes, they are - they consist of “ME ME ME!! LOOK AT ME! LOOK HOW RADICAL AND COOL I AM!!!” > > We did look at you, and we saw another of those _poseurs_ screaming for attention… Dammit \*\*StS \*\*you asshole, you made me agree with **Shodan**. Have you ever seen The Young Ones? You know the character Rick? The pathetic self proclaimed “rebel”? The one the whole audience laughs at? He’s you, pal. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/25 "2009-07-17T13:39:50Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Have you ever seen The Young Ones? You know the character Rick? The pathetic self proclaimed “rebel”? The one the whole audience laughs at? He’s you, pal. The People’s Poet! Well, damn you **Princhester** , now I’m going to be unable to see anything by **StS** without hearing it in Rik Mayall’s smarmy voice. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/26 "2009-07-17T13:41:14Z")
My plan is working. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/27 "2009-07-17T13:43:21Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I believe it is a longstanding expression of political disrespect: Amerika, Demokrats, Rebpulikans, etc. And now that I think about it, it’s not Rick, it’s Rik. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/28 "2009-07-17T13:48:21Z")
Out in meatspace, you’re a douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/29 "2009-07-17T13:49:17Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I believe it is a longstanding expression of political disrespect: Amerika, Demokrats, Rebpulikans, etc. The letter “K” gets no fucking respect, I’m telling you. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/30 "2009-07-17T13:56:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > The letter “K” gets no fucking respect, I’m telling you. No fukking respect at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/31 "2009-07-17T14:19:47Z")
A good sign of how out of touch you are with reality, **StS** , is that you’ve made \*me \*agree with **Shodan**. **Princhester** - do you suppose there’s some sort of support group we could both join? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/32 "2009-07-17T14:25:07Z")
_evil gloating laughter_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/33 "2009-07-17T14:35:40Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > And now that I think about it, it’s not Rick, it’s Rik. Spelled with a silent “P”, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/34 "2009-07-17T14:53:41Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Spelled with a silent “P”, as I recall. iss off! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/35 "2009-07-17T14:55:05Z")
Oooh. Very educational, Kimmy. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/36 "2009-07-17T14:55:49Z")
> [@SmashTheState](#): > > Running to teacher like a 9 year old and [trying to get me banned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11346358&postcount=4) because you don’t like my politics? No, he probably didn’t like your oh-so-twee “Golly! Can we post binary files here? We’d all promise to be ever-so-careful not to post illegal binaries!” troll ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/37 "2009-07-17T15:23:53Z")
Ah, lovely. A _collective_, not a union, as the word is typically used. I noted that it theoretically includes street sellers and buskers. Licensed and unlicensed, or is there no difference from the union’s perspective or wot? How about you start a Ask The Wobbly thread in MPIMS? I’m sure it would be educational for everyone involved. I certainly would love to discuss your advocacy versus the interests of the state… but this isn’t the thread for it. Fenris does have a point: posting binaries never really strikes me as a good idea, in an environment that is not designed for it. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/38 "2009-07-17T15:24:39Z")
Hm…have to agree, looking at the thread posted in the OP, that Giraffe was probably out of order. That said though, I have to agree with most of the others here, the OP is an idiot, so it’s understandable. Since the OP seems to like quotes, let me paraphrase Benjamin Franklin : We are all born ignorant, but it takes a lot of work to remain so. Keep up the hard work, StS! -XT ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/39 "2009-07-17T16:00:57Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > … Have you ever seen The Young Ones? You know the character Rick? The pathetic self proclaimed “rebel”? The one the whole audience laughs at? He’s you, pal. Fukk that noise! He’s not kool enough to be Rick (whikh really isn’t that kool at all). Hell, he’s not kool enough to be SKPKG! KMK fnord! > [@Princhester](#): > > And now that I think about it, it’s not Rick, it’s Rik. Assuming Wiki is korrekt it was Rick, but the kharakter was played by Rik Mayall which might be the kause of your konfusion. > [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Spelled with a silent “P”, as I recall. Only by Vyvyan though. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/40 "2009-07-17T16:06:30Z")
First of all, I was wrong to call you a troll in ATMB. No excuses, I fucked up there. Second of all, I’m no longer sure you are a troll, having taken the time to look at your posting history more thoroughly. My problem was that I remembered your name from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521827), where you asked in GQ about whether protestors could use mirrors to set riot police on fire, on the same day you also started a thread asking [if the Pentagon had plans for a zombie invasion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521824). Since those were your first few posts to the board, I mentally filed you as a likely troll right off the bat. The few times I ran across you after that you were always spouting off some cuckoo political nonsense which didn’t really change my impression any. Next time I see you, you’re starting a thread on how to embed binaries in posts, just so you can share public domain video game soundtracks of course (:dubious:), and taken in a vacuum, it seemed incredibly obvious. But now I’ve actually searched through your posts a bit and your posting history as a whole somewhat vindicates you – you’re probably just an idiot. Please accept my apologies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315.md?page=3)