# Giraffe/VCO3 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992 "2007-12-23T02:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/141 "2007-12-26T03:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Generally, whenever **VCO3** says anything, it’s a good idea to remind yourself that the world inside his head works much, much differently from the world outside of it. [/QUOTE] The world inside his head _works_? _head assplodes_ More seriously, I wish he would return to his threads, because I’d like to try and understand what the hell he’s thinking. Just because I don’t agree with someone doesn’t mean I don’t want to know their logic. Besides, his threads tend to start good conversations (when people decide to do more than just jump on his ass), but I think they would be enriched if he would fuckin’ respond to what people are saying. He helps fight ignorance, even if it’s not his own. In short, I want to see him stay around, but the hit and run behaviour has got to go. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/142 "2007-12-26T04:41:23Z")
He’s really a good person most of the time… you just don’t know him like we do! You don’t see how sweet he is to us when nobody else is around. Okay, yes, he hit us in the past, a couple of times, but that wasn’t really _him_. And he’s trying really hard to change… in a way it’s partly _our_ fault, really… we need to be there more for him, and try harder to _help_ him change… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/143 "2007-12-26T18:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] **lee** and **KellyM**. They’re still here, they just haven’t been posting. And they aren’t trolls-just really, REALLY shrill. [/QUOTE] They’re banshees? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/144 "2007-12-26T23:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] You really don’t have a life outside of the Dope, do you? [/QUOTE] Nope, not really. 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/145 "2007-12-28T11:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I’m very not uncomfortable. This is the mink-lined slippers of concerns. [/QUOTE] Awesome. Must remember to steal this line. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/146 "2007-12-28T14:35:47Z")
So, if I’m doing the math correctly, there are just 3 more days until the universe shifts us into \*\*Telperien’\*\*s world (see post 115 above). Is the sign-up sheet for temporary troll designees posted yet? Are there any criteria (minimum/maximum monthly post count, at least 5 pittings within the last two years, at least one mod warning)? Can we draft other posters? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/147 "2008-01-03T17:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Like hell it doesn’t. If all you want to do is “get something off of your chest”, get a Live Journal, or a MySpace. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] You might want to pass these sentiments along to all of the people whose threads currently inhabit the BBQ Pit. Read the OP’s in the last week. Gee. Plenty of people needing to get things off of their chest. I guess you’ve decided that this isn’t the right message board for them. Jesus Christ in a sidecar, talk about Junior Modding. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/148 "2008-01-03T17:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] You might want to pass these sentiments along to all of the people whose threads currently inhabit the BBQ Pit. Read the OP’s in the last week. Gee. Plenty of people needing to get things off of their chest. I guess you’ve decided that this isn’t the right message board for them. Jesus Christ in a sidecar, talk about Junior Modding. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Last time I checked, it was considered poor form to start a thread _and then not come back to it_. Especially when it becomes a habit with one particular poster. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/149 "2008-01-03T17:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] So, if I’m doing the math correctly, there are just 3 more days until the universe shifts us into \*\*Telperien’\*\*s world (see post 115 above). Is the sign-up sheet for temporary troll designees posted yet? Are there any criteria (minimum/maximum monthly post count, at least 5 pittings within the last two years, at least one mod warning)? Can we draft other posters? [/QUOTE] Oh, shit. I have been remiss, what with being paid with bad checks and all. That tends to make a gal forget that the time of her world approaches. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/150 "2008-01-03T19:17:24Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Last time I checked, it was considered poor form to start a thread _and then not come back to it_. Especially when it becomes a habit with one particular poster. [/QUOTE] Will this rule apply to all forums or just Pit threads? Does creating the OP and then making one rebuttal count as enough appearances? What if they create an OP and then an immediate subsequent posting? And, damn it, I like trolls! And banned people! And band people! We really should have a Best Of Troll/Banned Doper thread for the benefit of all recent members. We’ve missed out on a lot of entertainment over the years. Everyone likes a freakshow, right? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/151 "2008-01-03T20:39:07Z")
Why would I return to a thread if I felt that I said everything I had to say about the topic in the first post and others are carrying on the conversation just fine? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/152 "2008-01-03T20:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] If I had a child who habitually shit on the carpet, I’m not sure my “solution” would involve requiring him to return periodically and play with it. Admittedly, I am no expert in child-rearing. (It’s just something I dabble in occasionally.) [/QUOTE] This evoked the longest and most enjoyable laugh I ever got from the SDMB! Tris ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/153 "2008-01-04T00:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Why would I return to a thread if I felt that I said everything I had to say about the topic in the first post and others are carrying on the conversation just fine? [/QUOTE] That’s fine-I personally just feel it’s rude. YMMV, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/154 "2008-01-04T00:17:36Z")
Yes, but you have more than thirty-one thousand posts. Pretty clearly, posting is something you do a lot of. Those of us who post less often may have a rather different perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/155 "2008-01-04T01:27:47Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] Yes, but you have more than thirty-one thousand posts. Pretty clearly, posting is something you do a lot of. Those of us who post less often may have a rather different perspective. [/QUOTE] Touche. _blush_ ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/156 "2008-01-04T04:04:01Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > Yes, but you have more than thirty-one thousand posts. Pretty clearly, posting is something you do a lot of. Those of us who post less often may have a rather different perspective. Indeed, never let it be said that **Guin** takes too long to decide whether or not a two-word post should see the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/157 "2008-01-04T11:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Indeed, never let it be said that **Guin** takes too long to decide whether or not a two-word post should see the light of day. [/QUOTE] Well, I AM an attention whore, remember? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/158 "2008-01-04T14:28:24Z")
VCO3, please change your name to something more intelligible than TLDRJKFTW or whatever the fuck it is. Even though you’re an interesting poster, I’ll pit you myself. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/159 "2008-01-04T14:41:37Z")
The asshole has changed his name to TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW. Perhaps it means Too Long Didn’t Read I Don’t Know Just Kidding Laughing Out Loud Fuck The World? What an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992/160 "2008-01-04T15:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] VCO3, please change your name to something more intelligible than TLDRJKFTW or whatever the fuck it is. Even though you’re an interesting poster, I’ll pit you myself. [/QUOTE] People seemed to be having such a hard time with “VCO3” that I thought I should have it changed to something more familiar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-vco3/430992.md?page=9)