But that’s because Scylla is evil and has a contract with Satan, or something like that.
No, Satan was banned.
(“Third base!” 
I slay me.)
Esprix
[list=#][li]Why the great need for proof that everything posted on this board has a verifiable source?[]Why the need to “call bullshit” on everything that does not have a verifiable source?[]You’ve said (several times) that you will no longer post in the Pit, yet you’re still here. Why? Does something compel you to post in this forum whenever someone mentions your name?Are you familiar with the poster named handy? He also once promised to stop posting in the Pit and, for the most part, he made good on his promise.[/list][/li]
Feel free to send your answers via email, a link to my address can be found at the bottom of this post.
Hi all.
Since this is my first post I thought I’d find a non-confrontational forum with a nice and cosy thread to start with.
Oh my…
Well, now that I’m here anyway, I think I can explain what’s wrong with King Nifty and particularly his obsession with cites. I was scrolling through some of his postings in GQ and came to a startling realisation. You’re all talking to a deranged Google bot!
In an IRC channel I frequent there’s this nice Google script that responds to the keyword google, searches for the words immediately following it and spits back a hit, relevant or not.
Take King Nifty’s post on The Pentagon Papers. His post is just a link, a link that can be found by entering the first four keywords in the OP’s question. The link provided doesn’t really answer the OP’s questions, so I decided to see if this was modus operandi for the Nifster. (Why yes, I was bored, thankyouverymuch)
Here King Nifty answers an OP about WWI with a quick google on world war ii last great war, a link to a highschool page that made my browser weep and didn’t really seem relevant.
Why is Berlin bankrupt? Let’s google for bankrupt and berlin and cite this Japanese guy’s online diary. How’s that for fact checking?
Why Notary Public and not Public Notary? A King Nifty Google for “Public Notary” later and all is revealed. Not really, though.
I don’t know about you guys, but when I reveal my boundless ignorance in GQ I want the best you SD veterans can offer, not the “I’m feeling lucky” button on Google. We can only hope that the good folks at Google.com decide to discontinue the trial of this beta bot or at least remove the assholery part.
Anyway, I hope this post doesn’t make me look too anal-retentive and I promise I’ll try and do better next time. 
My point?
Oh yeah, the next time you post a thread about shit in the elevator, don’t forget to include a link to it on Google! :eek:
Wait, so all we have to do to get King Potsy off our backs is to include a link to a lame and possibly irrelevant Google search? Jesus wept. He’s the anti-Duck Duck Goose!
BTW, Petter, welcome to the boards.
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Originally posted by PetterSince this is my first post I thought I’d find a non-confrontational forum with a nice and cosy thread to start with.
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Oh boy, are you in the wrong place! 
King Nifty, you’re right. A lot of strange stuff gets posted on this board, some of it verifiable, some of it not. The thing is, no one appointed you the person in charge of determining what’s true and what isn’t. If you think you’re qualified to do so, here’s a test. I’ll give you three statements about myself, one of which is false. You tell me which one.
A. I’m married with two children.
B. I lived in three countries by my 21st birthday.
C. I program computers for a living.
Whether you choose to admit it or not, you are behaving rudely. You’re not being treated any differently from the way anyone else who acted like that would be, and if people are responding to you in a way you don’t like, it’s because you treated them in a way they didn’t like. If you don’t like it, change. It is your choice.
CJ
I believe that was sarcasm, CJ. Thought Petter meant, “Well, I was looking for a nonconfrontational thread to put my first post in, but since I’m here, this’ll have to do …”
Petter, now that’s what I call a first post.
Welcome!
Now what am I supposed to do? If I ignore this like I’m trying to do, I’m a coward, or I really am a Google bot, whatever that is. But if I defend myself, I’m a liar for coming back. I notice Peter that you conveniently left out several other of my posts in GD and GQ that didn’t fit into your funny funny post. Deceitful, but what do I know? I’m just a lying asshole Google bot.
I was just trying to help, people. I got off to a bad start and I apologized for the “you’re lying” posts, but I just don’t have the energy to sit here and fight all day long with you. I try and help Montezuma because I can see what you’re trying to do again, and once again I’m a liar and an asshole. And now, apparently I can’t even try and help in other forums without you finding a way to pick it apart. So, I’m leaving for good. No point in your continuing to frustrate me into posting something bannable, which I see happened to Montezuma. It ain’t worth it. You win, I’m gone. What a totally unforgiving bunch of territorial people here. Too bad, really, because there were lots of interesting things to read here.
If only I had a nickel for every time I’d heard those same words . . .
Well, I’d have a hell of a lot of nickels, I can say that much.
So, from one asshole to another, I have to say: Boo-fucking-hoo.
Note to self: do not piss off Petter.
I’d like to see where people called you a coward. Really. All we have to do is type your name and you return. What you don’t get is that the more you are proven to be a liar, the less credibility you have, especially in GQ. You’re calling yourself a coward for not responding; people here are calling you a liar, which is seen as far, far worse.
As people have said over and over, it’s not your helpfulness that makes you an asshole, it’s the lying and the antagonistic attitude. Oh, and your inability to see that Montezuma - who has since been banned - was not as helpless as he seemed, and in fact was just trying to evoke a reaction from people.
And there always will be. I assume you know you don’t have to post to read. But the truth is, this thread aside, there are a zillion interesting things to read here and to learn from. You simply decided to be a one-trick pony. And we already have one of those.
Finally, continually saying you’re leaving detracts mightily from your own credibility, too. I bet you post again.
Because it couldn’t be that he just found post after post from you with the same MO and stopped before he came to the ones you are referring to, assuming that he’d seen a representative sample and that was enough. I notice you don’t link to any of the different ones.
You did? Where? I didn’t see it, and apparently many (all?) of the other posters in this discussion didn’t either.
Why the hell are you people continuing this? It’s obvious that King Nifty is here only to irritate the community and stir up trouble. You’re giving him exactly what he wants. Knock it off. He apparently hasn’t yet attracted the notice of the Goddess With The Big Red Hammer And The Last Name That Is Also A Font, but clearly it will be only a matter of time. Patience, people, patience.
Hey King Nifty, I just got here, you’re leaving already?
Seriously, stick around. You don’t have to post, just check out the threads that interest you and ignore the people that don’t.
It’s certainly not about territory and winning for me (and everyone else, I suspect), it’s about sharing what you know, having fun doing it and standing by what you post. You’ve had a rough week, why not take the next one off and see if this thread still looks the same way.
PS: Thanks for the welcome, guys.
Hey! Leave Esprix out of this. 
dan, I knew he was joking, but I couldn’t think of the appropriate way to code my response to show it.
Petter, I hope you plan on sticking around here for a long time, and that’s said without sarcasm and only with pleasure.
CJ
Petter
Get your ass over to Great Debates. NOW. (Welcome!)
**I missed that - got a link?
Is it Thursday again already?
Wow! Hi Petter…at last a newbie who doesn’t have a log or two on his shoulder. What a blessed relief.
(with apologies to the many recent and decent newbies who have NOT made their presence felt in quite the same manner as Montezuma and King Nuffty)
Hey King Nifty, I too haven’t seen an actual apology yet. Just saying you’ve apologised doesn’t actually mean that you have apologised.
I for one would like a cite for this alleged apology.
Or are you lying Potsy?