# Goddamn it BigT, stop bumping ATMB threads you fucking knob. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819 "2012-10-15T21:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 15, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/1 "2012-10-15T21:35:28Z")
For the last week or two, every time I wander into ATMB there’s a thread that had died weeks ago back at the top of the list. “Oh, did something interesting happen?” I wonder as I click on it. No, it’s just **BigT** , finally ready to share his opinion on the topic with all of us after weeks of contemplation: [Pointless bump after 16 days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15570412#post15570412) [Pointless bump after 36 days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15570444#post15570444) [Pointless bump after 60 days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15570475#post15570475) And just now: [Pointless bump after 42 days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15593082#post15593082) These would all be fine if he actually had something profound to say, but it’s **BigT** so obviously that hasn’t happened. **BigT** , you are the worst. I think that from now on, we’d be a lot better if every time you’re considering posting something, instead do the following: 1. Sit down and write out what you’re going to say on a piece of paper. 2. There is no second step. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/2 "2012-10-15T21:43:54Z")
You could eliminate all of the words in the thread title between “stop” and “you” and be equally correct. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/3 "2012-10-15T22:20:33Z")
Well, you know, at the breakneck pace those ATMB threads move, he probably has trouble keeping up. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/4 "2012-10-15T22:21:49Z")
I agree…with **Smeghead**. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/5 "2012-10-15T22:40:39Z")
No. I know you haven’t been moderating for a long time, but we don’t have any zombie rules anymore. If no one has said what I wanted to say, then I will say it, no matter what the thread. You can clearly see that I was the one who posted it, so you can easily not read the thread. The fact that I’m annoying you will not in any way change how I post. Stop being such a whiny baby. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/6 "2012-10-15T22:51:50Z")
Apparently even current mods are sick of this shit, too, though, since **Marley** called you out on it and locked the most recent thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bilbo1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bilbo1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bilbo1967)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/7 "2012-10-15T22:52:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No. I know you haven’t been moderating for a long time, but we don’t have any zombie rules anymore. If no one has said what I wanted to say, then I will say it, no matter what the thread. You can clearly see that I was the one who posted it, so you can easily not read the thread. > > The fact that I’m annoying you will not in any way change how I post. Stop being such a whiny baby. Ah, the old “I’m a fuckwit, so what?” retort. Pathetic. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/8 "2012-10-15T22:58:08Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No. I know you haven’t been moderating for a long time, but we don’t have any zombie rules anymore. If no one has said what I wanted to say, then I will say it, no matter what the thread. You’ll note that nowhere in my OP did I suggest that what you were doing was against the rules, just that it’s super annoying. Hence, Pit thread. As for making sure your opinion gets heard, (a) your opinions all suck, for the most part and (b) how about you get around to posting them when the discussion is actually happening and not two months later? They’ll still be terrible, but at least they’ll be timely. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/9 "2012-10-15T23:07:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If no one has said what I wanted to say, then I will say it, no matter what the thread. But that’s **Giraffe** ’s point. You _don’t_ have anything to say when you bump a thread. It’s simply burble and it’s bloody annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/10 "2012-10-15T23:23:13Z")
And here I thought \*\*Giraffe \*\*had the endless patience of a babysitter on a field trip to the Hershey factory. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/11 "2012-10-15T23:35:04Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > And here I thought \*\*Giraffe \*\*had the endless patience of a babysitter on a field trip to the Hershey factory. Every once in a while I pinch one of the kids when no one else is looking. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/12 "2012-10-15T23:37:18Z")
And yet here is what he said to **Bricker** : > [@Orthodox Shitheads Defy Law In Order To Endanger Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-shitheads-defy-law-in-order-to-endanger-children/633606/301): > > …You popped into a thread and, though you agreed entirely with the gist of a post, you instead focused on the one tiny part you disagreed with. Barring someone with a mental disorder, that’s being a douchebag. People called you out on your douchebaggery, and you doubled down. So, guess what? When you act like a douchebag in the pit, people attack you. It no longer matters if you have any point. As long as you are still acting like a douchebag, you will be treated poorly. If you don’t like it, don’t be a fucking douchebag. > > And, yes, now I’m bumping this thread to remind you, lest you forget, that doing what you did will cause this reaction, and that only you can prevent it by not being a pedantic douchebag. I noted at that time that **BigT** is able to give such good advice because he has plenty of practice being a fucking douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/13 "2012-10-15T23:51:14Z")
He’s only trying to help, in his own special way. Don’t mock the afflicted. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/14 "2012-10-15T23:55:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > With all the arguments against it on the old board, I’d feel a little dubious about bringing this up again. I just completely disagree with this post **BigT** ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/15 "2012-10-16T00:20:48Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No. I know you haven’t been moderating for a long time, but we don’t have any zombie rules anymore. If no one has said what I wanted to say, then I will say it, no matter what the thread. You can clearly see that I was the one who posted it, so you can easily not read the thread. > > The fact that I’m annoying you will not in any way change how I post. Stop being such a whiny baby. You laugh way too loudly at the punch from three jokes ago, which you just now figured out. You’re the one who shows up and asks “what are you guys watching?” when the end credits are rolling. Your every approach is heralded by “ah fuck, not \*that \*guy.” You are **BigT** , slayer of buzzes, aspirator of _élan vital_, dimmer switch to the world. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/16 "2012-10-16T01:19:31Z")
It’s not just in ATMB; a couple weeks ago I got ticked off at him for bringing back the [“lifeguards let a kid **die**!!1” thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382987&page=4) after it had been zombiefied and then lain dormant for a month, with a post that added no new info. I assumed he had nothing better to do than skim through old posts and dump a little outrage and/or pedantry into each. Maybe he’s the in-board equivalent of those people who Google random shit, see an old thread here, then post their outrage. (And yes, regular posters have been warned before about pulling that stunt for shits and giggles.) ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/17 "2012-10-16T01:24:23Z")
I just wish he would come back here and defend his post from 2008. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/18 "2012-10-16T01:37:49Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I just wish he would come back here and defend his post from 2008. He’s trying to work up a pithy follow-up to that one. Any day now. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/19 "2012-10-16T03:48:48Z")
… so close, so close… ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819/20 "2012-10-16T03:50:07Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > He’s only trying to help, in his own special way. Don’t mock the afflicted. Can we flick the amokted? OK, how about flocking the emicted? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-bigt-stop-bumping-atmb-threads-you-fucking-knob/637819.md?page=2)