# Good-bye Straight Up Dopes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435>\
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**Created:** [July 1, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435 "1999-07-01T19:48:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 1999, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/21 "1999-07-12T21:12:00Z")

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“dragonfly98,” eh? “Over 1% less coherent.”

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 1999, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/22 "1999-07-15T03:46:00Z")

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I’ve already abandoned any hope of comprehending DragonflyNN’s bizarre anti-logic and obscure neologisms, but wasn’t his last post dedicated largely to arguing with himself?

My brain is starting to hurt again…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 1999, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/23 "1999-07-15T20:53:00Z")

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Read one of Dragonfly9x’s posts.  
Now imagine if the same guy typed the post wearing mittens and a blindfold. Who would it remind you of?

🙂

Your Quadell

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/24 "1999-07-16T13:05:00Z")

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Apparently our small insect friend is obsessed with the word “censorship” and cannot stop pushing his own hot button.

The trouble is, his nonsensical writing style leaves me cold.

What are you trying to say, grasshopper? Cut the crapola and put it in layman’s terms. We’re here to help you, yes we are.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 1999, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/25 "1999-07-17T08:12:00Z")

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Hm…  
By the name change, I presume that some moderator (bless you!) took 99’s suggestion to heart, and “deleted his motherfucking username.” (Or did I misquote that? Nah, I think I got it right.)

Now he’s changed his number to 98. I hope this doesn’t mean we have to go through it all over again, almost a hundred times. Please, not that!

Would it be a violation of policy if I… er, if _someone_ were to register usernames Dragonfly1 through Dragonfly97, and give each of them a long, random password? Not that I’m suggesting that, mind you. Naturally not.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/26 "1999-07-23T03:51:00Z")

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Is it my imagination or was dragonfly just arguing with _himself?_

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/27 "1999-07-23T04:48:00Z")

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dragnfly9x posted:

> [@](#):
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> Censorship is a metaphor for those who aspire to be on severely limited and self-serving ego-centric(?) power trips (read: mightily unclear on da’ concept).

You know those word search puzzles where you try to find the coherent word in the jumble of letters? Well, when someone starts rambling in a disorienting diatribe, you can count on finding a coherently laid out description of what the fumer is projecting.

I found it! What do I win?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 1999, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-straight-up-dopes/435/28 "1999-08-02T00:58:00Z")

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…a dragonfly swatter?

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