# Google's doodle today will obviously recognize D-Day, right? Wrong. It's about drive-ins. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277 "2012-06-06T15:49:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/81 "2012-06-07T00:01:29Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Bite me. > > I like **Quasi**. I think he’s a fun and valuable member of the Dope, and i appreciate and sympathize with his health issues. I have also had numerous friendly interactions with him over the years, including a couple ([1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15077685#post15077685) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15083639#post15083639)) in the last few weeks. > > But he doesn’t get a pass on stupid shit just because he’s **Quasi**. I made the same response to him that i would have made to anyone else who made that post, because it’s a fucking stupid post and we’re in the Pit. He’s the one who made threats of physical violence in this thread, in response to nothing more than a fairly typical Pit-style insult. As i said before, if you don’t like the heat, the kitchen isn’t the place to be. > > I try not to carry grudges from thread to thread, and my disagreement with **Quasi** in this thread won’t stop me from further friendly interactions with him in the future, and nor does it make me less sympathetic to his dementia. I still think he’s a good guy, and a fun person to have on the Dope. But i’m not going to walk on eggshells around him, and i also don’t think that the moderators should let him get away with breaking rules that everyone else on the Dope would be warned for. I hope this little explanation makes you feel better about being a complete asscrack to someone who was trying to back off and make nice. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/82 "2012-06-07T00:02:21Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I hope this little explanation makes you feel better about being a complete asscrack to someone who was trying to back off and make nice. Bite me again, twatface. Here’s the last thing he said in reference to me: > [@Quasimodem](#): > > I won’t. Not EVER! But I DO resent being called a “Stupid Old Douchebag”, even here, and **If I ever meet that corksoaker in person, he WILL regret his words. Guaranteed. And this is NOT a rant. It IS a PROMISE, you sick pile of shit.** > > Sincerely, > > Quasimodem Yeah, that sounds like “trying to back off and make nice.” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/83 "2012-06-07T00:18:20Z")
Holy shit, you’re retarded. He was backing off of the little spat y’all were having, then it kept getting egged on, then you called him a “stupid old douchebag,” and then he responded thusly. Are you even for real with that response? Never mind, I’m done here. This is capital-S Serious Business for you, apparently, so carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/84 "2012-06-07T00:23:48Z")
> [@rat\_avatar](#): > > IIRC they put out a statement a few years ago how they thought google doodles were too whimsical and they thought it was irreverent to use it for items like D-Day. > > They explained it better but that was the idea, they thought it was belittling to base a “google doodle” on grave events. Damn. And here I was hoping for a Holocaust doodle… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/85 "2012-06-07T00:29:48Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Holy shit, you’re retarded. He was backing off of the little spat y’all were having, then it kept getting egged on, then you called him a “stupid old douchebag,” and then he responded thusly. Are you even for real with that response? Never mind, I’m done here. This is capital-S Serious Business for you, apparently, so carry on. You are as dumb as a fucking bag of hammers. Here’s the timeline of my engagement with **Quasimodem** in this thread: Post #53: > [@Quasimodem](#): > > Unbelievable! > > We’re arguing about people who saved our lives??? > > Sorry, but since I stumbled in here, what are you guys _smoking_, or don’t you know about the two World Wars? > > Sounds like you don’t and don’t give a shit. > > Quasimodem So, he accused people who disagreed with him of not knowing about the World Wars, and of not giving a shit about the veterans. Then, with NO FURTHER POSTS from **Quasi** (i.e., he could not have been backing off, because he wasn’t fucking posting), i responded, in post #59, with this: > [@mhendo](#): > > Go piss up a rope, you stupid old douchebag. > > \ **Quasi** then said, in post #63: > [@Quasimodem](#): > > Whoops! “Stupid Old Douchebag”, I guess, did the trick. I’m not “stupid” (yet), but I AM old, but not yet in need of a bag. > > Sorry! As I said before, I wound up in the wrong section. > > Quasi I was perfectly happy to let it go at that point. I wasn’t intending to wade into the debate again, and i made no reply at all to that post. But then, in post #69, **Quasi** returned with: > [@Quasimodem](#): > > But I DO resent being called a “Stupid Old Douchebag”, even here, and If I ever meet that corksoaker in person, he WILL regret his words. Guaranteed. And this is NOT a rant. It IS a PROMISE, you sick pile of shit. > > Sincerely, > > Quasimodem An insult, as well as a (rule-violating) threat of violence. And THAT is when i came back and called him a “stupid old douchebag” again. Is that too hard for you to understand, you drooling tard? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/86 "2012-06-07T00:29:52Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I won’t. Not EVER! But I DO resent being called a “Stupid Old Douchebag”, even here, and If I ever meet that corksoaker in person, he WILL regret his words. Guaranteed. And this is NOT a rant. It IS a PROMISE, you sick pile of shit. > > Sincerely, > > Quasimodem [Moderating] **Quasi** , threatening other posters with violence is against the board rules. Please don’t do this again. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/87 "2012-06-07T00:53:42Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Remember the Maine!! The Maine blew up due to poor design. A coal bunker shared a bulkhead with a powder magazine. Fire in the coal bunker heated the powder next door up to detonation temperature. Blame BuShips, not the Spanish! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/88 "2012-06-07T01:22:15Z")
We could save a lot of money by eliminating Veterans Benefits and requiring Google to have something military every day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/89 "2012-06-07T01:23:56Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Well, you are old, and in this thread you’re acting like a stupid douchebag. So own it, you stupid old douchebag. If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Whether you think you are genuinely in the right or not, is this an argument that you would be proud of winning? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/90 "2012-06-07T01:33:46Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > We have circus tickets for tonight, but wow, can’t wait to head to the drive-in later this week. Screen 1 is playing Snow White and teh Huntsman / The Avengers; screen 2 is playing MIB III / Dark Shadows. > > For $7 a head for a double feature (and an awesome, reasonable snack bar), you can’t go wrong. HOLY SHIT!! You live near one of the few still-in-operation Drive-Ins? So do I !!one!!11!! Where is that? Mine is [here](http://www.midwaydrivein.com/), where’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/91 "2012-06-07T01:44:08Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > Whether you think you are genuinely in the right or not, is this an argument that you would be proud of winning? But what the fuck am i supposed to do, then? Treat **Quasi** like a kid? Should i pat him on the head and say, “Yes, very nice. Why don’t you run along now?” He’s made very clear, on numerous occasions, that he would like, for the most part, to be treated like everyone else on this board. He has asked that we be patient with his dementia and the quirks thereof, but, as far as i can tell, he doesn’t want to be simply told that he’s right all the time, or have smoke blown up his ass just because of his illness. And having dementia is not a license to make any old argument and have it accepted by people who disagree with you. He posted on multiple occasions in the thread, maintaining essentially the same argument on each occasion. The posts seemed, to me at least, to be lucid and representative of a particular (and, in America, fairly common) attitude to military veterans. There was nothing in any of the posts to indicate that the point of view he presented did not reflect his actual beliefs on the matter. To be honest, before i made my first post calling him a “stupid old douchebag,” i hesitated a moment. I suspected that it might lead to this sort of clusterfuck. But then i thought, “Fuck that, i’m going to treat him just like i would treat anyone else who made the same comment in the Pit.” And that’s exactly what i did. I didn’t pick on him because of who is he is or because of his health issues; i treated him like a Doper in the Pit. As i said earlier, this is not part of some bigger problem, as far as i’m concerned. I’ve called plenty of people names in the Pit before, without it developing into some sort of long-term enmity. I don’t generally carry battles or grudges from thread to thread, especially when the battles are unusual, one-off conflicts like this one. But nor do i let my liking for someone stop me from calling them out when i disagree with them. And if that happens in the Pit, then insults might be involved. If **Quasi** wants to punch my lights out as a result of an incident like this, then maybe he needs to ask himself whether he should step into this forum at all. Maybe he should ask if it’s possible for the mods to adjust his account so that he can’t come to the Pit. And maybe the powers-that-be on this board need to consider whether it’s possible to maintain the sort of situation that we have now, whereby **Quasi** is considered to be “just another Doper,” except when he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/92 "2012-06-07T01:44:23Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > HOLY SHIT!! You live near one of the few still-in-operation Drive-Ins? So do I !!one!!11!! > > Where is that? Mine is [here](http://www.midwaydrivein.com/), where’s yours? We go to the one in Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod. It’s a blast! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/93 "2012-06-07T01:47:05Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > HOLY SHIT!! You live near one of the few still-in-operation Drive-Ins? So do I !!one!!11!! > > Where is that? Mine is [here](http://www.midwaydrivein.com/), where’s yours? We [have one](http://www.southbaydrivein.com/#/movies/) in San Diego too. Seven bucks for a double feature, and the weather around here makes it viable all year round. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/94 "2012-06-07T01:53:51Z")
I’ve submitted this to Google for next year’s doodle: [http://www.speedofwood.com/forumcrap/lollercaust.gif](http://www.speedofwood.com/forumcrap/lollercaust.gif) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/95 "2012-06-07T03:02:09Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > I’ve submitted this to Google for next year’s doodle: > > [http://www.speedofwood.com/forumcrap/lollercaust.gif](http://www.speedofwood.com/forumcrap/lollercaust.gif) You’re so going to hell. (I’m going to Purgatory for laughing) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/96 "2012-06-07T03:22:18Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > HOLY SHIT!! You live near one of the few still-in-operation Drive-Ins? So do I !!one!!11!! > > Where is that? Mine is [here](http://www.midwaydrivein.com/), where’s yours? We actually fell through a small hole in the time/space continuum. We left the city a bit under an hour north. Our town, and the next town over and the next town over don’t even have a McDonalds. Civilization is not too far down the slipstream, but we actually live within comfort of _two_ drive-ins. [This](http://www.thefairoaksdrivein.com/)is in our town, [this](http://www.warwickdrivein.com/playing.htm)is about twenty minutes away. Bliss. The pre-movie classic car shows really add to the mystique. ETA people should back off mhendo. He’s right that Q asked to be treated like everyone else. When that changes, it won’t be right to blame the interactors. People who continue on afterwards, yes, but now is not that time (I think. But either way, it’s people who persist _afterwards_ that are pitworthy, not those who keep on carrying on). ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/97 "2012-06-07T04:50:16Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > You know who else liked to approve daily doodles? potty training parents? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/98 "2012-06-07T04:52:09Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > The Maine blew up due to poor design. A coal bunker shared a bulkhead with a powder magazine. Fire in the coal bunker heated the powder next door up to detonation temperature. Blame BuShips, not the Spanish! Let’s declare war on then Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney! Anyway, back to this D-Day guy. Wasn’t he in _Animal House?_ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/99 "2012-06-07T08:40:21Z")
I’m finally in the correct place to respond as I’d like and being warned to back off and have had peoples’ feelings hurt??? I will back off and this will be my last post on this subject, but I WILL have the last word, and here it is: Those of you who can’t be bothered to recognize the sacrifices offered up EVERY DAY of any war would do well to take another look and be grateful not only on military holidays but EVERY DAY that you’re allowed to write drivel such as I have read here, walk around in peace and say what you want. And no, you’re right, I don’t want or need special treatment because of being batshit crazy, but I DO expect a certain amount of respect for my opinions, if not my age. I TRIED my best to keep this cordial, but it wasn’t meant to be, I reckon, so here is my apology to the mods and admins but not to **mehendo**. I have no further use for this person. Quasimodem ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277/100 "2012-06-07T14:57:45Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Those of you who can’t be bothered to recognize the sacrifices offered up EVERY DAY of any war would do well to take another look and be grateful not only on military holidays but EVERY DAY that you’re allowed to write drivel such as I have read here, walk around in peace and say what you want. I recognize the sacrifices offered up EVERY DAY of lots of people, not just veterans. I’m so damned respectful that it’s pouring out of my ears. Every fucking day I realize that my quality of life would be shit if it were not for a giant, ever-changing but often overlapping cohort of people from all walks of life in all sorts of circumstances. Walking around in such a state of awe can make things a bit difficult, but it’s worth it because it allows me to tell sanctimonious pricks who think their special little snowflakes deserve special mention to go eat a bowl of flag pins. Demanding respect is bullshit and you’ve probably done more to undercut people’s respect for veterans than you imagine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-doodle-today-will-obviously-recognize-d-day-right-wrong-its-about-drive-ins/624277.md?page=6)