# Guinastasia, Walk Away from the computer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431 "2006-03-15T07:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/141 "2006-03-16T02:16:14Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Meh, being offline is highly overrated. I don’t know about **Guin** obviously, but for me I spend a lot of time online because I have very little need for human contact and in general the outside world holds little interest for me. Online, video games, reading books etc makes me happy and when I want/need interaction I seek it out. > > People saying that someone needs to ‘get a life’ when they’re doing something they enjoy should mind their own damn business. For the love of fuck, people. Klaatu is sticking his pecker where it doesn’t belong and deserves a boot up the ass, but let’s not pretend like there’s _no_ president, perhaps maybe set by Guin herself, for thinking some of the time she spends here might be better spent elsewhere. > **[I hate this-I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108)** > > Life sucks. I hate not having a job. I HATE not having any friends in real life, I hate being alone, I HATE sitting at home, day after day, week after week, pushing my post count into the five figure ranges. I HATE NOT HAVING A FUCKING LIFE OR A... > **[My Life SUCKS!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=98197)** > > why this should be in the Pit, I’m not sure. Well, yes I am, because I know I’ll be cussing up a blue streak. The pay to post thing got me to thinking-I NEED a job. Not another retail job-and my dad is telling me I need more hours at Kmart-FUCK. ... > **[I'm sorry I've been such a shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131542)** > > Lately, I’ve been looking over my posts, and I’ve noticed I’ve been REALLY snarky-even for me. The only excuse I can offer is that I’m miserable. I’m fucking BORED out of my skull. I HATE summer. I hate Kmart, but right now, I’ve got my loans and... > **[I hate this-I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108)** > > Life sucks. I hate not having a job. I HATE not having any friends in real life, I hate being alone, I HATE sitting at home, day after day, week after week, pushing my post count into the five figure ranges. I HATE NOT HAVING A FUCKING LIFE OR A... aaaand… that’s enough links. There are more, but my goal isn’t to embarrass her. I’m just not about to pretend her habits are healthy for her. I’d never be a dickweed like Klaatu and pit the girl, but you rationalizing enabling fuckers aren’t doing her any good either. Guin, get a job, make a RL friend, and get laid. Cheers, W. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/142 "2006-03-16T02:32:23Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=98197](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=98197) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131542](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131542) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151108) Three of those links are from 3 years ago and the last is the same as the first. Got anything more recent? People change, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/143 "2006-03-16T02:34:37Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > For the love of fuck, people. Klaatu is sticking his pecker where it doesn’t belong and deserves a boot up the ass, but let’s not pretend like there’s _no_ **president** , Is there any precedent for thinking there’s no president? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/144 "2006-03-16T02:52:29Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Ouchy’s been on the internet for years. He’s one of the founding fathers of clown porn. > > Plus, he does parties! And a disc-jockey and **meeting facilitator.** Better bring lots of mini-danish. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/145 "2006-03-16T02:54:23Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Three of those links are from 3 years ago and the last is the same as the first. Got anything more recent? People change, ya know. I picked 4 that seemed relevant at random (and then mistakenly pasted one over twice :o). As I already said, I’m not going to go back and pull out any more dirty laundry. I can identify a trend that went on for several years, and at a minimum, I don’t see any evidence that it _has_ changed. Could it have? Maybe. But that is not the logical first assumption. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/146 "2006-03-16T02:55:10Z")
Oh, fuck off DESK, how much time guin spends online doesn’t affect me a goddammed iota. When did it become verboten to comment on other people’s shit just because it doesn’t have anything to do with me? Fuck my beer drinking or clothes washing or porn surfing. It’s not a requirement to refrain from posting in the Pit unless something posted personally affects me. Otherwise, the Pit wouldn’t exist. “None of my fucking business?” So what? ninety percent of the posts here about another member are nobody’s fucking business. But whatever you post on a message board, personal shit or not, is fair game for comments. That’s the whole point of anonymous internet interaction. If you can’t take negative comments regarding shit you posted, then don’t fucking post it! The Pit is not a “stroke me” lovefest, and I have seen way more nasty shit posted here by some of you who are castigating my ass. I didn’t call guin a whore or a cunt or a worthless person, I stated my fucking opinion I thought she spends waay too much time online and I stand by my OPINION. That’s all it is and you are free to disagree and flame away. Heh, I’d be willing to bet a lot of you plug other doper’s usernames into google. I spent a grand total of five whole seconds. That is hardly spending a great amount of time finding reasons to fuck with somebody. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/147 "2006-03-16T04:11:36Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Besides, she isn’t the only poster here who would benefit from walking away from the computer. Myself included. Me, too. Sometimes this places really gets under my skin for a few days and it becomes and obsession rather than a pastime. Time for a break. **Guin** , while I’m gone, post a few extra lines for me, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/148 "2006-03-16T04:19:53Z")
> [@Hamadryad](#): > > You needed more of a warning than “clown porn???” 😕 Well, you hear the word “clown” and you think Ronald McDonald or Bozo. Then you think, “well, how bad could _that_ possibly be?” And then you search and find out that it is, in fact, far worse than you’d imagined. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/149 "2006-03-16T05:20:12Z")
Oh, and I would like to point out that in all my time here, I believe this IS the first time I’ve ever been Pitted. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/150 "2006-03-16T05:26:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, and I would like to point out that in all my time here, I believe this IS the first time I’ve ever been Pitted. Does this mean you’re an olive now? 😃 Or should I not make the obvious reference to first times and other fruits with pits? I guess it’d be plumb rude of me so I’ll refrain… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/151 "2006-03-16T05:28:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, and I would like to point out that in all my time here, I believe this IS the first time I’ve ever been Pitted. A simple search of the Pit with your name in the title [says otherwise](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189489). Yes, yes, I’m a stalker with no life because I took six point eight five seconds on the search engine at 11:28 pm on a Wednesday night to respond to Guinastasia’s post. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/152 "2006-03-16T05:31:54Z")
Damn, **Ino**! I was just about to post that. Hmm…has **Ino** ever been pitted? If not, it’s about damn time someone did. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/153 "2006-03-16T05:34:53Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Damn, **Ino**! I was just about to post that. Hmm…has **Ino** ever been pitted? If not, it’s about damn time someone did. 😛 No one’s ever pitted **Ino** , mostly because my username starts with a lower-case L, not a capital i. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/154 "2006-03-16T05:43:26Z")
Mother of Jesus! She was pitted for _gasp_ overuse of a smiley. When should we expect **Guinastasia** to be extradited and appear at The Hague now that Milosevic is dead? Really, the author of the OP needs to find a hobby. Pitting Guin for her post count is so lame it needs a walker _and_ a power chair. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/155 "2006-03-16T05:43:48Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > Sure, you come armed with your D-cups and I’ll… oh never mind. I for one will welcome our D-Cup wearing overlords. Anyone else hoping for a wardrobe failure in this duel. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/156 "2006-03-16T05:52:32Z")
> [@lno](#): > > No one’s ever pitted **Ino** , mostly because my username starts with a lower-case L, not a capital i. 😛 Umm…I knew that. Really. I did. I swear! 😃 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/157 "2006-03-16T05:54:56Z")
Huh. I forgot all about that. Oh well. It’s still pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/158 "2006-03-16T06:14:55Z")
**Hamadryad** , a comment or two that you made earlier about me was fairly made, but I do take issue with this: > [@](#): > > We’re ALL here because we have too much time on our poor little idle hands. Poor judgment call. You only meet us during our “down time” here. And even then, you don’t know what good can come from what is said here. Maybe you are not to be included, but there are people who just don’t seem to see the other people here as “real people.” It’s “just a message board.” I met my husband on a computer message board 20 years, 360 days ago. I was with his daughter when our first grandchild was born. She’s in college now. Too much time? Idle hands? **furt** : I haven’t interpreted what _Guin_ has said as objecting to anyone’s right to criticize her. And, of course, she too has the right to criticize what they say of her and to express her opinion. What I hear her objecting to is the silly notion that just because she has introduced a subject, she should be expected to answer all unanswered questions that are put to her on that subject. If she had wanted to reveal that particular information, there wouldn’t be any questions to ask. I can understand someone innocently asking a question on a topic brought up by **Guin** , but they are foolish to automatically expect an answer. > [@](#): > > **furt** : But if you post about it, it’s our business. Not the unanswered questions > [@](#): > > If I were her father/brother/freind, I’d walk in that room, rip the fucking thing out of the wall and throw it in the lake. And you would be guilty of a crime and could lose your license to teach. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/159 "2006-03-16T07:17:45Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I haven’t interpreted what _Guin_ has said as objecting to anyone’s right to criticize her. Didn’t say she did. > [@](#): > > Not the unanswered questions What the hell are you on about? Where did “unanswered questions” come into this? Nobody is asking her anything. All I’ve said is that she has no room to complain if people decide they want to discuss her personal life and/or personality. I really have no desire to do so myself. > [@](#): > > And you would be guilty of a crime and could lose your license to teach. Damn, and here I was not even knowing I had one. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431/160 "2006-03-16T08:04:38Z")
I skipped page 3 and half of page 2. I think the Guin’s stats are a little misleading. Sure Guin averages at a dozen messages per day, but her posts tend to be pretty short, AFAIK (though I don’t hang out at MPSIMS). I suspect that others have a higher word count. Furthermore, I like Guin’s postings: brevity and sound content are an appealing combination. And yeah, the OP is highly dubious and more than a little petty. Ah well, another day in the pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinastasia-walk-away-from-the-computer/348431.md?page=9)