# H.P. Lovecraft Was A Racist, or Blake, you condescending Junior-Modding twit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241 "2005-08-23T08:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/121 "2005-08-27T00:22:31Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > “Mount Saint Helenic disappointment” actually fits my mood now, but didn’t have quite the same ring. Post-vitriolic depression, perhaps? I dunno, **Askia** , I know the guy can be annoying, but he’s just some :wally on the other side of the planet. Relax, you’ll live longer. Besides that, I’d _like_ to see him sneak back someday, just to see you whomp on him again. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/122 "2005-08-27T00:26:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Ogre. IT AIN’T OVER FOR ME. IT AIN’T OVER TIL’ I SAY IT’S FUCKING OVER. _yawn_ Unimpressed. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/123 "2005-08-27T00:32:57Z")
**Colibri.** If he comes back contrite I’ll have considered this a week well-spent. If not… Why does everyone keep telling me to relax? I always throw sharpened steak knives into the dartboard. Fwiiiiip! THUNK. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/124 "2005-08-27T00:35:27Z")
Askia. I hear ya. Just calm down and let it go. If and when Blake comes back, no doubt many will notice, and pass that fact on to you. And then you can pit him. And deal with it as it comes. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/125 "2005-08-27T00:50:20Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > **Blake’s 7** Okay, that caught me completely by surprise. 😃 😃 😃 Re the subject of **Askia** ’s vitriol, I will agree completely that **Blake** is an occasionally knowledgeable fellow with an unfortunately insufferable attitude problem, and that he deserves all the slinging of shit he gets around here. He fills me with Grrrr, and I for one applaud **Askia** ’s continued efforts to draw out the arrogant little goblin. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/126 "2005-08-27T01:01:10Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > **John Mace.** I got no money for wine, I’ve been drinking whupass all week. A vent of this magnitude needed instances of, how shall I say, _hyperbolic inspiration._ “Mount Saint Helenic disappointment” actually fits my mood now, but didn’t have quite the same ring. No money for wine? Jesus, no wonder the man is all worked up…!!! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/127 "2005-08-27T02:16:21Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Re the subject of **Askia** ’s vitriol, I will agree completely that **Blake** is an occasionally knowledgeable fellow with an unfortunately insufferable attitude problem, and that he deserves all the slinging of shit he gets around here. He fills me with Grrrr, and I for one applaud **Askia** ’s continued efforts to draw out the arrogant little goblin. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the beat-down. I just don’t want to see **Askia** give himself a coronary. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/128 "2005-08-27T10:27:43Z")
An aneurysm or a stroke I could see. But a coronary? All I’m doing is sitting here free associating insults. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/129 "2005-08-27T13:44:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’ve never Pitted anyone myself, but Blake is the poster that’s come closest . . . don’t look any smarter by insisting you are right even when the evidence is against you, you just look like you have ego problems. And it’s also better to come back and acknowledge that someone else may be right rather than leave a thread entirely when the argument is running against you. Took the words right out of my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/130 "2005-09-16T04:19:26Z")
Hi Askia. Just wanted to say I just had one \*teeny tiny \* exchange on gq with Blake and now I’m all crabby and irritable. How could I have forgotten this thread? Dumb uglybeech! Dumb! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/131 "2005-09-16T04:36:15Z")
**Scott Plaid** , I don’t care how Jewish you are or claim to be. I think I speak for Jewish women everywhere when I write that if you ever refer to any of us again as a Jewess, you are officially out of the tribe. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/132 "2005-09-16T08:35:02Z")
Oh and little twit [junior-modded me too](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6586828&postcount=87). Though it was one of the few things he actually got factually right in the thread. Thanks again, **Askia** , for pre-venting for me. You got a load off my chest. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/133 "2005-09-16T14:23:07Z")
See, I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I am no longer all that angry at **Blake.** On the other hand, punks jump up to get beat down. Decisions, decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/134 "2005-09-16T21:42:35Z")
Good. Very good. Your hatred has made you strong. Now, strike him down and - wait a sec, where _is_ he? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/135 "2005-09-16T22:26:45Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Good. Very good. Your hatred has made you strong. Now, strike him down and - wait a sec, where _is_ he? Over in GQ, or at least he was yesterday. Maybe he high-tailed it again when this thread popped up. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/136 "2005-09-17T00:37:24Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Over in GQ, or at least he was yesterday. Maybe he high-tailed it again when this thread popped up. Ah. So… this thread is like a giant citronella candle and **Blake’s** a pest who’s allergic to it. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/137 "2005-09-17T00:57:39Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Ah. So… this thread is like a giant citronella candle and **Blake’s** a pest who’s allergic to it. What a pleasing thought. Oh and I’m not looking for another beatdown on Blake. I just want to thank you for this thread. Otherwise you might not have known its salutary (and preventative) value. Because you shared your frothing rage with us, I, for one, have most likely been spared being driven into the same state. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/138 "2005-09-17T01:43:14Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > _ **Stand not between me and the object of my wrath.** _ > [@Askia](#): > > **Bo.**. Like that, eh? I stole that from Alan Moore. > > When I _finally_ decide to fuck with somebody it’s best to just let me go ahead and vent. Actually it’s from _King Lear_: “Come not between the dragon and his wrath.” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/139 "2005-09-17T02:17:22Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > See, I’m conflicted. > > On the one hand, I am no longer all that angry at **Blake.** > > On the other hand, punks jump up to get beat down. > > Decisions, decisions. Since this IS a thread that mentions Lovecraft, let us wish for him to be eaten last? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241/140 "2005-09-17T04:17:57Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Jesus. You rang? ;j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h-p-lovecraft-was-a-racist-or-blake-you-condescending-junior-modding-twit/318241.md?page=6)