# Haha- fuck you Oafrah! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606 "2007-10-30T18:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/321 "2007-10-31T19:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Then wouldn’t that make them “extraterrestrials” and not necessarily “Martians”? 😃 Precision is everything on the Dope, you know. Now, this thread is officially a trainwreck. [/QUOTE] Correct, my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/322 "2007-10-31T19:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I mean that there may be life outside of Earth. [/QUOTE] I think I see your problem. The gulf between “I believe in Martians” and “there may be life outside of the earth” is wider than …?..that big canyon on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/323 "2007-10-31T19:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] I think I see your problem. The gulf between “I believe in Martians” and “there may be life outside of the earth” is wider than …?..that big canyon on Mars. [/QUOTE] You are exactly right- I have always out of habit called them Martians, without thinking of the Mars/Martians correlation. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/324 "2007-10-31T19:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Now, this thread is officially a trainwreck. [/QUOTE] Au Contraire, progress is finally being made. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/325 "2007-10-31T19:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I have allowed that since 100 other people think I’m wrong, that my dislike of her may be affecting my take on the subject. What more do you want? [/QUOTE] I want you to retract your OP and admit that your Pitting was without merit, that there was nothing Oprah could have done to prevent the abuse, and that there is nothing more that can be expected of her than what she has done so far (fly immediately to the scene, fire the offending employees, apologize personally to the parents). IOW, does the following still express your opinion, or would you care to recant? From Page 2: > [@Miller](#): > > What else do you want from her? > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > to admit that contrary to what she represented, in light of these events she couldn’t possibly have more than the slighest connection to the events at the school. And to pay several mil in damages. On Page 2 you wanted her to have a press conference at which she would admit, “Gee, all this time I’ve been boasting about how I’m on top of things there 24/7, but I really have no idea what goes on at that school.” Still want that? And the millions of dollars in damages? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/326 "2007-10-31T19:42:14Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I will allow that my general view of her being a brainless attention whore may be coloring my take on the subject. [/QUOTE] Wait, who is the brainless attention whore again? I may have missed something. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/327 "2007-10-31T19:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] I want you to retract your OP and admit that your Pitting was without merit, that there was nothing Oprah could have done to prevent the abuse, and that there is nothing more that can be expected of her than what she has done so far (fly immediately to the scene, fire the offending employees, apologize personally to the parents). [/QUOTE] Now you sound like the ridiculous nutjob. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/328 "2007-10-31T19:43:48Z")
**ddg** , a couple of us here are attmepting to move on, and find some common ground and understanding. You can beat a dead horse if you like, I’d rather not. Rehashing my opinion and all that at this point would be counterproductive. I have said, the OP is still my opinion, but allow that it may be wrong, and my dislike of her may be clouding my view on the subject… That is what I offer you. Take it or leave it. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/329 "2007-10-31T19:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] Wait, who is the brainless attention whore again? I may have missed something. [/QUOTE] That seems to be the common opinion of this thread. That was not my intent. Someone up thread took the time to politely explain my errors in this thread. I have agreed I may not have used the best approach to present my side, or if it should have been presented at all. What else would like? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/330 "2007-10-31T19:46:50Z")
K, if y’all would rather discuss the existence of Martians… ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/331 "2007-10-31T19:49:28Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] K, if y’all would rather discuss the existence of Martians… [/QUOTE] No one was discussing the existence of Martians but rather the importance of clarity in communication. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/332 "2007-10-31T19:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] K, if y’all would rather discuss the existence of Martians… [/QUOTE] Only if it’s an attention-whore Martian who’s made over a billion dollars by being an attention whore, and wants to lavish luxuries on an ill-educated Doper who grew up without indoor plumbing and 300-thread count sheets. If it’s simply an attention-whore Martian who posts to the Dope all day – not so much. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/333 "2007-10-31T20:32:05Z")
This thread reminds me of the Pit Thread a few years back where someone criticized Bill Gates and his “supermodel with no brains” wife, Melinda for contributing a huge chunk of their fortune to innoculate children in 3rd world countries against disease. That one went up in flames very quickly, though not as fiercely as this one. Some people are so freaking jealous of insanely rich, successful people that ANYTHING they do is open for criticism. Including opening up a school to educate girls in a country where girls are relegated to a life of ignorance and poverty absent her intervention. Including innoculating the poorest kids in the world against disease so that they have a chance to reach their 10th birthday. Wee Bairn, you should be ashamed of yourself. And now you’ll have to live with your newly earned reputation as a heartless, brainless attention whore coloring every post you type. Goody. Now you and Winfrey have something in common! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/334 "2007-10-31T20:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] What else would like? [/QUOTE] “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.” - - Will Rogers ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/335 "2007-10-31T20:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] This thread reminds me of the Pit Thread a few years back where someone criticized Bill Gates and his “supermodel with no brains” wife, Melinda for contributing a huge chunk of their fortune to innoculate children in 3rd world countries against disease. That one went up in flames very quickly, though not as fiercely as this one. Some people are so freaking jealous of insanely rich, successful people that ANYTHING they do is open for criticism. Including opening up a school to educate girls in a country where girls are relegated to a life of ignorance and poverty absent her intervention. Including innoculating the poorest kids in the world against disease so that they have a chance to reach their 10th birthday. Wee Bairn, you should be ashamed of yourself. And now you’ll have to live with your newly earned reputation as a heartless, brainless attention whore coloring every post you type. Goody. Now you and Winfrey have something in common! [/QUOTE] You know what- you’re right! So I guess I’ll have to take what lessons I have learned here to heart and make sure it doesn’t happen again. If others are able to eventually get past it when viewing my future posts then great! If not, then I understand that too. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/336 "2007-10-31T21:48:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] You know what- you’re right! So I guess I’ll have to take what lessons I have learned here to heart and make sure it doesn’t happen again. If others are able to eventually get past it when viewing my future posts then great! If not, then I understand that too. [/QUOTE] Jesus Oprah Christ, it only took you NINE PAGES to get there. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/337 "2007-10-31T22:12:30Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Why, for thanking someone who obviously is in agreement with me? 😕 Oh I see now “Pointedly misinterpreting sarcasm is truly the last protest of the weak.” really? what great philosopher came up with gem? Oh it was you? Don’t quit your day job. Somehow I don’t see people 100 years from now quoting that one. And if you’ve been paying attnetion you’ll see I’ve been doing it all thread, not as a last protest. [/QUOTE] Funny you should mention that: I didn’t entirely make it up. If you ever cracked open a book in high school, you would recognize it as a variation on a quote from A Separate Peace by John Knowles, 1959. I am just shocked that it went over your head. Incidentally, I have no intention to quit my day job. I do cutting edge work in financial services for which I am extremely well compensated. You, on the other hand, are forced to watch Oprah during your pathetic lunch break. If I were in your shoes, the millstone of professional mediocrity would have already crushed me. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/338 "2007-10-31T22:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=August West] Yeah, but what’s the thread count? [/QUOTE] About as long as this thread’s count… 😛 **WeeBairn** –you don’t know me. This is a good thing, really. I feel I must point out that noting one of the anagrams for your name is not name calling. It was merely an observation, much like the other poster (sorry, but I’m not about to wade through this to find the name) who noted the OTHER anagram: wee brain. But I see from the last page that the heat has been turned down, so I will leave you in peace. Here’s some food for thought: Of the 5949 anagrams possible for Oprah Winfrey, one of them is Raper of Whiny. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/339 "2007-10-31T23:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] Incidentally, I have no intention to quit my day job. I do cutting edge work in financial services for which I am extremely well compensated. You, on the other hand, are forced to watch Oprah during your pathetic lunch break. If I were in your shoes, the millstone of professional mediocrity would have already crushed me. [/QUOTE] Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/340 "2007-10-31T23:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] Funny you should mention that: I didn’t entirely make it up. If you ever cracked open a book in high school, you would recognize it as a variation on a quote from A Separate Peace by John Knowles, 1959. I am just shocked that it went over your head. Incidentally, I have no intention to quit my day job. I do cutting edge work in financial services for which I am extremely well compensated. You, on the other hand, are forced to watch Oprah during your pathetic lunch break. If I were in your shoes, the millstone of professional mediocrity would have already crushed me. [/QUOTE] High school? More like pre school. And so you’re an admitted plagiarist? (and yes, I know the definition) And any job that has a lunch break is automatically menial and low paying? And I should be ashamed if its true you make money than I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606.md?page=18)