# Harmonious Discord, you have GOT to be kidding me. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696 "2008-12-18T03:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/81 "2008-12-19T20:55:55Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > It isn’t. For some reason everyone thinks it’s amusing to pretend that’s the case, but I have yet to see anywhere that **Opal** said people should stop using the word “buckeye.” > > Good grief, you people are like fourth-graders who just learned a new bad word. :rolleyes: (good grief? Is your last name Brown? I could be Lucy. Let’s play football.) Who said Opal said? I was referring to the mods and junior mods around here. The whole buckeyes thing is what I am enjoying, not taking pot shots at one narcissistic poster who’s offended at conventional nomenclature for baked goods. I fail to see how using the word buckeye as the 3rd item in a list is singling out Opal. If anything, it evolves the meme into another phase–something long overdue. It’s funny. Ok, it’s not hysterically side-splittingly funny, but how much of life is? Admit it, in a silly list of three, having the word buckeye as the last item is funnier than a salutation. It just is. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/82 "2008-12-19T21:00:30Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Good grief, you people are like fourth-graders who just learned a new bad word. The really funny part is that I never knew buckeye was a bad word until I came here. And I’ve eaten those things! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/83 "2008-12-19T21:02:31Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > It isn’t. For some reason everyone thinks it’s amusing to pretend that’s the case, but I have yet to see anywhere that **Opal** said people should stop using the word “buckeye.” [Did you see where SkipMagic did?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10585076&postcount=56) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/84 "2008-12-19T21:09:10Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > The really funny part is that I never knew buckeye was a bad word until I came here. And I’ve eaten those things! But … did you scoop them directly from the buck yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/85 "2008-12-19T21:11:30Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > But … did you scoop them directly from the buck yourself? Generally, I eat store-bought buckeyes or those made by a co-worker or friend. This year I’m gonna try making them myself. Do I need a melon baller or can I use an ice cream scoop? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/86 "2008-12-19T21:12:23Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Did you see where SkipMagic did? No. I checked your link, but I still haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/87 "2008-12-19T21:16:17Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > No. I checked your link, but I still haven’t. The part where he said that \*buckeyes \*was a way to take a shot at another poster, and not to do it in any forum other than the Pit. What poster other than \*\*Opal \*\*could he be referring to? EDIT : [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10582455&postcount=18)is the post he responded to. ---
**Author:** ![Buckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Buckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckeye)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/88 "2008-12-19T21:16:24Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Wait…are you allowed to post outside the Pit now? Good lord am I grounded to just the pit? I swear I didn’t do anything bad. Like screw sheep or anything! 😛 ---
**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:** [December 19, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/89 "2008-12-19T21:25:34Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > The part where he said that \*buckeyes \*was a way to take a shot at another poster, and not to do it in any forum other than the Pit. What poster other than \*\*Opal \*\*could he be referring to? He did not say people couldn’t use the word “buckeye”. He said not to use “3. Buckeye!” in place of “3. Hi Opal!” You see the difference? One of those things I said, the other I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/90 "2008-12-19T21:28:56Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > He did not say people couldn’t use the word “buckeye”. He said not to use “3. Buckeye!” in place of “3. Hi Opal!” You see the difference? One of those things I said, the other I didn’t. **Q.E.D.** is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/91 "2008-12-19T21:39:04Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > He did not say people couldn’t use the word “buckeye”. He said not to use “3. Buckeye!” in place of “3. Hi Opal!” You see the difference? One of those things I said, the other I didn’t. Yes, you are right, as **SkipMagic** has confirmed. But, **Opal** ’s sensibilities aside, we still have to tiptoe around the word. And if \*she \*has not complained, that makes even less sense. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/92 "2008-12-19T21:48:46Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > But, **Opal** ’s sensibilities aside, we still have to tiptoe around the word. No, we don’t, ecept in that very specific instance **Skip** mentioned. Stop trying to nail yourself to a styrofoam cross with plastic nails. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/93 "2008-12-19T21:50:48Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Stop trying to nail yourself to a styrofoam cross with plastic nails. Did you make that up? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/94 "2008-12-19T21:53:06Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > No, we don’t, ecept in that very specific instance **Skip** mentioned. So we don’t, except for when we do. Got it. > [@](#): > > Stop trying to nail yourself to a styrofoam cross with plastic nails. You know, I’ve defended you in the past against charges of being a gratuitous jerk. I think I’m beginning to see the light. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/95 "2008-12-19T22:24:38Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > These are odd comments. > > Autolycus, you can’t be that clueless regarding the difference in situations. The jokes against Leaffan were pretty much invisible to anyone not actually reading his one Pit thread. Those who were not reading that thread would never know that “mocking” was even going on. In addition, a few people messed with their locations for a few hours, then put them back the way they had been. Posts taking shots at Opal are specifically targeted at her in a way that will be recognized by most posters and they are going to be around as long as the SDMB. IIRC, there were several threads by puzzled people asking about why all the Leaffan puns in location fields. By the end of its run, I think most people were in on it. Anyway, it doesn’t really matter. > [@](#): > > Beyond that, no one is actually being prohibited from mocking her. There is a multiple page thread in the Pit that is dedicated to that sole purpose and no one has been told to lay off or be nice. We’re not allowed to use “3)Buckeyes” even in jest. That seems to be a prohibition on mocking her, although some would claim it goes beyond mocking and into harassment/jerk territory. > [@](#): > > As to your angst that she refuses to play your game: [Nelson Muntz]Hah-Ha! [/Nelson Muntz] :rolleyes: Indeed, you’re partly right. I do have an immature desire to see her enter the fray and continue the fireworks, but on top of that I would like to see her state her opinion on all this purely for clarity reasons. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/96 "2008-12-19T22:27:55Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Yes, you are right, as **SkipMagic** has confirmed. But, **Opal** ’s sensibilities aside, we still have to tiptoe around the word. And if \*she \*has not complained, that makes even less sense. Why would you have to tip-toe around the word? There’s no ban on the word; the one specific usage to which I put a stop to was only meant to harass another user–which is against our rules. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/97 "2008-12-19T23:10:16Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > So we don’t, except for when we do. Got it. Being asked to refrain from one very specific usage in lieu of an equally specific in-joke is hardly my definition of “tiptoeing.” As far as I can tell, you can talk about buckeyes in the Buckeye state until the bucking eyes come home if you want to. **Opal** might find that objectionable, but if she isn’t raising a stink about it (and she isn’t) who cares? > [@Contrapuntal](#): > > You know, I’ve defended you in the past against charges of being a gratuitous jerk. I think I’m beginning to see the light. I know how you feel. I used to think you had a fair bit of smarts in that head of yours. Of course, you can redeem yourself by explaining exactly how pointing out that making yourself a faux martyr to a cause that doesn’t exist is jerkish. i’m happy to be enlightened. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/98 "2008-12-19T23:19:20Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > As far as I can tell, you can talk about buckeyes in the Buckeye state until the bucking eyes come home if you want to. **Opal** might find that objectionable, but if she isn’t raising a stink about it (and she isn’t) who cares? > > . This, perhaps is the concept he was going for. If, indeed, as you suggest here, that if a thread about Buckeyes in the Buckeye state causes **Opal** (or anyone else for that matter) to object, I, for one, would hope that the mods/admins respond w/ “So the fuck what, don’t read it if you don’t want to”. Shortened version, there is absofuckinglutely nothing wrong w/the word Buckeyes. I understand the mod’s issue wrt 1… 2… 3 Buckeyes. Which is different. ---
**Author:** ![Buckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Buckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckeye)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/99 "2008-12-19T23:36:48Z")
> [@wring](#): > > This, perhaps is the concept he was going for. If, indeed, as you suggest here, that if a thread about Buckeyes in the Buckeye state causes **Opal** (or anyone else for that matter) to object, I, for one, would hope that the mods/admins respond w/ “So the fuck what, don’t read it if you don’t want to”. > > Shortened version, there is absofuckinglutely nothing wrong w/the word Buckeyes. I understand the mod’s issue wrt 1… 2… 3 Buckeyes. Which is different. Instead of 1…2…3 buckeyes how about 1.Buckeye 2…3… instead 😉 I think I might have to change my name. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonious-discord-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/477696/100 "2008-12-19T23:38:27Z")
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