# Have you heard about the lonesome loser? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287 "2006-01-23T19:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/1 "2006-01-23T19:34:04Z")
Because I haven’t. Why banned? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/2 "2006-01-23T20:03:21Z")
I would guess he was a sock, but only a guess. See this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7026695#post7026695](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7026695#post7026695) Jim ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/3 "2006-01-23T20:07:28Z")
I think I’ll wait for TPTB to confirm this. (Though it does seem to be the only logical conclusion, that they were a sock.) If they were a sock, whose? Surely not **Good Egg** / **vanilla**? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/4 "2006-01-23T20:15:47Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > I think I’ll wait for TPTB to confirm this. (Though it does seem to be the only logical conclusion, that they were a sock.) If they were a sock, whose? Surely not **Good Egg** / **vanilla**? I don’t think so, but in many threads Lonesome would take a confrontational and insulting tone, even when it looked like something was dying down. It was almost like he/she enjoyed fanning the flames. Never enough to warrant a “report this thread” but then in the Bad Egg thread didn’t he seem, unseemly annoyed at the concept of report suspicious behavior. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/5 "2006-01-23T20:36:56Z")
Beaten by the Queens of Chocolate every time! 😃 (Yeah, it doesn’t scan, but tough!) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/6 "2006-01-23T20:52:57Z")
Based on his politics, i’d hazard a guess that, if he was a returning sock, he might have been **reeder**. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/7 "2006-01-23T20:57:22Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Based on his politics, i’d hazard a guess that, if he was a returning sock, he might have been **reeder**. Wait. **reeder** was **vanilla**? I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/8 "2006-01-23T20:57:30Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Because I haven’t. Why banned? The usual advice is to email a Mod or Admin if you’re curious. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/9 "2006-01-23T21:09:55Z")
[See here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7027025&postcount=130) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/10 "2006-01-23T21:12:52Z")
Sometimes it’s also ok to post a Pit thread asking why as well though. If the mods would rather not say in public, they won’t. However, you’ll see a Mod explaining what is going on in Post 130 of “A Bad Egg”. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/11 "2006-01-23T21:14:52Z")
Zounds. Before too long, it will turn out that half the people here are socks of the other half, who are really just different accounts **Dex** managed to slip under the wire without **Jerry** or **TubaDiva** noticing. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/12 "2006-01-23T21:15:14Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Wait. **reeder** was **vanilla**? I’m confused. It appears my guess was incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/13 "2006-01-23T21:52:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Zounds. Before too long, it will turn out that half the people here are socks of the other half, who are really just different accounts **Dex** managed to slip under the wire without **Jerry** or **TubaDiva** noticing. 😃 I’m **SLEEP!** and so’s my wife. - **drayton** ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/14 "2006-01-24T00:33:09Z")
**lonesome** a number of times tried to start shit by hurling insults from left field. That should be a lesson to you all. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AFAIKnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@AFAIKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AFAIKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/15 "2006-01-24T00:42:27Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Because I haven’t. Why banned? He’s a loser, but he still keeps on tryin’ ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/16 "2006-01-24T00:58:21Z")
Reeder was Vanilla? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/17 "2006-01-24T01:02:43Z")
No, I think that people find it hard to believe that a recently banned sock was also **vanilla** ’s. I find it hard to believe myself that **lonesome loser** was also **vanilla** ’s sock, as well as **Good Egg**. The style of posting is more like **Reeder** ’s than **vanilla** ’s IMO. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/18 "2006-01-24T01:41:12Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > No, I think that people find it hard to believe that a recently banned sock was also **vanilla** ’s. I find it hard to believe myself that **lonesome loser** was also **vanilla** ’s sock, as well as **Good Egg**. The style of posting is more like **Reeder** ’s than **vanilla** ’s IMO. Unless **Reeder** is shacking up with **vanilla** , then you’ll have to trust our judgement and all of our work. It was **vanilla**. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/19 "2006-01-24T02:01:41Z")
Well, we never did know of **Reeder** ’s wife’s username. Who’s to say whom he’s shacking up with? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287/20 "2006-01-24T02:23:21Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > Reeder was Vanilla? Seriously? Heh. No. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-lonesome-loser/341287.md?page=2)