# Here it is, she's been asking for it, the pitting of Quiddity Glomfuster

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 10, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495 "2007-05-10T02:31:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/41 "2007-05-10T04:46:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
Here’s what’s fascinating: I have never ever gotten that reaction so long as posters thought me male.  
“When a man gives his opinion he’s a man.  
When a woman gives her opinion she’s a bitch.”  
_Bette Davis_  
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[But you’ll happily dismiss my ire at you as PMS.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8464109&postcount=339) So you’re just as prone to sexism as anyone. Typical of the hypocrisy from you.

It’s fruitless to argue with you because you LIE. Gorgonzola’s link to your post (which you’re trying to deny is true, but it’s obvious that you’re backpedaling) makes it all very clear. You are to be pitied. You are not the superstar genius you think you are. Just an underachiever with a chip on her shoulder, trying to be the Mother Teresa of the BBQ Pit. Very sad.

ETA: PRR is my _sweetie_? What are you, in 7th grade? He’s a friend IRL. I know you’re not familiar with those, but people with actual morals defend their friends against jackoffs like Liberal in the BBQ Pit. I was doing what you CLAIM to do but actually don’t. So fuck your mother, you total fucking hypocrite.

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/42 "2007-05-10T04:49:54Z")

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Thanks, **Starving Artist** and **Boyo Jim**! **SA** and I even disagree on things, yet manage to respect each other. Radical, that 😃

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/43 "2007-05-10T04:54:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
**SA** and I even disagree on things, yet manage to respect each other. Radical, that 😃  
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And that’s one to grow on.

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/44 "2007-05-10T04:55:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Rubystreak]  
[But you’ll happily dismiss my ire at you as PMS.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8464109&postcount=339) So you’re just as prone to sexism as anyone. Typical of the hypocrisy from you.  
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See, what’s funny here is when you poke someone by being ridiculous and they get all in a froth as though you actually meant it. So let me explain it to you; I deliberately said that to push your buttons. Just like I picked on your spelling in this thread. And, right on schedule, blammo goes **Rubystreak** 😃

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> ETA: PRR is my _sweetie_? What are you, in 7th grade?

Gotcha again! 😃

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> He’s a friend IRL.

Then why didn’t you talk him out of the hairbrained scheme he allowed himself to participate in? He himself in that thread asked people to butt out and leave him alone. He said it was his business and he wanted to do what he was doing. So why, exactly, are you managing his life for him in a way that he himself said was not what he wanted?

I don’t think you’re his friend. I think you’re trying to control the poor guy. He wanted the $500 more than he wanted to stay on the Dope. He did something you didn’t want him to do and you’re still all mad. I think you should lay off for his sake if you’re such a good pal.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/45 "2007-05-10T04:56:19Z")

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I remember. I was thinking of **Jersey Diamond** – she (IIRC) was a REALLY annoying Doper.

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/46 "2007-05-10T05:02:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
See, what’s funny here is when you poke someone by being ridiculous and they get all in a froth as though you actually meant it. So let me explain it to you; I deliberately said that to push your buttons. Just like I picked on your spelling in this thread. And, right on schedule, blammo goes **Rubystreak** 😃  
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Try to play it off all you want, but it’s a sexist comment. Hilarious that you try to claim sexism and quote Bette Davis, though.

It’s so fun that you actually finally also admit to being a troll:

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> Gotcha again! 😃

TROLL. Juvenile, needling troll, claiming to be a saint.

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> Then why didn’t you talk him out of the hairbrained scheme he allowed himself to participate in? He himself in that thread asked people to butt out and leave him alone. He said it was his business and he wanted to do what he was doing. So why, exactly, are you managing his life for him in a way that he himself said was not what he wanted?

I know that you control the actions of all your “friends,” who exist solely in your imagination, but you know, he’s a grown man who stood to make $500 from a fool. But don’t change the subject: you were a hypocrite. You defended Liberal for doing the EXACT thing you say you hate: spewing venom inappropriately, holding grudges, being cruel. Why is it OK when some people do it and not when others do it?

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> I don’t think you’re his friend. I think you’re trying to control the poor guy. He wanted the $500 more than he wanted to stay on the Dope. He did something you didn’t want him to do and you’re still all mad. I think you should lay off for his sake if you’re such a good pal.

Control him? You just asked me why I **didn’t** control him and make him not take the $500. And I’m the one who can’t read. :smack: Frankly, I openly said he was smart to take it. I would. Got $500? Nope, not with that job you don’t.

And anyway, this isn’t about his decision. It’s about your hypocrisy in the subsequent thread, your defense of Liberal and condemnation of meanness only when it suits you. But you’d rather make this about me. Nope, it’s about you. This is your very own Pit thread. I know you’re loving it. I wish you’d just go back to the bridge you live under.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/47 "2007-05-10T05:06:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
And why, exactly, should I satisfy your curiosity?  
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Oh, you don’t have to, but all this calling attention to your personality has me suddenly interested in it, and I’d like an idea for your general level of life experience (I know age is never an absolute indicator of anything but it gives me a better idea of who I’m talking to). You can PM me if you don’t want to post it.

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/48 "2007-05-10T05:09:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
Thanks, **Starving Artist** and **Boyo Jim**! **SA** and I even disagree on things, yet manage to respect each other. Radical, that 😃  
[/QUOTE]  
Yep…disagree on damn near everything, as a matter of fact…but I see passion, a good heart and a lot of smarts behind your posts and I really don’t get all the bile.

I would say hang in there and don’t let the bastards get ya down, but it looks like you’re already there.

Cheers,  
**SA**

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/49 "2007-05-10T05:11:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Rubystreak]  
I know you’re loving it.  
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No, actually it’s kind of dull. It lacks all the wit and hilarity of a truly good, imaginative pitting. Cuss words are the province of those who can’t muster wit or vocabulary. Am I being mean? Yep. Your venom doesn’t impress me or affect me because it’s just you on again. Same old sameold. Same goes for the usual suspects who follow each other around to Pit me when they can. So you can sacrifice your blood pressure if you like, but you might as well save yourself a burst vein because it’s not working.

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/50 "2007-05-10T05:17:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Rigamarole]  
Oh, you don’t have to, but all this calling attention to your personality has me suddenly interested in it, and I’d like an idea for your general level of life experience (I know age is never an absolute indicator of anything but it gives me a better idea of who I’m talking to). You can PM me if you don’t want to post it.  
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I’ve got lots of life experience. Comes of being an only child and a smarty. And fascinated by people and relationships and reading about both my whole life. And having things happen that I had to deal with, like it or no. But what I say is to be taken on its own merits for good or ill. Details like age or appearance skew people’s opinions; I don’t want that. Assume what you like about either; I’ll not confirm or deny.

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/51 "2007-05-10T05:19:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Starving Artist]  
Yep…disagree on damn near everything, as a matter of fact…but I see passion, a good heart and a lot of smarts behind your posts and I really don’t get all the bile.

I would say hang in there and don’t let the bastards get ya down, but it looks like you’re already there.

Cheers,  
**SA**  
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Thanks, **SA**. Bastards don’t bother me because they’re bastards. The good opinion of a bastard would worry me, however 😃 I will continue to enjoy butting heads with you on other matters 😉

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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/52 "2007-05-10T06:37:48Z")

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You guys think you have it bad here in the Pit: imagine what it’s like to have to deal with her in GD, where it half the time its painfully apparent that she doesn’t even read what she’s replying to, and her participation generally just tosses threads off into complete nonsense.

The other half of the time, she’s making utterly absurd claims like that the OT doesn’t proscribe the death penalty for things.

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**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/53 "2007-05-10T07:03:38Z")

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I try not to get too uptight about anyone here. I figure we all have good/bad days. That being said, hey Rubysteak, give PRR a big hug for me, will ya? I wish I could pony up the $500 to get him back, I guess maybe I’d need $501.

I’m guessing the Pitee is probably pretty young. At least too young to realize that the other schlubs around her are probably as smart and interesting as she is.

We have a wide range of ages of employees at my job. The young kids ignore us old folks. Us old folks took a vote who would have the most interesting tales to tell. We all pretty much agreed it was one guy that is probably in his sixties. It took me a long time to realize that all that nifty, edgy, deep shit I was thinking/reading/spewing was the same nifty, edgy deep shit the pompous youths of generations past were doing.

I’ve never had the honor of having a pit thread, but I have had my ass on fire a few times here. Your Momma may always tell you you are beautiful, but the reality happens pretty much the first time you walk out the door. Tossing off a pitting by being pithy and trite may be humorous, but I hope you listen to what some folks are saying. There is probably a bit more truth in it that what you quite feel comfortable with. The disadvantage of getting older isn’t the sagging, it’s being reminded of what an idiot you used to be.

Also, I started getting along better with women when I got a fucking clue.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/54 "2007-05-10T08:48:15Z")

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I’m with **Starving Artist** on this one! (It’s so much fun to say that when I get a chance. Nudge. Nudge.)

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> \*\* Rubystreak\*\*: Oh fuck you, you underemployed cunt.

I think I’ve mentioned this once before, but it amazes me that others don’t notice. You really don’t have the writing style of a female. You write like a male. It’s been interesting to watch for the differences.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/55 "2007-05-10T09:02:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
See, what’s funny here is when you poke someone by being ridiculous and they get all in a froth as though you actually meant it. So let me explain it to you; I deliberately said that to push your buttons. Just like I picked on your spelling in this thread. And, right on schedule, blammo goes **Rubystreak** 😃

Gotcha again! 😃  
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Confession of trolling? No?

Either way, it does seem somewhat hypocritical for the anti-cruel, unneeded meanness crusader to be deliberately trying to provoke.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/56 "2007-05-10T09:19:24Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
… :rolleyes: Why do you hate America Quiddy? …  
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From context, it looks like you used that phrase in a non-post-ironic sense? I’m not all that interested in the rest of the topic, but am I reading it wrong or did you just, in all seriousness, use the question “why do you hate America?”.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/57 "2007-05-10T10:42:47Z")

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Single best example of why people (including myself) think QG is a supercilious asshole:

[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
I’ve got lots of life experience. Comes of being an only child and a smarty. And fascinated by people and relationships and reading about both my whole life. And having things happen that I had to deal with, like it or no. But what I say is to be taken on its own merits for good or ill. Details like age or appearance skew people’s opinions; I don’t want that. Assume what you like about either; I’ll not confirm or deny.  
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You have absolutely no idea how young and immature that makes you sound.

And **Zoe** , what are you saying here:

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> I think I’ve mentioned this once before, but it amazes me that others don’t notice. You really don’t have the writing style of a female. You write like a male. It’s been interesting to watch for the differences.

Not snark – serious question. What’s your point?

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/58 "2007-05-10T11:18:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Starving Artist]  
WTF’s the big problem? **Quiddity** _is_ smart! It causes problems. So what? Attractive people have problems, rich people have problems, athletic people have problems, etc., etc. Why can’t she say so? Other people have no qualms talking about the problems they have in life; why can’t she talk about hers?  
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Sure. Being smart is right up there on the list of problems: getting a divorce, death of a loved one, can’t afford to fix car that has broken down, being smart. Being smart is like being too attractive, having too much money, or having to fight off Victoria’s Secret models that just want to have sex with you (personal experience there). Even if it is a problem, and it rarely is, you don’t get to complain about it.

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> **Quiddity** thinks people should behave differently in the Pit. So effin’ what? She’s entitled to her opinion just like the rest of us. Just because certain behavior is allowed in the Pit, or just because the Pit exists as a place where such behavior can take place, is no reason someone can’t find that behavior reprehensible and give voice to that sentiment. She pays her dollar; she gets to speak her mind.

Likewise everyone else who has posted in this thread has posted their dollar and gets their say. Argument cancels itself out.

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> Frankly, I think a lot of this is jealousy. She is obviously smarter than the average bear…just like **Liberal** , another poster who comes in for his fair share of abuse around here. For a board whose membership prides itself on its intelligence, it seems that there is an awfully large contingent ready to get its nose out of joint at the slightest hint of intellectual superiority on the part of someone else.

This is absolute bullshit. That’s all that need be said.

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> It seems to me that if someone takes offense at something she posts, and that person feels that they are her intellectual equal or or better, he or she should be able to put **Quiddity** in her place rather easily. On the other hand, if a poster feels outgunned by her intellectually and is therefore reluctant to take her on, it seems to me that he or she should just skulk away and keep his or her mouth shut, rather than come in here insisting that she is wrong to feel the way she does and to express that feeling in her posts.

Yeah. Because Quiddity won’t admit defeat, clearly she’s smarter than the rest of us. I’ll let the Mensa people know to finally give Baghdad Bob membership. :rolleyes:

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> We all pays our fee; we all gets to have our say! Not everyone is going to like what we say or the way we say it, but that’s life and **Quiddity** has as much right to be insufferable here ( 😉 ) as any of the rest of us…and frankly, there are more than a few people around here I find to be a great deal more insufferable than her.

Then you can pit them, just like dopers are doing here to someone they find to be insufferable. We all pays our fee and all.

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**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/59 "2007-05-10T11:29:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
No, actually it’s kind of dull.  
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I guess that’s why you’ve only posted 17 times in this thread which is still on page 2.

DNFTT, people.

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**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/60 "2007-05-10T11:34:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
I’ve got lots of life experience. Comes of being an only child and a smarty…  
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I’m one of three children and as dumb as roadkill, so I guess I have no chance of gaining any life experience. Ah well, I learn something new every day.

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