# Here it is, she's been asking for it, the pitting of Quiddity Glomfuster **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/81 "2007-05-10T13:04:40Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] And **Hama** – I agree. My guess would be no older than 25, but probably at least 20. [/QUOTE] I’d guess a fair bit older. Sometimes these impairments arise from something other than simply a lack of life experience. Some people are quite immune to the clue-stick effect daily life should bring. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/82 "2007-05-10T13:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] The salient point, for me, is that when people on a board think I’m male, they respond very differently to me. That very thing is a reason I don’t plan to change. It’s offensive to me that my opinions are admired so long as I’m not female and holding them. [/QUOTE] I don’t think the overwhelming take-home message of this thread should be that your posts are ever admired, regardless of the context. I do feel for you. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/83 "2007-05-10T13:08:37Z")
Nah, she uses phrases like “how in heavens name,” “glitch,” and “displeased.” Older vocab, good grasp of English and grammar, rarely uses any younger phrasing. If she’s younger, perhaps she was home schooled by older religious conservative, or a good Catholic school. Just because she is emotionally and socially retarded, doesn’t preclude her from being older. ETA- the old spinster, passive aggressive librarian is how she reads to me. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/84 "2007-05-10T13:12:02Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] The salient point, for me, is that when people on a board think I’m male, they respond very differently to me. That very thing is a reason I don’t plan to change. It’s offensive to me that my opinions are admired so long as I’m not female and holding them. [/QUOTE] Where did you come up with this last part. Your tone has nothing to do with your gender. I don’t care if you are a male, female or a green fuzzy thing from Antares, you come across in many posts as evasive and condescending. This paragraph looks like an attempt to change the argument to something you want to debate, not what many of us are trying to tell you. [QUOTE=dahfisheroo] ETA- the old spinster, passive aggressive librarian is how she reads to me. [/QUOTE] Funny, I get the same vibe about her. Jim ---
**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, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/85 "2007-05-10T13:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] Just because she is emotionally and socially retarded, doesn’t preclude her from being older. [/QUOTE] Good point. ---
**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, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/86 "2007-05-10T13:13:05Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] I have plenty of fans; really more than I ever expect to have, and that fact always humbles me. I don’t need masses more. [/QUOTE] Fucking A. ETA: Whaddya think – sig line? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/87 "2007-05-10T13:14:19Z")
Some of the more interesting Pittings happen when the Pittee gives as good - or better - than she gets. Sorry, **What Exit?** , but this was fairly lame. Regards, Shodan ---
**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, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/88 "2007-05-10T13:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] That is probably related to her inability to follow through on a debate or discussion that she is failing to defend well. Generally she’ll fall back on diversions or simply withdraw altogether. She was very, very willing to tell one and all exactly what Richard Dawkins has to say in his books, until I asked her whcih books of his she has read. It turns out that it is none of them. However, she wouldn’t answer that in the thread in question, but simply stopped posting there. When I pressed her in a different thread in the pit, she finally answered that she was familiar with his writing through some short unspecified article and a correspondence she claims to have had with him. [/quote] I didn’t have ‘a correspondence with him’. I wrote to the address at his website, which I did read, and didn’t get any reply; which was expected. I thought I’d said that I read an article at the site. My philosophy club had a discussion about him and linked to his writing and I read what his fans claimed were the works that best explained his main theories. > [@](#): > > **QG** , you really aren’t all that bright, nor are you especially interesting. You seem to think I care about your opinion. I don’t. You’re just pixels on a screen. As am I. I am a hologram. I don’t exist when you turn your machine off, so I don’t expect you or anyone else to take note of me other than that. ---
**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, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/89 "2007-05-10T13:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] **Ruby** , dear, really, take up knitting. You badly need a hobby. [/QUOTE] I have many hobbies. One of them is posting to the SDMB. While I pursue that hobby, you have impressed me as titanically irritating, insufferably condescending, and flagrantly hypocritical. Apparently, I am not the only one who thinks so. It’s easier for you to dismiss all your critics as black birds, bastards, jackals, and vultures, who are in favor of unconscionable cruelty, as opposed to your gentle kindness. That would be self-deception on your part, and an avoidance of some much-needed reflection. ---
**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, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/90 "2007-05-10T13:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] ETA- the old spinster, passive aggressive librarian is how she reads to me. [/QUOTE] It’s pretty funny to see people use grade-school insults and then call me ‘immature’. Here’s a link for you that may help you in future, should you wish to use grownup words to insult someone; [Shakespearen Insults](http://petelevin.com/shakespeare.htm) Or, you can go for ‘and she’a banana-nosed doody-head’ if you want to continue in the same mode you started in. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/91 "2007-05-10T13:22:43Z")
Hit a nerve, babe? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/92 "2007-05-10T13:23:04Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] You’re just pixels on a screen. As am I. I am a hologram. I don’t exist when you turn your machine off, so I don’t expect you or anyone else to take note of me other than that. [/QUOTE] I was all prepared to stick my nose into this melee and defend you **Quiddity** , until this wee gem. Would you like to perhaps rethink your statements above? ---
**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, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/93 "2007-05-10T13:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Oh, and BTW, it’s “hare-brained,” not “hair-brained.” Gotcha ya! [/QUOTE] 😃 :smack: You did indeed. Thank you for showing me my ‘that doesn’t look right’ notion should not have been ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/94 "2007-05-10T13:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] The salient point, for me, is that when people on a board think I’m male, they respond very differently to me. That very thing is a reason I don’t plan to change. It’s offensive to me that my opinions are admired so long as I’m not female and holding them. [/QUOTE] Somehow I don’t think wrapping yourself in the aura of a women’s rights warrior is going to make your scolding and sanctimony any more palatable. You’re to be congratulated on one score. You’ve exceeded **even sven** in the posting of near-automatic annoying drivel as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/95 "2007-05-10T13:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] My philosophy club had a discussion about him and linked to his writing and I read what his fans claimed were the works that best explained his main theories. [/quote] Wait, so now you are claiming to have read his books? Or by “works,” do you mean something other than books? > [@](#): > > You seem to think I care about your opinion. I don’t. You’re just pixels on a screen. As am I. I am a hologram. I don’t exist when you turn your machine off, so I don’t expect you or anyone else to take note of me other than that. I’m sure you are fairly impervious to my opinion, just as you appear to be to anyone elses. However, if you really are that disinterested, just don’t respond. ---
**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, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/96 "2007-05-10T13:27:27Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] Hit a nerve, babe? [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. I’m wounded. Crushed. Weeping on the floor. Here’s a clue; I’m not likely to think much of someone who resorts to little kid insults and I’m certainly not going to be disturbed by them. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/97 "2007-05-10T13:31:28Z")
Damn, I have to go, busy day today. **Quiddity** , don’t hide your light under a bushel. You have such potential. As it stands so far, I am heartily disappointed in this pitting. Back later, hopefully **Quiddity** will hit her stride in the meanwhile. Perhaps I overestimated her. ---
**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, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/98 "2007-05-10T13:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] I was all prepared to stick my nose into this melee and defend you **Quiddity** , until this wee gem. Would you like to perhaps rethink your statements above? [/QUOTE] Why? It’s not true? We know nothing of each other. I’ve been on boards where people confessed to adopting personas for their own amusement. They upheld them very well and only were ‘outed’ because they chose to confess. Since then, and since I’ve met some folks IRL that I met online, I’ve been very aware that the words I read may not be the genuine feelings of the writers whether they be good or ill. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/99 "2007-05-10T13:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Some of the more interesting Pittings happen when the Pittee gives as good - or better - than she gets. Sorry, **What Exit?** , but this was fairly lame. Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] I said it earlier and I will say it again, I realize I am not good at pittings, I almost never bother. QG is an irritating poster, that is saying a lot, after all, I have never tried to pit you. 😃 I think of this as a framework of a pitting that needed to happen and to some degree possibly an intervention. Of course I do not think of the other posters as a bunch of pixels. I consider them people and some to be friends. Jim ---
**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, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495/100 "2007-05-10T13:36:14Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] Somehow I don’t think wrapping yourself in the aura of a women’s rights warrior [/quote] I’m not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-shes-been-asking-for-it-the-pitting-of-quiddity-glomfuster/403495.md?page=6)