# Hey, Needs2know! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164 "2000-08-04T20:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164/1 "2000-08-04T20:22:50Z")
A wehile back, in the [Child-free fanaticism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32203) thread, I insulted you. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for the Pit, but I like to be fair, and that wasn’t fair. For some reason, I have your username and another member’s username inextricably linked in my mind. You said something that annoyed me, and I used my disgust with this other poster against you. For that I apologize. Normally, I find your posts well-thought-out and intelligent. Of course, I didn’t agree with what you posted in that thread, and still don’t. But attacks of that nature should be warranted, and mine wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164/2 "2000-08-05T07:49:08Z")
What’s this? An apology? In the Pit? Isn’t that against forum rules? 😃 (I’m kidding, of course). ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164/3 "2000-08-05T08:12:49Z")
This doesn’t belong here. And I’m **not** kidding. I mean, it’s one thing to apologize in the pit. It’s a whole nother to start a thread just to apologize. Shit, I came in here expecting a flame war. And instead I get THIS? I refer you to my asshole thread, this is a perfect example. Jeez, you should be ashamed. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164/4 "2000-08-05T16:11:11Z")
Eh, if the original insult took place in the Pit, then the correct forum for the subsequent apology would also be in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-needs2know/28164/5 "2000-08-06T09:51:56Z")
You’re right. But he doesn’t need to start a new thread to apologize.