# Hombre banning question **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565 "2009-01-29T16:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/21 "2009-01-29T18:19:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This is some classic sockery, by the way: [here’s the guy picking a fight with himself.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91107) ([Of course, he graciously apologized to himself.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1682973)) > > [And here he’s criticizing Esprix for something Esprix said about… other him.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1803576) Shit, I know you don’t want to reward socks with attention but you should save those and link them from the rules page that explains sock puppets. This is textbook stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/22 "2009-01-29T18:19:48Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I wonder what the scene was like as he discovered each banning. That’s the kind of thing that brings joy into my otherwise empty existnece. 😉 > [@](#): > > Still, does anyone think there’s a remote possibility that he won’t be back? You never can tell. Didn’t seem like he was using them for very much anyway. > [@](#): > > Was he paying for all three through pay to post? No, he never paid for any of them. He stopped posting during that period and came back after the board went free. I don’t think I’ve seen a sock who paid for multiple accounts, although I’ve seen a few who got other posters to sponsor them. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/23 "2009-01-29T18:25:18Z")
> **[Can I keep my Warthin's Tumor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504071)** > > Hoping a Doc can drop in and tell me how big Warthin’s Tumors can get. That is all. Am I reading that thread wrong or did the third poster just make a mistake? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/24 "2009-01-29T18:28:02Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > Shit, I know you don’t want to reward socks with attention but you should save those and link them from the rules page that explains sock puppets. This is textbook stuff. He got his attention years ago, so I don’t mind linking to it here. Once you see what he was doing it’s hilariously lame. I’m sure we won’t put it in the rules, but I think I’ll link to it in that “Are socks bad” thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/25 "2009-01-29T18:30:37Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Am I reading that thread wrong or did the third poster just make a mistake? Yeah, I noticed that this morning. We’ll know pretty soon I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/26 "2009-01-29T18:36:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, he never paid for any of them. He stopped posting during that period and came back after the board went free. I don’t think I’ve seen a sock who paid for multiple accounts, although I’ve seen a few who got other posters to sponsor them. It’d probably be too hard to keep up the charade if he tried to pay for all of them. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/27 "2009-01-29T18:37:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [here’s the guy picking a fight with himself.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91107) Did he post and then, coming back to respond, forget he was logged in as one of his socks and tried to cover? That’s some really weird shit. Seems to me it would be more of a pain in the ass to keep everything straight than it’d ever possibly be worth. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/28 "2009-01-29T18:43:59Z")
You know, **lieu** , I think that’s exactly what happened there. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/29 "2009-01-29T18:44:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > although I’ve seen a few who got other posters to sponsor them. Wow, that’s some good douchebaggery. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/30 "2009-01-29T18:47:50Z")
Hey, if a FriarCed ever shows up here, I swear it’s not me! _L_ (Now some damn friend of mine will actually pull that.) ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/31 "2009-01-29T18:55:50Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > [Can I keep my Warthin's Tumor? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504071) > > Am I reading that thread wrong or did the third poster just make a mistake? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/32 "2009-01-29T19:54:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Did he post and then, coming back to respond, forget he was logged in as one of his socks and tried to cover? That’s how I read it, not an intentional picking of a fight. That is just some bizzaro shit. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/33 "2009-01-29T19:57:20Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Hey, if a FriarCed ever shows up here, I swear it’s not me! _L_ > > (Now some damn friend of mine will actually pull that.) Hmmm…now THERE’S an idea…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/34 "2009-01-29T20:04:52Z")
I know that there’s a cushion of time between each of those sock posts, but the way they stack up in the threads gives me this amazing mental image of **warmgun** running into a room, shouting something, then running out and coming back in two seconds later with a giant fake handlebar mustache on and saying “I agree! Bully for him!” Then maybe he runs out again and comes back in a top hat and glasses, perhaps forgetting to have taken the mustache off first. I’m not sure why he’s British, exactly, but I no longer question my brain on some matters. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/35 "2009-01-29T20:16:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Not sure exactly what you mean there. It was obvious those two were the same person based on those posts, and in the process of doing background checks we found a third account. > > [Makes this thread interesting reading.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91699)[And this one, too](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1759371). I didn’t mean much in particular - I was just joking around. Sort of like the argument about how to punish a Siamese twin for murder. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/36 "2009-01-29T20:21:38Z")
This is why I find arguing or agreeing with myself is mush less confusing using just one screen name. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/37 "2009-01-29T20:21:47Z")
Ah, ok. I didn’t think of that. How many socks would a multiple Siamese twin need anyway? ---
**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 29, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/38 "2009-01-29T20:22:32Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Sort of like the argument about how to punish a Siamese twin for murder. Easy. Give him half a life sentence. ---
**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 29, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/39 "2009-01-29T20:26:30Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > I know that there’s a cushion of time between each of those sock posts, but the way they stack up in the threads gives me this amazing mental image of **warmgun** running into a room, shouting something, then running out and coming back in two seconds later with a giant fake handlebar mustache on and saying “I agree! Bully for him!” Then maybe he runs out again and comes back in a top hat and glasses, perhaps forgetting to have taken the mustache off first. > > I’m not sure why he’s British, exactly, but I no longer question my brain on some matters. Is that you J.D.? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565/40 "2009-01-29T20:49:47Z")
My question is “why?” Why would someone bother with this kind of sock-puppetry? Has anybody ever explained why they did it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565.md?page=3)