# How can you all be so horrible? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575 "2013-07-15T17:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/81 "2013-07-16T05:49:38Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > I’m fucking sickened with the way you’re all treating me when I’ve just come onto the forums. OK I’ve been reading the forums for a lot longer than I said (about 18 months) so I know about Umkay already but I did nae say because I thought I may get a bad reception asking an admitadly similar thing. I haven’t even fully accepted my disability yet and you all make me feel like nothing. I just wanted to ask a very fair question. I’m not Umkay, I’m not even in thee same country. Surely there must be a way to check IP addresses? Your all a bunch of c\*nts and I don’t want to be on this shitty forum anymore. Goodbye. I ran this through a Scottish to English online translation service. > [@](#): > > Why have you caught onto me so fast? Funny, I never knew that Scottish has so many extra words. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/82 "2013-07-16T05:58:39Z")
Come on guys. (Or cum on guys if you’re into that). Let’s raise the bar here. If she’s in a chair, she might not be able to see above said bar. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/83 "2013-07-16T07:14:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > FYI, Scots don’t write like Bobbie Burns, even if they talk like him. They very well might say “nae” but they’d write “no”. No we wouldn’t. Umm, wait a minute, that came out sounding wrong. > [@rogerbox](#): > > So is she going to answer what is up with the fake accent? She’s really from Leeds apparently, but just put on the accent because she’s in Scotland. Just like she’d really been reading for 18 months, but pretended not to know about umkay in case we didn’t believe her. Then re-enacted umkays early posts and used English vocabulary in her Scottish act. I can’t see how anyone ever doubted her. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/84 "2013-07-16T07:19:34Z")
So who’s umkay? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/85 "2013-07-16T07:56:48Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > So who’s umkay? A simple search will tell you all you need to know; But you knew that ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/86 "2013-07-16T08:38:33Z")
I’m going to go on record and say that I think you’re all jumping to unreasonable conclusions. I can see why you’re all suspicious, but at the moment, you’re basing conclusions on weak inference -adding two plus two to make five hundred. This is suspicion, not skepticism. I’d rather say this, be wrong and be shown (by evidence) that this member is a troll, than assume (on flimsy inference) that she is a troll, then be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/87 "2013-07-16T08:57:29Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I ran this through a Scottish to English online translation service. Good one! > [@](#): > > Funny, I never knew that Scottish has so many extra words. Reminds me of one _Calvin and Hobbes_ strip. Calvin is sitting in front of a television. He then turns to the reader (is that called “breaking the 4th wall”?) and asks, “Why do Japanese people’s mouths keep moving after they’ve stopped talking?” If anyone can dig up the date that one ran, I’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/88 "2013-07-16T09:01:46Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > I have a doctorate in Horribleness. Aha! So the secret’s out now. _PhD_ means _pretty horrible doctor_. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/89 "2013-07-16T09:08:26Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > FYI, Scots don’t write like Bobbie Burns, even if they talk like him. They very well might say “nae” but they’d write “no”. Actually, didna or didnae would have been perfectly acceptable,but I’ve never seen someone write it spaced out “I did nae”. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/90 "2013-07-16T09:47:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > FYI, Scots don’t write like Bobbie Burns, even if they talk like him. They very well might say “nae” but they’d write “no”. Well I prefer to write nae and as you’re not Scottish you’re opinion is academic anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/91 "2013-07-16T09:49:53Z")
Well \*\*Jaymac1 \*\*has now agreed to meet **Cinnamon Imp** 2pm today (if I’ve worked out the timezones right). So, either way, this should be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/92 "2013-07-16T09:53:23Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > Well I prefer to write nae and as you’re not Scottish you’re opinion is academic anyway. Well more academic than if you are Scottish I guess. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/93 "2013-07-16T10:44:54Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > A simple search will tell you all you need to know; But you knew that Not so easy. Count me as one of the uninitiated who would have appreciated a brief recap instead of having to wade through all Umkay’s posts to figure out what is going on here. After 15 minutes of reading through posts, here’s the most useful, which I think should answer anyone’s questions: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15203528#post15203528](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15203528#post15203528) ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/94 "2013-07-16T12:09:02Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > Well I prefer to write nae and as you’re not Scottish you’re opinion is academic anyway. Weel Ah prefer tae write nae an’ as YOO’RE nae scottish YER opinion is academic anywae. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/95 "2013-07-16T12:13:33Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Reminds me of one _Calvin and Hobbes_ strip. Calvin is sitting in front of a television. He then turns to the reader (is that called “breaking the 4th wall”?) and asks, “Why do Japanese people’s mouths keep moving after they’ve stopped talking?” If anyone can dig up the date that one ran, I’d appreciate it. > **[Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 21, 1986 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/12/21)** > > TV: Run! Look out! Aieee! Calvin: I wonder why Japanese people keep moving their mouths after they're through talking. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean...an undersea nuclear explosion awakens a giant prehistoric monster! It makes its way to the coast... You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/96 "2013-07-16T12:23:33Z")
Aye, Guid morning, and guid health. Hope all are enjoyin’ a nice plate of haggis, neeps, and tatties with a fine clootie puddin’ besides. In the spirit of fighting ignorance, may I offer this translation? One never knows what the day will bring: Ma hoovercraft’s full o eyls Goad a’michty! Ma dampt hoovercraft’s breemin’ ower wi bluiddy eyls! Ma wee hovirkreftie afornent lippert owt per wip pimperneels (My hovercraft is full of eels. From Monty Python’s Flying Circus) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/97 "2013-07-16T12:33:46Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > No we wouldn’t. > > Umm, wait a minute, that came out sounding wrong. Are you saying that no true Scotsman would write like that? ---
**Author:** ![LiliesOfTheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@LiliesOfTheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiliesOfTheField)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/98 "2013-07-16T12:45:34Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > no, no, no - don’t go! It’s been really slow around here lately - stay! we can be fooled, I promise! you just need to work it a little more! (When I registered under this name, I didn’t realize there was a person with a similar name already here. Is possible to change my name, or is it against the rules for me to register again under a different name? I can see some confusion potentially arising here.) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/99 "2013-07-16T12:48:33Z")
> [@LiliesOfTheField](#): > > (When I registered under this name, I didn’t realize there was a person with a similar name already here. Is possible to change my name, or is it against the rules for me to register again under a different name? I can see some confusion potentially arising here.) You can request a name change by emailing a mod. Don’t re-register, as that is against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![LiliesOfTheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@LiliesOfTheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiliesOfTheField)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-all-be-so-horrible/663575/100 "2013-07-16T13:13:36Z")
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