# Hurricane Ditka, Shodan, Octopus, and BigT... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522 "2019-11-16T02:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/181 "2019-11-23T17:48:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I think people saw it as smarmy and insincere panhandling. Oh dear, have we met? If that’s how you saw it, how wonderful for you! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/182 "2019-11-23T18:27:56Z")
I just read an ATM thread about **Shodan** ’s reprehensible insult. (Fortunately I don’t have to read\*\* Shodan’\*\*s posts unless some fool quotes them.) > [@Just how reprehensible can you be in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-reprehensible-can-you-be-in-the-pit/843820/156): > > … _Too mean_ isn’t the issue. _Off-fucking-limits_ is. > > You don’t attack someone’s children or someone’s relationship with their children. You don’t attack someone’s actual mental health issues (as opposed to a mere “You’re crazy!”). **You don’t insult someone’s physical disability.** [my emphasis - sgs7] The final sentence there reminded me [of a three-years-ago incident.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA) Welcome to America! **Shodan** was just being Presidential. Get over it. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/183 "2019-11-24T18:14:23Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > That offer remains on the table. Those here who would find the place more pleasant with my permanent absence need only pony up the cash. Or wait patiently. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/184 "2019-11-24T18:20:35Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Or wait patiently. That’s cold. True but cold. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/185 "2019-11-24T18:51:41Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Or wait patiently. Once again, the cautious investor is rewarded. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/186 "2019-11-24T20:01:37Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Think of it as me trying to give my detractors a win-win situation. They get a Scumpup-free SDMB and I get a few bucks. Everybody wins. That they seem to prefer having to endure my presence and read _every single one_ of my posts (as it seems gospel here at the SMDB that nobody can just skip post or put a member on ignore) over skipping a few orange-mocha soy lattes is just their personal quirk, I guess. Sorry, I’m late to the thread! I’m ready to pledge several hundred dollars to the get-rid-of-Scumpup fund. Scumpup, just PM me your info the next time you log in, kay? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/187 "2019-11-24T20:17:50Z")
Perhaps some rules modifications are in order. Perhaps there should be a new rule about a poster who contrives to being a completely useless annoying piece of shit who never contributes anything useful to the board except discord and disruption, along with occasional bragging about his latest acquisition of yet another dangerous weapon, and then seeks monetary payment in order to leave and stop bothering us. We could even have a name for that rule … let me think … hey, how about “the extortion rule”? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/188 "2019-11-24T20:54:37Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Once again, the cautious investor is rewarded. If the stock market were this predictable, I’d be a millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/189 "2019-11-24T21:09:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If the stock market were this predictable, I’d be a millionaire. Oh Nostradamus of the boards are there any other predictions you’d like to share before they actually occur? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/190 "2019-11-24T21:16:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Sorry, I’m late to the thread! I’m ready to pledge several hundred dollars to the get-rid-of-Scumpup fund. > > Scumpup, just PM me your info the next time you log in, kay? Oh, all right, I’m on board with this. I guess it’s worth it. Scumpup, just PM me the transit and account number of your bank account, the PIN, and the answer to any security question like “the pet name of your first gun, the one you still sleep with under your pillow”. Rest assured that I will handle the rest.\* - Voice of Foghorn Leghorn: “Kid might … ah say, kid might just be dumb enough to do it!” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/191 "2019-11-24T22:49:06Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Oh Nostradamus of the boards are there any other predictions you’d like to share before they actually occur? I hate to break this to you, but your ultimate fate is to end up as an appetizer in a Greek restaurant, grilled in olive oil and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/192 "2019-11-25T00:06:08Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t know why they call them ass-less chaps when all chaps are, by definition, ass-less. I’m sure those nice chaps can make up for it in other ways ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/193 "2019-11-25T00:59:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I hate to break this to you, but your ultimate fate is to end up as an appetizer in a Greek restaurant, grilled in olive oil and garlic. :eek: Behavior like that combined with our species’s treatment of the apes and whales is why we’re doomed when the AI takes over. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/194 "2019-11-25T03:18:55Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > :eek: > > Behavior like that combined with our species’s treatment of the apes and whales is why we’re doomed when the AI takes over. I don’t understand you. I’ve never eaten any part of an ape or whale, and never will. Nor shark. But with some guilt I occasionally consume small amounts of otoro as sushi, the very fattiest part of the belly of the (sadly endangered) bluefin tuna. And occasionally octopi and squid, both as Greek appetizers and as sushi preparations, as well as sea urchins when very fresh in a first-class sushi bar. Otherwise my sushi is pretty normal, with some fish imported from Japan and sometimes a rare treat like local straw-smoked tuna from the east coast. Anyway, we no longer have to take up a collection to make scumpup go away, which is good news. He did it for free. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/195 "2019-11-25T04:15:52Z")
Takoyaki is a special treat I indulge in every now and then. Sorry **octopus** but you are delicious chopped up, deep fried in batter, and served with takoyaki sauce, mayo, and pickled ginger. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/196 "2019-11-25T04:39:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Takoyaki is a special treat I indulge in every now and then. > > Sorry **octopus** but you are delicious chopped up, deep fried in batter, and served with takoyaki sauce, mayo, and pickled ginger. Sounds kinda yummy even if you leave the octopus out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/197 "2019-11-25T10:18:13Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Perhaps there should be a new rule about a poster who contrives to being a completely useless annoying piece of shit who never contributes anything useful to the board except discord and disruption, along with occasional bragging about his latest acquisition of yet another dangerous weapon, and then seeks monetary payment in order to leave and stop bothering us. We could even have a name for that rule … let me think … hey, how about “the extortion rule”? The “No Quid Pro Quo” rule. Unless it’s **octopus** , in which case it’s “squid pro quo”. I just hadta. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/198 "2019-11-25T13:22:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And occasionally octopi and squid, both as Greek appetizers and as sushi preparations You said “octopi” in a Greek restaurant? I bet they spit in your giros. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/199 "2019-11-25T13:48:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The “No Quid Pro Quo” rule. > > Unless it’s **octopus** , in which case it’s “squid pro quo”. > > I just hadta. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/200 "2019-11-25T16:27:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The “No Quid Pro Quo” rule. > > Unless it’s **octopus** , in which case it’s “squid pro quo”. > > I just hadta. Go to your room. NOW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522.md?page=11)