# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/41 "2019-11-16T05:32:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ok, I see I warned you three years ago, but you didn’t send me an abusive PM, which is a plus! Bygones!🙂 Aww man, my abusive PMs don’t even get noticed. ☹ ---
**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 16, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/42 "2019-11-16T05:36:26Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Aww man, my abusive PMs don’t even get noticed. ☹ Sorry! Send it to me again, and I’ll deal with it! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/43 "2019-11-16T05:38:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sorry! Send it to me again, and I’ll deal with it! That sounds fair. You got it! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/44 "2019-11-16T06:03:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One of the problems **Scumpup** has is that he’s too stupid to realize that he is so generally loathed that anything he posts in the Pit is going to turn into a reverse pitting within a few posts. One of the problems with **Colibri** is that he believes, sans title, that anybody would give a wet shit what he posts or even if he posts. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/45 "2019-11-16T06:11:43Z")
I agree with one post in this thread. (placeholder, relax) ---
**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 16, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/46 "2019-11-16T10:18:21Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > You are nobody. You are utterly unimportant. Nothing you can say about me, even if true, will change your lack of consequence in the world outside this board. > [@](#): > > One of the problems with Colibri is that he believes, sans title, that anybody would give a wet shit what he posts or even if he posts. I’ll take “self-awareness fails” for $500, Alex ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/47 "2019-11-16T10:38:13Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > And it takes an even more special kind of courage to do whatever it it is that you flatter yourself that you just did. That’s a lot of words just to say “I know you are, but what am I?”, Pee-Wee. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/48 "2019-11-16T10:45:02Z")
I would have thought that the OP was the very definition of antagonistic trolling for reactions. I guess not. ---
**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 16, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/49 "2019-11-16T11:40:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One of the problems **Scumpup** has is that he’s too stupid to realize that he is so generally loathed that anything he posts in the Pit is going to turn into a reverse pitting within a few posts. When I see **Colibri** ’s name I’m often reminded of a famous poem by Guillaume Apollinaire: _L’aigle fond de l’horizon en poussant un grand cri Et d’Amérique vient le petit colibri De Chine sont venus les pihis longs et souples Qui n’ont qu’une seule aile et qui volent par couples Puis voici le scumpup: qu’est-ce que dérange Toi et tes copains nourri d’immondice et de fange Tu viens de ta mere avec un pet foireux Et n’as rien à donner que des mensonges affreux_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/50 "2019-11-16T12:11:47Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > And it takes an even more special kind of courage to do whatever it it is that you flatter yourself that you just did. I’m posting on a message board. And I’ve done that. You’re the one who’s claiming that people deserve some kind of admiration for posting on a message board. I don’t think that. I might post something on a message board and be entertaining or informative. But I would never think that I’m being brave. That’s not even a possibility, for me or anyone else. If you admire people for their willingness to post anonymous messages on the internet then you have a very deluded view of what reality is. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/51 "2019-11-16T13:41:24Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > However that may be, you remain a hopeless little person who, absent his board title, would be that little nobody who shows up to say something shitty in Pit threads and then vanishes. You are nobody. You are utterly unimportant. Nothing you can say about me, even if true, will change your lack of consequence in the world outside this board. Fuck you and fuck your title, you miserable little wart. Wow. You’re really into this random hatred, aren’t you? You’ve randomly picked **Colibri** , of all people, to harbor an utterly irrational and baseless psychotic hatred of, and you’re not letting it go for _nothing_, are you? You’re a one-man comedy routine: You’re a guy, walking down the street, peaceful as can be, smile on your face, until you see that one person, your own private [Niagara Falls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned) on two legs, and you just fucking lose it. You get the spittle going, you pop a vein in your forehead, you turn red and your neck sticks out like Iggy Pop trying to shit a hairdryer. I just can’t understand it, but damn, it’s fun to watch. > [@Scumpup](#): > > One of the problems with **Colibri** is that he believes, sans title, that anybody would give a wet shit what he posts or even if he posts. Oh, now I get it: You think **Colibri** is _you_. ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/52 "2019-11-16T15:00:51Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > I would have thought that the OP was the very definition of antagonistic trolling for reactions. I guess not. Obviously. But in the hypothetical where such outbursts are predicated on a sincere albeit disproportionate emotional status\*, gentle social prodding could help him accept the validity of dropping down to nominally acceptable levels of volumetric shit compression. Perhaps by going outside and having a deep breath or two. - He mad ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/53 "2019-11-16T15:14:51Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No. He’s just some random asshole. Modesty doesn’t suit you; You’re a particularly vile type of asshole. > [@Scumpup](#): > > My money is on you swallowing a bottle of pills the day this place goes dark. QED ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/54 "2019-11-16T15:59:26Z")
How many variations on the I’m rubber/you’re glue gambit can Dopers post? Seemingly, there is no upper limit to that or to the unjustifiably smug feeling of “boy, did I just break one off in\* him\*” that accompanies said posts. I genuinely do miss assholes like **Zenster** and **Otto** because they were capable of busting out insults that carried some genuine sting. You lot? Not so much. ---
**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 16, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/55 "2019-11-16T16:04:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One of the problems **Scumpup** has is that he’s too stupid to realize that he is so generally loathed that anything he posts in the Pit is going to turn into a reverse pitting within a few posts. Either that or he’s cunning enough to anticipate that it will garner him a buttload of attention. Maybe it’s a form of therapy for him, [like Whoopi Goldberg did for Sally Field in _Soapdish_…](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKg-rVQUNvE) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/56 "2019-11-16T16:07:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Either that or he’s cunning enough to anticipate that it will garner him a buttload of attention. Maybe it’s a form of therapy for him, [like Whoopi Goldberg did for Sally Field in _Soapdish_…](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKg-rVQUNvE) I am undone. I don’t know what could have ever made me think I could triumph over your penetrating insight and deep knowledge of the human condition. Bravo, sir, bravo. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/57 "2019-11-16T16:09:35Z")
Your ‘STFU’ check is in the mail. Now, fuck-off, cunt. ---
**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 16, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/58 "2019-11-16T16:12:04Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I am undone. I don’t know what could have ever made me think I could triumph over your penetrating insight and deep knowledge of the human condition. Bravo, sir, bravo. Yeah, whatever. See you again, next time you start to feel like you’re running on fumes and need your tank filled. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/59 "2019-11-16T16:13:26Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Your ‘STFU’ check is in the mail. Now, fuck-off, cunt. It took you, what, two or three hours to compose that? Be honest now, when you posted it, you did so with a real sense of triumph, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/60 "2019-11-16T16:14:41Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Your ‘STFU’ check is in the mail. Now, fuck-off, cunt. Also, you really should do something about the misogyny implicit in your choice of insults. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522.md?page=4)