# "I can't believe no one has mentioned" posters, I'm calling you out... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099 "2004-06-07T14:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/21 "2004-06-08T02:51:46Z")
It’s not a joke thread just because a bunch of jokers hijack it. [sub]Whistles innocently[/sub] I also don’t think this subject is worth having an aneurysm over. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/22 "2004-06-08T03:31:32Z")
**AAAAAAAAAARGH! MY HEAD! MY HEAD! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! DEAR GOD, THE PAIN! THE PAIN! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! MAKE IT STOP! I THINK I’M HAVING AN …** > [@sturmhauke](#): > > I also don’t think this subject is worth having an aneurysm over. What? Really? Oh, OK. Wish I had known this a little earlier. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/23 "2004-06-08T04:24:28Z")
Eh. Sometimes it’s legit. In a 5 page thread about, say, I don’t know, the works of Douglas Adams, it would be surprising to find that no one had mentioned the Dirk Gently books. Sometimes it truly is surprising that you are the one who gets the chance to beat an old joke further into the ground or key someone into some good shit. Honestly now, this type of statement (while it may lack originality) need not indicate a holier-than-thou attitude. I have often seen it as an expresison of true surprise. One thing that is not surprising is how this thread went. If there is one thing that Doper’s love, it’s Meta-Jokes. God bless them every one. . . > [@](#): > > “Luckily,” he went on, “you have come to exactly the right place with your interesting problem, for there is no such word as ‘impossible’ in my dictionary. In fact,” he added, brandishing the abused book, “everything between ‘herring’ and ‘marmalade’ seems to be missing.” DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/24 "2004-06-08T13:29:36Z")
Well, for obvious entries, I see your point dalovindj, but when somebody goes into histrionics over leaving Snow Patrol (who ain’t exactly a household word) out of a “Coldplay Sounds Like…” thread, you gotta draw the line somewhere. As for Meta Humor, I want to use something like this more often in SDMB, from Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Meatwad: You have any idea how many hours there are in a month? Frylock: 728 Meatwad: Neither do I. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/25 "2004-06-08T13:34:21Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It dosn’t _have_ to be that. These people could just be falling into a written word whisker trap. Like how some people always preface oral statements with “Uh,” or close sentences with, “ **with know**?” Doesn’t always mean arrogance. It’s just improper form. > > Still, it IS annoying.\* Almost as annoying as people who write noone when they mean no one. 😛 > \*seriously, one of my pet MB peeves. I feel your pain. Now, name five people who end sentences like this: “With know?” I might start doing it. bolding mine ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/26 "2004-06-09T02:08:08Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I can’t believe no one has mentioned how much more annoying it is when the thing you can’t believe no one has mentioned has in fact been mentioned. Because it means you’re annoying and an uncareful reader. Smeg, it _has_ been mentioned! I am never an annoying and uncareful reader, :wally, and I **never** get whooshed! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/27 "2004-06-09T02:17:16Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I feel your pain. Now, name five people who end sentences like this: “With know?” > > I might start doing it. Hey, check the Terk threads. I’m already doing it. On other boards. Hell, might as well, since I made the mistake of substuting with for ya. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/28 "2004-06-09T06:59:05Z")
Sayings like “I can’t believe nobody has mentioned” add variety to our language and facilitate starting different sentences or posts with different grammatical structures. When a series of sentences or posts all start the same way, they sound boring and repetitive. When a saying like that is used, it is sometimes true (as **dalovindj** said). When somebody starts a pit thread just to say they’re annoyed at a saying, it looks silly. When a mere saying is that annoying to you, just skip over it. 😃 Sheesh! Have a cow. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/29 "2004-06-09T07:00:53Z")
I can’t believe this is my first pitting–and such a lame one too. :wally ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/30 "2004-06-09T08:17:31Z")
Serves you right you bastard! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/31 "2004-06-10T15:22:44Z")
Afffffflaccccck! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/32 "2004-06-10T20:42:32Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Afffffflaccccck! Matt Damon! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/34 "2004-06-12T03:02:28Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > I’m going to be as calm and reasonable about this as possible. I’m going to put my hand on your shoulder affectionately, smile ingratiatingly, and say in a loving manner, SO MENTION IT YOU FUCKING GENE POOL REJECT!!! as I strangle you. No one has given you props for this line yet, since they’re too busy getting their undies in bunches, so I’ll just say this is really funny. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/35 "2004-06-12T06:57:17Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I burning your death ray joke! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Damn if that isn’t the funniest reference in this thread. P.S. What the fuck is a Snow Patrol? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/36 "2004-06-12T18:18:05Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > P.S. What the fuck is a Snow Patrol? They’re a really good band. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/37 "2004-06-12T20:37:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There’s also the ever popular “Am I the Only Doper Who…” The Only Answer to that question is “NO.” Jesus, thank you. I fucking hate that. I especially hate the extreme cases where people just use it as a weird way to start a conversation. “Am I the only one who likes the Simpsons?”, “Am I the only one who’s read The HHGTTG?” ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/38 "2004-06-13T03:26:09Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > The HHGTTG Thank god for Google and [AcronymFinder](http://www.acronymfinder.com/) or I would have been beating my head against these monitors for the rest of the night. I’ve read 'em (well, only the trilogy, not the trilogy++), but haven’t discussed them at any length and couldn’t figure out what the heck that stood for. Not that I’ll be starting a pit thread about it any time soon… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/39 "2004-06-13T06:11:20Z")
Am I the only one who realizes how lame this rant is? I friggen hope not, with so much ignorance in the world, can’t this topic be saved for last? ---
**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/40 "2004-06-13T08:01:29Z")
Crud. And I thought this thread was going to be about the righteous indignation that I see every now and again in GD and TBBQP. You know: “OMGWTFBBQLOLROFL!!!1111 one one one, 50 billion people died because Bushco/Clinton/Ho Chi Min/Hitler/Aliens did nothing/something/fell asleep/looked at someone funny and _ **NO ONE HERE MENTIONS IT** _!!!1111 one one one Just goes to show you how Liberal/Conservative/Pinko/Fascist/Alien Fried this board really is!!!1111 one one” I hate that shit. I hate that more than Nothing Doing Pinko Ho Chi Min Alien Fried pie. _Insert SDMB inside joke right here_ ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099/41 "2004-06-13T20:14:22Z")
> [@BytopianDream](#): > > _Insert SDMB inside joke right here_ I frying your alien! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-no-one-has-mentioned-posters-im-calling-you-out/249099.md?page=1)