# I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2018-01-06T00:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/961 "2019-06-26T16:16:05Z")
Stand-in for \*\*HurricaneDitka’s \*\*sense of humor is a tough, thankless and poorly compensated job. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/962 "2019-06-28T20:24:21Z")
It occurred to me that it might be interesting to track HD’s non trolling posts, since I suspect they’re so rare. So if you happen to notice, feel free to share any posts of his that aren’t his standard whataboutisms, supposed liberal hypocrisy, liberals are dumb and/or evil, or about how much he (not so secretly) longs to kill liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/963 "2019-06-28T20:28:29Z")
[This seems to qualify](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=877898), at least for the time being. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/964 "2019-06-28T20:30:19Z")
[This one qualifies. However… did he ever pay up on his bet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=865919) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/965 "2019-06-29T03:46:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [This seems to qualify](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=877898), at least for the time being. I wish I hadn’t clicked on that. (Crime story) ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/966 "2019-07-02T18:44:25Z")
Fuck. This. Guy. > [@What Effect Will Trump's Concentration Camps have on his reelection campaign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-trumps-concentration-camps-have-on-his-reelection-campaign/835738/555): > > I suspect the “drink from the toilet” claim was most likely a case of third-worlders not understanding how American toilets work and guards trying to explain to them that they can drink from the spout above the toilet, plus perhaps some nuance being lost in translation, both between the guard and the immigrant, and then the immigrant and the activists / reporters. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/967 "2019-07-02T19:01:48Z")
And thus we see just how the dehumanizing of the people in the concentration camps begins. [Stanford prison experiment](https://www.prisonexp.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/968 "2019-07-02T22:59:51Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [This one qualifies. However… did he ever pay up on his bet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=865919) Unclear. The ACLU was supposed to send me an email confirmation. He says he paid, but I never got a confirmation. The possibility that the ACLU messed that up can’t be _completely_ discounted, but then neither can the possibility that HD is a liar. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/969 "2019-07-02T23:00:32Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Unclear. The ACLU was supposed to send me an email confirmation. He says he paid, but I never got a confirmation. The possibility that the ACLU messed that up can’t be _completely_ discounted, but then neither can the possibility that HD is a liar. I think we already know he’s a liar – he’s shown that time and time again. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/970 "2019-07-02T23:08:43Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Fuck. This. Guy. I can’t look at those threads without raising my blood pressure 100 points. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/971 "2019-07-03T23:01:01Z")
The powers that be have made it known that they will be watching after a string of particularly obvious bad-faith arguments from HD: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/972 "2019-07-03T23:03:04Z")
:Googles ‘Sealioning’: :nods: ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/973 "2019-07-03T23:22:42Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The powers that be have made it known that they will be watching after a string of particularly obvious bad-faith arguments from HD: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660) Jaysus, better late than never I guess. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/974 "2019-07-03T23:24:47Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > :Googles ‘Sealioning’: > > :nods: Googles as well. Ditka got around too late, they coulda named that shit after that fucknut. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/975 "2019-07-04T00:20:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The powers that be have made it known that they will be watching after a string of particularly obvious bad-faith arguments from HD: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21731197&postcount=660) **Bone** ’s moderation continues to impress. I may disagree with him on most matters of ideology, but my estimation of him as a mod has just gone up another notch. **Ditka** now has to improve the intellectual caliber of his trolling skills by an order of magnitude, and I seriously doubt the dumbass simpleton can do it. The origin of the sea lion meme – it is totally and exactly **Ditka** : > **[\#1062; The Terrible Sea Lion](https://wondermark.com/c/1062/)** > > This sea lion has made the rounds. Also, a clarification on the sea lion character. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/976 "2019-07-04T02:50:02Z")
Now, if only other sealions were similarly moderated. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/977 "2019-07-04T04:12:33Z")
Do we have other sea lions? I thought **Ditka** was a unique thing unto himself like no other. Sure, we have many other trolls, and we certainly have a plethora of assholes and wingnuts, but the perfect suitability of that designation is that **Ditka** is honestly the only metaphorical sea lion I can think of. And hey, **Ditka** , that’s not a compliment, any more than a designation of a bacterium as an MRSA superbug is a compliment to the germ. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/978 "2019-07-04T06:10:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > **Bone** ’s moderation continues to impress. I may disagree with him on most matters of ideology, but my estimation of him as a mod has just gone up another notch… Clearly, we have had a positive effect on his personal evolution, and may reasonably hope for future steps leading away from the path of political error. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/979 "2019-07-04T09:23:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Do we have other sea lions? I thought **Ditka** was a unique thing unto himself like no other. Sure, we have many other trolls, and we certainly have a plethora of assholes and wingnuts, but the perfect suitability of that designation is that **Ditka** is honestly the only metaphorical sea lion I can think of. And hey, **Ditka** , that’s not a compliment, any more than a designation of a bacterium as an MRSA superbug is a compliment to the germ. Wasn’t there some other right-wing torture-supporting scumbag who used to hang around here, then didn’t? A lawyer or something? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/980 "2019-07-04T12:25:13Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > **Bone** ’s moderation continues to impress. I may disagree with him on most matters of ideology, but my estimation of him as a mod has just gone up another notch. Even if it’s long overdue? Still, encouragement must be shown. The moderator community must set limits on their Affirmative Action standards, and this is evidence that they are finally doing so. TIL what sealioning is - something beyond the SDMB tradition of asking “Cite?”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=50)