# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1361 "2019-10-23T15:23:21Z")
**septimus,** assuming this whole thing was not a joke, well-crafted as it would have to be because it’s hilarious)… … while I applaud the sentiment, I have to say you might be going overboard. As much I dislike anybody quoting **Hurryup Doofus’** posts in GD or Elections, and as much as I implore them to Ignore-List him (BTW. … **bobot:** _good for you!_) I think sending everybody who so much as mentions his name to Gitmo is going a little extreme. There is the Brink of Madness. And then there is The Abyss. Take a couple of steps back, homey. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1362 "2019-10-23T15:43:04Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Working fast! I am now Ignoring the following posters: > JohnT > El\_Kabong > TheCuse > kaylasdad99 > QuickSilver :rolleyes: > [@septimus](#): > > Another name on the Ignored list didn’t mention HD’s name, but did insult me as if asking to be Ignored. > > I hope that one of the newly-ignored will send me a PM. I’m curious if I’ll see it. You won’t. And oh, fuck right off, you petulant brat. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1363 "2019-10-23T16:01:58Z")
…CandymanCandymanCandymanCandymanCandyman! …ohfuk ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1364 "2019-10-23T16:25:22Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > …CandymanCandymanCandymanCandymanCandyman! > > …ohfuk Did Sammy Davis Jr. show up? 🆒 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1365 "2019-10-23T16:26:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > 😕 I’m not sure what your confusion is. I’m also on notice that one more Warning makes me BANNED. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1366 "2019-10-23T16:29:29Z")
I didn’t mention his name. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1367 "2019-10-23T16:33:19Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m not sure what your confusion is. I’m also on notice that one more Warning makes me BANNED. That sound like a personal issue. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1368 "2019-10-23T16:37:41Z")
While we’re on this detour, here’s the complete context of the [warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21930916&postcount=49). **Septimus** is the brand new owner of a topic ban. Time to step away from the keyboard and cool off. You’re going to injure yourself trying not to say the Magic Words. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1369 "2019-10-23T16:45:54Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > While we’re on this detour, here’s the complete context of the [warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21930916&postcount=49). **Septimus** is the brand new owner of a topic ban. > > Time to step away from the keyboard and cool off. You’re going to injure yourself trying not to say the Magic Words. I see. That warning was not an entirely unreasonably response to \*\*Septimus’ \*\*actions. (Reviewing again, I see he didn’t get an actual warning, but warned that me might in the future) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1370 "2019-10-23T16:48:20Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > …CandymanCandymanCandymanCandymanCandyman! > > …ohfuk > [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Did Sammy Davis Jr. show up? 🆒 Worse. Aubrey Woods. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1371 "2019-10-23T16:54:30Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Sorry. Mea culpa. I’ve dis-Ignored you. > > Another name on the Ignored list didn’t mention HD’s name, but did insult me as if asking to be Ignored. > > In future, I will ignore mentions of HD in _this_ thread, and possibly in BBQ Pit threads generally. > > As I say, I’m not acting out of spite or malice. **I want to minimize the chance that I will get BANNED by responding to post(s) about HD.** > > I hope that one of the newly-ignored will send me a PM. I’m curious if I’ll see it. Is being BANNED worse than being banned? Asking posters in general, since I’ve (weeping) been kicked to the curb by Septimus. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1372 "2019-10-23T17:12:21Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m not sure what your confusion is. You’re not ignoring people for mentioning McVeigh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1373 "2019-10-23T17:13:28Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Working fast! I am now Ignoring the following posters:JohnT > El\_Kabong > TheCuse > kaylasdad99 > QuickSilverToo bad about **kaylasdad99** , whose posts were generally intelligent and good-spirited, but it seems he wants me to Ignore him, so I oblige. I am sure that he is utterly _devistated_ by the loss, Hurricane Ditka–I mean septimus. (I always get you two confused.) ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1374 "2019-10-23T17:28:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Just to be clear: > > In a recent GD thread, someone listed HD as a “moderate.” I responded by posting a link to one of the Sealion’s posts and then was warned that just quoting HD and asking if his own words seemed “moderate” was _unacceptable_. _ **I am on notice that if I do so again I am likely to be BANNED.** _ > > Avoiding new mentions of the insipid HD is for _ **my self-protection** _: I’d prefer not to be BANNED. So coming here and throwing seven kitten fits in a row in a thread ALL ABOUT THAT GUY is a better solution than just showing some self-control? Or you could still have done your nuclear option quietly and wouldn’t have had people in this thread making fun of you and saying his name just to set you off. I’m suspecting there’s a martyr complex at work here. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1375 "2019-10-23T17:37:03Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > So coming here and throwing seven kitten fits in a row in a thread ALL ABOUT THAT GUY is a better solution than just showing some self-control? Or you could still have done your nuclear option quietly and wouldn’t have had people in this thread making fun of you and saying his name just to set you off. I’m suspecting there’s a martyr complex at work here. OSHA says: When bearing your cross, always lift with the knees. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1376 "2019-10-23T17:38:25Z")
As we all move inland, tropical storm (formerly hurricane) Ditka continues to bring flooding rainfall and gusts up to 60mph… . ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1377 "2019-10-23T17:44:37Z")
How do you like your new [HurryCane](https://www.hurrycane.com/), Ditka? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1378 "2019-10-23T18:05:52Z")
Septimus, I think the mods will give people “posting sabbaticals” sometimes. It’s basically a suspension that you ask for yourself, and it doesn’t count towards a ban. It’s for people who really need to take a break from the boards, but don’t trust themselves not to compulsively post. You might want to ask for one, cause, man, your new policy is nuts. A break would do you good. If a mod would confirm whether or not that’s an option, that would be great. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1379 "2019-10-23T18:54:36Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > This post is about the Tim McVeigh fan, Nasty Sealion, aka HD, aka He-who-shouldnt-be-named. His first name is a word meaning Atlantic Ocean cyclone. His last name is that of a famous football coach. The reason I don’t write his name in full will be clear. > > Several in this thread have made the suggestion that we just ignore this nasty oaf. After he went whining to the Mods again about my latest mention(\*) of him, I’ve decided to act to prevent his name coming to my eyes again. > > - > - HD, recall, is the same asshole who condemns the petite Yvette Falarca for pushing a big strong Nazi with her bare hands, while judging that Tim McVeigh’s massacre of hundreds of Americans was ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. (I am forbidden to repeat that ordinary phrase at SDMB.) > > _ **I choose not to look at his name ever again.** _ If you want to comment on him, I ask that you use a euphemism, e.g. HD or The-Asshole-who-shouldnt-be-named. On or after this date if I see any post that contains his name (whether full, first or last), \*\*The poster who allowed HD’s name to appear will also be placed on my Ignore list. \*\* > > If you must quote one of his posts, and _ **you want me to place you on my Ignore list, no action is required.** _ If/when I see that post, you will be placed on Ignore. If you don’t want to be Ignored, go into the generated script and replace his full name with “HD” or a “.”. (If you post in a thread started by HD, no action is required — I never read such threads.) > > I do not know whether the Board’s software allows me to exchange PMs with someone on my Ignore list. I will post additions to my Ignore list in this thread. If you see your name as Ignored here, promise to stop quoting HD posts, and want me to read your posts, PM me (if allowed) and I will take you off the Ignore list. Maybe it would help what’s left of your sanity to work on tackling this OCD. There are techniques that can help. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1380 "2019-10-23T19:08:37Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Maybe it would help what’s left of your sanity to work on tackling this OCD. There are techniques that can help. As an important aside: Take note of this exchange when what’s left of your functioning brain cells shorts out again and begins regurgitating the hive mind bullshit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=70)