# I got called a bot today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934 "2002-10-26T02:02:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/1 "2002-10-26T02:02:36Z")

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I was in a chatroom today and was told by someone that he thought I was a bot because of the comments I was making. Well, this was a trivia game chatroom, so I assume he was talking about the comments I would make about the questions, answers to the questions, etc. For example, when there was a question about _Paint Your Wagon_ I said some of the lines from the song on the _Simpsons_.

Anyone have any idea what he meant and if I should be insulted?

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/2 "2002-10-26T02:09:08Z")

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You got called a “bot”:

1. You got called a faceless machine, who only spits out a preplanned answer based on what is typed.

2. You got called a faceless machine, bent on eliminating the human race in a post-nuclear-holocaust world, and your other name is known as “Terminator”.

I’d vote for number two. 😃

Tripler  
I think we can all figure out what I’m watching on TV tonight. 😃

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/3 "2002-10-26T03:37:20Z")

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You failed the Turing test!

[nelson]  
Ha, ha.  
[/nelson]

$exception occured at 00,0E000 : MUDD.pl \*\*\*

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/5 "2002-10-26T06:30:58Z")

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I get accused of using an aimbot sometimes when I play Battlefield 1942, usually after getting lucky and popping someone’s head from about 500 yards away with my BAR 1918.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/6 "2002-10-26T21:55:50Z")

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Maybe they’re abbreviating “bloodclot.” If so, yes, that’s rather insulting.

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**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-called-a-bot-today/133934/7 "2002-10-26T23:41:17Z")

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You were called a bot because your awnsers were simplicite and mundane. 😃