# I hate this BB system **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034 "2002-11-02T23:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/21 "2002-11-03T04:40:49Z")
Took the words right out of my mouth, Fenris. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/22 "2002-11-03T04:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by japatlgt \* > \*\*I like pie!!!1 \*\* I prefer pie!!!2 myself, but, honestly, it’s all good. Everybody likes pie. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/23 "2002-11-03T04:45:27Z")
You don’t need to copy and paste - just log in, use the back button to get to you post, and click the submit button again. Of course, if the software was better you wouldn’t have to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/24 "2002-11-03T07:57:05Z")
Wow, that was a close call! I was **about** to post something to defend **Cull** against some of the nasty things people have said to him here, but then it occurred to me that maybe they had a reason for talking down to him, so I searched his past posts and found this: > [@](#): > > Why do you care about your lawn? Are you afraid what all the other suburbanite SUV-driving patio-grilling two-car-garage-cleaning middle aged yuppy wastes of life you live with are going to think? If that’s not it, maybe your life just doesn’t have enough hatred in it, and you’re just plodding through your life looking for people and things to hate. You have my sympathy. After reading that, I would like to congratulate the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Cull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Cull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cull)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/25 "2002-11-03T08:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bob Scene \* > \*\*Wow, that was a close call! I was **about** to post something to defend **Cull** against some of the nasty things people have said to him here, but then it occurred to me that maybe they had a reason for talking down to him, so I searched his past posts and found this: > > After reading that, I would like to congratulate the hamsters. \*\* I’m sorry, did I hit that hit too close to your sheepish little heart? I forgot that I’m supposed to feign compassion for idiocy and complacency in order to gain friends and popularity! All hail AMERIKA NUMBER ONE YAY GO AMERIKA I HAVE TO GO BUY A CASE OF NUTRITION ENERGY PROTEIN BALANCED CARBOHYDRATE BARS NOW SEE YOU LATER!!!1111111122 I’m sorry, conditioning you know… I should relax with a nice warm case of BOTTLED WATER for fuck’s sake. Now go back in your stable and eat some hay. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/26 "2002-11-03T08:35:26Z")
… someone’s bitter. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/27 "2002-11-03T08:41:43Z")
Look I heard there was pie in here and so I came in, read the entire frickin thread and while there was much talk of a pie nature I find myself without pie. Frankly I feel that I’m owed pie. Key lime please. (real Key Lime, not that fake green stuff. No whipped cream either.) ---
**Author:** ![Cull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Cull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cull)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/28 "2002-11-03T08:51:09Z")
There’s no such thing as pie. It’s a myth, like Santa Claus or Our Fearless Leader’s IQ. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/29 "2002-11-03T09:22:35Z")
I have become Death, Stealer of Pie ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/30 "2002-11-03T12:09:59Z")
Now, **Cull,** if you haven’t _tried_ decaf, how do you know you don’t like it? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/31 "2002-11-03T12:21:41Z")
My cat’s breath bent my wookie! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/32 "2002-11-03T12:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Compose in Notepad or some other yexy editor. \*\* Notepad is a very yexy editor. Use something like EditPad or emacs, instead. Life is too short for yexy editors. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/33 "2002-11-03T13:42:28Z")
I think the hampsters ate the pie. It was good pie, too, Key Lime Pie and Pecan Pie and Lemon Icebox Pie with Graham Cracker Crust like my mother used to make. I like hampsters, but I like pie better. I don’t care that the hampsters ate Cull’s post; that was probably no big loss, but I do care that the furry little bastards ate the pie. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/34 "2002-11-03T13:58:13Z")
> [@](#): > > All hail AMERIKA NUMBER ONE YAY GO AMERIKA I HAVE TO GO BUY A CASE OF NUTRITION ENERGY PROTEIN BALANCED CARBOHYDRATE BARS NOW SEE YOU LATER!!!1111111122 Just as a pointless digression, why do some posters seem to think that putting a “k” in “America” is a clever device to gain rhetorical points? It’s trite, it’s old, and it tends to mark the user as a particularly silly person who thinks namecalling is a useful substitute for the advancement of a proposition through logical argument. Mind, I could be misreading **Cull** ’s intent; maybe it’s just a misspelling. Given the general tenor and intelligence level of his comments, an inability to spell would not be out of character, IMO. Of course, **Cull** could be going through some hard times. _Cue Stephen Sondheim_ No denying, times is hard, sir. Even harder than the worst pies in London. Only lard and nothing more. Is that just revolting? All greasy and gritty. It looks like it’s molting and tastes like… well, pity a woman alone with limited wind and the worst pies in London! Ah, sir, times is hard, times is hard! ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/35 "2002-11-03T14:42:29Z")
I think pie tastes much better than NUTRITION ENERGY PROTEIN BALANCED CARBOHYDRATE BARS, quite frankly. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/36 "2002-11-03T14:46:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\* > Just as a pointless digression, why do some posters seem to think that putting a “k” in “America” is a clever device to gain rhetorical points? It’s trite, it’s old, and it tends to mark the user as a particularly silly person who thinks namecalling is a useful substitute for the advancement of a proposition through logical argument. > > Mind, I could be misreading **Cull** ’s intent; maybe it’s just a misspelling. Given the general tenor and intelligence level of his comments, an inability to spell would not be out of character, IMO. Of course, **Cull** could be going through some hard times. > \*\* So your three hypothesis are: [ul] [li]He did it to make some grand philosophical point[/li][li]It’s just an innocent “My fingers slipped” typo[/li][li]He’s emotionally distraught[/li][/ul] **Gobear** , Mi compadre, you’ve left out the most important and obvious option: He’s a nitwit. Besides, remember your Pratchett? The bit about people who use too many exclamation marks and their questionable sanity? Once again, Pterry shows us the way. The final option, in addition to the two I’ve listed and your original three, is that this is a desperate bid for my attention. I suspect **Cull** …wants…me and is doing a spectacularly idiotic pit-thread simply to get me to notice him. (It’s all about me, you see.) Given that, I’ll take up your gauntlet of including in the post a Sondheim quote (with a slight tweak to the lyrics): A wall of rain as it turns to sleet Th’ lack of sun on a one-way street I love the grime all the time and what more do I need? My window pane has a lovely view An inch of sky and a fly or two Why I can see half a tree And what more do I need? The dust is thick and it’s galling It simply can’t be excused In winter, even the falling snow looks…used. My window pane doesn’t give much light But I see Cull so the view is bright Because Cull loves me I’ll pay the dirt no heed With Cull’s love, what more do I need? But if that’s the case, how do I let him down gently? Given his exclaimation point problem, he’s clearly none-too-stable, emotionally and I don’t wanna hurt th’ little spud. But conversely, I’m just not interested. So now what? Help me Obi-Wan **Gobear** , you’re my only hope! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/37 "2002-11-03T15:30:52Z")
This used to happen to me a lot and I wept (_oh_, how I wept) over the loss of those important, relevant, carefully-composed replies, but I found a solution; now I only ever post inane drivel - if the hamsters eat it, it’s no great loss. I also wait until someone posts something clever and then post almost the exact same thing–all the wit, half the mental effort. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/38 "2002-11-03T15:37:35Z")
I loves my NUTRITION ENERGY PROTEIN BALANCED CARBOHYDRATE BAR pie. But, yeah, that is frustrating. Nowadays, I check to make sure I’m logged in before posting. A good way to do this, if you don’t want to bother finding the login page, is to click “reply to” the last comment in the thread. That’ll take you to the login page if you’re not logged in. Then, just delete all the text in the box and post. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/39 "2002-11-03T15:47:59Z")
We are all well aware of the oddities and complexities of this board. Moaning does little but piss off the hamsters - and other posters. As suggested previously, why not either make sure you are logged in before posting (trying to post), hit ‘back’ and copy your post carefully or even type it in an email and save the puppy for future reference if need be. Dude, this is a great place to be. Chill. Be kind to the hamsters and you will find yourself in a much happier state of mind - and with less people pissin’ down your leg. Oh, and welcome to the SDMB! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034/40 "2002-11-03T17:11:03Z")
**Fenris** , in re **Cull** ’s unrequited passion for you, my advice is for you to tell him that… This was just a moment in the woods… Our moment. Shimmering and lovely and sad. Leave the moment, just be glad For the moment that we had. Every moment is of moment When you’re in the woods… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-bb-system/135034.md?page=3)