# I learned my lessons in the BBQ Pit and here I am again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 28, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655 "2021-01-28T00:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebj0rn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebj0rn/32/6404_2.png) [@Rebj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebj0rn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/1 "2021-01-28T00:16:05Z")
Once upon a time I entered the straight dope forums. I was unable to express my thoughts in a way that was understandable by another human being. I was roasted, toasted and BBQed all over the place. Rightfully so. But I was stubborn. I didn’t know people didn’t understand what I was trying to say so I studied and tried again. I read Republic by Plato and countless other philosophical texts that dealt with the responsibility of the speaker to make himself be understood vs the responsibility of the audience to understand. Here I officially began my journey towards communicating effecitvely with other people. Since then I have studied grounding in communication, I have been a teacher, systems analyst, programmer and now a politician in denial. Now I have travelled full circle to come back to the place where it started. Unfortunately I think my first post is now lost to the archives somewhere, I at least can’t find it in the activity log of my old account. So, here I am again. Rebj0rn. Perhaps this will be as interesting as last time. Perhaps not. Who knows how things have changed here in the past 20 years 🙂 Looking forward to diving back into the pit. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/2 "2021-01-28T00:17:19Z")
Well, that was clear enough. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/3 "2021-01-28T00:19:14Z")
Just FYI, the Admins really frown on people having more than one account here. If your old account is still active you may want to let a mod know, so they can deactivate it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/4 "2021-01-28T01:02:48Z")
Is there something here to pit? I guess if I wanted to insult you for coming back would be a start. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Ro4DrewXHE/maxresdefault.jpg "Monty Python - I Fart in your General Direction") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ro4DrewXHE) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/5 "2021-01-28T01:08:42Z")
Missed the edit window. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wSGkBWYDmrM/hqdefault.jpg "Go away or I shall taunt you again.avi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSGkBWYDmrM) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/6 "2021-01-28T01:13:20Z")
Yeah, check in with a mod. Throw yourself at the mercy of the court. Otherwise you’ll get banned. By the way, I didn’t read all of your OP. I mean, I didn’t read much. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/7 "2021-01-28T02:28:57Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-my-lessons-in-the-bbq-pit-and-here-i-am-again/931655/8 "2021-01-28T02:44:17Z")
Assuming you are [bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn/summary), it does appear you are much more coherent when you were here last in 2003. As said, we do not permit multiple user accounts. Please check with @engineer_comp_geek to coordinate how to handle this. I’m not sure what this is doing in the Pit. Although **bj0rn** used to post in the Pit, there is nothing in the OP that belongs here. I’m going to close this while things get sorted out.