# I pit burglars **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535 "2017-01-19T12:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/121 "2017-01-20T17:26:44Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Clothy, the best I can do is pity, and it’s the pity I feel for someone who lies with dogs, and complains of fleas. Not looking for pity, and please keep your fleas to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/122 "2017-01-20T17:30:52Z")
> [@snoe](#): > > Well, yeah, it’s clear _you_ think this - and it obviously bothers you, which, fine, whatever gets your dander up. > > But it’s bad form to accuse your opponents of playing politics (referencing C’s political opinions to mock his misfortune) while calling them butthurt snowflakes. > > And no, I don’t feel the need to go roond and round with you about how butthurt which snowflakes are. I got my hair cut today - the conversation in the barbershop provided my ration of macho political preening for the next few weeks. (One patron’s solution to illegal immigration: pull up your van to Home Depot, load up some day laborers, drive 'em down to TJ, and repeat! Haw, haw!) We don’t have to go round and round, but when people start imagining Trump as a Manchurian candidate or start talking about how he’s not a legitimate president, it reminds me of how some people thought Obama was a secret muslim Kenyan. IOW, butthurt. If you think Trump is a horrible person, that’s fine. I do too. If you think Trump is entirely unprepared to be POTUS, I couldn’t agree more. But if you think that Trump isn’t legitmate because Hilalry won the popular vote and the Russians Hacked Hillary’s email and he’s some sort of Manchurian candidate, then you might be butthurt. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/123 "2017-01-20T17:36:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > OK, that just totally makes my brain melt. Clot is named after a turtle wizard? Oh, jesus. From now on I’m going to be picturing **Clothahump** as Tooter Turtle. “Drizzle, drazzle, drozzle, drome/ Time for this one to come home!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/124 "2017-01-20T18:11:42Z")
I dunno why this thread has to inevitably be about what a jerk Trump is, when it’s just fine being about what a jerk Clothahump is. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/125 "2017-01-20T19:40:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I wasn’t asking for sympathy. I was pitting a burglar, nothing more. > > If I were looking for sympathy, I’d be asking for donations to help pay for the window. I’m not. I’m not sure that you quite understand what sympathy is. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/126 "2017-01-20T19:41:21Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > I’m not sure that you quite understand what sympathy is. Color me shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/127 "2017-01-20T19:51:16Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Tell you what, bucky. If you consider that a micro aggression, I’ll be glad to PM you the school’s email address. You can use Paypal and send me the $540 it just cost to have the window replaced. You up to that, Mr. Micro? [In response to me declining any charity for him] > [@Clothahump](#): > > That’s what I thought. Just another running mouth. > [@Clothahump](#): > > If I were looking for sympathy, I’d be asking for donations to help pay for the window. I’m not. WTF? I’m chalking up this alleged “window breaking” as fake news. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/128 "2017-01-20T21:03:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I dunno why this thread has to inevitably be about what a jerk Trump is, when it’s just fine being about what a jerk Clothahump is. Bryan, I say this with all sincerity: Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/129 "2017-01-20T21:05:38Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Bryan, I say this with all sincerity: Fuck off. You use that phrase so often that even if it’s sincere, it’s lost all significance. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/130 "2017-01-20T21:06:56Z")
> [@Crazy\_Canuck](#): > > Serious question. When all your responses to anyone disagreeing with you consist of you telling them to fuck off, what the fuck where you expecting? If they disagree with me on points and are willing to openly debate, no problem. It’s the mouthbreathers with the room temperature IQs that come up with all the “Hur, hur, hurpty-durpty, Clothahump’s a jerk” responses to damn near everything I post that I tell to fuck off. That is usually followed by an entry to my ignore list so that I don’t have to put up with their childish bullshit any more. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/131 "2017-01-20T21:08:03Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Someone tried to break into our home recently, which was rattling even though they didn’t get in (alarm scared them off, I assume) and did minimal damage. So, I sympathize as well. > > Minor bonus points for not including any Internet Tough Guy bullshit about how you wish you’d caught the perp in the act so you could go all Jackie Chan on his Obama-voting ass. > > Unfortunately you’ve already gotten a jillion demerits for past assholery, so it barely makes a dent in your decent-human-beingness deficit. But hey, baby steps! Another asshat heard from. Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/132 "2017-01-20T21:11:04Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > That is usually followed by an entry to my ignore list so that I don’t have to put up with their childish bullshit any more. /snip Dear Lord, I can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/133 "2017-01-20T21:12:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If they disagree with me on points and are willing to openly debate, no problem. You’re actually going to start debating? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/134 "2017-01-20T21:17:38Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If they disagree with me on points and are willing to openly debate, no problem. When have you ever had a point? What’s your proudest most pointed moment on this board? If you can’t or won’t answer, may as well put me on ignore, too. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/135 "2017-01-20T22:10:29Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You use that phrase so often that even if it’s sincere, it’s lost all significance. Try to imagine the spittle flying out of his mouth, as he falls over one of the sticks that the kids use to hit him in the head. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/136 "2017-01-20T22:44:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If they disagree with me on points and are willing to openly debate, no problem. It’s the mouthbreathers with the room temperature IQs that come up with all the “Hur, hur, hurpty-durpty, Clothahump’s a jerk” responses to damn near everything I post that I tell to fuck off. That is usually followed by an entry to my ignore list so that I don’t have to put up with their childish bullshit any more. I’ve tried to engage you on points many times, but you’ve never chosen to engage me back beyond a single post. Do you sincerely believe that everyone who disagrees with you is either dishonest, stupid, evil, or demonstrating some other incredible deficiency? Or, as I’ve learned (mostly from my experience in the US Navy), do most people have valid reasons for their opinions, based on their own experiences, and it’s entirely possible for honest, intelligent, and decent people to be liberal, conservative, or anywhere in between? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/137 "2017-01-20T22:53:55Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’ve tried to engage you on points many times, but you’ve never chosen to engage me back beyond a single post. > > Do you sincerely believe that everyone who disagrees with you is either dishonest, stupid, evil, or demonstrating some other incredible deficiency? Or, as I’ve learned (mostly from my experience in the US Navy), do most people have valid reasons for their opinions, based on their own experiences, and it’s entirely possible for honest, intelligent, and decent people to be liberal, conservative, or anywhere in between? By definition, if you disagree with clothy, you are one of the"mouthbreathers with the room temperature IQs that come up with all the “Hur, hur, hurpty-durpty, Clothahump’s a jerk” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/138 "2017-01-20T23:06:14Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Bryan, I say this with all sincerity: Fuck off. You know, when a significant percentage of one’s posts are nothing more than telling a bunch of people you’ve never met to fuck off, some people (not you of course) might just ask themselves what the point is of continuing to post to this board. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/139 "2017-01-20T23:56:03Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’ve tried to engage you on points many times, but you’ve never chosen to engage me back beyond a single post. I guess he put you on ignore right after the first time you engaged him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/140 "2017-01-21T00:09:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If they disagree with me on points You won’t win on points, go for a knockout! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535.md?page=8)