# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/464 "2021-04-05T11:24:09Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > No, you’ve got it all wrong you’re thinking [DrDeath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian), with a D-E-A-T-H death. This thread is about [DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drdeth/summary) with a D-E-T-H deth. You sure that’s not just yet another word he insists on misspelling? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/465 "2021-04-05T12:48:33Z")
No, Mr. Dibble, your patience with this idiot (albeit some well justified irritated outbursts) knows no bounds. The man’s knowledge of Simons Town is via wikipedia, his idea of TMNP is google maps. As a fellow Cape Town resident I suggest that Dr. Deth shut the fuck up on subjects where his knowledge is less than sketchy. This would, of course have a side effect: Deth would have to be absolutely silent on every topic. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/466 "2021-04-05T13:07:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You sure that’s not just yet another word he insists on misspelling? That’s enuf of a explanation to convince me. I mean, a assumption could be made to the contrary, but I would not make such a argument myself. ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/467 "2021-04-05T13:14:49Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That’s DrDeth fail ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/468 "2021-04-05T15:02:04Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > You sure that’s not just yet another word he insists on misspelling? > > That’s enuf of a explanation to convince me. I mean, a assumption could be made to the contrary, but I would not make such a argument myself. You both make an solid point. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/469 "2021-04-05T15:29:17Z")
Oh, _now_ he has a problem with third-party sources (Christopher Columbus thread in GQ). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/470 "2021-04-05T17:05:07Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, _now_ he has a problem with third-party sources (Christopher Columbus thread in GQ) His great-great-grandfather took down letters for Columbus during his voyage, so he knows all about what REALLY happened. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/471 "2021-04-05T17:29:04Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > His great-great-grandfather was Bartolomé de las Casas! ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/472 "2021-04-05T17:53:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Babale](#): > > > > His great-great-grandfather > > was Bartolomé de las Casas!   That’s how he knows for a fact that Bartolomé de las Casas hated Columbus, even though he praised him to the skies in his book. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/473 "2021-04-05T18:14:43Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, _now_ he has a problem with third-party sources (Christopher Columbus thread in GQ). In fairness, if Columbus were to post his first-person account in that thread, it would definitively answer the question. Unfortunately, I don’t think he’s going to join the Dope - he would probably find the zombie jokes offensive. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/474 "2021-04-05T19:03:04Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > In fairness, if Columbus were to post his first-person account in that thread, it would definitively answer the question. Nah… DrD would be arguing with Columbus. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/475 "2021-04-05T19:29:58Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Nah… DrD would be arguing with Columbus. 😄 He’d be Yankee-‘splainin’ North America to him. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/476 "2021-04-05T19:48:36Z")
Hey, I’m a Yankees fan and I know way more about North America than Columbus. He never even stepped foot in North America in fact. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/477 "2021-04-05T22:21:11Z")
Who’s going to break the news to Doc that the USA didn’t exist when Columbus was around? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/478 "2021-04-05T22:30:14Z")
Cite, please? (Wikipedia preferred, second-hand report from father acceptable). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/479 "2021-04-05T23:43:18Z")
I’ll take my being owned like a man: I can’t hide from this irony, can I? Sorry, I wasn’t trying to dig at SDMB; a part of me laments the decline of message boards generally. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/480 "2021-04-05T23:44:38Z")
I am stealing “Yank-splainin” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/481 "2021-04-06T00:24:35Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > "Yank-splainin” It’s cromulent, indeed. Thanks go to **MrDibble**. It was his term for what DocD was doing by correcting MrD about a Wildlife Refuge (?) in MrD’s neighborhood (S.Africa). But I think we need a word for what Sam Stone does. An alleged Canadian, he gets his knickers in a twist about USofA politics, spouting nothing but far-right-wing talking points. Ooh, maybe _Moose-Goosin’!_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/482 "2021-04-06T00:30:19Z")
Making a false eh-quivalency? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/483 "2021-04-06T00:38:19Z")
In the spirit of the _Martinizing_ dry cleaning method which was pure spin & hype, perhaps we could say he’s _Albertanizing_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=25)