# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/42 "2021-03-01T03:54:43Z")
I endorse this pitting. He created a story in his head that Kamala Harris did something anti-gun and when called on it kept making more and more ridiculous claims about it. It starts here… > [@Kamala owns a gun "for personal safety"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-owns-a-gun-for-personal-safety/832465/22): > > A little. More than the GOp. Generally the dems are in favor of \*mild \*gun control. Background checks, assault weapon bans, etc. > > But Harris is about as anti-gun as holds major office. She said that gun laws that were unconstitutional were perfectly OK. She was in favor of a total handgun ban. She put into practice a sneak gun law that bans all new handgun models. At one point I collected many of his false and misleading claims into one post… > [@Kamala owns a gun "for personal safety"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-owns-a-gun-for-personal-safety/832465/365): > > Here’s a greatest hits of false claims. […] Many were just crazy and obviously false. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/43 "2021-03-01T03:58:36Z")
Some posters are dumbasses on one subject. Some are dumbasses along partisan lines. Rarely do we get someone so arrogantly stupid across so many different fields. When I’m more self-aware, I’ll respond to his idiocy with “okey dokey!” or “Spiffy!” and move on. He seems to take that as a victory and doesn’t argue any more. But sometimes–like in that D&D thread–I get caught up in discussing with someone less of a dumbshit, and when he enters the conversation, I forget what he’s inevitably gonna do and respond to him like a normal poster. My bad. I need to remember to okey-dokey his ass and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/44 "2021-03-01T04:48:20Z")
That’s why I have him on ignore. The board is a better place when I get to pretend he doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/45 "2021-03-01T05:23:18Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > He demanded access to a “secret list” of 100 women who had left the board due to sexism - a thing nobody at any point claimed - I find this very disturbing. The fact he didn’t believe you must have been upsetting, but this is downright creepy. I, too, though this thread was going to be about his infuriating stupidity in the Men vs. Women thread. I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this in that thread, but the fact he started the title with “Men vs. Women” is a pretty clear indicator of where he was coming from. Wasn’t he, along with Shodan and a few others, one of the Bright Line Guys who insisted we all tell him _precisely_ what constitutes misogyny on the SDMB or it doesn’t count? I see the same thing in the Men vs. Women thread: he insists that women watching movies where there’s any persistence on the male lead’s part is hypocrisy because after all, didn’t we say no means no? He ignores all other aspects of the relationship between the male and female leads: friendship, misunderstandings, etc. Whether that’s because he’s such an idiot, he only understands bright lines or because he thinks he’s playing an endless game of Gotcha makes no difference. He’s a carbuncle. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/46 "2021-03-01T05:26:11Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I, too, though this thread was going to be about his infuriating stupidity in the Men vs. Women thread. I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this in that thread, but the fact he started the title with “Men vs. Women” is a pretty clear indicator of where he was coming from. I considered pitting him for both that thread, the DND thread, a recent gun control thread, and the ice age extinction tangent in the mammoth thread, but he really isn’t worth the effort. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/47 "2021-03-01T08:32:11Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > and the ice age extinction tangent in the mammoth thread, I wasn’t aware he was in the mammoth thread. He’s doing the same thing I mentioned he did more than 15 years ago upthread. He _always_ brings up the “Overkill Hypothesis”, an extreme form of the idea that humans contributed to extinctions saying that it took place over centuries. This theory has been dead for almost 20 years, but he always dredges it up to minimize hunting (although he now admits it was a factor) and blame climate change. I’m glad I’m not participating in the thread. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/48 "2021-03-01T08:55:07Z")
He used to be obsessed about warnings. He didn’t have one for years, but when he finally got one he acted like it was the Scarlet Letter even though it was only visible to himself and the mods. He would constantly whine in ATMB about the fact that warnings never go away, and ask us to take it away. (Even if we had, he would still be able to see that he previously had a warning, which still upset him.) Finally we had to institute a topic ban to prohibit him from bringing it up again in ATMB. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/49 "2021-03-01T11:07:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Wait, he actually specifically said that Fox News was responsible? The news portion? It’s the only occasion for which I actually defended FOX News. I have that black mark on my soul thanks to him. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/50 "2021-03-01T13:32:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Finally we had to institute a topic ban to prohibit him from bringing it up again in ATMB. He must have more topic bans than any other user. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/51 "2021-03-01T13:53:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Finally we had to institute a topic ban to prohibit him from bringing it up again in ATMB. > > > [@splatterpunk](#): > > > > He must have more topic bans than any other user. And yet his constant whingeing about closing the Pit continues unabated… ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/52 "2021-03-01T13:56:47Z")
He’s been told to drop that also in more than one thread. Probably will need an instruction to not bring it up anymore in threads about other things. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/53 "2021-03-01T14:04:11Z")
You know how at the fair, they have “You must be this tall to ride this ride” signs? And it’s not a very tall sign, you can still be really short and ride the ride, but c’mon, you gotta have _some_ height. I wish we could have a “You must be this smart to use this board” sign. It wouldn’t have to be a tall sign, but c’mon. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/54 "2021-03-01T14:19:10Z")
Yeah, this is one individual that I determined there’s absolutely no point engaging. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/55 "2021-03-01T15:47:46Z")
He’s also the guy that has a conniption about bicyclists. He doesn’t support bike lanes because apparently where he lives, cyclists would rather ride on the sidewalk than bike lanes. 🙄 ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/56 "2021-03-01T17:38:14Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > And yet his constant whingeing about closing the Pit continues unabated… Even though he claims he doesn’t read it. At least Discourse links this thread to one of his posts so he knows it exists. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/57 "2021-03-01T18:05:03Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Was he the one who was barred from the _Game of Thrones_ TV show threads because the spoiler rules were an intolerable restriction on his free speech? I believe he was also barred from the **Constantine** thread, because almost every single post was about how it glorified smoking. I had since determined that he is one of those blessed individuals who is completely unburdened by doubt. > [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Heck, I’m beginning to think he may not even be a real doctor. Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/58 "2021-03-01T19:52:46Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > At one point I collected many of his false and misleading claims into one post… I’d forgotten about that one. And then in an attempt to handwave that list away he basically threw his entire argument out the window. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I believe he was also barred from the **Constantine** thread, because almost every single post was about how it glorified smoking. Wait - he thought the film in which the main character was dying of lung cancer due to smoking and pointedly quits smoking at the end glorified smoking? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/59 "2021-03-01T19:54:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wait - he thought the film in which the main character was dying of lung cancer due to smoking and pointedly quits smoking at the end glorified smoking? I believe that was in a thread related to the Constantine TV show, not the Keanu Reeves movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/60 "2021-03-01T19:57:27Z")
Yes - the TV show, where it’s mentioned disapprovingly that he smokes, but is never seen actually smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/61 "2021-03-01T20:02:22Z")
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