# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/624 "2021-04-14T06:14:42Z")
> [@FigNorton](#): > > Have we ever interacted in any way other than you jumping out of the woodwork to call me a troll? When people seemingly jump out of the woodwork to call you a troll, you might stop to consider why. > [@FigNorton](#): > > Sorry, I am not disingenuous. I am not a troll, I just sometimes fail to control my irritation with some viewpoints. Why do I hear this in the voice of SayTwo? ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/625 "2021-04-14T06:31:58Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Why do I hear this in the voice of SayTwo? I’m sorry, you have to solve your own mental problems. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/626 "2021-04-14T06:37:50Z")
> [@FigNorton](#): > > I’m sorry, you have to solve your own mental problems. You remember that time you said if we see you ‘trolling’ to tell you in the moment? This is one of those moments. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/627 "2021-04-14T13:56:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well he did have some issues. He believed in a lot of woo. And he was a dick to Robert Hooke. Newton can get fucked (something he badly needed, apparently). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/628 "2021-04-14T14:25:05Z")
Posters often comment that other posters are full of shit. My impression is that the good posters respond by continuing to create valuable posts, letting their actions speak for themselves. The bad posters try to defend themselves and attack others, because that’s all they have. ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/629 "2021-04-14T14:30:32Z")
Doc sure got quiet in the “Gun Manufacturers’ Liability” thread after the third post by @What_Exit instructing everyone to stay on topic lest they get warned. ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/630 "2021-04-14T14:45:45Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The bad posters try to defend themselves and attack others How dare you! I’ve never tried to defend myself. You’re just a little asshole trying to troll others to make himself look better. @discobot roll crimson! ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/631 "2021-04-14T14:45:46Z")
> 🎲 3, 3 ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/632 "2021-04-14T14:47:28Z")
Thanks, discobot at least you understand. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/633 "2021-04-14T17:10:43Z")
The result of reading your posts… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-NlJwe17nwE/maxresdefault.jpg "English Bulldog Lip Snoring") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NlJwe17nwE) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/634 "2021-04-14T17:50:51Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The bad posters try to defend themselves and attack others, because that’s all they have. This. 🏆 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/635 "2021-04-14T17:52:01Z")
> [@FigNorton](#): > > Sorry, I am not disingenuous. I am not a troll, “Doth protest too much” ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/636 "2021-04-14T17:53:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Why do I hear this in the voice of SayTwo? 🧦 🧦 got to 🧦 🧦 ? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/637 "2021-04-14T18:45:19Z")
I wonder who the next poster will be who sees this thread and figures: “Hey! Some _other_ fuckin jackass is getting all the attention I so richly deserve! I will pop in and say some stupid shit so that I will prove that **I am** the fuckin jackass and get some of that sweet, sweet attention.” ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/638 "2021-04-14T22:36:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Hey! Some _other_ fuckin jackass is getting all the attention I so richly deserve! I will pop in and say some stupid shit so that I will prove that **I am** the fuckin jackass and get some of that sweet, sweet attention.” I’ll take you up on that offer! But seriously, I did want to pop in, because DrDeth has shown up in a lot of gun threads recently, and I felt that while he’s entitled to his opinions and fears, that he was . . . not making a good case for them. Since I haven’t seen him in other threads that I follow, I am not going to judge him on the other issues I’ve seen in the thread, but even a casual review is not encouraging. But he’s still better than octopus. Which yes, means almost nothing, but still: many people vehemently disagree with DD, but almost no one here seems to think he’s a troll. Okay, you guys are free (as if you weren’t before!) to bring down the snarkhammer on DD and all of like minds, look forward to engaging you in the threads! [oh @Spice_Weasel the ‘sung to the tune of breakfast at tiffanys’ was _ **gold** _, whenever I am pitted, I demand work of this caliber!] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/639 "2021-04-14T22:59:00Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > But he’s still better than octopus. “Getting kicked in the head once is better than getting kicked in the head twice” type of better? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/640 "2021-04-14T23:28:05Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > But seriously, I did want to pop in, because DrDeth has shown up in a lot of gun threads recently, and I felt that while he’s entitled to his opinions and fears, that he was There’s probably not a gun thread that goes by that he doesn’t show up. I’m not judging, I tend to participate in most of them as well, just saying, if there’s talk of guns, there’s DrDeth. > [@ParallelLines](#): > > not making a good case for them. That’s an understatment. > [@ParallelLines](#): > > Which yes, means almost nothing, but still: many people vehemently disagree with DD, but almost no one here seems to think he’s a troll. I don’t think that he’s a troll, but I do think that he is often _an_ fuckin jackass. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/641 "2021-04-15T00:22:16Z")
Well, his citing the movie against What\_Exit’s textual information in the ‘9 rings’ thread is telling. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/642 "2021-04-15T17:02:50Z")
Link, please. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/643 "2021-04-15T17:53:19Z")
It was probably unfair, but here > [@What happened to the Nine Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-nine-rings/939868/55): > > Yes. But that just goes to the point I was making - if Gandalf thought Sauron might be responsible for the snow on Caradhras, that suggests that Sauron’s will might be able to sustain and move his servants in some way, even when they’re far from Mordor. That Sauron controls his slaves thusly is made clear at the Morannon, when Frodo claims the Ring and Sauron suddenly sees his danger: I wouldn’t put it at ‘jackass’ level, but it seems to be similar to other examples in the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=33)