# 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:** 4
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/62 "2021-03-01T20:26:59Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > At one point I collected many of his false and misleading claims into one post… That was an excellent post. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/63 "2021-03-01T20:39:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Yes - the TV show, where it’s mentioned disapprovingly that he smokes, but is never seen actually smoking. Oh, I was wondering, too. The movie, if anything, glorifies Doublemint gum. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/64 "2021-03-01T20:44:26Z")
And don’t get him started about washing his hands after taking a piss. Not necessary!! ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/65 "2021-03-01T20:51:50Z")
Wait, what? 🤢🤮 ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/66 "2021-03-01T21:09:33Z")
> [@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? [He thinks _every_ instance of smoking shown on screen, big or small, glorifies smoking. And is paid for by Big Tobacco.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-a-fuckin-jackass/933971/34) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/67 "2021-03-01T21:21:44Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Wait, what? It’s an old thread from IMHO - you can search for it if you like. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/68 "2021-03-01T21:55:59Z")
The irony is that the Master had an article about washing hands after urinating. > **[Why are men supposed to wash their hands after urination? Plus: urine therapy!](https://www.straightdope.com/21342195/why-are-men-supposed-to-wash-their-hands-after-urination-plus-urine-therapy)** I remember it well, because that is one of the articles that got me interested in The Straight Dope to begin with, which of course was the gateway drug to the SDMB. ETA: In Cecil’s own words: “Common (but stupid) attitude.” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/69 "2021-03-02T23:21:25Z")
[Books which go out of print receive a de facto ban.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/68) ---
**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 2, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/70 "2021-03-02T23:24:27Z")
Man do I love the unofficial sig feature that came with the board’s new software. ---
**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 3, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/71 "2021-03-03T00:05:19Z")
And when called on it, he whines: > [@And to Think I can't See it on Mulberry Street -- Six Seuss Books retired for racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/75): > > Sure, bad expression. “Ban” is clearly a trigger word for many. Let’s not use it then. Well, in the mammoth extinction thread, it is clear that “overkill” is a trigger word for @DrDeth; luckily no one used it aside from him, with his assumption that any reference to human hunting is automatically an adoption of the “overkill” hypothesis. My point is, it’s laughable how when it suits him DrDeth is a huge pedant about correct terminology, but then he uses words that don’t mean what he thinks they mean at all, and when called on it whines about “trigger words”. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/72 "2021-03-03T01:59:35Z")
He’s on a roll. > [@The GOP finally admits it- in public. Voter suppression is just to win elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-finally-admits-it-in-public-voter-suppression-is-just-to-win-elections/934140): > > A significant moment during virtual arguments came when Arizona GOP lawyer Michael Carvin connected the validity of the Republican-backed laws to the party’s interest in winning elections. When asked by Barrett what the state Republican Party’s interest in the case was, he replied: “Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero sum game. And every extra vote they get through unlawful interpretations of Section 2 hurts us. It’s the difference between… > [@Polygamy advocacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-advocacy/934011/83): > > What does that have to do with Empowering women? You think it is OK for a 12yo girl to be forced into a marriage by the cult? No, they wouldnt have any levers of power at their disposal. In those cults, the cult leaders- all older males- only “marry” one woman. The rest are not legally married so they dont run afoul of the bigamy laws. So, the only tool to use against these perverts is the pedophilia laws- when they claim a underage girl as a “wife” and make her pregnant, they can be arreste… ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/73 "2021-03-03T02:48:25Z")
DrDeth triggers my “What a maroon.” response. ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/74 "2021-03-03T02:50:50Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > My point is, it’s laughable how when it suits him DrDeth is a huge pedant about correct terminology, but then he uses words that don’t mean what he thinks they mean at all, and when called on it whines about “trigger words”. Post the word ‘genocide’ some time and pull his string. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/75 "2021-03-03T05:18:36Z")
There’s a thread about the Stephen King short story _The Jaunt_ which reminded me that in some past thread, some moron had accused Stephen King of plagiarism, claiming that King had lifted the whole thing from a novel by Alfred Bester, claiming, I quote: “That hack _flat out stole that_ from _The Stars My Destination_ a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester published in 1956”. So I did a search, and it was no surprise to see that the moron in question was, once again, our very own **DrDeth** being moronic as usual. Needless to say, King, one of the most prolific of modern writers, does not do plagiarism. The novel and the King short story have nothing at all in common except the use of the word “jaunt” to describe teleportation, and King graciously acknowledged that fact right in the story – far from being a plagiarizing “hack”, King was paying tribute to a writer he respected. **DrDeth** ’s relationship with reality has always been a tenuous one, but the absolute certainty of his convictions is unparallelled. ---
**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 3, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/76 "2021-03-03T17:49:15Z")
In the Polygamy thread, DrDeth kept harping about how we must not legalize polygamy because there are cults out in the desert that would use this, combined with the way underage marriage works in the US, to legitimize their sex cults. Of course, given his stance on gun control, I doubt he would apply this same logic to other rights that some minority of people might abuse - but I don’t expect he has enough brain cells to rub together to see the hypocrisy there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/77 "2021-03-03T17:52:11Z")
To be fair, he’s hardly the only one with the first interpretation: [Blaring Quiet Part Out Loud, GOP Lawyer Admits to Supreme Court That Easier Voting Puts Republicans at 'Competitive Disadvantage'](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/03/blaring-quiet-part-out-loud-gop-lawyer-admits-supreme-court-easier-voting-puts) ---
**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 3, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/78 "2021-03-03T18:08:13Z")
Expert on all things Eskimo too, who’da guessed! > [@And to Think I can't See it on Mulberry Street -- Six Seuss Books retired for racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/108): > > The Alaskan Eskimo can. There are also the Yupik and Chukchi. All three are called “Eskimo” and they are just fine with that. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/79 "2021-03-04T20:42:35Z")
He is still on that train, in the Men vs Women thread. ---
**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 4, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/80 "2021-03-04T20:56:12Z")
I think I just found a cheat code. Check out the last sentence. > [@And to Think I can't See it on Mulberry Street -- Six Seuss Books retired for racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/227): > > We can debate whether or not those works are appropriate today without calling him a racist. He wasnt. Period. End of story. If you want to call him a racist, I wont bother debating with you. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/81 "2021-03-04T21:02:54Z")
You know, he promises that, but doesn’t deliver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=5)