# 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:** 57
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1125 "2021-08-16T13:06:51Z")
'Felching goat fucking _Insert Your Favorite Insult Here_ had more of a ring to it! And it proved this whole insulting thingy is not for amateurs! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1126 "2021-08-17T03:54:09Z")
I’ve seen people been insulted far, far worse than he ever has, and they never gave a shit. But somehow, the Pit is the WORST THING EVER to him. And once he gets something in his head, he’s like a rabid dog. He just won’t let it go. Like the whole “Game of Thrones” bullshit, or the “whooshing”, or whatever. How many topic bans does he have now? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1127 "2021-08-17T16:59:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And I notice that he’s back to “a issue” and “a argument” constructs. That bit of promised orthographic reform didn’t last long. I think he used “an” maybe once. > [@When would a minority of people be religious and how would society look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-a-minority-of-people-be-religious-and-how-would-society-look-like/948260/243): > > There are also a absence of leading questions. ![](https://c.tenor.com/87QKarbzVisAAAAC/sweat-nervous.gif) ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1128 "2021-08-17T17:19:46Z")
Cool! DD has managed to work in two major pieces of linguistic dumbassery in just eight words! That may well be a higher rate of dumbassery per word than the average illiterate. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1129 "2021-08-17T19:56:19Z")
Oddly enough, it’s not the Pit thing that lead to his latest suspension. It’s some bugbear (whoops, that might be triggering for any D’nD posters) about “developing nations”… > [@DrDeth Suspended 30 Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-at-least-1-day-may-well-be-a-lot-longer/949033): > > He was just suspended last month for obsessive posting. He has been strongly modnoted this week more than once for obsessive posting. Today he was derailing another topic with a tired old hobby-horse of his. Prior Warnings & suspensions Jul 12: Received an official warning from @engineer_comp_geek – [Warning for attempted circumvention of moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-attempted-circumvention-of-moderation/946341) Jul 12: @engineer_comp_geek suspended this account until July 13, 2021. Reason: 1 day suspension due to obsessive posting. [Should moderator a…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286/120) One has to wonder how many suspensions he’s going to get. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1130 "2021-08-17T20:06:39Z")
As ma ~~n~~ y as an poster ca ~~n~~ get! ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1131 "2021-08-17T20:30:01Z")
Another conservative light extinguished by the hive mind. SMDH ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1132 "2021-08-17T20:40:00Z")
**DD** does have a hard time letting go. I’ve missed the recent “developing countries” kick, but the previous harassment of another poster on PM was definitely doubleplusungood behavior. Sometimes you need to know when to walk away for your own good. And some people just can’t. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1133 "2021-08-17T20:43:27Z")
Does this mean he’ll never be allowed to give up his [hypocratic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-goodie-now-we-have-the-political-sexist-take-on-who-gets-to-be-called-dr/927973/20) oath? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1134 "2021-08-17T21:24:54Z")
Huh. Just this afternoon, he sent me an unqualified apology for being curt and dismissive in the thread that inspired this pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1135 "2021-08-17T21:28:58Z")
Hang onto that, SDMB memorabilia is sure to increase in value over time. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1136 "2021-08-17T21:56:43Z")
I recently unignored him because he seemed to be doing better. I’ve even interacted with him in threads and it wasn’t a (complete) debacle. (He did get the thread closed because he was yet again making a horse into hamburger.) But I guess he can’t help himself. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1137 "2021-08-17T22:15:27Z")
Channeling my inner DrDeth… You can’t turn an horse into hamburger, you can only turn it into horseburger. I cite my third cousin’s uncle’s grandfather who died in the Crimean War, so any attack on this is a attack on his military honor! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1138 "2021-08-17T22:35:40Z")
Mmmm…horseburger… ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1139 "2021-08-17T23:04:56Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > You can’t turn an horse into hamburger, you can only turn it into horseburger. I cite my third cousin’s uncle’s grandfather who died in the Crimean War, so any attack on this is a attack on his military honor! Was he French? > [@](#): > > When the soldiers returned everything had gone, including most of the cart. Lying in the snow or mud were a few splinters of wood, the rims of the wheels, and the skinless carcasses of the horses from which the hides and huge hunks of meat had been cut. > > But despite their known depredations, for which indeed many of the British troops openly admired them, the French were becoming as respected as once they were despised. ‘Our only stand-by is the French,’ Captain Campbell thought. ‘They are still an army.’ He wondered what Lord Raglan thought when he contrasted his own men with theirs. > **[The "Nightmare" of the Crimea](http://www.historyhome.co.uk/forpol/crimea/nightmare.htm)** > > Second Marquis of Rockingham; Rockingham; Wentworth Woodhouse; Wentworth; Rockingham; Wentworth Woodhouse; Rockingham; Wentworth Woodhouse;The reign of George III; the reign of George IV; > the reign of William IV; Bute; Chatham; Grenville;... ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1140 "2021-08-18T00:46:34Z")
TBH, at this point I kind of feel sorry for him. I don’t think he’s a troll, or evil, I just think he has some sort of cognitive dysfunction. I’m not trying to be snarky this time; it’s just that it seems something about his ability to interact in normal discussions is broken. I thought it was a good sign when it looked like he was trying to reform, but alas, apparently it was not to be. I still hope he isn’t banned, but the sanctions the mods have taken and the further ones being contemplated can only be described as “regrettably necessary”. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1141 "2021-08-18T01:39:36Z")
That’s pretty close to how I feel. He can be frustrating as hell, especially when he gets into a mood where he’s not paying attention to how he’s acting, but I don’t wish any ill on him or feel like heaping scorn on his head. A cognitive dysfunction sounds pretty plausible. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1142 "2021-08-18T02:04:05Z")
Something telling was his seeming inability to distinguish between stating someone is wrong and accusing them of lying. If that’s a real issue for him, it would make life much more difficult to navigate, no only this board. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1143 "2021-08-18T05:02:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Mmmm…horseburger… I will gladly pay you Toosday for an horseburger today! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1144 "2021-08-18T07:05:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I kind of feel sorry for him. I don’t think he’s a troll, or evil, I just think he has some sort of cognitive dysfunction. Agree. He’s an irritating presence, but at the same time it has to be so difficult and frustrating just to _be him,_ and struggle to engage with a world that refuses to work the way you want it to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=58)