# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1205 "2022-09-11T19:52:03Z")
And the seasons, they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We can’t return, we can only look Behind, from where we came And go round and round and round, in the circle game – Joni Mitchell, “the circle game” ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1206 "2022-09-11T20:06:40Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It’s kind of weird to pull a YOU DON’T KNOW ME I MEAN THEM about WOTC employees. I mean, he already did it about Gygax in that thread, so it’s all downhill from there. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1207 "2022-10-07T19:25:43Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Also, the way he always calls himself a “fed - but not law enforcement.” When people say fed they specifically mean federal law enforcement. Nobody says fed when talking about the guy down at the social security office. [Now he’s not even bothering with a distinction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-08-08-22/969329/3596) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1208 "2022-10-18T19:14:28Z")
> [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114/803): > > All the excitement about the Hadozee being racist as they are monkeys (and monkeys have been used by bigots as a racist thing in the past) and capering like Minstrels- I finally read the actual new WotC book where that illustration was from. Hadozee are descended from flying squirrels, not monkeys. They are rodents, not primates. > [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114/803): > > All the excitement about the Hadozee being racist as they are monkeys (and monkeys have been used by bigots as a racist thing in the past) and capering like Minstrels- I finally read the actual new WotC book where that illustration was from. Hadozee are descended from flying squirrels, not monkeys. They are rodents, not primates. Holy shit you can’t make this stuff up ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1209 "2022-10-18T19:19:42Z")
To be fair, the good doctor isn’t offended by duck minstrels either, > [@Is this kid's book illustration subtly (or not-so-subtly) racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-kids-book-illustration-subtly-or-not-so-subtly-racist/973442/11): > > I concur. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1210 "2022-10-18T19:37:05Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > duck minstrels Duckstrels? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1211 "2022-10-18T20:08:28Z")
It’s not even that he doesn’t see that it’s racist, it’s that he’s unironically trying to “well, acktshualy” racism. “No, see, I know it SOUNDS like the N word, but tbe etymologies are unrelated!” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1212 "2022-10-18T20:26:48Z")
I don’t see it in Ducky Lucky, the way it’s screamingly obvious in the Hadozee. And as my detractors will happily tell you, I see racism _everywhere_. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1213 "2022-10-18T20:31:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I don’t see it in Ducky Lucky, the way it’s screamingly obvious in the Hadozee. BuT hOw CaN a FlYiNg SqUiRrEl Be RaCiSt?1?1? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1214 "2022-10-19T13:03:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1215 "2022-10-19T13:23:27Z")
Are people still reading those posts? My time and thoughts are too valuable to waste. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1216 "2022-10-20T20:18:44Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > the way it’s screamingly obvious in the Hadozee. Now he says they still kinda look like squirrels because he had a pet squirrel once. 🙄 My mom took in a baby squirrel that had been blown out of a tree by a hurricane and raised it. They’re really good at holding on to branches, trees, the reed-like wallpaper in our house, etc. Picking up and holding objects, not so much. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1217 "2022-10-20T20:56:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Now he says they still kinda look like squirrels because he had a pet squirrel once I’m only surprised it wasn’t a squirrel he inherited from Gary Gygax… ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1218 "2022-10-20T21:01:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Now he says they still kinda look like squirrels because he had a pet squirrel once. 🙄 Don’t be silly @MrDibble, It was a Prevost’s Squirrel from southeast Asia, his dad brought it back for him after his time advising McArthur during the war. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1219 "2022-10-21T11:59:16Z")
The dumb motherfucker doubled down on the insanity. This almost feels cruel. > [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114/812): > > Do Hippopotamuses have opposable digits? Cats? Wolves? Lizards? Come now, you claim you play D&D, you have to know all the anthropomorphic animal PC races have opposable digits. Your point here invalidates your arguments. Yes they are. And it is a BARD, not a minstrel. You should know that. Calling it a “minstrel” is poisoning the well, and a poor debating trick. Now it is an ape, not a monkey? How many apes have wing flaps? They are meant to be a descendant from a race of flying squ… ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1220 "2022-10-21T13:28:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Now he says they still kinda look like squirrels because he had a pet squirrel once. 🙄 I’m not unignoring him to see if this is genuinely true, as I assume, or a joke based on his patterns of behavior, which seems possible since it’s so bonkers, but it _is_ effing hilarious. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1221 "2022-10-21T14:07:06Z")
Oh, it’s genuine all right. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1222 "2022-10-21T15:14:10Z")
Yeah–as near as I can tell, he noticed that the game’s text mentioned mammals with wing-flaps used for gliding, decided they must mean flying squirrels, decided the artist was trying to draw flying squirrels, and concluded not only that the artist therefore wasn’t racist, but that a condescending, snide lecture on Occam’s Razor was called for. It’s damn near performance art. > [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114/808): > > I concur they are weird, but actually those hind feet do look somewhat like squirrel feet (I had a pet squirrel once). ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1223 "2022-10-21T21:07:33Z")
There aren’t many posters that I feel are so utterly useless that they actually make it to my ignore list; the good **Dr** is one of the only two extant posters on my list. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1224 "2022-10-21T22:02:18Z")
Really? I have an expansive ignore list, but he hasn’t made it onto it yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=62)