# 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:** 7
**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:** [March 7, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/122 "2021-03-07T16:47:56Z")
I wonder if he pronounces his screen name as “DerrDeth.” ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/123 "2021-03-07T19:04:11Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Hey, I was just looking at the Doper anniversaries and today is **Dr. Deth’s** twentieth anniversary as a Doper. > > /random His permaflounce is taking _much_ longer than we’d hoped. 😬 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/124 "2021-03-08T04:59:36Z")
Stranger is doing a masterful job of not calling DD a maroon in the thread on Ethics of Traveling for a Vaccine. DD is digging his heels in. Unknown how long Stranger will be able to hold off. Popcorn-worthy. ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/125 "2021-03-10T22:40:06Z")
There a current thread in GQ about IDing a camera trap photo from Washington state, which I identified as an ocelot in the second post. Now, despite the lack of any competence or expertise to identify animals, he’s in there trying to identify it as some kind of domestic cat through Google searches. > [@Big cat ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-cat-id/937615/39): > > Savannah cat. Some have stripes like that. [https://www.google.com/search?q=Savannah+cat&sxsrf=ALeKk00LMCZ7rzUpMgfagAHFX\_tIklKNvw:1615410967661&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4vZLn0qbvAhUPFVkFHa9IB1IQ\_AUoAXoECBQQAw&biw=1546&bih=794](https://www.google.com/search?q=Savannah+cat&sxsrf=ALeKk00LMCZ7rzUpMgfagAHFX_tIklKNvw:1615410967661&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4vZLn0qbvAhUPFVkFHa9IB1IQ_AUoAXoECBQQAw&biw=1546&bih=794) ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/126 "2021-03-10T22:51:54Z")
I saw that, and immediately thought ocelot or clouded leopard, but not having only seeing both those animals on Nature, I kept my yap shut. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/127 "2021-03-10T23:02:31Z")
While I don’t like to invoke the Argument from Authority, this just shows his arrogance. He does this a lot. Even when someone is clearly an expert, and he knows noting about the subject, he’ll Google something up and contradict them. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/128 "2021-03-10T23:05:30Z")
It would be one thing to say “what about this type of intentionally ocelot-like domestic breed/hybrid?” But once that was addressed, as it was, with specific characteristics that discredit that possibility pointed out, doubling down as he did is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/129 "2021-03-10T23:09:30Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > …doubling down as he did is just stupid “Wrong, stupid, and doubling down” should be his signature line. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/130 "2021-03-10T23:39:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Now, despite the lack of any competence or expertise to identify animals… I think you missed that he _is_ an expert. He formerly owned some other kind of cat. I’ll bet his phone has a camera on it too, which makes him an expert on trail cams. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/131 "2021-03-10T23:44:34Z")
I actually had a project once to identify animals in camera trap photos. I’ve identified ocelots in dozens of such photos. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/132 "2021-03-10T23:48:17Z")
For what it’s worth, when I googled ocelots, it _really_ looked like an ocelot. It looked too sturdy (?) for a domestic cat. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/133 "2021-03-10T23:55:11Z")
So he just emailed me to say he didn’t try to identify it as some kind of domestic cat. But if he wasn’t I don’t understand the point of his Savannah Cat post. But the best thing about this is that he quoted my post from here, showing that despite his protestations he does sometimes read posts about him in the Pit. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/134 "2021-03-11T00:59:34Z")
He also posts in the Pit sometimes, so he’s definitely fill of shit. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/135 "2021-03-11T01:21:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I actually had a project once to identify animals in camera trap photos. I’ve identified ocelots in dozens of such photos. and it turns out they were actually Savannah cats all along? Talk about egg on your face! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/136 "2021-03-11T01:40:52Z")
Oh come on now, give him a break. He’s just trying to disprove the obviously ridiculous theory that Savannah cats have been hunted to extinction by humans. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/137 "2021-03-11T01:56:28Z")
Dingoes ate my savanna cat! ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/138 "2021-03-11T01:56:47Z")
Quoth **DrDeth** : “Now, yes, it looks most like **a ocelot** , most likely **a escaped pet**.” Illiterate fucking twit is also doubling down on illiteracy. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/139 "2021-03-11T01:57:25Z")
Amend that to “dingoes ate an savanna cat” ---
**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 11, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/140 "2021-03-11T02:07:43Z")
**[An(ne) elk.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dj_X3vexak)** ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/141 "2021-03-11T03:00:36Z")
Shouldn’t there be a “Miss” in between those brackets? yeah yeah I realise you were having fun with the “a” / “an” thing. ETA - ah, then again - those _were_ parentheses you used, which has thrown my whole universe out of whack now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=8)