# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/142 "2021-03-11T03:57:01Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > It looked too sturdy (?) for a domestic cat. Relative to size they are pretty damn [beefy for a felid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot#/media/File:Ocelot_(Jaguatirica)_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg). One of the other little wild cats like an [oncilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncilla#/media/File:Leopardus_tigrinus_-_Parc_des_F%C3%A9lins.jpg) or a [kodkod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodkod#/media/File:Leopardus_guigna.jpeg) would be a little bit harder to separate (although you absolutely can) from some weird domestic hybrid. Not relevant to anything but what is up with the Americas and its obsession with [myriad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy%27s_cat#/media/File:Salzkatze.jpg) [little](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_mountain_cat#/media/File:Andean_cat_1_Jim_Sanderson.jpg) [spotted cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margay#/media/File:Margay_in_Costa_Rica.jpg) 😃? It’s like coral snakes and their mimics - countless variations on the same general theme. ---
**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, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/143 "2021-03-11T04:25:42Z")
Considering the number of posters who said they couldn’t see the ocelot in the thread under discussion, it’s apparently an effective camouflage strategy. Why mess with what works? ---
**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 11, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/144 "2021-03-11T04:32:37Z")
That’s because that particular photo was very dark. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/145 "2021-03-11T10:42:26Z")
Has he explained how to titillate an ocelot? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/146 "2021-03-11T11:00:03Z")
My, my, he certainly does turn out to have a lot of convenient friends, doesn’t he, just when they might be useful in an argument - Gygax, [this nameless WSP schlub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-cat-id/937615/54) … oh, excuse me, _senior_ schlub … ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/147 "2021-03-11T11:14:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > 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. Perhaps he thinks that all experts apply the same level of thought to their areas of expertise as [he does to his](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigs-list-cashiers-check-scam-how-does-it-work/919157/15). ---
**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 11, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/148 "2021-03-11T11:48:28Z")
The Washington State Patrol was making their rounds So he fired off a post, just to flag 'em down A little birdy moderator grabbed his ban stick and said “Why’d you do it?” That’s the night that the lights went out in Dopetown That’s the night that they banned an innocent man Well, don’t trust your soul to no backwood rules lawyer 'Cause the mods in the town got bloodstains on their hands ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/149 "2021-03-11T12:01:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Has he explained how to titillate an ocelot? You oscillate their tit enuf. ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/150 "2021-03-11T18:22:50Z")
What’s this? Something **DrDeth** found in a fortune cookie? > [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/1327): > > “You are mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.” 😉 ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/151 "2021-03-11T18:24:54Z")
> [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/1327): > > You are mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence. I believe that’s a quote from Time Bandits. ETA: on looking it up, I see he got it slightly wrong. > [@](#): > > Dear Benson, _you_ are so _mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence_ . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/152 "2021-03-11T18:25:38Z")
> [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/1327): > > What’s this? Something **DrDeth** found in a fortune cookie? > > > [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/1327): > > > > “You are mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.” > > ## 😉 [https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/offensive-fortune-cookies/](https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/offensive-fortune-cookies/) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/153 "2021-03-11T18:33:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’ve identified ocelots in dozens of such photos. I want to see you change your title from “Curator of Critters” to “Identifier of Ocelots.” ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/154 "2021-03-11T18:37:28Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I want to see you change your title from “Curator of Critters” to “Identifier of Ocelots.”. I want to see DrDeth change their title to “Misidentifier of a Ocelot” ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/155 "2021-03-11T18:41:59Z")
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read something in a thread, often related to politics or current events, and thought “that’s really disturbing if true”, looked up, seen his name, and relaxed. ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/156 "2021-03-11T21:05:21Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Identifier of Ocelots or **I Saw Lots of Ocelots** ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/157 "2021-03-11T21:07:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > or **I Saw Lots of Ocelots** I like it! ---
**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 11, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/158 "2021-03-11T21:40:26Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > My, my, he certainly does turn out to have a lot of convenient friends, doesn’t he, just when they might be useful in an argument - Gygax, [this nameless WSP schlub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-cat-id/937615/54) … oh, excuse me, _senior_ schlub … Didn’t he claim to have a friend conveniently somewhere in San Francisco’s political scene or was that someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/159 "2021-03-11T22:15:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Didn’t he claim to have a friend conveniently somewhere in San Francisco’s political scene or was that someone else? Oh yeah. After repeatedly failing to provide any type of proof for his assertion that Kamala Harris wants to take everyone’s guns away, his “friend” conveniently told him she said so. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/160 "2021-03-11T23:05:46Z")
After years… nay, decades!.. of silently-nursed irritation, seeing this thread title in my list each time I log into SDMB warms the cockles of my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/161 "2021-03-12T03:05:09Z")
Was it DrDeth who thought SNL’s portrayal of the Trump brothers, Eric and Don Jr., was making fun of the learning disabled? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=9)