# I pit drive-by posts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112 "2006-04-18T02:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/1 "2006-04-18T02:38:19Z")
This is the newest thing I can’t stand about this board. In threads concerning political matters, I it when people post a one or two sentence, extremely controversial and political statement, often in the form of sarcasm or a joke, and then leave without doing ANYTHING to back up what they said. Examples: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7299948&postcount=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7299948&postcount=3) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7293391&postcount=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7293391&postcount=5) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7271329&postcount=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7271329&postcount=2) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7293623&postcount=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7293623&postcount=4) My problem with this is that it’s just too easy. I feel like on a board like this people should be held accountable for what they say. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/2 "2006-04-18T02:43:33Z")
Sez you, ya Communist ya! ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/3 "2006-04-18T02:48:22Z")
“Yes!” said the passing maniac. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/4 "2006-04-18T02:48:27Z")
Clinton did it first. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/5 "2006-04-18T02:52:57Z")
Fucko off. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/6 "2006-04-18T02:53:02Z")
I’ve been accused of this, though it was by an idiot so I tend not to take it seriously. Making a smart-ass comment should definitely _not_ be labelled a “drive-by”, since the latter is meant to leave mayhem in its wake. A good quip inspires chuckling, not anger. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/7 "2006-04-18T02:57:21Z")
Polonius: _herefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief._ ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/8 "2006-04-18T02:59:02Z")
Nice. I hit enter instead of preview. I hate it when that happens. And now it’s too late for even a wry turn of phrase. I guess that makes this a U-turn drive-by. Poop. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/9 "2006-04-18T02:59:04Z")
If I squint real hard and hold my breath, I can almost see the slightest hint of a shadow of an outline how drive-bys can get irritating. If, however, you’ve actually puckered up enough juice off of this to start a pit thread about it, you should seriously consider the possibility that you are taking this message board a bit too seriously. Step away from the computer. Open the door and walk outside. That bright thing is the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/10 "2006-04-18T03:03:41Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Open the door and walk outside. That bright thing is the sun. Not here, it isn’t. It’s raining. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/11 "2006-04-18T03:15:09Z")
You’re just mad becasue you don’t have an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/12 "2006-04-18T03:23:25Z")
Not only are drive by posts irritating, they’re also very dangerous. Studies have shown that people posting to the straight dope while driving are 72% more likely to be involved in a car accident than people that are posting at home. It’s also highly ridiculous. Driving slowly past someones house so they can see you composing a post to a message board. It’s not very intimidating. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/13 "2006-04-18T03:27:57Z")
You know, I suspect our friend vinnie is more pissed off by folks expressing anti conservative ideas than “drive bye” posts. He just hasn’t got the balls to pit libruls in general. I say either add some conservative drive by posts that bother you, or admit your a conservative tool. ( note to my esteemed conservative colleagues, I do distinguish between honest respectable conservatives, and conservative tools) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/14 "2006-04-18T03:28:14Z")
… > [@](#): > > Not only weak niggas like to start bullshitta > But in the street couple hollow points will hit ya > I’m watching out for you ones that are sheisty > I’m low on cheese so I might pull a heisty > I know you punk motherfuckers wanna test me > Because yo’ bitch like to bow down and bless me > Don’t give a damn get yo’ mama house shot up > And have her stiff like some crack that’s been rocked up > You fucked up and now you gotta pay the cost > Cause youse a hoe > And I’m the motherfucking boss > Automatic when I aim you say bye-bye > Yo’ family sad you got killed in a drive-by > And to you ones that be talking all that yang,yang > What you gon’ do > When that thang’s in ya face man > It’s Project Pat wit’ that 12 guage strapped ya’ll > I blow yo’ chest out yo’ motherfucking back dawg ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/15 "2006-04-18T03:37:24Z")
IMHO: Those posts don’t make your case very well out of context. Opinions do not need backup, and not all factual information can be backed up with a cite. Some posters will ask for a cite, then refute everything that cite had to say. I’d rather not waste my time looking for references that some asshole is going to piss on anyways. If they don’t believe me, fuck 'em, that’s not my problem. Sometimes I’ll make a post, then become disinterested in the thread, and not return. I call it letting go, everyone should try it at least once. You can hold yourself to whatever standard you’d like, just don’t expect others to follow tose standards unless they’re part of the forum rules. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/16 "2006-04-18T04:07:15Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > This is the newest thing I can’t stand about this board. It’s actually a venerable tradition. > [@](#): > > I feel like on a board like this people should be held accountable for what they say. We will look to you for the new, improved drive-by-drive-by refutation. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/17 "2006-04-18T04:10:57Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > In threads concerning political matters, I it when people post a one or two sentence, extremely controversial and political statement, often in the form of sarcasm or a joke, and then leave without doing ANYTHING to back up what they said. It’s all the Christians’ fault. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/18 "2006-04-18T04:11:32Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > tose standards Pink, only between Memorial day and Labor day; oh, and Vinnie’s got mud in his tires. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/19 "2006-04-18T04:23:16Z")
Bushsux ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/20 "2006-04-18T04:25:22Z")
The drive-by posters don’t bug me so much as the drive-by OPs. You started this thread; you get your ass back in here and participate in it (generic you, that is, although if you don’t come back to this thread, **vinnie** , then it will be the specific you, too.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112.md?page=2)