# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/61 "2006-04-18T18:15:58Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > Well thats good, but thats not what I’m pitting. I’m pitting the initial post itself. I understand that not everyone here agrees with this, but I don’t like them because they’re too easy and often hijack threads. Eh. What **Bippy** said. The hand waving and histrionics in the OP of that particular thread was so over the top, it was practically begging to be mocked. Did you even read it? I mean, had he started a thread in Great Debates to the effect of “The Solomon Amendment in Santa Cruz is not being upheld \, discuss”, he would’ve gotten a much better reaction. But no. Instead we have: > [@](#): > > It is your job to hurry off the transgressors who would interfere with their right. Hurry them off with a nice shove to the ground, handcuffed and carted off to jail. (Or the Pacific. See above.) Yes. Students impeded people from entering the area where the recruiters had set up shop. But instead of say, suggesting the campus should’ve provided more security, we’re advocating police violence. :rolleyes: It didn’t warrant anything better than drive by derision. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/62 "2006-04-18T18:18:26Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I posted a trenchant driveby. > Just once. > For 20 minutes in 1962. Mariana? Is that really you? > [@Rysdad](#): > > Polonius: _herefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief._ As Henry David Thoreau said: “Simplify, simplify, simplify.” To which my friend asked incredulously: “He said ‘Simplify, simplify, simplify’ ?” ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/63 "2006-04-18T18:25:43Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > I understand that not everyone here agrees with this, but I don’t like them because they’re too easy and often hijack threads. Hey! I’m not easy. I’m needlessly complex and labyrinthine of mind. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/64 "2006-04-18T18:33:21Z")
Ooooooh, look Google ad’s for **Ringtones**. somehow it all makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/65 "2006-04-18T18:38:43Z")
Really? I’m getting “COFFEE EXPOSED! ~ A shocking secret big coffee co’s don’t want you to know.” I’m thinking it’s that they really decaffeinate all of it, thye just put it in different tins to fuck with us. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/66 "2006-04-18T20:03:17Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Great, now we’re throwing the “P” word around in this thread? Is there no depth we cannot sink to? If I knew what the fuck a pobe was, I’d attempt to justify myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/67 "2006-04-18T20:09:40Z")
Well, with no further ado, I give you the [Pobe](http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jacerabe/benin/1068581700/tpod.html) Apparently it means someone from a small region in Benin. They come over here in droves, just to patronize Farmer Jacks and get club cards. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/68 "2006-04-18T20:39:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What’s worse is “seagull” thread starters. They fly by, poop, and fly away, never to be seen again. Some call this as being pretty damn close to Trolls, but even long established posters are sometimes “guilty” of this, and usually the OP isn’t quite as controversial as a true troll. There’s a thread in the PIT about grocery cards that is a good example of a “seagull”. Yes, that was the phenomenon to which I was referring in my earlier post. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/69 "2006-04-18T21:05:28Z")
Welcome back Vinnie, Seriously, I’m glad you showed up again. For a second I thought you might have made a “drive-by” OP. Also, (I think) that a lot of these “insults” being tossed about by the SDMB membership are just good-natured fun. As for my meaning about quoting your posting rule #4. Okay I’ll give the “Cliff’s Notes” summary of the relevant portion: > [@](#): > > Maybe think before you post next time. I just thought it would have applied to you particularly with the thread examples you gave in the original posting. To some extent, I agree with you about drive-by posts. Sometimes (sorry too lazy to find an example), I’ve seen people just plow right into a good political argument and post some inflammatory, unsubstantiated “fact” just to disrupt the entire thread. Something like “you people think Dubya is doing a good job with the economy? What about the heavy-handed way in which he defeated the Fair Trade Act and his dictatorial manner in rendering the NAFTA treaty ineffectual?” Then Mr Drive-by never _posts_ to that thread ever again but enjoys the chaos he created. I’d say the posts you cited in the OP were just good-natured fun. I’ve done that too. I remember a thread was started about NASA protecting astronauts from _ **comic** _ rays. Everybody _knew_ what the actual topic was but there were some who couldn’t resist talking about the “Rip Taylor anti-confetti shield”, and so on. So, Vinnie, remember that sometimes they are just meant in good fun. AND if we didn’t have humorous drive-by postings[sup]1[/sup], it would mean the terrorists have won. :mad: [sup]1[/sup] Band name ? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/70 "2006-04-18T21:27:40Z")
I for one welcome our overdrive-bylords. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/71 "2006-04-18T21:29:30Z")
^ ^ ^ Band Name! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/72 "2006-04-18T23:18:10Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I’d say the posts you cited in the OP were just good-natured fun. I’ve done that too. I remember a thread was started about NASA protecting astronauts from _ **comic** _ rays. Everybody _knew_ what the actual topic was but there were some who couldn’t resist talking about the “Rip Taylor anti-confetti shield”, and so on. And who could forget what inspired caroms off an earnest question about [scalar weapons](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225) unleashed upon an unsuspecting Dopedom? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/73 "2006-04-18T23:27:58Z")
I prefer to think of mine as swish-by postings. Sashay-by perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/74 "2006-04-18T23:35:53Z")
Underpants. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/75 "2006-04-18T23:38:27Z")
Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/76 "2006-04-19T03:38:45Z")
I’m going to include typos in each one of my replys now. It lets me know that people actualy reab them. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/77 "2006-04-19T04:32:20Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I’m going to include typos in each one of my replys now. It lets me know that people actualy reab them. So you expect us to reab what you sow? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/78 "2006-04-19T04:52:34Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So you expect us to reab what you sow? Damn straiht! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/79 "2006-04-19T06:59:43Z")
> [@Plynck](#): > > Mariana? Is that really you? Mariana I just met a trench named Mariana. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112/80 "2006-04-19T07:23:02Z")
I sometimes offend people with a driveby concertina solo too. It’s really scarey in the middle of the night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112.md?page=5)