# I Pit NotOkay for convincing the entire board umkay had died! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044 "2012-06-23T07:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/1 "2012-06-23T07:01:37Z")
YOU RAT BASTARD! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! She quickly became a well loved member, on the strength of 2 threads! You had us shocked and saddened, only for her to come back and reveal she’s alive and well (relatively speaking) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/2 "2012-06-23T07:04:27Z")
As a veteran of a thousand board wars(Blue Oyster Cult baby) I’d wait and see what shakes out here, even if you have the logs a sufficiently advanced individuals can mask sock eulogizing. You’d be shocked at what kind of things people will do for drama. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/3 "2012-06-23T07:16:04Z")
meh. It was a troll. Don’t feed it. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/4 "2012-06-23T07:19:39Z")
Yes indeed. The plausibility meter has been dinging like crazy lately. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/5 "2012-06-23T11:22:46Z")
One of the sad outcomes of this is the next time someone _really_ dies, instead of {{hugs}}, we will probably get posts like “Oh, yeah? :dubious: Go fuck yourself!” ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/6 "2012-06-23T11:32:11Z")
My money’s on Umkay and NotOkay being one and the same, and a masterful player. How they’re going to tell if this is so, of course, is a whole nother question. Don’t touch that dial! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/7 "2012-06-23T11:40:23Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > My money’s on Umkay and NotOkay being one and the same, and a masterful player. How they’re going to tell if this is so, of course, is a whole nother question. Don’t touch that dial! Hmm… maybe. My money says that is not a sock, but one of his friends fucking with him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/8 "2012-06-23T11:45:24Z")
If they are two different people, and a hoax has been perpetrated on umkay, then I’m happy she is alive, and glad that folks on the Dope are so compassionate. If they are the same people, I’m sad someone has such a need for attention that they’d do something like this, but I’m glad that folks on the Dope are so compassionate. Whatever the outcome, it makes me feel good that Dopers care. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/9 "2012-06-23T11:58:51Z")
I vote for this as the most boring and redundant pitting ever. ---
**Author:** ![Patience\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/10 "2012-06-23T12:18:28Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > My money’s on Umkay and NotOkay being one and the same, and a masterful player. How they’re going to tell if this is so, of course, is a whole nother question. Don’t touch that dial! Yeah, I suspect the same thing. Glad someone said it. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/11 "2012-06-23T12:31:43Z")
**etv78** you weird little man, could you please at least put in a link or something to tell us normal people what the fuck you are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/12 "2012-06-23T13:34:35Z")
[Umkay has passed [Not true] - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=656130) - link claiming umkay died [the FUCK?! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=656166) - link saying umkay has not died The whole thing smells of mermaid. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/13 "2012-06-23T13:42:46Z")
We weren’t all convinced. I don’t know what set off the alarm for me, I usually don’t pick up on something like that, but it just seemed wrong. I saw others in the ‘dead’ thread had misgivings also. Anybody got an idea why that thread had the strong scent of shit? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/14 "2012-06-23T13:47:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We weren’t all convinced. I don’t know what set off the alarm for me, I usually don’t pick up on something like that, but it just seemed wrong. I saw others in the ‘dead’ thread had misgivings also. Anybody got an idea why that thread had the strong scent of shit? What I noticed was that there was only the one post. Other notification threads by surviving family members always had multiple posts. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/15 "2012-06-23T13:57:41Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We weren’t all convinced. I don’t know what set off the alarm for me, I usually don’t pick up on something like that, but it just seemed wrong. I saw others in the ‘dead’ thread had misgivings also. Anybody got an idea why that thread had the strong scent of shit? I bought it completely. I’m an idiot. The only thing I remember even slightly bothering me was the use of “in her last days” which seems to paint a picture of someone with a longer illness, someone who knows its fatal. But **umkay** had not posted when she knew she was dying, or anything. But I glossed over that assuming it was a brother in grief and not writing clearly. I feel like a great fool now, of course, but rather like that the ultimate outcome is that she never died at all. For that payoff, I’ll happily be a fool. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/16 "2012-06-23T14:09:51Z")
I have avoided every single thread by Umkay/NotOkay from day one, but I will pop in to say this…“Notokay”'s name should have been a major red flag. That is clearly a troll. No true friend would choose that as a handle to deliver news like that. It wouldn’t exactly be the time for silly wordplay. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/17 "2012-06-23T14:25:59Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > My money’s on Umkay and NotOkay being one and the same, and a masterful player. How they’re going to tell if this is so, of course, is a whole nother question. Don’t touch that dial! Yuuuup. This whole thing smacks of some late 90s / early 2000s style pseuicide trolling. Anyone remember Honesty? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/18 "2012-06-23T14:28:31Z")
As distasteful as the whole thing is I’m angry at myself for being taken in. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/19 "2012-06-23T14:35:17Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I have avoided every single thread by Umkay/NotOkay from day one, but I will pop in to say this…“Notokay”'s name should have been a major red flag. That is clearly a troll. No true friend would choose that as a handle to deliver news like that. It wouldn’t exactly be the time for silly wordplay. Exactly. In the threads about **Santo Rugger** ’s rehabilitation from his injury, his mom posts as **SantoRugger’sMom**. That’s the kind of screen name I’d expect. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/20 "2012-06-23T14:37:00Z")
> [@SubaRhubarb](#): > > The whole thing smells of mermaid. I don’t get the mermaid reference!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044.md?page=2)