# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/881 "2012-06-26T23:34:51Z")
It did not occur to me if she was real or not. I couldn’t get through her thread. It read like an Occupational Therapy Inservice. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/882 "2012-06-26T23:40:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It’s as if you were wondering where the hell your pillow was, and you decided to look everywhere except on the bed. I once dreamed I was eating a giant marshmallow. When I woke up, my pillow was gone. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/883 "2012-06-27T01:17:55Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > For those posters crying over an anonymous person on the internet and wanting to send a fake dead quadriplegic girl flowers, think about someone in your real life who might actually need or appreciate some of your attention and go give it to them instead. Nobody that doesn’t care what other people think on the internet actually posts to a forum. It’s as much use to them as typing in a Word document and deleting it. There’s a category of people for whom the only intention is to produce negative emotions in other people, to which they expend great effort and then claim that the ones with at least a minimal investment in the happiness of others (whether seen or not) are the abnormal ones. It’s not really relevant to the thread, considering the scepticism is warranted and people should be cautious about an emotional reaction over the internet without tangible evidence (such as an obituary). Doesn’t mean the majority of people behind the keyboard aren’t real though. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/884 "2012-06-27T01:21:50Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > ). Doesn’t mean the majority of people behind the keyboard aren’t real though. Hell, I hope everybody is real behind the keyboard. I’m not quite ready for all that naked govenator of California Sky Net shit. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/885 "2012-06-27T01:28:08Z")
So. This whole thing has gone seriously WAY into the realm of the absurd. By the way, I got some of them Jewel frozen egg-rolls - you cook 'em in the oven for half an hour - they are darned tasty!!! And for ten for ten bucks??? That’s a DEAL, dude! On another note, REALLY GUYS?? I’ve known some of you since 1999 - perspective - how many of these moronic trolls have we suffered since back in the day? This latest one? Why put so much emotional energy into the outrage - I got duped too in the I’m dead thread - **but if I don’t GIVE A RAT’S ASS then they didn’t WIN! 🙂** So chill - really - look at it this way. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference - so since we all know the troll is probably still reading (you can read even if you can’t post) and sucking up all this attention - um - STOP IT! Know what I mean? ]\*\*Even though the troll be gone, you don’t need to feed their inner-attention whore with continued commentary!! \*\* Am I making sense to ANYONE? Sorry. It’s kind of a Missy-homespun-kinda-trying-to-give-advice-that-noone-will-listen-to-anyway kind of a thing. So. The Jewel brand frozen egg-rolls were really good! Try em! 😃 Ten for ten bucks - its a really good deal! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/886 "2012-06-27T01:32:39Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Dude, you have had some rocky times here, and I have at times thought some pretty negative things about you. Between the great judgment in the first post and the humor in the second, I have decided that you rock. Not that you have any reason to care what I think. And I would totally read that thread. Thanks. If you had something rotten to say, sure _then_ I’d have no reason to care but it’s a compliment man! Much appreciated. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/887 "2012-06-27T02:02:56Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference - so since we all know the troll is probably still reading (you can read even if you can’t post) and sucking up all this attention - um - STOP IT! Know what I mean? ]\*\*Even though the troll be gone, you don’t need to feed their inner-attention whore with continued commentary!! \*\* Am I making sense to ANYONE? Are you completely unfamiliar with the concept of lols? People are still posting to this thread because _they are enjoying it._ It’s the best wank we have had in ages. Who cares if it feeds the troll? She’s gone. If you don’t enjoy this kind of thing, then don’t partake. But the rest of us have a full tub of Vaseline a whole box of Kleenex and _we can make it to 20 pages, baby._ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/888 "2012-06-27T02:07:06Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I didn’t follow that thread close enough to judge whether she seemed fake or not, but I actually know of someone who is like her but with blindness. He even goes out in public and lives as a blind man, and will keep his eyes covered in his home so that he isn’t using his natural sight to navigate around the house. It’s not hysterical blindness, but a deep desire to **be** blind, that has manifested in him trying to live as a blind man as much as possible. > > I don’t know what the psychiatric diagnosis is, but yeah, he’s definitely mentally ill. Munchausen’s Syndrome. > [@gamerunknown](#): > > Nobody that doesn’t care what other people think on the internet actually posts to a forum. Anyone else try to parse this? ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/889 "2012-06-27T02:11:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Anyone else try to parse this? Seems pretty clear to me. People only post to public forums because at some level they think what they have is worth sharing and they want other people to respond to it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/890 "2012-06-27T02:15:36Z")
I’ve not chimed in so far in any of the **umkay** , **Notokay** etc threads, but they’ve all been thoroughly entertaining, this one included. Have to say I’ve noticed a suspiciously unusual uptick in brand-new posters signing up to relate massive tales of woe. Slaughtered families, down-spiraling relationships. I guess this must be summer break over in the West. I’m curious if the IPs of many of these posters might be from the same general geographic area, as I suspect **umkay** , like a bad bowl of chili, may still be with us. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/891 "2012-06-27T02:16:41Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Munchausen’s Syndrome. I thought Munchausen’s involved needing to be medically treated, like compulsively reporting “abdominal pain” in order to get operated on, or taking poison to mimic the symptoms of some disease. People with Munchhausen’s want to be patients. A crazy desire to be disabled is still crazy, but it seems like different crazy. Disabled isn’t sick. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/892 "2012-06-27T02:18:52Z")
> [@Myrnalene](#): > > Are you completely unfamiliar with the concept of lols? > > People are still posting to this thread because _they are enjoying it._ It’s the best wank we have had in ages. Who cares if it feeds the troll? She’s gone. > > If you don’t enjoy this kind of thing, then don’t partake. But the rest of us have a full tub of Vaseline a whole box of Kleenex and _we can make it to 20 pages, baby._ I think I may LOVE you! I BOW to you, baby! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/893 "2012-06-27T02:29:34Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I thought Munchausen’s involved needing to be medically treated, like compulsively reporting “abdominal pain” in order to get operated on, or taking poison to mimic the symptoms of some disease. People with Munchhausen’s want to be patients. A crazy desire to be disabled is still crazy, but it seems like different crazy. Disabled isn’t sick. I don’t know who, but a poster in one of these many threads called it “Munchausen’s by Proxy Server.” Holy shit that was funny! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/894 "2012-06-27T02:43:49Z")
> [@Myrnalene](#): > > Are you completely unfamiliar with the concept of lols? > > People are still posting to this thread because _they are enjoying it._ It’s the best wank we have had in ages. Who cares if it feeds the troll? She’s gone. > > If you don’t enjoy this kind of thing, then don’t partake. But the rest of us have a full tub of Vaseline a whole box of Kleenex and _we can make it to 20 pages, baby._ Agreed. I am not pro-troll, but damn it’s funny! It’s like playing with my dog: I have a tennis ball. He wants to chase it. So I wave it around, pull my arm back and pretend I’m gonna throw it but don’t… wave it around some more. And he loves it! He jumps around getting more and more excited, going “throw the ball! Throw the ball! THROW THE BAAAALLLLLL!!!” Then I throw the ball, except not really. I hide it behind my back. He runs a few steps in the direction of the throw, then stops with an expression of betrayal/confusion/hurt on his face. Yeah, it’s kinda mean to laugh at him, but that’s some funny shit! 😃 Here’s the thing though: I’m pointing and laughing at him, but there’s NO malice involved. He’s dumb as a box of hammers, but I love the little bastard. So here comes umkay, waves a tennis ball around for a few days, and we puppies love it! Then notokay “throws” the ball, and the fun starts! The difference is that my dog has a sense of humor. He soon realizes that I still have the tennis ball and immediately the hurt is gone, he has his doggie smile back, and he’s jumping up and down going “you asshole, throw the ball!!! THROW THE GODDAMN BALL!!!” Here, notokay “throws” the ball, and people run after it for a few steps… then there’s confusion, extreme butt-hurt, denial, claims of “I wasn’t fooled for a second!”, outrage, disbelief, etc. etc. etc. THAT’S some funny shit right there! To make it even funnier, it’ll happen again! Next week, next month, maybe as far away as next year. And I’m just as likely to be caught up in it as any of you fools. So, I’m NOT pro-troll, but goddamn it can be funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/895 "2012-06-27T03:52:36Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I thought Munchausen’s involved needing to be medically treated, like compulsively reporting “abdominal pain” in order to get operated on, or taking poison to mimic the symptoms of some disease. People with Munchhausen’s want to be patients. A crazy desire to be disabled is still crazy, but it seems like different crazy. Disabled isn’t sick. It’s part of it. Munchausen’s is basically faking illness or injury in order to gain sympathy, or attention. Often people will make themselves sick, or hurt in order to do so. If faking a disability achieves that, I would imagine they would do so. (Munchausen by Proxy is doing so to another person – mainly children. They usually end up making said child sick.) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/896 "2012-06-27T10:27:26Z")
And I now believe the reason I was snookered is two-fold: 1. I have met lots of Dopers, it’s big in N.E. Ohio (had a few Dopefests at my own house) some have graduated to dear friends. I trust Dopers. 2. Do to my own medical issues (MS, soon to get a wheelchair myself) I was mentally off my guard. Oh well. Maybe I’ll start a thread, **Ask The Real Guy Soon To Be In A Real Wheelchair, (With Proof)** ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/897 "2012-06-27T10:51:58Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I thought Munchausen’s involved needing to be medically treated, like compulsively reporting “abdominal pain” in order to get operated on, or taking poison to mimic the symptoms of some disease. People with Munchhausen’s want to be patients. A crazy desire to be disabled is still crazy, but it seems like different crazy. Disabled isn’t sick. Actually, I’m pretty sure it involves tying your horse to a church steeple, riding a cannonball and travelling to the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/898 "2012-06-27T10:52:25Z")
> [@LaurenIpsum](#): > > So should we keep an eye out on Reddit for someone starting a IAmA thread about being a quadriplegic? I think it would be hysterical if she tried it on the Giraffe Boards next. She might not know there’s a certain amount of overlap between them and us[1], and oh, the fun that could be had. [1] Except she’d know now, d’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/899 "2012-06-27T11:02:09Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Maybe I’ll start a thread, > > **Ask The Real Guy Soon To Be In A Real Wheelchair, (With Proof)** If you aren’t rich and pretty, we don’t want any. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044/900 "2012-06-27T11:31:55Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > If you aren’t rich and pretty, we don’t want any. I’m well-off (the bills are paid) and not bad looking, does that count? Besides, what do you know about wheelchairs anyway? Sheesh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044.md?page=46)