# I pit people that neither like nor hate metal **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949 "2011-06-01T12:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/81 "2011-06-01T18:45:49Z")
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/82 "2011-06-01T18:47:23Z")
[I pit people who hate metal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610740) [I pit people who like metal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610744) Sorry about not linking them previously, however metallic or non-metallic that may be. One thing I’m not sorry about, though, is getting to be the thread into which all other threads are merged. Who D’King? Boo-yah! Take that, Most Interesting Man In The World! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/83 "2011-06-01T19:00:09Z")
Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/84 "2011-06-01T19:16:33Z")
Hey the Swiss gave us Krokus! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/85 "2011-06-01T19:17:11Z")
Merge tiem ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/86 "2011-06-01T19:19:26Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I pit people who merge eight threads into one and hurt my brain > > Ouch. Thou shalt not metal in the affairs of moderators, for they are subtle and quick to anger. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/87 "2011-06-01T19:21:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Thou shalt not metal in the affairs of moderators, for they are subtle and quick to anger. I bow to thy mettle, my orc. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/88 "2011-06-01T19:38:29Z")
**I also pit people who don’t like** : Metaphysics, Myrtle Beach, metagalaxies, medals, mortals, metaphors, meatballs, mescal, meteors, _Meddle_, metamorphoscopes, and metalepsis. However… **I pit people who like** : Methane, Motel 6, _The Mentalist_, minotaurs, Midol, meddling, mad owls, medulization and Weird Al. , ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/89 "2011-06-01T19:40:33Z")
Such as [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610745) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/90 "2011-06-01T20:09:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Missed [one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610744)! There can be only one. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/91 "2011-06-01T20:11:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One was too many? No, six or seven was too many to go through to find which was first. Come to think of it, I was parodying them all. It’s not my fault some of them were parodying others. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/92 "2011-06-01T20:33:31Z")
I pit people ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/93 "2011-06-01T20:39:26Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Thou shalt not metal in the affairs of moderators, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Subtle?:dubious: > [@jjimm](#): > > I pit people who merge eight threads into one and hurt my brain. > > Ouch. I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for those metaling kids! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/94 "2011-06-01T22:46:08Z")
I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/95 "2011-06-01T22:54:05Z")
[Mortal Kombat]MERGE HIM![/MK] ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/96 "2011-06-04T18:34:21Z")
If joke threads are not allowed in the pit, why is this one still here? Just curious. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949/97 "2011-06-06T20:54:55Z")
Pit me…after all, I can tolerate it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-neither-like-nor-hate-metal/583949.md?page=4)