# Idiotic IT cuntomer - some people should not be allowed to own any IT equipment **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763 "2013-12-07T18:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/41 "2013-12-10T19:18:49Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > **74westy** ’s first [response](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16910672&postcount=6) to the OP (“_Would a mod please change the headline to Idiotic IT [very bad word]omer?_”) was pure [Helen Lovejoy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo)-ism. Keep clutching those pearls, Princess. You’re absolutely correct. I thought it was a smart ass comment but in fact, without realizing it, I was completely serious. I’m just like your cartoon lady and I’m glad the rules of the pit don’t allow me to call you a cunt because that would be really bad. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/42 "2013-12-10T20:46:22Z")
I liked the comment - I thought it was a hilarious throwback to the ATMB thread about usage of the word… ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/43 "2013-12-10T21:31:16Z")
Oh, **Rachel** , don’t be so cranky like that. The fleet will be back in soon. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/44 "2013-12-10T21:48:21Z")
One of the more amusing results of such discussions will be the inducing of future American tourists to liberally sprinkle the word ‘cunt’ in mixed society whilst over here. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/45 "2013-12-10T21:49:03Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > in Irish-English, is the same as it is in Euro-English. Its primary use is vulgar, but not obscene. What a Dough! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/46 "2013-12-10T23:02:36Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > What was so “awesome” about it? :dubious: > > […] > > **74westy** ’s first [response](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16910672&postcount=6) to the OP (“_Would a mod please change the headline to Idiotic IT [very bad word]omer?_”) was pure [Helen Lovejoy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo)-ism. Keep clutching those pearls, Princess. Um, whooosh? As in, **74westy** was making a snarky _joke_ precisely about it, and \*you \*reacted as if it was totally serious? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/47 "2013-12-11T00:35:33Z")
> [@digs](#): > > By that logic, then, the q-ward and the z-word and the aa-word\* are equally bad… > > - > > _aardv@rk_ - Reported - You do know children read this forum, the aa-word is highly inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/48 "2013-12-11T00:45:46Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > - Reported - > > You do know children read this forum, the aa-word is highly inappropriate. Fuckin’ aye, it’s literally \*the first one \*on the list! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/49 "2013-12-11T01:00:44Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Fuckin’ aye, it’s literally \*the first one \*on the list! I’ve spent my life at the very end of the alphabet (not _Zzyzyx_, but close). Now I’m thinking of legally changing my name to the aa-word… ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/50 "2013-12-11T01:27:54Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I’m just like your cartoon lady and I’m glad the rules of the pit don’t allow me to call you a cunt because that would be really bad. [Moderating] From the[rules regarding language in the Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858): > [@Ed Zotti](#): > > Don’t play games. For example, don’t say, “X [some offboard personality] is a cunt, and you’re like X.” Don’t be a game player. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/51 "2013-12-11T11:59:38Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > You’re absolutely correct. I thought it was a smart ass comment but in fact, without realizing it, I was completely serious. > > I’m just like your cartoon lady and I’m glad the rules of the pit don’t allow me to call you a cunt because that would be really bad. _Mea culpa_. Any misunderstanding was wholly my fault. Your humor is an asset to the Board. I totally hope you don’t get mouth cancer. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/52 "2013-12-11T13:32:53Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > I totally hope you don’t get mouth cancer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/53 "2013-12-11T15:45:13Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > You’re absolutely correct. I thought it was a smart ass comment but in fact, without realizing it, I was completely serious. > > I’m just like your cartoon lady and I’m glad the rules of the pit don’t allow me to call you a cunt because that would be really bad. So, the one that had an issue with my word play is using it directly to kind of insult another poster….:smack: Yeah, you make sense - as in don’t forget to take your med’s for your apparent schizophrenia. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/54 "2013-12-11T18:35:08Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > So, the one that had an issue with my word play is using it directly to kind of insult another poster….:smack: > Yeah, you make sense - as in don’t forget to take your med’s for your apparent schizophrenia. I like Fuji. He/she is an intelligent and good natured poster. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/55 "2013-12-12T00:08:53Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > The “C” word here in Ireland is a genderless generic insult, anything or anyone can be called “a cunt”. Over here everything is a cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/56 "2013-12-12T01:58:47Z")
Beware if you come over here. It is very different. Interesting, though, I was not aware the usage of that word was so different there. The things you learn on the Dope… ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/57 "2013-12-13T15:45:47Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > The things you learn on the Dope… Yup! It’s amazing, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/58 "2013-12-13T16:59:40Z")
I’m just a provencial boy from Los Angeles…(stealing from Billy Vera) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763/59 "2013-12-13T22:55:04Z")
I understand the US phrase “rooting for the home team” has a different interpretation in Australia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763.md?page=2)