# If you don't like my parodies, don't read them **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136 "2002-11-22T12:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/81 "2002-11-25T17:52:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*Actually, **Dan** , it’s not. Perogies was a parody of Parodies, hence I was able to link to it in the first thread. > Unless I’ve been seriously wooshed and I’ll just shut up and sit over here in the corner 🙂 \*\* Oh. Whoops! I think I just saw this one before yours. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/82 "2002-11-25T18:02:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eidolon909 \* > **Regardless. You said uneqivocally it was Down Syndrome. Which clearly it is not. I said it was either. Which clearly it is. The sites are Euro-centric, not U.K.-centric, incidentally.** Yeah, that BBC. Much more eurocentric than U.K.-centric. Funny, though, how you dismiss such esteemed medical sites as the Centers for Disease Control but completely accept the BBC. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/83 "2002-11-25T20:03:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > For the record, I wasn’t appealing for consideration for myself, but for the two or three who matter just as much as you, and who happen to enjoy my parodies. In fact, I invite you to open your own thread, and title it “Lib, you’re a shit head.” > > Otherwise, we would like to play. And anyone who crashes the party for the purpose of spoiling everybody’s fun is the person with the problem. Not me. I am under the impression, first of all, that this forum is The Pit. Since genuinely lighthearted parodies can go in MPSIMS, it’s a reasonable assumption that parodies placed in this forum are flames in the form of humor. In this forum, people can flame back if they disagree with your flame. Or even if they agree with it, but don’t think you’ve done a good job of making your point. (It’s happened to me more than once.) Since your parodies are frequently unintelligible to many, and they’re in this forum, you should expect some flames. If you want to have a semi-private party for that handful of people who appreciate your humor, without any critics ‘spoiling your fun,’ then the Pit is quite the wrong place for it. I would recommend [livejournal.com](http://livejournal.com), where you can restrict access to your writings to a ‘buddy list’ of your choosing. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/84 "2002-11-25T20:28:30Z")
Aw, RT, we were just starting to get along with one another. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/85 "2002-11-25T21:02:26Z")
Could you answer my questions lib? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/86 "2002-11-25T21:05:22Z")
Your questions? Sure. Hang on, I’ll take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/87 "2002-11-25T21:16:29Z")
Twist asked: > [@](#): > > Why do you insist on pointing out my grammatical errors when you quote me? I was mad at you. > [@](#): > > Does it make you feel superior? No, not really. > [@](#): > > But it does not make the quality of your points any better by displaying superficial errors in mine? Yes. Or no. Whichever way you meant to say that, my answer is that it does not. > [@](#): > > why do I open your threads? I think that one was rhetorical because you went on to answer it. > [@](#): > > so the dissenting view should never be posted? I think a dissenting view should be posted, but a dissenting view is not the same as a flame. But my error was, as RT pointed out, posting parodies in the Pit that I intend to be fun and flame free. > [@](#): > > Or is that the point? Actually, the point was that I wondered whether, had I left out that single sentence, you would have responded with “Oh get yourself” type stuff. And so I explained that I wasn’t talking about myself. > [@](#): > > why would I? I have said time and time again that I don’t think that of you? Why are you making me repeat myself? (These seem like one question as a stream of thought.) Well, a thread titled “Lib get over yourself”, then. My point, again, was that posting merely for the purpose of spoiling other people’s fun is not nice. But, again, as RT said, I guess I should expect that in the Pit. > [@](#): > > Or, if you just replied in that vein to make me reply in turn, is that trolling? I don’t troll. It is against my principles. * * * I think I got them all. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/88 "2002-11-25T21:24:21Z")
You seem to have taken “get over yourself” a little more strongly than intended. It was that you seem to think I posted because I don’t like you. I posted because I didn’t understand your parody, and that I felt parody was a weak arguement. A fun tool, but it is not a debating action, and an especially weak vehicle for your abilities. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/89 "2002-11-25T21:26:54Z")
I think that Libertarian at least deserves the title of Supreme Egomaniac for his extensive and detailed bibliography of self-love. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/90 "2002-11-25T21:29:15Z")
No problem, Twist. It is likely that I overreacted. * * * Why, thank you, KarmaComa! ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/91 "2002-11-25T21:34:12Z")
Group Hug! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/92 "2002-11-25T21:40:48Z")
Here, I brought some donuts. Ain’t nothing a kruller can’t cure! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/93 "2002-11-25T21:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*Group Hug! > > 😃 \*\* Ooh ooh! Tir and I are a group! The rest of you hug each other! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/94 "2002-11-25T23:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*Ooh ooh! Tir and I are a group! The rest of you hug each other! 🙂 \*\* ROWR! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/95 "2002-11-26T00:10:37Z")
I ain’t huggin’ NObody name Tir.\* Fenris (Geddit? Tir? Fenris? Geddit??? Oh bother. It sounded funny when I wrote it. Nevermind.) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/96 "2002-11-26T01:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*_I ain’t huggin’ NObody name Tir._ > \*\* Why not? Seems like it’d be a great chance to get the other hand:D ---
**Author:** ![Eidolon909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Eidolon909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eidolon909)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/97 "2002-11-26T05:48:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Yeah, that BBC. Much more eurocentric than U.K.-centric. > > Funny, though, how you dismiss such esteemed medical sites as the Centers for Disease Control but completely accept the BBC. \*\* Did you check all the links? They aren’t all UK based. The BBC also happens to be one of the most respected media outlets in the world. Does only American information satisfy you? Secondly, I am not dismissing the CDC. I said from the outset it was **either** Down’s Syndrome or Down Syndrome. You said: > [@](#): > > It’s not either. The National Down Syndrome Society ([http://www.ndss.org/](http://www.ndss.org/)), The National Down Syndrome Congress ([http://www.ndsccenter.org/](http://www.ndsccenter.org/)), the National Association for Down Syndrome ([http://www.nads.org/](http://www.nads.org/)), and the Centers for Disease Control ([http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/ds.htm](http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/ds.htm)) all call it “Down Syndrome.” You’re saying in no uncertain terms that is can **only** be Down Syndrome. Which clearly is not the case. Since Down’s Syndrome is in regular and accepted use, as my links show. Now, if you can simply stop equivocating and admit you are wrong we can put a close to the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/98 "2002-11-26T08:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eidolon909 \* > \*\*Thats the point. You don’t catch on too quick do you? Stupid fenian. > > Already got a few pints in you I see. :rolleyes: \*\* **Eidolon909** , I want you to TONE IT DOWN. Not just in this thread, but over the whole message board. You’re close to getting banned for your abrasiveness. Only Cecil can be Cecil on this board. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136/99 "2002-11-26T10:31:26Z")
Wow. Twist and I make peace, KarmaComa pays me the highest possible compliment, and now the legendary Lynn Bodini posts in my thread! Where else can you get all this but at SDMB? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-my-parodies-dont-read-them/138136.md?page=4)