# im a ghost! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271 "2001-04-25T12:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/21 "2001-04-25T17:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Please disregard the above advice if you are a cockroach, and cannot use the shift key\ Somehow, I don’t think bjOrn is the reincarnation of a vers libre poet. Actually he reminds me of Warty Bliggens, the toad who thinks he’s the center of the universe. Maybe we can feed him to Mehitabel. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/22 "2001-04-25T17:17:19Z")
Thinkin of ghosts, I’m waiting for the next version; My Mother the Pit Thread. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/23 "2001-04-25T17:29:48Z")
{{{{ bj0rn! }}}} Where the hell have you been? Since we last heard from you, Gaudere has gone to heaven, the SDMB was invaded by the LBMB, and Satan has been banned. As to your OP, I agree with this part: > [@](#): > > what they read somewhere But I disagree with this: > [@](#): > > names or further details How are things in Iceland? Are you in the gene testing thing? * * * Czarcasm, bj0rn can’t use the shift key for reasons alone. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/24 "2001-04-25T20:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*Please disregard the above advice if you are a cockroach, and cannot use the shift key. \*\* nice eecummings reference, czarcasm ‘hi, my name is archy’ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/25 "2001-04-25T21:53:38Z")
Its not so much that **bj0rn** attempts to dispell ignorance as he attempts to misspell it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/26 "2001-04-25T22:49:10Z")
Aww, lookit **bj0rnie**! He thinks he’s smart! How cute! But just keep him off the couch. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/27 "2001-04-25T22:56:37Z")
Just when you thought it was safe… :rolleyes: I have been on this board way too fucking long. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Mysphyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mysphyt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mysphyt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/28 "2001-04-25T23:11:18Z")
Well, I’m not Fenris, but . . . > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bj0rn \* > thank you kabbes for a very accurate summarization on the subject of astroboys reply to my OP. For reference, Kabbes said > [@](#): > > Astroboy asked for a link when the subject matter is generic. I guess that bjOrn sees that as a classic example of a thirst for specifics without taking time to comprehend the underlying message. As such he would view this as mindless knowledge gathering. Astroboy (to bjOrn) is his own example. Ye Gods! And here I was about to make a _specific_ criticism! That would be inappropriate on a board such as this, most obviously. In that case, bjorn, let me simply say this: You’re wrong. I wouldn’t want to get much more specific than that, because that would clearly run contrary to your purposes. Ah, blast it. This is like opening a pit thread and simply saying “You idiot!” and expecting a) everyone on the board to take your side, b) the idiot in question to know exactly who he or she was and what the post was concerning, and c) to be lauded for your excellent posting ability and your fairness in not mentioning names and hurting anybody’s feelings. To say that “fighting ignorance is futile” on a board committed to . . . well, let’s think . . . fighting ignorance is confusing at best, especially since you’re referring to the vast amount of ignorance on this board in particular. I’ll admit, not everyone knows everything, but your point still falls a good four iron shot short of making sense. > [@](#): > > the inability to confront a subject matter of factly. Erm . . . verb? And if you intended to answer the question posed in the quote, well . . . How is this specific? To what are you referring? Are you referring to your own OP? Because it fails to confront more or less any subject, to say nothing of matter of factly. Ah, heck, let’s say something of matter of factly. Only Kabbes understood your OP, and that, I imagine, after an hour of close study, a hallucinogen, and a moron-to-English dictionary. And, after all the effort, Kabbes then proceeded to make the statement you intended to. What Kabbes did was “confront a subject matter of factly.” What you did was create some serious dents in walls everywhere from vigorous and repeated head-slamming. > [@](#): > > my intention was to make my OP as generalized as possible so there wouldnt be a need to provide links to further my subject, for the text to which i linked could be misunderstood, therefore astroboys first reply to my OP is a brillant display of the ignorance i was trying to illustrate. perhaps he didnt understand what i was saying, fine…i should correct that, but he did assume he understood it when he accually did not. First of all, if that was truly your intention, then it was a less than brilliant one. Let’s make a post so broad that nobody understands what I’m implying, and then let’s get mad at people for doing exactly what I’m telling them to do. Astro’s post wasn’t an assumption of understanding, it was a blatant statement of a failure to understand. “Link?” means “What in the name of grapefruits and goat cheese are you talking about?” He didn’t understand. He asked you, in the spirit of free debate and open discussion, to clarify. I for one–as, I’m sure, did everybody reading with the IQ greater than that of spit–inferred that you were referring to a specific thread when you posted. You were, in fact, as was explained by DDG. Logic suggests that the subject heading has something to do with the subject ( **gasp** ), so I presumed the remainder of the post was also in reference to the thread in question. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that the normal rules of intelligent thought don’t apply to you. I’ll try to remember that in the future. > [@](#): > > reign (rn) > n. > > Exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch. > The period during which a monarch rules. > Dominance or widespread influence: the reign of reason. First of all, the definition you gave was of reign as a noun. You used it as a verb. Problem one. Second, when used as a verb, reign doesn’t work by it self. You don’t reign a kingdom, you reign over a kingdom. Your kingdom, evidently, is not an English speaking one. Third, even disregarding the earlier errors, even presuming that “reign” was used exactly as you intended it to, you don’t reign over a core. You reign over a country, or a kingdom, or a nation, but not a core. It’s like saying I kicked you with my elbow. Welcome to English, I hope you’ve enjoyed your stay, now exit to your left and don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/29 "2001-04-25T23:38:21Z")
Mysphyt, my good (wo)man – I applaud your effort, but trying to use logic with bj0rn and teach him English is like trying to grow a third arm. Let it go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/30 "2001-04-26T00:22:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bj0rn \* > **its also comforting to know that ignorance still reigns the very core of the SDMB…** Well, only periodically, when you manage to log on again. It’s good to see your English has improved - somewhat. For those who don’t believe me, do a search for bj0rns posts. You’ll see a steady progress, defying that of the evolution of garden snails. It’s less heartwarming to see you’re still playing the same stupid games. When are you ever going to _contribute_ anything to these boards, rather than posting dumb riddle style OP’s solely aimed at getting responses to stroke your tender ego? If anything, it gets more and more boring with time. Sure, a couple of “new” people will fall for it. But soon they’ll too see what your real intentions are. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/31 "2001-04-26T01:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*You’ll see a steady progress, defying that of the evolution of garden snails. > \*\* Just had to drop in and say that has got to be the funniest thing I’ve read in awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/32 "2001-04-26T01:08:56Z")
I agree with the OP. He _is_ an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/33 "2001-04-26T01:09:22Z")
use the **soda** , dammit! You always get this way when you take your whiskey straight. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/34 "2001-04-26T01:15:50Z")
Libertarian wrote: > [@](#): > > Since we last heard from you, Gaudere has gone to heaven, I don’t think moderating the Great Debates forum would quite qualify as a “heavenly” experience. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/35 "2001-04-26T01:16:37Z")
Slight correction (all in the spirit of the SDMB): > [@](#): > > nice eecummings reference, czarcasm ee cummings didn’t write the “archie and mehetable” series… Don Marquis did (funny shit, too!)… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/36 "2001-04-26T01:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > > Czarcasm, bj0rn can’t use the shift key for reasons alone. and…there goes the White Russian…all over the keyboard. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/37 "2001-04-26T05:56:09Z")
OP translated from English to French and back: > [@](#): > > oh, its thus heart which heats to observe these people which still remember me. its to as comfort to know as ignorance still reigns the heart even of the SDMB… without mentioning all additional names or details, for that only encourages misunderstandings based on the image that this particular person has among crowd, I dare known as that militant ignorance is a futile task. to try to inform the ignoramus is an impossible task in its most general comprehension for very the ignoramus simply knowledge of the profits that il/elle does not include/understand in possession of the ignoramus, knowledge is empty… some people look after with copy of carbon what they read without same the lightest piece to include/understand of what they read just some share, by proclaiming this knowledge divine or something. basically what I speaks about here includes/understands " other people badly always still I beseech with the spirit of the masses to include/understand, do not suppose. if you them of which include/understand, condemn to a fine, only of which claim like make! bj0rn -… Waaaaa? I like you Bj0rn, but yer a real pandora’s box. ::sniffle:: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mysphyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mysphyt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mysphyt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/38 "2001-04-26T07:39:58Z")
Y’know . . . Silo’s version was actually a bit easier to understand. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/39 "2001-04-26T11:54:52Z")
lets get back to the OP shall we… when i say; “i dare say that fighting ignorance is a futile task.” it is in referance to; “its also comforting to know that ignorance still reigns the very core of the SDMB…” should be an easy one to figure out… now to the replies since my last post: Alphagene: im sorry i didnt leave any room for exceptions in the OP, i should have. your point is true for i left a fault in my argument, please consider it inserted from this moment on. Replace “is a futile task” with “is almost a futile task”. kellibelli: just fine, thank you for asking. i hope the same for you? Libertarian: you disagreed with “names and further details”, i would like to know why… from what i have experienced people give certain persons credit for tasks previously accomplished, einstein made wrong calcutations once but everybody belived they were correct because it was einstein who made those calculations. that in my opinion is one aspect of ignorance. so i want to avoid mentioning names or anything that might link a person to a given fact for assumption are usually made based on who the person is but not the fact itself. oh, and those gene thingy stocks are burning up like the mir. Mysphyt: > [@](#): > > You’re wrong thank you for expressing your opinion but i would want to reply to your explanation; “no its not” > [@](#): > > How is this specific? To what are you referring? Are you referring to your own OP? Because it fails to confront more or less any subject, to say nothing of matter of factly. i am referring to the first reply to my OP. > [@](#): > > Only Kabbes understood your OP i dont know about the OP but he understood my comment on astroboys post. > [@](#): > > “Link?” means “What in the name of grapefruits and goat cheese are you talking about?” He didn’t understand. He asked you, in the spirit of free debate and open discussion, to clarify. my english must be getting rusty, i didnt know “link” and “what in the name of grapefruits and goat cheese are you talkin about!” meant the same thing, thank you for clarifying that subject… i apologize astroboy for not understanding your first post i thought you were asking for a “link” to some text i was referring to in the OP when i specifically mentioned i would not provide any referance to, reasons mentioned in OP. if you want me to clarify any further what i was talking about please let me know. > [@](#): > > First of all, the definition you gave was of reign as a noun. You used it as a verb. Problem one. sorry about that…hope this helps: v. intr. reigned, reign·ing, reigns. To exercise sovereign power. To hold the title of monarch, but with limited authority. To be predominant or prevalent: Panic reigned as the fire spread. you are quite right, ignorance cant reign over a core, it reigns over the “core of the SDMB” like: “ignorance is reigning is sovereign power over the SDMB”, does that fit? Coldfire: same old, same old. its heartwarming that you still think i am playing games, perhaps thats where you fail to understand what i am trying to contribute. Giraffe: a very smart observation 😉 silo: same to you…from english to french and back: OP translates the English-French one and of back: bj0rn - by the power of the shift button ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-ghost/63271/40 "2001-04-26T11:57:33Z")
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