# I'm gonna have to pit all you butt-hurt snowflakes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 15, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203 "2017-01-15T03:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/201 "2017-01-16T07:40:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is abuse of dogshit a crime? That’s no way to talk about Martin Shkreli. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/202 "2017-01-16T12:04:25Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > It took you a few hours to come up with this? Are you implying I am (or should be) waiting diligently at my computer, compulsively hitting “refresh” in eager anticipation of your posts so I can dash off an instant reply? That’s rather presumptuous of you. I was instead diverted by the rather banal business of living my life and I oh-so-regret placing that above this conversation in my priorities list. > [@](#): > > Second, I’d bet me second ball you did not get the reference without thinking about it awhile, if not actually doing some net research. Well, not that it matters, but I recognized the Sneetches reference immediately. Of course, there’s no way to prove it, but I did spend a few minutes looking through YouTube for the animated version (which I’d seen in childhood and which left an impression) because on one such posting, I offered a rhyming comment using the phrase “body obsessions”. If I could find it, its posting date of several years ago would demonstrate that I was familiar with the story long before your post. I wouldn’t be interested in collecting your ball, though. I have enough of them already. I tried the search again (using my typical YouTube ID, “Bryan514”) this morning and found [this video with a comment of mine I’d forgotten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHlHuhBVFI&list=LLdkA_reXtmlbbVic6AZZ7AQ&index=333) that made me chuckle more than anything you’ve offered. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/203 "2017-01-16T13:50:40Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > That’s not what I said. I don’t want a society where an angry mob through the threat of violence and destruction of property intimidates speakers and those who want to listen. Perhaps we can have violent mobs restrict other rights such as the ability to vote next? We don’t have such a society. When has this happened? A large protest that is successful doesn’t mean that there was any “threat of violence”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/204 "2017-01-16T13:51:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Were there any takers? Couples were fighting over him at the adoption agency. “You take him.” “No, YOU take him.” ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/205 "2017-01-16T14:09:59Z")
I gather soneone saying “I don’t like what that guy is saying” looks like Krystallnacht to someone who finds comfort in simplicity. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/206 "2017-01-16T15:29:38Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > If you don’t like people criticizing and complaining about Trump, well, that’s too bad for you, but we’re not going to stop just because you pout and stamp and demand that we “suck it up”. Criticize him all you want if he screws up. That’s what we did with Obama, and if Trump screws up, that’s what we will do with him as well. But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/207 "2017-01-16T15:40:04Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Criticize him all you want if he screws up. That’s what we did with Obama, and if Trump screws up, that’s what we will do with him as well. But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. He’s said a lot of dumb things, and keeps doing so. It’s reasonable to criticize him for saying dumb things. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/208 "2017-01-16T15:42:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Criticize him all you want if he screws up. That’s what we did with Obama, and if Trump screws up, that’s what we will do with him as well. But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. Most of the people that pointed out that Bush the lesser was going to be bad for America were right. The same ([and a good number from the right too](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016)) people are saying that Trump will not be good either. Really, one doesn’t need to be so smart to realize that, but with so many boots to the head you have an excuse. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/209 "2017-01-16T15:43:28Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. [Huh](http://s33.photobucket.com/user/Clothahump/media/Misc/13392096_1775440262692031_1588815421231902655_o1_zpsmc2zs19a.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1). Do you lack [all self-awareness](http://s33.photobucket.com/user/Clothahump/media/Political/IMourn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=12)? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/210 "2017-01-16T15:50:32Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Perhaps we can have violent mobs restrict other rights such as the ability to vote next? No point to it. Republican legislators have that covered. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/211 "2017-01-16T15:58:35Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > [Huh](http://s33.photobucket.com/user/Clothahump/media/Misc/13392096_1775440262692031_1588815421231902655_o1_zpsmc2zs19a.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1). Do you lack [all self-awareness](http://s33.photobucket.com/user/Clothahump/media/Political/IMourn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=12)? LOL. Is anyone surprised that Clothahump is a complete and utter hypocrite? Any explanation for your hypocrisy, Clothahump? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/212 "2017-01-16T15:58:52Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Criticize him all you want if he screws up. That’s what we did with Obama, and if Trump screws up, that’s what we will do with him as well. But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. Trump screws up every day–and every night, when he does his Sundowning Tweets. Even if he screws up so badly that the Republican Congress talks impeachment–his “victory” ensured that a more biddable President Pence can continue their agenda. I do feel sorry for you, living in such a big, diverse city. Which generally votes Democratic–like the other Texas cities. We went for Clinton with a bigger margin than Obama got, either time. And down ballot Democratic candidates did well. So you stay inside & take refuge online. Perhaps you ought to concentrate on the “safer” pro-Trump websites. We won’t shut up. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/213 "2017-01-16T16:07:54Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > LOL. Is anyone surprised that Clothahump is a complete and utter hypocrite? > > Any explanation for your hypocrisy, Clothahump? Simple. He’s a complete and utter moron. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/214 "2017-01-16T16:11:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Clothahump > Criticize him all you want if he screws up. That’s what we did with Obama, and if Trump screws up, that’s what we will do with him as well. But stop with all the Chicken Little sky-is-falling end of the world bullshit simply because he got elected. The mere fact that he got elected is an affront to all we value in this country, or at least I would have thought so. the sky may or may not fall, but he’s a repulsive piece of shit with small hands, and I will criticize him every chance I get. If he can be 1/10 of what Obama has been, I’ll apologize and sing his praises. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/215 "2017-01-16T16:23:13Z")
[New and completely accurate “This Modern World” cartoon.](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb377/MindsEyeWatering/TMW2017-01-18color.png) “Bitten by a radioactive toddler…” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/216 "2017-01-16T16:25:13Z")
Got to admire his understated and subtle approach to interior design. Gold is the new gold, and more gold, even more so! Though, maybe gold foil toilet tissue is a bit much. Wife probably has a stash of Charmin hidden away somewhere in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/217 "2017-01-16T16:25:57Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > The mere fact that he got elected is an affront to all we value in this country, or at least I would have thought so. the sky may or may not fall, but he’s a repulsive piece of shit with small hands, and I will criticize him every chance I get. If he can be 1/10 of what Obama has been, I’ll apologize and sing his praises. What Obama has been for you, you mean. You do understand that there are many people who disagree with the direction in which Obama was leading the nation? It’s called politics. If Trump can do as effective a job for the right as Obama has done for the left then I will be a happy man. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/218 "2017-01-16T16:26:40Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > LOL. Is anyone surprised that Clothahump is a complete and utter hypocrite? > > Any explanation for your hypocrisy, Clothahump? > [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Simple. He’s a complete and utter moron. ^ That. ^ He is afflicted with an inability to correctly perceive the reality of what’s in front of him. He appears to actually perceive up as down, black as white, good as bad, etc. Consistently, too, so hypocrisy arguably doesn’t apply. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/219 "2017-01-16T16:28:58Z")
> [@](#): > > …If Trump can do as effective a job for the right as Obama has done for the left then I will be a happy man. Kinda depends, doesn’t it, on whether there is a difference between a conservative and a reactionary? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203/220 "2017-01-16T16:33:05Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > What Obama has been for you, you mean. You do understand that there are many people who disagree with the direction in which Obama was leading the nation? It’s called politics. If Trump can do as effective a job for the right as Obama has done for the left then I will be a happy man. Honestly, I don’t understand it. I do understand a difference of opinion on this or that, I’ve had a couple myself. But the “direction” of the nation has been objectively fine recently. Steady, intelligent and competent leadership is a bipartisan value. The opposite should be rejected by all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-pit-all-you-butt-hurt-snowflakes/777203.md?page=12)