# I'm not giving up my seat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431 "2013-01-16T22:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![resting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@resting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resting)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1401 "2013-01-23T17:21:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Obvious Troll is not only obvious, but indignant. I’m more amused at the wild accusations of troll by posters when there is no evidence of me trolling in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1402 "2013-01-23T17:38:43Z")
Having not participated in this thread, I took the liberty of reviewing your posts in it. From what I can tell, you’re either a troll, a total asshole. Your choice, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1403 "2013-01-23T17:41:09Z")
well…I read the whole thread, and am finally caught up.😃 My two cents, IMHO, if you arrive late, you lose the rights to disrupt others with any sort of seat choice. Thats how it works. IF you arrive early, sure, no problem. so…a vote for the Mademoseille I would probably move…but, who knows…some days those sorts of folks really irritate me…even more than those that get off the onramp and then get back on again, just to get ahead 3 seconds…grrrr…:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [January 23, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1404 "2013-01-23T18:10:33Z")
> [@resting](#): > > My join date is irrelevant, my posts have been supportive of the op’s position, and the word troll has lost all meaning it once had in a simpler Internet time. “That thing you’re claiming is a tree? The fact that it has a wooden trunk covered in bark is irrelevant, the fact that it’s twenty feet tall doesn’t prove anything since many buildings and some construction cranes are that tall, and being covered in leaves has lost all meaning since many bushes are also covered in leaves.” ---
**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:** [January 23, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1405 "2013-01-23T18:10:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Having not participated in this thread, I took the liberty of reviewing your posts in it. From what I can tell, you’re either a troll, a total asshole. Does it have to be one or the other? Can’t it be both? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1406 "2013-01-23T19:15:38Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > well…I read the whole thread, and am finally caught up.😃 Impressive. I dumped the entire thread into a text editor for giggles. After stripping off the SDMB boilerplate stuff, I found that it’s presently at ~178,000 words. :eek: It’s like reading The Hobbit. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1407 "2013-01-23T19:33:27Z")
And it’s only a week old. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1408 "2013-01-23T19:38:24Z")
What if this thread had been written by other famous authors? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1409 "2013-01-23T19:40:48Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > And it’s only a week old. I generated a word cloud for this entire thread and [posted it to tinypic](http://i50.tinypic.com/2whnpzr.png). Many thanks to the [WordItOut](http://worditout.com/) word cloud generator. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1410 "2013-01-23T19:43:06Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > What if this thread had been written by other famous authors? What this means, of course, is that Peter Jackson could turn this thread into six feature-length films. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1411 "2013-01-23T19:56:01Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > What this means, of course, is that Peter Jackson could turn this thread into six feature-length films. Considering that Jackson is stretching _The Hobbit_ out approximately nine times its length, I think that he could make this thread into 54 hours of movies. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1412 "2013-01-23T19:58:29Z")
To think, the Hobbit twiceover in only 29 pages. Goodnight moon is a hefty 32 pages. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1413 "2013-01-23T20:25:40Z")
> [@resting](#): > > Is mean old lady mentally ill? No, she’s drunk. She usually is. That’s why we like her. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1414 "2013-01-23T20:35:27Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I generated a word cloud for this entire thread and [posted it to tinypic](http://i50.tinypic.com/2whnpzr.png). Many thanks to the [WordItOut](http://worditout.com/) word cloud generator. Ok, this is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1415 "2013-01-23T20:36:14Z")
…my copy of Goodnight Moon has cardboard pages…its sort of clunky…Love it tho…I think I found it when I was slightly altered…ha… it seemed very…err"special"🙂 and to be honest, I didnt read EVERY word, of this Seating Thread, as there were too many mutiple quotes, and silly bickering…but I did scroll and try and follow every page, and yes English is my first language…haha…interesting education into the minds of the SDMB:eek: I couldnt, as of last week, really read another gun thread either…that was the real reason I plowed through this thread. Maybe tomorrow.😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1416 "2013-01-23T22:36:13Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I generated a word cloud for this entire thread and [posted it to tinypic](http://i50.tinypic.com/2whnpzr.png). Many thanks to the [WordItOut](http://worditout.com/) word cloud generator. Couple of words missing, aren’t there? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1417 "2013-01-23T22:55:00Z")
Looks like this thread has cooled down a bit. I think we are approaching our final posts. I have to admit, this thread is kind of losing it’s freshness. Many of the posters have left at this point. There are only a few active posters remaining. I have a feeling this thread will not be updated any longer once it hits 1,500-1,600 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1418 "2013-01-23T23:12:29Z")
I feel deep regret admixed with great relief. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1419 "2013-01-23T23:48:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Couple of words missing, aren’t there? :mad: You’re mad about this? Seriously? I deleted some common thread words such as Join, Date, Location, Posts, AM, PM, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1420 "2013-01-23T23:49:37Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > …interesting education into the minds of the SDMB:eek: > > I couldnt, as of last week, really read another gun thread either…that was the real reason I plowed through this thread. > Maybe tomorrow.😃 Alright, _ **who** _ fucking indicated that we were supposed to be _ **sane?** _ Put the bastard up against a wall. What’s this website coming to, anyway. Sheeesh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431.md?page=72)