# In which I pit the fucker with the huge LCD screen **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081 "2004-01-06T21:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/21 "2004-01-07T01:29:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Before any of you start, I’d like to know how many of you have suddenly had a threesome with bisexual nymphomaniacs with triple E breasts, and probably a midget shows up somewhere during the act for fun. _Alll the time, man!_ ---
**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:** [January 7, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/22 "2004-01-07T01:44:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeaganTheWolf \* > \*\*I’m surprised that no one has yet shared the rage at the choice of material. I LIKE porn, my SO likes porn, porn is good all around. Porn is NOT good for small children. It is not a realistic portrayal of sex. Before any of you start, I’d like to know how many of you have suddenly had a threesome with bisexual nymphomaniacs with triple E breasts, and probably a midget shows up somewhere during the act for fun. Porn is kept in porn stores where consenting adults can go and get it. It doesn’t need to be advertised for everyone’s amusement, nor is it appropriate to subject drivers and their passengers to such material against their will. \*\* Nor have I defended an office building from vaguely European terrorists, rescued magical religious artifacts from the Nazis, or hunted a giant shark off the coast of New England. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/23 "2004-01-07T04:33:24Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund_ > **Ahhh,bullshit** Oh, fuck. I give up. When you hit me with such a logical argument I must bow to your wisdom. Sorry that I mistook your clowning around for actually having a valid opinion. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Honestly, **BubbaDog** , if a driver out there is going to get into a serious accident because he was watching a movie in someone else’s car, the guy is clearly so stupid he’s a risk to the general population no matter _what_ he’s doing. There’s no end to the list of things that are dangerous because other people are morons. \*\* **Miller** - Sorry to disagree with you but more than a few times I had to tell my kids to turn off the video because some dumbshit was in the passing lane of the highway, matching my speed and watching the movie being shown in my van. During the daytime it wasn’t so bad, but right at dusk I could almost be assured that I would suddenly get a “buddy” on the highway. Granted none of these people caused an accident, but then, I didn’t continue to provide them with the opportunity to watch my TV for very long. And It’s my opinion that the only threesome **Ilsa’s** been involved in has been with himself and his left and right hands. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/24 "2004-01-07T05:48:13Z")
I can vouch that those screens are visible from other cars because Gunslinger and I saw one a few nights ago. We first noticed it when we were stuck behind the big SUV that had it, at a red light, but we could continue to see the bright colors and motion even after we’d started rolling again. We couldn’t tell what exact film it was showing, but we COULD tell what TYPE of film was on - it was an animated children’s show, and a cheap one at that - the animation was pretty crappy, definitely not a Disney flick. If it had been porn, we would have been able to tell that, too. And I don’t think you should be watching porn while you drive, anyway, even if there aren’t small children in the cars around you. Porn is made to watch for sexual pleasure, and there should not be sex in a moving vehicle even if the driver isn’t involved. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/25 "2004-01-07T13:07:47Z")
Well this is a bizarre variant of the weekly tailgater thread. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/26 "2004-01-07T14:24:11Z")
I’ve run across this although not on the freeway but in heavy traffic. We were behind this moron moving slowly and stopping often through a nice traffic jam all the while the guy in front of us was watching porn on some video player hanging from his roof for all the world to see. And I’m sure that besides the cars to the left and right of me anyone walking down the sidewalk or waiting for the bus would have gotten an eyefull too. Definately distasteful and highly inappropriate in my opinion. I would assume that’s it’s probably illegal too. Although I bet this is going to be more and more common. I expect to see, within the next few years, somebody sitting in a park and watching a porno on their laptop. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/27 "2004-01-07T15:48:27Z")
Clarification - I ended up behind him because I was at a red light. This happened on the south side of Chicago, near 55th and State. I could clearly see the screen through his tints because it was at night, and he obviously had the brightness way up. There was no one else in the truck - the screen damn near lit up the entire back seat/cargo area. It was mounted on the roof in front of the rear seats, but behind the front seats. The only he could see this screen was if it swivelled and he looked over his shoulder. **Ilsa** , you can show porn to your kids all you want. I choose not to. Yes, it was fairly dumb to follow him - my daughter could’ve woken up. I gave in to anger. As far as calling the cops, I figured there’s got to be some kind of indecent exposure law prohibiting what he was doing. The operator didn’t seem to think I was a nutjob, she was fairly disgusted as well. I can’t imagine the cop who yanked him was too happy either. Tailgating, huh? I don’t know about any of you, but at night, on a screen that size, I can spot two darkskinned people against a white background fucking from a pretty good distance. If anything, I might be understating the size of the screen. The damn thing was huge. Maybe just as wide as the dick the girl was cramming down her throat. The guy was an ass for playing a porn movie on the road. Plain and simple. Just like he would been an ass for blasting his music too loud, or waving his dick out the window, or talking on his cell phone and weaving. I don’t bemoan some loss of innocence or some dumbass fear that I can’t take my daughter in public anymore. I don’t blame anybody else for what she’s exposed to. But I would rather not have it be porn at the age of five. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/28 "2004-01-07T16:18:17Z")
I think **MrMyth** ’s point (which I agree with) is that every driver on the road is responsible for what _they_ do to contribute to the flow of traffic in general. Eating while driving, reading a map while driving, talking on a cell phone while driving, and watching porn while driving all have different effects… most of them detrimental. Watching porn, specifically, has the potential effect of not only distracting the driver watching, but also distracting other drivers, especially if done on a large screen. People like **Ilsa\_Lund** may not agree, but even if one doesn’t like porn much, it’s a flashy distraction on the road at night, and it’s clearly unnecessary. In short, I agree that it’s tacky, but more importantly, it’s extremely irresponsible of the driver to be showing porn on a big screen while driving. I suspect he was just doing it for the “I can watch porn in my car, oh yeah” factor. I also expect that **Ilsa** is so offended because he was the driver in question. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/29 "2004-01-07T16:44:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrMyth \* > **As far as calling the cops, I figured there’s got to be some kind of indecent exposure law prohibiting what he was doing … I can’t imagine the cop who yanked him was too happy either.** _resists temptation_ _fails_ I thought the cop was supposed to be _preventing_ the indecent exposure… ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/30 "2004-01-07T16:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\*… I also expect that **Ilsa** is so offended because he was the driver in question. 😉 \*\* **Ilsa** has a license!?:eek: I didn’t know that he was old enough. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/31 "2004-01-07T17:43:51Z")
To everybody who is of the opinion that “porn’s no big deal,” I agree. However, there’s a time and a place for sexually-explicit materials, and it ISN’T in traffic where other people who might be offended can see. I don’t even get how some of you think this is a shades-of-gray issue. This is black and white. Porn is for home, and places that cater to sexually-explicit materials. It’s not for driving around, possibly exposing it to people who don’t wish to be exposed. How any of you can think to argue with the OPer is beyond me. Nobody’s saying, “Porn sucks! We should ban it!” Get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/32 "2004-01-07T17:49:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*_Alll the time, man!_ \*\* You type well for someone engaged in a threesome with two bisexual nymphomaniacs with triple E breasts! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/33 "2004-01-07T17:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund_ > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by MrMyth_ > > Some of us don’t want our children exposed to fellatio until they are old enough to consent to it. > > :rolleyes: Sure. So the OP doesn’t want his 5YO daughter seeing a blowjob. I don’t see what’s so strange about that. Just what is your problem, **Ilsa\_Lund**? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/34 "2004-01-07T18:10:13Z")
> [@](#): > > * * * > > ## Originally posted by Avalonian … I also expect that Ilsa is so offended because he was the driver in question. > > Ilsa has a license!? > > I didn’t know that he was old enough. Fuck you. Search my name and “cutlass.” > [@](#): > > So the OP doesn’t want his 5YO daughter seeing a blowjob. I don’t see what’s so strange about that. > > Just what is your problem, Ilsa\_Lund? I wouldn’t want my (hypothetical) five year old to see a blowjob either, but the age of consent is sixteen. I imagine a bit of hyperbole is at play, but parents who don’t want their kids to to _know what oral sex is until they are sixteen_ are often parents of _unwed teenage_ parents. That was what I took issue with. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/35 "2004-01-07T19:01:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > I wouldn’t want my (hypothetical) five year old to see a blowjob either, but the age of consent is sixteen. I imagine a bit of hyperbole is at play, but parents who don’t want their kids to to _know what oral sex is until they are sixteen_ are often parents of _unwed teenage_ parents. That was what I took issue with. I have never actually seen a strawman created in such a blatant fashion before. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/36 "2004-01-07T19:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I have never actually seen a strawman created in such a blatant fashion before. Congratulations! Honestly. Are you going to say that very restrictive, overprotective and dictatorial parents don’t often foster the very behavior they are trying to avoid? You think that trying to hide sex from a child until they are sixteen is a good idea? I conceded that hyperbole was probably at play. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/37 "2004-01-07T19:25:58Z")
So how does a father not wanting his five year old kid to see a blow job in a public place equate to prudish parents overprotecting a 16 year old? I was mistaken. You’re not thinking with your dick. You don’t appear to be thinking at all. Go ahead and dazzle me with your logic by publishing another “fuck you” in my direction. Bubba ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/38 "2004-01-07T19:36:22Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if those pictures of Mars show **Ilsa’s** house, 'cause you just don’t live on this planet, son. My kid’s five. She shouldn’t know what a blowjob is, let alone see one. How the fuck did you jump all the way to her being the town whore just because I wouldn’t let her see porn at five? What the hell went on at your house growing up? Methinks since I debunked your tailgating theory, you have nothing else left to harp on. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/39 "2004-01-07T19:39:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by MrMyth > Some of us don’t want our children exposed to fellatio until they are old enough to consent to it. This is my final post on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081/40 "2004-01-07T19:43:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*Honestly. Are you going to say that very restrictive, overprotective and dictatorial parents don’t often foster the very behavior they are trying to avoid? > > You think that trying to hide sex from a child until they are sixteen is a good idea? I conceded that hyperbole was probably at play. I’m honestly confused, here. Are you responding to any person in this thread? Or are you just pulling this “hide sex until sixteen” stuff out of the air? Maybe I’m just missing something in the thread. I fail to see how not wanting to let a five-year-old watch porn on a public street equates to “very restrictive, overprotective and dictatorial parents.” Frankly, I didn’t realize screens in vehicles could be as large as they apparently can. I thought they had to be fairly small, both to avoid distracting other drivers and to allow the driver to see behind his/her vehicle using the rearview mirror. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-the-fucker-with-the-huge-lcd-screen/223081.md?page=3)