# In which RTFirefly pits self for being unfair to Weirddave **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723 "2006-07-09T12:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/41 "2006-07-10T17:41:15Z")
Thank God **Weirddave** stands up to you bullies. He says things the rest of us are all thinking, but are afraid to say. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/42 "2006-07-10T18:29:28Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Who the fuck is Kim? I was wondering the same thing. I’m assuming it’s the OP, but i could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/43 "2006-07-10T18:39:44Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I was wondering the same thing. I’m assuming it’s the OP, but i could be wrong. IIRC, it does refer to the OP, but is connected to his RL name, which, apparently **Weirdave** has learned, perhaps from a dopefest. It’s not uncommon to know some one’s rl name, and in some cases some folks have no problem w/folks online using their rl name ( **Persephone** aka Christi, was an example of this). however, it seems that **RT** would rather not have his RL name bandied about online (again, this is my take from a prior exchange on this subject, which I can’t for the life of me find). anyhow, **if so,** that makes what **Weirdave** is doing here (intentionally using RL info about a poster knowing that the poster would rather not have that used, and if he learned it at a dopefest, that would make what he’s doing here a particularly assholely thing to do. If my memory serves as to the origin of the name used, if my assumptions are correct etc. and, of course, also in my humble opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/44 "2006-07-10T18:43:29Z")
> [@bup](#): > > … He says things the rest of us are all thinking, but are afraid to say. Well, _that’s_ demonstrably not true. I don’t suppose I’m being whooshed here? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/45 "2006-07-10T18:57:06Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Who the fuck is Kim? The guy who lives next door to Alice? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/46 "2006-07-10T19:15:57Z")
Alice? Who the fuck is Alice? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/47 "2006-07-10T19:46:25Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Alice? Who the fuck is Alice? [Arlo Guthrie] Remember Alice? The _song_’s about Alice! [/Arlo] I’m not gonna jump on anyone who missed the memo, but yeah, I prefer my RL name to be left in RL and private email. **Ponder Stibbons** - the OP, as **Weirddave** noted, was facetious. Some of the responses have been in a similar vein. **JC** - I’ve got a few years on you, and apparently my brain cells are dying off faster as a result; I _don’t_ remember the dress in question. But I’d find **moi** sexy if she was wearing a gunnysack. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/48 "2006-07-10T20:01:25Z")
Wait, so are you mad at someone or not? I’m all confused. And I sure missed that memo. You and I have used given names for five years now. Oofah, math-boy! If you’ll recall, it was that witch outfit. That _tight_ witch outfit. Betcha you remember now, eh? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/49 "2006-07-10T20:41:52Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But I’d find **moi** sexy if she was wearing a gunnysack. _Only_ when she’s wearing a gunnysack? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/50 "2006-07-10T20:45:08Z")
It’s sad that a message board can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/51 "2006-07-10T20:46:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _Only_ when she’s wearing a gunnysack? **moi** is not the name of his guitar, is it? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/52 "2006-07-10T21:33:31Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _Only_ when she’s wearing a gunnysack? No, when she’s wearing _only_ a gunnysack! **rayh** - **moi** is/was a Doper. And, as Garth would say, a babia majora. **JC** - there was a thread several months ago. I’ll drop you an email. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/53 "2006-07-10T21:41:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > No, when she’s wearing _only_ a gunnysack! > > **rayh** - **moi** is/was a Doper. And, as Garth would say, a babia majora. It was a lame attempt at humour. From _Johnny B Goode_ - “He used to carry his guitar in a gunnysack.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/54 "2006-07-10T21:46:15Z")
A guy one bunk away was like that with his name. One time on liberty he was all “don’t call me Tony, call me LASTNAME” and I was like “that guy just stole your car, ASSHOLE” and then we spent two hours talking to the Q-Town cops. This situation is very odd, though. I can’t call you Kim? If not, why not? I mean, you’ve known me quite a while, I’m not here to fuck with you. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/55 "2006-07-10T21:49:05Z")
> [@El Cid Viscoso](#): > > I’m not here to fuck with you. Try not to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/56 "2006-07-10T22:03:05Z")
Spill it, I’m all ears. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/57 "2006-07-10T22:11:40Z")
> [@Dead Badger](#): > > Now, either you’ve been whooshed, or you’re whooshing me with a whoosh so good I’ve got no hair left on top of my head. > > Either way, someone needs banning for it. 😃 Even after reading the explanation, I am still confused. WTF? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/58 "2006-07-10T22:17:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Even after reading the explanation, I am still confused. WTF? 😕 It seems to me from from your suggestion in your first post that you took **RTF’s** OP as a sincere apology when it was actually dripping with sarcasm. The fact that you also suggested that **RTF** should “admit he made a mistake” made me wonder if you were kidding yourself since he _hadn’t_ made a mistake and had nothing to apologize for. Ergo, it seemed like you either misunderstood a facetious self-pitting as being sincere (in which case you were being whooshed) or you were whooshing back by _pretending_ not to get it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/59 "2006-07-10T22:25:19Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > It seems to me from from your suggestion in your first post that you took **RTF’s** OP as a sincere apology when it was actually dripping with sarcasm. The fact that you also suggested that **RTF** should “admit he made a mistake” made me wonder if you were kidding yourself since he _hadn’t_ made a mistake and had nothing to apologize for. > > Ergo, it seemed like you either misunderstood a facetious self-pitting as being sincere (in which case you were being whooshed) or you were whooshing back by _pretending_ not to get it. Aren’t you late for a Cocker-kicking appointment or fly-wing-pulling seminar or something? Seriously, this just enhances your image as a cruel fuck. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723/60 "2006-07-10T22:29:45Z")
> [@El Cid Viscoso](#): > > Aren’t you late for a Cocker-kicking appointment or fly-wing-pulling seminar or something? Seriously, this just enhances your image as a cruel fuck. It does? What was cruel about that post? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rtfirefly-pits-self-for-being-unfair-to-weirddave/363723.md?page=4)