# Is HurricaneDitka a failed poster? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106 "2019-11-07T03:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/21 "2019-11-07T15:16:35Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Uh, why? I…don’t think anyone is accusing HD of touching anyone. What the fuck are you on about. My guess is there is such a high level of vitriol against an anonymous message board poster that there MUST be something more to it than just words on a screen that you don’t even need to read. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/22 "2019-11-07T15:17:27Z")
He’s not “touching” anyone. He just leaves a trail of shitpiles in every thread he’s in, and it stinks up the joint even if everyone avoids stepping in them. But he never “fails” to do so. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/23 "2019-11-07T15:25:34Z")
Is HurricaneDitka a failed poster? Id say he’s a failed human being. His parents and religion have failed to instill human empathy in him. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/24 "2019-11-07T15:26:18Z")
All Trump voters are by definition failed. Often in many many ways. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/25 "2019-11-07T15:37:44Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > My guess is there is such a high level of vitriol against an anonymous message board poster that there MUST be something more to it than just words on a screen that you don’t even need to read. If it bothers you that much, don’t read it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/26 "2019-11-07T15:37:48Z")
Am I the first to point out that this thread is, I think, partly a response to HD’s thread asking if Mexico is a “failed state”? If so, I applaud the implication that the idea is ludicrous , and based on ignorance. I lived in different parts of Mexico for most of seven years, and continue to have strong personal and professional ties there. It has its problems, but it is very far from a “failed state.” (I don’t mean to hijack this thread, just to support what I took to be part of its intent). ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/27 "2019-11-07T15:46:02Z")
It’s like a deplorables whistle: **Octoputz** , now **LAZombie**. Call one out by name and they all come running to sniff each others ass for reassurance. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/28 "2019-11-07T16:22:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s like a deplorables whistle: **Octoputz** , now **LAZombie**. > > Call one out by name and they all come running to sniff each others ass for reassurance. How ironic that a groupnonthinking hive member would make that claim. Carry on with your script execution. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/29 "2019-11-07T16:23:39Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > HurricaneDitka must be doing something right. He triggered the Asshai into starting a thread about him. Kudos! As much as I would rather slap **LAZombie** with a wet haddock, I have to agree with this. HD, unforgivably incompetent at forming cohesive arguments or even being mildly witty, has nevertheless managed to get a bunch of you yahoos talking about when a sane person would just put him on Ignore and be done with it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/30 "2019-11-07T16:23:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If it bothers you that much, don’t read it. Doesn’t bother me. Amuses is the word you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/31 "2019-11-07T16:24:34Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I’ve always seen them more as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s like a deplorables whistle: **Octoputz** , now **LAZombie**. Tweedledum, Tweedledumer, and Tweedledumest. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/32 "2019-11-07T16:25:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If it bothers you that much, don’t read it. More irony. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/33 "2019-11-07T16:31:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Not to imply that anyone takes **HD** seriously enough to consider him even a moderately menacing bully, but even so, wouldn’t that make **octopus** his Grover Dill? Fuck. That’s who I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/34 "2019-11-07T16:34:39Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Doesn’t bother me. Amuses is the word you are looking for. If you actually read the thread you can see gentle mockery on the part of most posters, so maybe “amuses” is the word _you_ meant to use? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/35 "2019-11-07T16:36:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If it bothers you that much, don’t read it. Besides, I thought the standard for something bothering a person is go to the Pit and start a thread bitching about it? “don’t read it”??? LOL ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/36 "2019-11-07T16:50:30Z")
HurricaneDitka is not a failed poster. I’ve seen him post. Now if you’re asking if HurricaneDitka is a failed thinker, that’s a fair question. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/37 "2019-11-07T17:11:42Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > How ironic that a groupnonthinking hive member would make that claim. > > Carry on with your script execution. No, “irony” is someone parroting the same meaningless accusations of “groupthink” and being a “hivemind” over and over again in virtually every thread they appear in without the slightest consideration for context going on about “script execution”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/38 "2019-11-07T17:17:26Z")
I think the word the OP was looking for was not “failed” so much as “flailing”. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > **Octoputz** is **HD’s** “Baldrick”. No, think of how Baldrick weathered _A Christmas Carol_. You actually meant Percy. Can you not imagine him excitedly declaring that he has used alchemy to turn lead into green? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/39 "2019-11-07T17:21:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I think the word the OP was looking for was not “failed” so much as “flailing”. > > No, think of how Baldrick weathered _A Christmas Carol_. You actually meant Percy. Can you not imagine him excitedly declaring that he has used alchemy to turn lead into green? I actually watched that episode on Prime last night. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106/40 "2019-11-07T17:22:48Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > How ironic that a groupnonthinking hive member would make that claim. > > Carry on with your script execution. Groupthink! Hive! All that’s left is pottymouth and we’ve got an Octo-bingo! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hurricaneditka-a-failed-poster/843106.md?page=3)