# Is it me or .... ? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552 "2013-08-30T00:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/261 "2013-09-07T08:54:10Z")
> [@Penny](#): > > No, not “srsly” Darth. > > DERP wut ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/262 "2013-09-07T11:18:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > **Penny** : it’s still you. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/263 "2013-09-07T16:42:28Z")
So now your presentation is “I didn’t say something stupid, I just wasn’t posting with integrity!” Not helping you look any smarter! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/264 "2013-09-07T19:57:01Z")
OP-What is your affliction? Raised by goats? Capricorn? Australian? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/265 "2013-09-07T20:04:33Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > OP-What is your affliction? > Raised by goats? > > Capricorn? > > Australian? Actually, she hasn’t messaged to request her initiation with the goat, the squid, and the barrel. Given her registration date of more than a year ago, she has disqualified herself from newbie enrollment. Sad, because now she’ll never be admitted to the ‘cool posters’ clique. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/266 "2013-09-08T13:36:04Z")
This is an unusual thread, Normally a one-trick-pony will actually have a trick. ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/267 "2013-09-08T17:01:12Z")
Shucks! I am sorry I missed initiation. I like a good hazing 😉 The truth is, just after I registered I was diagnosed with MS. My focus was peeled away from posting on discussion boards, hence being a year old noob. So, I wandered back, read some posts, sighed at the high word counts and people trying hard to look smart and created this gem. Being I’ve never trolled before, I just figured this was the place to lay down a beef. I didn’t think it would win me brownie points but it was a way for me to get to know people without having to read essays. I have enjoyed see glimpses of you without you being attached to an actual issue within the realm of topics such as politics or religion. Even in slagging, I see the level in which many of you operate and given my new cognitive limitations, I truly don’t think I can rise to the occasion here. I make word errors frequently and don’t even catch some on review, I read a thread and I’m exhausted by the detail and information required to adequately challenge a post, and I can’t always articulate what I want to say. In other words, you folks would eat me alive. So I’m sorry to those I have offended, for the feathers I’ve ruffled, but more importantly, I’m sorry I can’t rise to the challenge of proving many of you wrong about me. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/268 "2013-09-08T17:08:32Z")
Is this Step Two: Poor Pitiful Me, to be followed by Step Three: The Flounce and Step Four: The Triumphant Return? ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/269 "2013-09-08T17:10:00Z")
Naw. Not looking for pity. I have this strange need to explain my madness. It’s a bad habit really. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/270 "2013-09-08T17:10:22Z")
Don’t worry Penny. This board has it’s good points, but it’s also Asshole Central. Don’t let them get you down. ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/271 "2013-09-08T17:11:10Z")
Aren’t you the guy who is supposedly always wrong? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/272 "2013-09-08T17:17:38Z")
He’s still batting 1.000. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/273 "2013-09-08T23:09:42Z")
> [@Penny](#): > > Aren’t you the guy who is supposedly always wrong? 😉 A completely unsupported assertion.😃 However, if it pisses people off, I might decide to be wrong on purpose to provoke some responses that might get the biggest jerks banned. But if I tried to be wrong, wouldn’t I end up being right? Hmmmm. I have to think. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/274 "2013-09-09T00:05:35Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > But if I tried to be wrong, wouldn’t I end up being right? No, just a fuckwit. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/275 "2013-09-09T01:01:23Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > … Hmmmm. I have to think. Why break new ground now? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/276 "2013-09-09T01:03:24Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > However, if it pisses people off, I might decide to be wrong on purpose I’m honestly surprised you haven’t tried that excuse yet. I mean, you’d be banned for trolling, but at least people wouldn’t think you were quite as stupid as, well, people think you are. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/277 "2013-09-09T04:18:05Z")
Then many people here are actually as much faux intellectuals as I believe them to be. Penny, be aware, the intellectual preening on this board can get to be a bit much. Don’t be afraid to puncture some of these giant egos. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/278 "2013-09-09T05:33:02Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Then many people here are actually as much faux intellectuals as I believe them to be. > > Penny, be aware, the intellectual preening on this board can get to be a bit much. Don’t be afraid to puncture some of these giant egos. Oh, she’s doing a swell job so far. I’m sure everyone is feeling very very punctured by her biting wit and… stuff. Next up, her brother comes in to announce her shocking death. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/279 "2013-09-09T05:48:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Next up, her brother comes in to announce her shocking death. Now, now. Electrocution is never funny. ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/280 "2013-09-09T06:56:05Z")
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