# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/121 "2013-08-31T17:31:55Z")
I thought it was a trollish kind of moxie. Potayto, potahto. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/122 "2013-08-31T18:09:23Z")
> [@SirGalahad](#): > > \ > > I like your moxie. It’s a devious sardonic kind of moxie. Her moxie brings all the boys to the yard. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/123 "2013-08-31T21:22:15Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Every time I get ready to settle down and re-read it, somebody steps on a twig! Lord Blatherskate was framing a couplet to amuse Lady Winsome, when a sharp snapping noise from underfoot quite alarmed them both. “Heavens, Lord Blatherskate, what was that horrid noise?” “It appears to be a small, dry section of tree, m’lady. A ‘twig’, I believe it is called.” “A ‘twig’, you say? How very common. Whatever should I do?” “Have the groundskeeper thrashed, that should be quite sufficient.” “You don’t worry that such privileged coddling might spoil him?” “Not a bit, m’lady, look how splendidly it worked for _us_!” ---
**Author:** ![Shoujin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoujin/32/3884_2.png) [@Shoujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoujin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/124 "2013-09-01T00:04:36Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Darmok and Jilad at Tinagra. Penny, when the walls fell. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/125 "2013-09-01T00:17:35Z")
> [@Penny](#): > > Is it just me or are you folks needlessly verbose? \ Yes, yes I am. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/126 "2013-09-01T01:02:11Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Yes, yes I am. What took you so long? I think the OP has abandoned this thread but surely she would be glad to know that she was correct at least once. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/127 "2013-09-01T01:16:42Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > What took you so long? I think the OP has abandoned this thread but surely she would be glad to know that she was correct at least once. Dammit. I was talking to someone. I started the conversation three days ago, but only just managed to convince them of my mental superiority. They were crying and begging me to leave, but hey - admitting you’re stupid is hard. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/128 "2013-09-01T11:31:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > From what I’ve seen, **this is not a board for posturing**. There are too many genuinely intelligent people here for anyone to get away with faking it. Haven’t been reading too many recent Pit or GD threads, have you? > [@Miller](#): > > That’s great! Hi, **Penny**! Welcome to the boards! > > [Moderating] > …where we have strict rules about trolling. And you’ve just violated them! > > Ima give you a warning for this now, instead of just flat out banning you, because I’m a big softie like that. I’d recommend you pour yourself a glass of warm milk and curl up with a copy of the registration agreement before you post any more. Any more crap like this, and we’re going to have to find out how well the SDMB can soldier on without your presence. > [/Moderating] While this one isn’t up to the level of **Manhattan** ’s famous ‘Hall Monitor’ mod post, it certainly deserves a spot in the Dope Mod Post Hall of Fame. Someone should start a thread… ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/129 "2013-09-01T11:53:30Z")
> [@Shoujin](#): > > Penny, when the walls fell. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/130 "2013-09-01T16:40:15Z")
Do not fear. I’m still here. I just want to say babies communicate with far less than grunting and pointing and they still manage to get fed, changed, burped and cuddled. Please bear with me on the “grammar” issues that you language buffs get your jollies from pointing out. I suffer from a horrible disease that causes me to occasionally not be able to identify my mistakes before I post. It’s called Ipodosis. I have heard rumours that scientists are working hard on a cure. I appreciate all of those who took the time to reply. I have enjoyed getting to know you on whatever level you chose to present in this thread. There is so much that can said by word choice. I’m looking forward to reading more from some of you. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/131 "2013-09-01T20:26:26Z")
Penny, you’ve got spunk! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/132 "2013-09-01T20:28:54Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > Penny, you’ve got spunk! And I hate spunk! ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/133 "2013-09-01T20:35:28Z")
Granted. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/134 "2013-09-01T20:41:27Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > Granted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/135 "2013-09-01T20:43:09Z")
[QUOTE=YogSosoth] Personally, and I can’t speak for anyone else, the more words I type, the harder it is for the aliens to get me. [/QUOTE] Type less. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/136 "2013-09-01T21:27:51Z")
I did Ayatollah but then I washed my face. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NGC2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/137 "2013-09-01T23:28:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No, this simply won’t do, it won’t do at all. Twain was not opposed to verbosity, he was opposed to _needless_ verbosity, if it took one hundred words to set up his punch line, then one hundred it was, but one hundred _precisely_ chosen words, not one hundred synonyms pressed into counterfeit service. > > The English author of his age would take page after page to set up his dramatic moment in the garden, where we might finally expect Lady Winsome to reveal the Dark Secret that forbids her acceptance of Lord Blatherskate’s ardent pursuit. But first, the garden! The garden must be explored and described in exacting detail. No, _excruciating_ detail, every shrubbery, every vine, the burdened reader must have it all, save for the gnarled old gardener who’s life was squandered in attendance. Lady Winsome does not know his name, does not notice his presence, the author does not, nor will the reader, but the hedge he is trimming is lavishly described. > > In the meantime, the characters have wandered off in their nobly feckless fashion, it is afternoon by now, and Lord Blatherskate needs to change his cravat accordingly. Lady Winsome has stumbled and fallen face down into a poorly placed fountain. Being unattended by servants, she has drowned, like a dim reflection of Ophelia. Her dark secret is lost, but the reader has quite forgotten it by now, and is left only with the surety that she had a rather splendid garden. Loved, loved, loved this. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/138 "2013-09-01T23:49:07Z")
I forget what the rules are about trolling if it’s in the Pit… ---
**Author:** ![Penny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penny)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/139 "2013-09-02T00:06:07Z")
What’s the difference between a legitimate rant and trolling? I take issue with needless verbosity and faux intellectualism, which I have encountered on this board. Is that not a fair thing to rant about? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552/140 "2013-09-02T00:08:57Z")
This must be what the non-intellectuals refer to as “humor”. Crude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or/667552.md?page=8)