# Is Skipmagic always this laughable? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296 "2008-07-21T20:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/1 "2008-07-21T20:21:15Z")
Boy, Skipmagic is really a piece of work. He makes me laugh. First, he had to change the title of my thread about opera singers for the sake of political correctness. Now, he has closed the thread because I dared to depart a little from the main subject in a couple of my posts after people alleged that I hate fat people. Everyone knows that threads run all over the place on these message boards, and are usually tolerated unless the moderator has it in for the creator of the thread. You were just WAITING for the flimsiest excuse to shut down my thread, weren’t you Skip? 😃 Can’t you just see Skipmagic dressed like a French Gendarme like Claude Raines in _Casablanca_, declaring: “I am shocked, yes shocked, to find out there has been a departure from the original subject in an SDMB thread. I must close it down immediately!” For actual footage opf Skip in action, see the [last 10 seconds of this video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYbEPZVVIA&feature=related)😃 I have learned not to let the self-righteous “disciplinary measures” of the moderators like Skip and Tomndebb bother me. If they banned me, it would probably be a huge favour because then I would no longer waste time on SDMB arguing with a bunch of losers. You see, I have a secret weapon that I suspect most of the moderators and frequent posters on SDMB do not have. It is called a life. Try getting one. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/2 "2008-07-21T20:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] If they banned me, it would probably be a huge favour because then I would no longer waste time on SDMB arguing with a bunch of losers. You see, I have a secret weapon that I suspect most of the moderators and frequent posters on SDMB do not have. It is called a life. Try getting one. [/QUOTE] So…why are you even here, getting angry about a thread from a message board full of losers, being closed? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/3 "2008-07-21T20:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] So…why are you even here, getting angry about a thread from a message board full of losers, being closed? [/QUOTE] Because he’s an angry loser. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/4 "2008-07-21T20:34:56Z")
Hell, I’d thought he’d already been banned. I was surprised as hell when he posted the opera singer thread…he’d been pretty quiet for a while. Was it incarceration, hospitalization or not being able to pay for your internet connection, **Valteron**? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/5 "2008-07-21T20:37:54Z")
Unless your fat-ass brother-in-law is an opera singer, he was of no relevance in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/6 "2008-07-21T20:37:56Z")
Better out than in, I say. Don’t let negativity fester inside you…get it vented! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/7 "2008-07-21T20:37:56Z")
The thing to remember is, there are a lot of fat people on this board who get offended when you make fun of fat people. People are just sensitive about the topic. ---
**Author:** ![unstrung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a698b9/32.png) [@unstrung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unstrung)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/8 "2008-07-21T20:43:30Z")
This topic may already be dead… but in case it’s not - can we get a link to the original discussion? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/9 "2008-07-21T20:44:28Z")
That wasn’t satire? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/10 "2008-07-21T20:45:54Z")
[QUOTE=unstrung] This topic may already be dead… but in case it’s not - can we get a link to the original discussion? [/QUOTE] [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=476259), you may. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/11 "2008-07-21T20:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] That wasn’t satire? [/QUOTE] Sadly, no. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/12 "2008-07-21T20:48:11Z")
I am just dying to know what the thread was titled before it was modified. I thought the decision to close it was hasty, but maybe with an obviously inflammatory thread title I’d feel otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/13 "2008-07-21T20:49:26Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] Boy, Skipmagic is really a piece of work. He makes me laugh. First, he had to change the title of my thread about opera singers for the sake of political correctness. Now, he has closed the thread because I dared to depart a little from the main subject in a couple of my posts after people alleged that I hate fat people. [/QUOTE] I would have moved it to the Pit, especially given the inflammatory title, but that’s just me. It was certainly not a CS thread. I can’t believe you’re still trying to act all disingenuous about this crap. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/14 "2008-07-21T20:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I am just dying to know what the thread was titled before it was modified. [/QUOTE] Replace the word “overweight” with “fat-ass”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/15 "2008-07-21T20:57:10Z")
Is Valteron Always This Laughable? Probably. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/16 "2008-07-21T20:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] People are just sensitive about the topic. [/QUOTE] Except when they’re [not](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=474476). Outrage is fickle, 'twould seem. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/17 "2008-07-21T21:00:52Z")
Hmmm, I wonder, should we maybe start writing titles for every single one of our posts? Er, no, I don’t think I will; way too pretentious. Meanwhile, originally I hadn’t paid any attention to the thread in question, since the subject frankly sounded silly and intenionally inflammatory, but after seeing **V** once again whining about those big meanie mods, I decided to check it out. In the last post, **Skipmagic** sez: > [@](#): > > Since Valteron can’t keep from hijacking his own thread into a diatribe about his views on people who are overweight, I see no reason to keep this thread going. It’c certainly not a Cafe Society thread. Seems to me it the OP pretty much was purely on a diatribe about fat people, and I don’t recall that generally being considered fit Cafe Society material, so it strikes me as a fair cop. ‘Fraid I can’t get on the Mod-hatin’ bandwagon on this one. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/18 "2008-07-21T21:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] I would have moved it to the Pit, especially given the inflammatory title, but that’s just me. It was certainly not a CS thread. [/QUOTE] I think that putting aside the thread title, it is a CS (or GQ) thread. A lot of the big opera stars are overweight, and, of course, I know when I think of an opera soprano, I think of a three hundred pound Brunhilda with the viking horns. We even have the saying, from opera “It’s not over till the fat lady sings”. And, of course, we don’t see this in a lot of other genres of music (well, maybe the blues/soul) So it seems like the question of why it’s ok to be fat and be an opera singer, while it’s not so ok in other genres of music or performance (because even if you restrict it to the stage, the fat actor usually isn’t the romantic lead, except in opera), and why there’s that perception that opera singers are “supposed” to be fat, is a legitimate question. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/19 "2008-07-21T21:15:34Z")
[QUOTE= Valteron] I have learned not to let the self-righteous “disciplinary measures” of the moderators like Skip and Tomndebb bother me. [/QUOTE] Then I guess this Pitting doesn’t exist. I wonder what you would have done if someone had opened up the same thread substituting “opera singer” with “difficult hotel guest” and “fat” with “gay?” ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/20 "2008-07-21T21:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Then I guess this Pitting doesn’t exist. I wonder what you would have done if someone had opened up the same thread substituting “opera singer” with “difficult hotel guest” and “fat” with “gay?” [/QUOTE] You talking about that Rocky Racoon guy? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296.md?page=2)