# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/101 "2008-07-22T03:45:18Z")
Who is worse, the jerk or the posters who let the jerk get under their skin? **Valteron** , you were the one who put the gasoline on that train wreck thread about Gideon bibles right? That was a chuckle factory. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/102 "2008-07-22T04:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=Valteron] I am a blunt person with controversial opinions. That gets the mods pissed. Not hard to figure. Good night all. [/QUOTE] Shut the fuck up, you fucking troll. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/103 "2008-07-22T04:39:53Z")
It’s not the idiotic OPs that bother me so much. It’s how he’s always trying to appear an innocent and undeserving target of ire. Post stupid stuff if you wish but own up to it. And if you really wanna know, if you’re banned, when you log in the screen says something to the effect of “This ip address” or “This username has been banned.” And then the computer explodes your penis. ---
**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 22, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/104 "2008-07-22T10:32:47Z")
Larry, it’s “I refer to the incident of Cervaise vs 2.5 Inches.” It’s more fun that way. Oh, and Val? Have a great life with your significant other. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/105 "2008-07-22T12:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Who is worse, the jerk or the posters who let the jerk get under their skin?. [/QUOTE] The jerk. That was easy. Next question… ---
**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 22, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/106 "2008-07-22T12:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] The jerk. That was easy. Next question… [/QUOTE] Until you are forced to read the jerk’s posts, I think you are wrong! Isn’t arrogance great? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/107 "2008-07-22T13:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Until you are forced to read the jerk’s posts, I think you are wrong! [/QUOTE] People always go off on this “not forced to read anyone’s posts” angle, but that’s not the point. I can choose to read someone’s posts, and still think they are a jerk and complain about them. That’s the nature of message boards. Free exchange and all that. One cannot be a jerk without an observer, after all. ---
**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 22, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/108 "2008-07-22T13:33:39Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] One cannot be a jerk without an observer, after all. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that Schroedinger’s Troll? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 22, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/109 "2008-07-22T15:02:37Z")
No, I think it’s more along the lines of, “If someone is being a trollish jerk in the forest, and there are no posters around to annoy, is he still a trollish jerk?” ---
**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 22, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/110 "2008-07-22T15:48:24Z")
I’m not placing myself in the same league, but didn’t Oscar Wilde say something like, “If you are not offending at least one person with what you write, why bother?”? It seems if Mr Wilde were to start posting now, he wouldn’t last 10 minutes on here, and what a shame that would be. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/111 "2008-07-22T16:02:18Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’m not placing myself in the same league, but didn’t Oscar Wilde say something like, “If you are not offending at least one person with what you write, why bother?”? It seems if Mr Wilde were to start posting now, he wouldn’t last 10 minutes on here, and what a shame that would be. [/QUOTE] Are you saying that Oscar Wilde wrote with the primary purpose of offending others? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/112 "2008-07-22T16:04:15Z")
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.” –Wilde ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/113 "2008-07-22T16:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’m not placing myself in the same league, but didn’t Oscar Wilde say something like, “If you are not offending at least one person with what you write, why bother?”? [/QUOTE] **Kingsley Amis** - "If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing.” A slight difference there. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/114 "2008-07-22T17:07:37Z")
Oscar Wilde had _wit_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/115 "2008-07-22T17:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’m not placing myself in the same league, but didn’t Oscar Wilde say something like, “If you are not offending at least one person with what you write, why bother?”? [/QUOTE] Offending people is easy. Offending them while saying something worthwhile is a challenge, and it’s one **Valteron** generally doesn’t reach because he gets carried away with his righteous outrage. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/116 "2008-07-22T17:32:04Z")
On the contrary, I think Oscar Wilde would have a hoot posting here. ---
**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 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/117 "2008-07-22T18:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] I’m not placing myself in the same league [/QUOTE] It’s a bit of a stretch for you to place yourself in the same _species_ as Wilde. ---
**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 22, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/118 "2008-07-22T20:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] It’s a bit of a stretch for you to place yourself in the same _species_ as Wilde. [/QUOTE] Spit it out Bryan, (_No, not your dummy, you can still type with that in!_), what do you really mean? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/119 "2008-07-22T20:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] _No, not your dummy, you can still type with that in!_ [/QUOTE] I think that’s what he meant when he said you’re not exactly Oscar Wilde. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/120 "2008-07-22T20:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Spit it out Bryan, (_No, not your dummy, you can still type with that in!_), what do you really mean? [/QUOTE] I believe he means that an infinite number of monkeys, given an infinite amount of time, would eventually produce the entire works of Wilde. Your posts would require 4 monkeys and roughly 25 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296.md?page=7)