# It's time for the Valteron rule **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978 "2011-02-11T02:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/21 "2011-02-11T05:02:04Z")
I don’t think Valteron qualifies for a **reeder** rule, because he generally only has one anti-Islam thread going at a time, and he only starts a new one when the old one runs out of steam. Yeah, he starts new threads, but not multiple threads in a week. He also doesn’t pop into threads about Glee or Pecan Pie recipes to talk about how much he hates Islam. So, he’s typically got one ignorant thread going at a time, and that thread is easily avoidable by people who aren’t interested in arguing about whether Islam is horrible or the most horrible thing that has ever happened. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/22 "2011-02-11T05:47:00Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > You mean being tactless? No, I prefer something with a bit more, er, artistry to it. But thanks for the offer. Fine, STAY un-Pitted. See if I care. :mad: {Grumbling}Try to help someone out…{/grumbling} ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/23 "2011-02-11T06:57:47Z")
what’s the etv78 rule? (If it exists) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/24 "2011-02-11T07:11:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > what’s the etv78 rule? “Everyone is obliged to pity etv78.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/25 "2011-02-11T07:40:57Z")
The poor dear! ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/26 "2011-02-11T08:54:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > “Everyone is obliged to pity etv78.” The “_Pity the fool_” rule. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/27 "2011-02-11T16:26:13Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’ve never been Pitted. Just don’t have what it takes, I guess. I’ve been Pitted, in my brash intemperate youth. It’s overrated. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/28 "2011-02-11T16:30:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > what’s the etv78 rule? (If it exists) “Go take a nap.” ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/29 "2011-02-16T16:14:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I got pitted once for not starting enough threads! You think you have it bad, try being me, 11years here with a post/day ratio of less than one. What’s more, I would have to post more than once/day for the next 10 years to get a ratio above 1. I guess 11/day for a year would also achieve this. Or 110 daily for 36 days, but that would be posting of near Valteronian proportions. Good thing I don’t care about stuff like that. Carry on with your pitting though, its funny and cogent, all good things. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/30 "2011-02-16T17:03:11Z")
I think he only does it for the Google ads…: Find Muslim Women Now Meet Muslim Women Seeking Marriage 1 Million+ Singles. Join Free Now! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/31 "2011-02-16T18:18:47Z")
Oh for fuck’s sake. We don’t need a goddamn rule every time someone gets annoyed by another user. If it’s so goddamn unbearable, then just put him on your Ignore List. Or just fucking ignore him the old fashioned way, without any software help, like a big boy. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/32 "2011-02-16T19:00:08Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Oh for fuck’s sake. We don’t need a goddamn rule every time someone gets annoyed by another user. If it’s so goddamn unbearable, then just put him on your Ignore List. Or just fucking ignore him the old fashioned way, without any software help, like a big boy. Lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978/33 "2011-02-16T20:13:08Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Oh for fuck’s sake. We don’t need a goddamn rule every time someone gets annoyed by another user. If it’s so goddamn unbearable, then just put him on your Ignore List. Or just fucking ignore him the old fashioned way, without any software help, like a big boy. Yep. He only posts in threads he starts himself, and he doesn’t OP and run, he doesn’t start all that many threads, and you know what you’re getting into if you go into one. So he’s dead easy to ignore. If he was constantly popping into random threads to talk about how awful Muslims are, then he’d need a smack. But he isn’t. He’s an idiot, but he isn’t ruining things for anyone except those who enjoy such things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-valteron-rule/570978.md?page=1)