# Just GO already. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665 "2009-03-07T18:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/41 "2009-03-08T03:50:03Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > Frankly, I’m tired of it Me too. In fact, I’m so tired of all the talk about the new boards, and how badly Ed fucked up, and why people are leaving, and all the rest of it that I’m going to go and start a whole new thread about it! Yeah, that’ll show 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/42 "2009-03-08T04:11:29Z")
I keep asking this, but can’t get an answer: how does it help to clear the board of folks whining about the rule changes if so many people keep whining about the whiners! Geez, the only thing more annoying than folks whining and simpering is people whining and simpering over the original whiners all the while trying to act above it all. The board is huge; stop going in About This Message Board where people are talking about this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/43 "2009-03-08T04:19:25Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I keep asking this, but can’t get an answer: how does it help to clear the board of folks whining about the rule changes if so many people keep whining about the whiners! Geez, the only thing more annoying than folks whining and simpering is people whining and simpering over the original whiners all the while trying to act above it all. The board is huge; stop going in About This Message Board where people are talking about this message board. You are so right! I’m going to start a one new board only for people whining about the whiners, another for people who don’t want to whine about the whiners, and a third for people who are so upset about one or the other groups that they want to set up a new board. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/44 "2009-03-08T04:23:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You are so right! I’m going to start a one new board only for people whining about the whiners, another for people who don’t want to whine about the whiners, and a third for people who are so upset about one or the other groups that they want to set up a new board. Nice try. I have just opened a board for people that respond to posts about people that are annoyed with people that whine about whiners. Membership is already 2000 deep. ETA: For the record, in all seriousness, I don’t really mind being annoyed. It is one of the things I actually like about this board, people’s ability to get me all worked up. But let’s not kid ourselves, like it or hate it, whiners are annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/45 "2009-03-08T04:32:51Z")
> [@](#): > > **LurkMeister** : …shouting down anyone who didn’t agree with you… This is always one of my favorite claims. How do you go about shouting down someone on a message board? They can’t even interrupt you unless the are a mod. > [@](#): > > **Chefguy** : It’s just pixels in cyberspace, ya know? That’s what I thought. Now I’ve been married to those pixels in cyberspace for 23 years. Don’t kid yourself. You are not “just” the space between neurons either. > [@](#): > > **Tamberlane** : I don’t think emasculating the Pit a little is really the primary issue for more than a handful… Especially the handful that still uses ill-chosen gender identification in such metaphors. The Pit has never had a penis. > [@](#): > > **Taters** : Just shut the hell up about it already. If you don’t like it, don’t go there. The door swings both ways folks…both ways. That’s right! Go ahead and confuse me! How is a senile elderly person supposed to rebel with those kind of instructions? ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/46 "2009-03-08T04:45:30Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I keep asking this, but can’t get an answer: how does it help to clear the board of folks whining about the rule changes if so many people keep whining about the whiners! Geez, the only thing more annoying than folks whining and simpering is people whining and simpering over the original whiners all the while trying to act above it all. The board is huge; stop going in About This Message Board where people are talking about this message board. To be fair, this is the first thread I’ve seen of people complaining about the complainers. If they can bitch, so can I! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/47 "2009-03-08T05:01:41Z")
I’m starting to get a little confused about this whole thing. People really _are_ leaving, and not just the drama queens (_cough_ **Lib** _cough_), but actual sensible fully functional humans too. I’m not going anywhere, but now that there’s an actual exodus instead of just the usual threats of one, I am saddened. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/48 "2009-03-08T05:38:28Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > That’s right! Go ahead and confuse me! How is a senile elderly person supposed to rebel with those kind of instructions? 😉 I did admit that I’m not the most eloquent of posters. Admittedly, it was further down in another post. You made me laugh aloud. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/49 "2009-03-08T07:42:05Z")
Cromwell had the right words. “Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/50 "2009-03-08T09:02:04Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Especially the handful that still uses ill-chosen gender identification in such metaphors. The Pit has never had a penis. What between simile, metaphor, anthropomorphism, synecdoche, litotes, meiosis and forty-'leven other figurative constructions I can’t be bothered to name right now, the Pit needs no penis for “emasculated” to be perfectly applicable. Are you sure you’re a teacher? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/51 "2009-03-08T11:14:54Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I keep asking this, but can’t get an answer: how does it help to clear the board of folks whining about the rule changes if so many people keep whining about the whiners! Geez, the only thing more annoying than folks whining and simpering is people whining and simpering over the original whiners all the while trying to act above it all. The board is huge; stop going in About This Message Board where people are talking about this message board. You say it so much better than I. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/52 "2009-03-08T11:35:19Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I keep asking this, but can’t get an answer: how does it help to clear the board of folks whining about the rule changes if so many people keep whining about the whiners! Geez, the only thing more annoying than folks whining and simpering is people whining and simpering over the original whiners all the while trying to act above it all. The board is huge; stop going in About This Message Board where people are talking about this message board. > [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > To be fair, this is the first thread I’ve seen of people complaining about the complainers. If they can bitch, so can I! 😛 Actually, I haven’t been going into ATMB lately. And the thread that sent me over the proverbial edge was[this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509484)which has now been moved to ATMB. When I first read through it I couldn’t even figure out what it was about (I know, DUH). But then when I read some of the replies… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/53 "2009-03-08T14:08:05Z")
Are we allowed to name names? **Oakminster, I Love Me. Vol. I** – we get it, you don’t like it here. So get the fuck out and don’t come back to keep us updated on how much you don’t like it here. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/54 "2009-03-08T14:35:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > So get the fuck out and don’t come back to keep us updated on how much you don’t like it here. No, YOU shut the fuck up. People have a right to express their opinions, just as you do. Don’t like it? Tough nuts. Choke on it. Nobody’s forcing you to read these threads, you dried-up nag. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/55 "2009-03-08T14:54:25Z")
Yanno, **QED** , you never answered **The Surb** ’s question: > [@The\_Surb](#): > > … > > Like I said, I’m not sure where the change occured nor why but you haven’t been presenting yourself as you once did. If you are so unhappy here, why come here? When my son joined he was impressed that you could answer just about any question. You still can. So why the hate? You’ve become an angry, angry man, and I don’t understand it. It used to be the case that the vast majority of your posts were helpful and informative posts in GQ – now even when I see you in there, you’re attacking someone for asking a question the premise of which you disapprove. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/56 "2009-03-08T14:58:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Are we allowed to name names? **Oakminster, I Love Me. Vol. I** – we get it, you don’t like it here. > > So get the fuck out and don’t come back to keep us updated on how much you don’t like it here. You know with a few tweaks… > [@](#): > > Are we allowed to name names? **twickster** – we get it, you don’t like complainers here. > > So get the fuck out of complaining threads and don’t come back to keep us updated on how much you don’t like it in them. Any fundamental difference between my edit and your original? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/57 "2009-03-08T15:04:22Z")
Gee, I can’t imagine why someone telling a person with a complaint to fuck off would make me angry. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/58 "2009-03-08T15:04:39Z")
Yanno, **QED** , you never answered **The Surb** ’s question: > [@The\_Surb](#): > > … > > Like I said, I’m not sure where the change occured nor why but you haven’t been presenting yourself as you once did. If you are so unhappy here, why come here? When my son joined he was impressed that you could answer just about any question. You still can. So why the hate? You’ve become an angry, angry man, and I don’t understand it. It used to be the case that the vast majority of your posts were helpful and informative posts in GQ – now even when I see you in there, you’re attacking someone for asking a question the premise of which you disapprove. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/59 "2009-03-08T15:10:25Z")
Sorry for the double post – not intentional. **QED** , I’m not talking only about your response to me, I’m talking in general – I haven’t seen a post from you in months (not that I’ve been making an effort to follow all of your posts) that hasn’t had some serious anger underlying it. As to whether or not I should be allowed to tell two pissed off people to fuck off – I named them as exemplars of a small but vocal group of people who are so utterly outraged by everything that’s happened over the last (whenever – has it really only been a week or two?) that they don’t see anything to be redeemed from the botch that has been made of things – but they continue to stick around and comment on every additional post. Why? Seriously, why – if things are so totally unacceptable to you about everything that happens here, why don’t you just leave? What purpose is served by your wandering around looking for things to be pissed off about? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665/60 "2009-03-08T15:12:24Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > You know with a few tweaks… > > Any fundamental difference between my edit and your original? None – and you’re right, I should stay out of complaining threads. Thanks. (Seriously, thanks.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665.md?page=4)