# Just So's We're Clear.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509 "2006-02-08T05:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/21 "2006-02-08T14:07:25Z")
Also, the original thread went way beyond some towel when **inkleberry** posted this remark: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **treis** > _Its a fucking towel for crying out loud. Relax._ > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **inkleberry** > \*And a shirt. > And our savings (twice). > And car payments. > And a chair. > And multiple college tuitions. > And 5 or 6 jobs. > > There’s bipolar, and then there’s just jackass.\* Which I take to mean that **DrLoveGun** blew through their savings twice, has skipped making car payments, broke a chair, is unable to complete a college course succesfully, and is unable to hold down a job. Jesus Christ, what a wonderful supporting spouse she is to air all of this in public. The humiliation will surely motivate him to change his ways. Although **DrLoveGun** might be clueless enough to not realize that his wife is portraying him as a fool. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/22 "2006-02-08T14:25:38Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Does it make you feel better about yourself to spend so much time hanging out with folks you feel contempt for? When I think a place is stupid, I LEAVE. > > Daniel Could you stop therapizing for just _one_ beshitted second? Christ, why don’t you just open an office if you think it is your calling to help the fucktards of the world achieve self-actualization? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/23 "2006-02-08T14:34:12Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Could you stop therapizing for just _one_ beshitted second? Christ, why don’t you just open an office if you think it is your calling to help the fucktards of the world achieve self-actualization? Since when is trying to get an asshole to go away therapizing? If you don’t like it, why don’t you buzz off, creep? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/24 "2006-02-08T14:34:35Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Pulls up a chair. > > Pops popcorn… **newcrasher** , you’ve been here long enough to know the Pit rules: > [@](#): > > 1. I don’t want anyone posting that they’re simply in the thread to watch the fireworks. This means no posts like “:: pulls up a lawn chair::” Don’t do this. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/25 "2006-02-08T14:36:31Z")
> [@Creative\_Munster](#): > > Jesus Christ, what a wonderful supporting spouse she is to air all of this in public. The humiliation will surely motivate him to change his ways. Although **DrLoveGun** might be clueless enough to not realize that his wife is portraying him as a fool. Hey, you forgot the part where she also felt it necessary to tell us about a past sexual relationship with another Doper. A real gem, this broad is, I tell ya. I’m seeing the possible future pittings right now: **DrLoveGun** : My wife can’t keep her yap shut about other Dopers she’s fucked \*\*DrLoveGun \*\* and \*\*Inkleberry \*\* tag-team pitting: **alaricthegoth** , please don’t take our side in an argument, you tardilicious jackenape, okay? ah, the possibilities… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/26 "2006-02-08T14:40:50Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Since when is trying to get an asshole to go away therapizing? If you don’t like it, why don’t you buzz off, creep? > > Daniel Because you spread your Oprah-esque slime through far too many threads, including here here in the pit. You apparently do know how to say “Go away, asshole” but that need for theraspeak trumps it. Open that office, bucky, if you need to play at being a therapist. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/27 "2006-02-08T14:48:12Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > **newcrasher** , you’ve been here long enough to know the Pit rules: > Don’t do this. My bad. I really didn’y know. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/28 "2006-02-08T15:12:00Z")
Gah-“therapizing” is not a word. It’s not English. Stop this right now. And somehow I missed all 4 threads–it sounds a right mess. No-one asked, but I have some time, so–I think the mods are absolutely correct in this one. Who would want a marital spat to be so public? And just think–someone will pull up those old threads over time again and again…It’ll be like _Groundhog Day From Hell_. I enjoy both posters contributions, but I don’t need this kind of voyeurism. I have enough mind numbing, soul destroying marital “spats” of my own. \ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/29 "2006-02-08T15:14:41Z")
> [@Stonebow](#): > > \*\*DrLoveGun \*\* and \*\*Inkleberry \*\* tag-team pitting: **alaricthegoth** , please don’t take our side in an argument, you tardilicious jackenape, okay? > > ah, the possibilities… Sorry, but I just saw this. It reminds me of that Dick Van Dyke show where Laura is at Rob’s office and they get into an argument. Buddy is there. They both separately appeal to him for support. When he tries to weigh in, they both tell him to stay out of it, only to turn around and solicit him once again. He finally grabs his hat and tells them, “I’m going out for a beer. I hate crowds and the four of you are driving me nuts!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/30 "2006-02-08T15:16:57Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Because you spread your Oprah-esque slime through far too many threads, including here here in the pit. You apparently do know how to say “Go away, asshole” but that need for theraspeak trumps it. Open that office, bucky, if you need to play at being a therapist. Hmmm. I’m feeling some misdirected anger vibes here… Perhaps you should sit down and share your inner feelings and we can try to resolve your inner self hatred. It’s OK, you’re not a bad person, you’re a good person who does bad things. That’ll be $350. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/31 "2006-02-08T15:21:08Z")
> [@alaricthegoth](#): > > do all moderated boards have such detailed “regulations”? > > I infer that the elaborate kabuki rituals arose over time as a response to what I can only speculate were some thermonuclear cyber dustups– You are correct, sir. There’s a smoking crater in the background of most of the odd rules we have around here. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/32 "2006-02-08T15:34:10Z")
\*\*Inkleberry’s \*\* laundry list of **Dr.LoveGun’s** serious offenses was pretty much the nastiest thing I’ve seen on these boards. Sure, we all see worse language and far more hideous insults in the Pit all the time, but not from one spouse to another. It wasn’t humorous in the least. And it was just so _personal_ . I felt kind of nauseous on **Dr. LoveGun’s** behalf when I read that. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/33 "2006-02-08T15:36:50Z")
What is so difficult about not bringing your real-life shit into the Pit? Do you see **Aries28** pitting **Sauron** for spreading his darkness throughout Middle-earth and allowing Gollum to track dirt onto the carpet? No! Do you see **Dangerosa** pitting **Brainiac4** for shrinking cities and leaving them all over the family room? No! Why? Because they know that they’re not supposed to bring their real life shit into the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/34 "2006-02-08T15:41:59Z")
Not fair. They have one and I think another on the way. THat’s enough to raise an eyebrow, but it takes three to make it selfish idiot pit material. They are in their early to mid 20s which makes thi whole baby dropping thing worrisome, but they haven’t done anything yet to warrent attacks. They are very worrisome tho. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/35 "2006-02-08T15:46:09Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The tragedy is that the two of you have reproduced. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > I enjoy both posters contributions, but I don’t need this kind of voyeurism. [Deja Vu](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357581) ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/36 "2006-02-08T15:51:35Z")
You know, I find it very uncomfortable to be around couples that are fighting IRL. It’s just down right tacky. I guess I was indoctrinated to believe that you never air your dirty laundry in public. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/37 "2006-02-08T15:52:31Z")
> [@Creative\_Munster](#): > > Why do you two feel the need to have an audience for your personal crap? Do you really think that the unfortunate soul who happens to open up one of your threads thinks to themselves, “Oh, those zany kids. Isn’t it cute how they have conversations and arguments on the message board so we can all enjoy them instead of just talking to one another on the phone or in person like a normal couple?” Well, I hope that the responses you have been getting dispel this notion for the both of you. I will say this slowly for you Then. Don’t. Open. Them. Amazing isn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/38 "2006-02-08T15:52:56Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Since when is trying to get an asshole to go away therapizing? If you don’t like it, why don’t you buzz off, creep? > > Daniel What I wanna know is when did “therapizing” become a word? Is that like what happened in the Permian and Triassic periods when the reptiles of the order Therapsida began evolving mammalian characteristics? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/39 "2006-02-08T15:55:30Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#): > > I will say this slowly for you > > Then. Don’t. Open. Them. And once again you completely miss the point. I have a feeling that the two of you just not getting it is going to be a source of amusement for me all day long. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509/40 "2006-02-08T15:56:04Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#): > > I will say this slowly for you > > Then. Don’t. Open. Them. > > Amazing isn’t it. Fortunately, we won’t be able to. Because you idiots aren’t gonna post any more of those fucking things. Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sos-were-clear/343509.md?page=3)