# Keith Olbermann should kill himself **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756 "2009-05-17T16:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/301 "2009-05-23T23:04:47Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Civics lesson for today: We are the government. Are we allowed to do things that we’re not allowed to do? Dunno. Why don’t you try walking unescorted into the White House and let us know how that goes for you? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/302 "2009-05-23T23:17:06Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Civics lesson for today: We are the government. You must have been home schooled. We are not the government; that would be a direct democracy, which the US has never been. America is a representative democracy. Our representatives are the government, and they serve at our pleasure. But the people are not the government. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/303 "2009-05-23T23:19:43Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > How about a realistic change, though? Things like “hingandonnajinkalabeast” don’t happen. Any research into the world of euphemisms can find cases were one-syllable words were replaced with terms of five or more syllables, to varying degrees of success, without adding to the definition. For example, is “terminate with extreme prejudice” anything more than an overcomplication of “kill” ? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/304 "2009-05-23T23:31:06Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > The People!=a person. > > Wait, I’m stupid because I’m obtaining education? How does that work, precisely? > Take that ageism and shove it right up your ass. That is, if there’s room, what with that enormous stick in there. Don’t take it so personally. All college students are stupid. You’ve never heard that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”? As for the “ageism” thing, there’s not enough of these :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/305 "2009-05-23T23:31:11Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Any research into the world of euphemisms can find cases were one-syllable words were replaced with terms of five or more syllables, to varying degrees of success, without adding to the definition. For example, is “terminate with extreme prejudice” anything more than an overcomplication of “kill” ? But those are used for legal/political purposes, and do have some use there. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/306 "2009-05-23T23:33:36Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Don’t take it so personally. All college students are stupid. You’ve never heard that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”? Oh, well, in that case, fuck you even more. > [@Carol Stream](#): > > As for the “ageism” thing, there’s not enough of these :rolleyes: You’re insulting me because I’m young and I’m not supposed to be pissed at you? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/307 "2009-05-23T23:42:15Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Oh, well, in that case, fuck you even more. > > You’re insulting me because I’m young and I’m not supposed to be pissed at you? See? You can’t even read the rules before posting. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/308 "2009-05-23T23:44:01Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > See? You can’t even read the rules before posting. I forgot about that new rule, yes. You know what, to hell with this. I really don’t care what you think, since you’re completely deluded. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/309 "2009-05-23T23:46:29Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > See? You can’t even read the rules before posting. Shut up, junior-mod wannabe. You’re just bitter because your party of know-nothings is hanging with their two and a half inches of fun flapping in the breeze and with no one to cry to. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/310 "2009-05-23T23:48:11Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > I forgot about that new rule, yes. You know what, to hell with this. I really don’t care what you think, since you’re completely deluded. It isn’t exactly new, anymore. Pay attention, for once. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/311 "2009-05-23T23:52:52Z")
It’s from the beginning of March. Close enough to new, considering how long this board’s been around (in various forms). ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/312 "2009-05-23T23:54:17Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > You’re just bitter because your party of know-nothings is hanging with their two and a half inches of fun flapping in the breeze and with no one to cry to. Says another college student. Color me unimpressed. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/313 "2009-05-23T23:57:39Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > It’s from the beginning of March. Close enough to new, considering how long this board’s been around (in various forms). And it was the biggest kerfuffle probably in board history when it was enacted. Yet you forgot? Not believable. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/314 "2009-05-23T23:58:57Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > And it was the biggest kerfuffle probably in board history when it was enacted. Yet you forgot? Not believable. Ahahaha. You think the ‘no meanie swearing at people in the pit’ mess is the biggest in board history? It’s not even close. And yes, I did forget. People do that sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/315 "2009-05-24T00:03:27Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Ahahaha. You think the ‘no meanie swearing at people in the pit’ mess is the biggest in board history? It’s not even close. It spawned no less than two spinoff boards; what was the bigger mess? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/316 "2009-05-24T00:11:32Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > But those are used for legal/political purposes, and do have some use there. Well, maybe… to _obscure_ meaning, which strikes me as a poor use of language. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/317 "2009-05-24T00:11:35Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Says another college student. Color me unimpressed. It’s not about you, you narcissistic trolling freak. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/318 "2009-05-24T00:12:47Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Ahahaha. You think the ‘no meanie swearing at people in the pit’ mess is the biggest in board history? It’s not even close. **Carol** has this psychotic hard-on for the Pit rules. They’re the second obsession it has, the first being liberals. It’s fascinating and a little disturbing to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/319 "2009-05-24T00:13:12Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > It spawned no less than two spinoff boards; what was the bigger mess? Well, for one thing, there’s Melingate, in which a moderator was banned. Whole lotta shitfits over that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756/320 "2009-05-24T00:14:56Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > As for the “ageism” thing, there’s not enough of these :rolleyes: Rolleyes: the last refuge of those with nothing to say. That you cannot find enough of them is no surprise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-olbermann-should-kill-himself/496756.md?page=17)