# lekatt is leaving **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816 "2004-06-23T16:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/21 "2004-06-23T18:44:42Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=276374&page=3). From link: > [@](#): > > Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. Well, that was enlightening. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/22 "2004-06-23T18:45:19Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=276374&page=3) Hmmm . . . I got “Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.” ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/23 "2004-06-23T18:51:38Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Woohoo, I’m Masturbating Like A Motherfuck! Thanks. Now I have to clean chicken salad outta my keyboard… ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/24 "2004-06-23T18:55:18Z")
First time I saw him it amused me how someone could be so flat out ignorant of even basic scientific ideas. Then his constant hijacking of every thread that even slightly brushed spirituality quickly became annoying. I wished the mods would have made a rule for him not to post on NDE’s anywhere on the boards like Handy was forbidden to post on medical topics. Anyone want to start a pool on when he’ll leave his self imposed exile and start merrily hijacking away again? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/25 "2004-06-23T19:04:31Z")
::: Note to self::: don’t ever go up against a guy named **Czarcasm** when sarcasam is on the line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/26 "2004-06-23T19:09:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Well I know why I don’t venture there. It’s because I can read a GQ or a silly MPSIMS thread in 5 minutes, but I’m afraid of getting involved in a GD thread and spending an hour. An _hour_? Christ, I’ve spent more than that many times just composing a single post for A GD thread. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/27 "2004-06-23T19:11:23Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=276374&page=3) > So **Lekatt** had a bit of a thing about NDE’s. > So what? Lots of posters have irksome quirks. > **Libertarian** occasionally goes mad. > **Elucidator** accounts for fully 25% of the "thier"s posted in the last month. > That’s no reason to bait them endlessly, no excuse for being mean. > There _is_ no excuse for that. Really? I can think of two off the top of my head: It’s fun, and They deserve it. And that goes double for **Lekatt**. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/28 "2004-06-23T19:11:32Z")
**lekatt** ’s posts were often filled with one-sentence paragraphs. I found this very annoying. Paragraphs are good. Not using paragraphs makes your writing look like a Republican fundraising letter. Please, organize your thoughts into paragraphs. If you don’t organize your thoughts into paragraphs, people will think you’re an idiot. Like **lekatt**. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/29 "2004-06-23T19:16:43Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Well I know why I don’t venture there. It’s because I can read a GQ or a silly MPSIMS thread in 5 minutes, but I’m afraid of getting involved in a GD thread and spending an hour. (Good) GD threads just aren’t worth reading unless you stick with them. By gum, that’s _exactly_ right. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/30 "2004-06-23T19:30:51Z")
So… am I to gather that lekatt’s little microdrama is because Czarcasm participated in the thread and gave lekatt a hard time about his complete lack of facts? So lekatt assumed that since Czar is a moderator, therefore everything he says is withe the moderator hat on. So lekatt had a fit? Did anyone ever get to the bottom of his “navy story”? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/31 "2004-06-23T19:37:56Z")
> [@Mr. Miskatonic](#): > > Did anyone ever get to the bottom of his “navy story”? Kind of. **SimonX** can probably give you the full story, but basically the records of the USS Willette, which **lekatt** claims to have served aboard, doesn’t mention his name, Leroy Kattein. They do mention a Kenneth Kattein, who was on board the Willette for two weeks during a different time period than when **lekatt** claimed to be there. Also, his story fails on several technical points, and he tells of a hurricane that no-one else noticed and snow in New Orleans that no-one else noticed. And **Squink** : we didn’t bait him. For the love of God, we didn’t bait him. We responded to him when he spewed his garbage. It was that or let him stand unchallenged. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/32 "2004-06-23T19:45:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Shrug. > > From what I saw of his posts, **Lekatt** only wanted to preach; didn’t, apparently, want to listen. Most of the “data” he advanced in support of his views on NDEs appears to be spurious. No added value, IMO. That sounds pretty much like pick-a-poster-any-poster, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/33 "2004-06-23T19:53:05Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Lots of posters have irksome quirks. > **Libertarian** occasionally goes mad. > **Elucidator** accounts for fully 25% of the "thier"s posted in the last month. > That’s no reason to bait them endlessly, no excuse for being mean. True, so true. But you understimate **elucidator**. Over 90% of the "thier"s are his, without question. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/34 "2004-06-23T20:26:39Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Hmmm . . . I got “Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.” Whoops. Just do a “search for all posts by.” **Lekatt’s** been in quite a few non-NDE threrads. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > But you understimate elucidator. Over 90% of the "thier"s are his, without question. I actually did a search on “thier” last week, after a particularly egregious posting. **Luci** only accounted for 25%. There was no obvious #2 offender. Maybe it just seems like more because you _read_ his posts more often. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/35 "2004-06-23T20:28:34Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > So, do we rejoice, grieve or shrug? Fucking rejoice. Dance on his metaphorical grave. And mace him if he ever comes back. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/36 "2004-06-23T20:32:51Z")
So, how did you like _Almost Famous_? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/37 "2004-06-23T20:39:36Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > **Lekatt’s** been in quite a few non-NDE threrads. Yes. Psychic threads, religion threads… virtually anywhere with even the most tenuous connection to the supernatural, where he could regurgitate his strange notions and claim they were supported by scientific testing. Which he doesn’t care about. But still wants others to use to back up their claims. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/38 "2004-06-23T21:06:22Z")
A couple days ago I was watching **Penn & Teller’s** _Bullshit!_ episode about Near Death Experiences. It gave me severe flashbacks about the original **Lekatt** great debate train wreck thread. I don’t wanna wade through that shit-filled diaper again, but didn’t **Lekatt** make the similar promises of leaving this board in that thread a couple times over? (Or, am I thinking of a thread in a former life?). I’ll just say, ignorance will be easier to fight when it quits posting here. Bye, **Lekatt**! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/39 "2004-06-23T21:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > That sounds pretty much like pick-a-poster-any-poster, doesn’t it? There are others who I consider equally shrugworthy, but certainly not “any poster”. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816/40 "2004-06-23T22:01:59Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > An _hour_? Christ, I’ve spent more than that many times just composing a single post for A GD thread. And you were _still_ wrong! (Ah, I kill me . . .) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-is-leaving/251816.md?page=3)