# Let's name some SDMB posting 'moves' **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 8, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104 "2014-08-08T12:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/101 "2014-08-09T02:20:25Z")
The **Kolga** : bury people in facts coupled with truly elegant snark. Win thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/102 "2014-08-09T02:31:23Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > **The Clueless Outrageur** : > > Poster A posts something intended to demonstrate some point in such an obvious manner that all understand, except of course for The **Nosism retort** : When someone speaks for everyone because they think that everyone thinks the same way they do. Often, people in this group don’t see the reverse-sarcasm. On some message boards, a few of these people posting in unison can look like a unified body when it’s just a few individuals. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/103 "2014-08-09T02:44:24Z")
Its like those guys always pissing and moaning about how lefty the SDMB is, when really, there’s like…what, maybe three of us? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/104 "2014-08-09T02:51:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Poster A posts something intended to demonstrate some point in such an obvious manner that _ **quite a goodly number of those participating** _ understand, except of course for FTFM ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/105 "2014-08-09T04:05:10Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > The Ducati > or > Anything You Can Do, I’ve Already Done Bigger/More Expensive/Tougher. > > Sample: > > Poster 1: Yay! I just bought my first house! It’s a little one room house, but it’s my first! I’m so excited! > > The Ducati: When I bought my first house, I paid for it with gold pirate treasure I got fighting cannibals in the South Seas when my private yacht beached on a deserted island. My first house was only a 3 wing, 87 room mansion designed by Frank Lloyd Wright…and he built it for me, personally, on that island that was once owned by the cannibals. Oh, and we built a moat and filled it with Dom Perignon White Gold, '95…an impertent little vintage, but it _was_ a first home and I _was_ only 17 at the time, fresh from my double-stint in the Green Berets AND the Navy Seals. Then, of course, we have the underachiever’s counterpart - the **flatlined**. Essentially, this is the same as the **ducati** , but with the most mundane and banal situations writ large as **Life Lessons I Personally Orchestrated.™** Example: I was riding my badass self on my badass motorcycle when I saw this UPS driver flick a butt on the side of the road. So I pulled him over and he meekly stopped and followed my orders to pick up cigarette butts along the highway, until me and a cop who happened by gave him permission to stop and resume his deliveries. This happened because I live in a fantasy world where people actually give a shit what I think, and follow orders because there’s nothing more intimidating than an insane white woman on a motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/106 "2014-08-09T04:24:02Z")
The be Schopenhauered is for a skilled arguer, say someone trained in the law, who uses logical fallacies to advance a crappy argument to advance a culturally or scientifically obsolete position because they can’t be bothered to craft a real argument in favor of the dark ages. (See what I did!?) To drop a “brick” on the thread, to use a _tu quoque_ reflexively. (See what I did again?!) > **[The Art of Always Being Right](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230817.The_Art_of_Always_Being_Right)** > > Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip thr… ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/107 "2014-08-09T08:54:07Z")
To **Gack** is to test, or offer to test, a given claim by inadequate backyard experimentation - such as burning chickens dabbed in kerosene to prove or disprove the Holocaust. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/108 "2014-08-09T09:47:40Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Then, of course, we have the underachiever’s counterpart - the **flatlined**. > > Essentially, this is the same as the **ducati** , but with the most mundane and banal situations writ large as **Life Lessons I Personally Orchestrated.™** > > Example: > > I was riding my badass self on my badass motorcycle when I saw this UPS driver flick a butt on the side of the road. So I pulled him over and he meekly stopped and followed my orders to pick up cigarette butts along the highway, until me and a cop who happened by gave him permission to stop and resume his deliveries. > > This happened because I live in a fantasy world where people actually give a shit what I think, and follow orders because there’s nothing more intimidating than an insane white woman on a motorcycle. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pass. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Too mean-spirited? Yeah, pretty much. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/109 "2014-08-13T15:19:18Z")
The “Criticize the Expert Move.” (This really happened) My post: Andrew Vachss says that child molesters cannot be rehabilitated. Response: Mystery writer Andrew Vachss’s opinion is duly noted. Uh, Andrew Vachss is an attorney who represents underaged child molesters, and knows more about child molestation than you ever will. And yes, he writes mysteries. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/110 "2014-08-13T15:38:42Z")
“Defining ‘Expert’ Extremely Loosely Because This Guy Agrees With Me” could also be a thing, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/111 "2014-08-13T15:42:53Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > **The Clueless Outrageur** : > > Poster A posts something intended to demonstrate some point in such an obvious manner that all understand, except of course for > > Poster B who either misunderstands or fails to bring 2 brain cells to the party, hoping to coast by on looks alone. (On a message board!) > > Newest canonical example: Then there’s the **Whooshed Wiseguy** : a guy who reads an exchange and misses the boat entirely, and thus doesn’t realize he has no idea of who understood what. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/112 "2014-08-14T13:26:06Z")
_ **STOID SPEAK!!!** _ Using random colors, line breaks, font sizes, underlines, bold/italics, etc in place of rational thought. The ‘reasoning’ is that there’s no possibly way she could be…y’know…_wrong_, so you must not have noticed her - SOOPER-SMART argument \* and by putting it in 40 point type, you can’t miss it and will have to concede. +10 bonus points if the emphasized random bits are contained within a Wall-Of-Impenetrable-Text[sup]tm[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/113 "2014-08-14T13:43:55Z")
I almost feel bad about this because he has finally fucked the fuck off … **The FinnAgain** : Feel the need to offer a paragraph in response to each sentence in the post you are replying to. Then liberally punctuate with “liar”, “lying”, “dishonest”, “troll” and “trolling”. When asked for an indication of where said lying happens just reply with more “liar”, “lying”, “dishonest”, “troll” and “trolling”. **The Full FinnAgain** : Perform “The FinnAgain” in a thread about Israel. Also punctuate with “anti-semitism”. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/114 "2014-08-14T14:10:21Z")
See, I thought the **FinnAgain** was accusing everyone who disagrees with you of anti-semitism. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/115 "2014-08-14T14:59:54Z")
And at angry length. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/116 "2014-08-14T15:10:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > See, I thought the **FinnAgain** was accusing everyone who disagrees with you of anti-semitism. Well **The Full FinnAgain** does add the liberal use of “anti-semitism”. The word, not actual slurs against Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/117 "2014-08-14T19:03:34Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > And at angry length. I think being angry at length sounds a lot more like a Jack Dean Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/118 "2014-08-14T19:05:36Z")
That’s angry hat length. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/119 "2014-08-14T19:38:30Z")
My contribution is “Assuming the Worst”. Because someone has a different political philosophy than you, they must be evil. So, you assume the absolute worst about everything they say even when it makes no sense. Poster A: “I prefer hot dogs to hamburgers. I would never buy a hamburger.” Poster B: “Why do you want to ban hamburgers? Where are we going to put all the prisons to lock up those that eat hamburgers in your twisted, sick world!!” It’s mostly Liberals doing it to us Conservatives. But we do it back sometimes, too. It’s hard not to assume the worst when there’s a few outspoken truly crazy people among the mostly sane Liberals who I enjoy debating here. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104/120 "2014-08-14T19:49:38Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > It’s mostly Liberals doing it to us Conservatives. But we do it back sometimes, too. It’s hard not to assume the worst when there’s a few outspoken truly crazy people among the mostly sane Liberals who I enjoy debating here. I love this part, because (of course) this is exactly what many liberals think about conservatives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104.md?page=7)