# Let's talk about etv78 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 13, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622 "2012-09-13T18:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/101 "2012-09-14T18:23:08Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > He was _not_ asking about, nor interested, in any aspect of my life specifically. I understand you think the questions were odd, but what difference does it make and what is the relevance here? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/102 "2012-09-14T18:24:50Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > How does this line of curiosity have anything to do with About This Message Board forum? Im sorry I didn’t parse the sentences within my paragraphs out into their proper forums. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/103 "2012-09-14T21:10:55Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Whoa, let’s keep on topic here. > > Ambivalid, if you have personal concerns with etv78, you should have these discussions outside of this thread. Where would one go if they feel they have a legitimate gripe about another poster? I thought this would be the natural place, no? After all, we’re not talking a about a Pitting per-se, but rather the actions of someone who we/anyone thinks is acting against the erm…“Spirit of The Board\*”? \*Phrased that way because I find the rules here a jumbled mess to begin with. But that’s really neither here nor there - 'tis what it is. Though the question stands for clarification if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/104 "2012-09-14T21:15:53Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Where would one go if they feel they have a legitimate gripe about another poster? The Pit. You can use this forum to ask about how we’re handling a situation or if a poster has broken the rules, but ATMB is not the place to list all the reason you think that poster is a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/105 "2012-09-14T21:24:42Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Im sorry I didn’t parse the sentences within my paragraphs out into their proper forums. 😕 > [@RedFury](#): > > Where would one go if they feel they have a legitimate gripe about another poster? I thought this would be the natural place, no? After all, we’re not talking a about a Pitting per-se, but rather the actions of someone who we/anyone thinks is acting against the erm…“Spirit of The Board\*”? No, if you have a gripe against another poster you’re talking about Pit material. If your purpose is to accuse another poster of fabricating a persona, acting against the “Spirit of the Board,” or other criticism, the place for that is the Pit. As has been said above, this forum is for discussing the administration of the board. If you if you want to comment on the handling of this matter, then that’s appropriate for this forum. Since there already is a Pit thread about **etv78** , if you want to criticize him the place is there. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/106 "2012-09-14T21:35:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The Pit. You can use this forum to ask about how we’re handling a situation or if a poster has broken the rules, but ATMB is not the place to list all the reason you think that poster is a jerk. Fair enough. Thanks. BTW, this nothing to do with the subject of this thread. Don’t know him from Adam. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/107 "2012-09-15T02:29:17Z")
Don’t bring Adam into this, OK? Poor guy has enough trouble already. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/108 "2012-09-15T02:45:18Z")
FWIW, I’ll mention that ages ago **etv** said he was friends with a local band called the Alpacas. I was once at a show where the Alpacas played. They had a friend there who was in a wheelchair. That happened before he posted about being friends with them, so I didn’t know who it was at the time, but remembered seeing him when he did ask about other Alpacas fans later. I didn’t actually respond to that thread, or, as far as I know, to any **etv** post ever. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/109 "2012-09-16T05:27:42Z")
**waterj** -That was me 😃 I’m the (male) lead singer’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/110 "2012-09-16T09:45:12Z")
OK, let’s say **etv78** is a troll. What to do? I know, let’s open a thread on it and spend pages and pages talking about him. That would be the last thing he wants, trolls so hate attention. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/111 "2012-09-16T22:01:06Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > [Here you go!](http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l438/AClockworkMelon/SDMBWatch.jpg) Do we get hats? I want a hat. > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Edit 2: Actually… I’ve got it! A story about a ninja with spina bifida! It’s gonna be a hit! **Ambivalid** , **etv78** , what kind of challenges would such a character face? I want to get into his headspace, you know? Dude. **Ambivalid** isn’t a ninja. He just wants a place to park. It’s easy to get confused. Try this. Ninjas: can’t see them 'cause they’re ninjas. **Ambivalid** : Can’t see him 'cause somebody’s in his spot and he’s parked way over there instead. > [@etv78](#): > > **waterj** -That was me 😃 I’m the (male) lead singer’s brother. Can you prove you’re related to an Alpaca? Wouldn’t that make you an Alpaca? Were you an alpaca before this thread? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/112 "2012-09-17T01:37:37Z")
I have pics of myself, holding today’s newspaper, in a kayak. I’ll post a link to the picture if anyone needs to see it. And in the penis length thread, I thought _everyone_ was posting in centimeters, so I did. ---
**Author:** ![kevin1521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@kevin1521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevin1521)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/113 "2012-09-17T02:32:25Z")
What’s an ETV78 ? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/114 "2012-09-17T02:39:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **waterj** -That was me 😃 I’m the (male) lead singer’s brother. How’s your book coming? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/115 "2012-09-17T03:34:18Z")
This thread is about one poster who goes by the title **etv78**. Thus information that indicates that he is not who he claims to be is 100% relevant to this thread. Offering evidence that someone might be a troll is 100% something that happens in ATMB, as evidenced by the obvious fact that no one here has gotten a warning for talking about such. We’re not listing why he’s a jerk. We’re listing information for your consideration based on the current case. Is etv a troll? This information is relevant to figuring that out. And you guys have flat out said in the past that it’s okay to discuss trolling actions in ATMB. I sure never got even a mod note about it, and you sure didn’t give one out to the people discussing **Snowboarder Bo** , for example. And stop this bullshit about not being able to say negative things about posters in ATMB. You haven’t stopped it before. Heck, there was a whole thread where people ganged up on me for daring to post about something I thought was a problem. And there are numerous threads where people talk bad about each other. As long as they don’t start name calling, no one has gotten in trouble. I’ve stated before that I don’t think the guy’s a troll, but the way the mods are treating this is ridiculous. Just because **Tuba** said something doesn’t mean it reflects reality on this board. If anything, she’s less qualified to discuss such since she’s so infrequently here. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/116 "2012-09-17T11:08:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Just because **Tuba** said something doesn’t mean it reflects reality on this board. If anything, she’s less qualified to discuss such since she’s so infrequently here. . . .and that was the first inkling we got that a **BigT** / **Tuba** no-holds-barred pay-per-view cage match was gonna happen.\* \*with all proceeds going to charity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/117 "2012-09-17T11:29:32Z")
Anybody else get the feeling like a party slowly winding down, when someone does a rambling monologue, followed by a brief silence (with possibly a short, witty remark) and everyone immediately just knowing it’s time to get up to leave? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/118 "2012-09-17T14:59:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > This thread is about one poster who goes by the title **etv78**. Thus information that indicates that he is not who he claims to be is 100% relevant to this thread. Offering evidence that someone might be a troll is 100% something that happens in ATMB, as evidenced by the obvious fact that no one here has gotten a warning for talking about such. > > We’re not listing why he’s a jerk. We’re listing information for your consideration based on the current case. Is etv a troll? This information is relevant to figuring that out. And you guys have flat out said in the past that it’s okay to discuss trolling actions in ATMB. I sure never got even a mod note about it, and you sure didn’t give one out to the people discussing **Snowboarder Bo** , for example. > > And stop this bullshit about not being able to say negative things about posters in ATMB. You haven’t stopped it before. Heck, there was a whole thread where people ganged up on me for daring to post about something I thought was a problem. And there are numerous threads where people talk bad about each other. As long as they don’t start name calling, no one has gotten in trouble. > > I’ve stated before that I don’t think the guy’s a troll, but the way the mods are treating this is ridiculous. Just because **Tuba** said something doesn’t mean it reflects reality on this board. If anything, she’s less qualified to discuss such since she’s so infrequently here. Thank you for sharing your opinions. Once again, if any of you have a problem with another poster on this board, there’s a specific forum for that. It’s not called About This Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622/119 "2012-09-17T15:02:14Z")
On that note, I’m closing this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622.md?page=5)