# Letter To The Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286 "2017-07-14T22:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/181 "2017-08-01T14:18:51Z")
In his defense, he lasted longer than the Mooch. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/182 "2017-08-01T17:07:20Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck? Who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong? 1. Nature did. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/183 "2017-08-01T17:30:31Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong? The witch is dead? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/184 "2017-08-01T17:36:21Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > What’s the benefit of a deliberately low reading comprehension hive mind? What insights are gained with the political circle jerk? Seems to piss you off, that’s not nothing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/185 "2017-08-01T18:03:15Z")
Its the opposite of nothing, and that’s definitely something! ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/186 "2017-08-01T18:16:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Seems to piss you off, that’s not nothing. Why would you think people’s writings, that I choose to read and respond to, piss me off? I read and participate here, in large part, because the political point of view is different. What is sad, however, is the ignorant vitriol directed at those who don’t virtue signal fervently enough. The angry ones in this forum are those who can’t write without every third word being profane or dishonest. They need help. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/187 "2017-08-01T18:26:54Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The angry ones in this forum are those who can’t write without every third word being profane or dishonest. They need help. For christ’s sake, pecker-wood, it’s the fucking pit. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/188 "2017-08-01T18:33:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > For christ’s sake, pecker-wood, it’s the fucking pit. I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/189 "2017-08-01T18:36:12Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. P’raps indeed. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/190 "2017-08-01T19:01:18Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The angry ones in this forum are those who can’t write without every third word being profane or dishonest. They need help. > [@kayaker](#): > > For christ’s sake, pecker-wood, it’s the fucking pit. > [@octopus](#): > > I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. _Whoosh!_ ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/191 "2017-08-01T19:08:57Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Not a taste. > > Just a willingness. Its a steep price. I don’t know how you do it. At least there are only two or three topics where I get shit on, you get shit on all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/192 "2017-08-01T21:02:39Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. It’s fun. You puppy-kicking park-bench-fucking Stalin-worshipping statue-of-Abraham-Lincoln-masturbating left-hander. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/193 "2017-08-01T21:34:06Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I’ve been here since 2004 and I don’t recall it being much different back then. There were constant threads about Bush, Iraq, and how Republicans were homophobic imperialists who want to eat poor people. Hey! Not all Republicans are imperialists! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/194 "2017-08-01T22:04:30Z")
Exactly! And some prefer sodomizing children over cannibalism. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/195 "2017-08-01T22:17:15Z")
I think people who create threads like this should have their posting privileges automatically revoked. Fake-ass flouncers are the worst kind of troll. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/196 "2017-08-01T23:34:49Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I think people who create threads like this should have their posting privileges automatically revoked. Fake-ass flouncers are the worst kind of troll. Indeed. They’re like “Look at me! Look at me! Now I will never ever ever look back!” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/197 "2017-08-02T00:00:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > For christ’s sake, pecker-wood, it’s the fucking pit. You should have added “… and you’re smart!” for that soupçon of dishonesty that is otherwise missing. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/198 "2017-08-02T00:29:28Z")
_If you feel ambivalent to mildly negative about something, set it free. If it comes back, whatever; if not, who cares. Anything good on Netflix?_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/199 "2017-08-02T01:32:39Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I know where it is and I know the rules of the forum. I’m not sure of the productivity of some pointlessly arbitrarily constrained anarchy though. Perhaps it works at a level beyond my comprehension. As do most things. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/200 "2017-08-02T02:03:58Z")
> [@Hellestal](#): > > On mine, too, but not the first. > > First person I ever put on my own ignore list was because of intense confusion with another poster. **Derleth** is an intelligent poster. But then I’d be reading a post that was just so achingly dumb, like, when-did-Derleth-get-a-lobotomy stupid. I just could not for the life of me understand how a poster who ordinarily wrote such sensible things could suddenly sound like a middle-schooler whose hobby was eating lead-based paint chips. Intense whiplash from dumb-smart-dumb-smart. It was like Jekyll and Hyde. > > When I finally figured out it was actually two different posters, I felt an intense sense of relief. And then resorted to the ignore function. No fair to the good posters when the bad poster has a sufficiently similar name. Same case here, so into my ignore list the “beta cuck” moron went. No loss not to read his posts. Fuuuuuuuck me. _lightbulb_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286.md?page=11)