# Lynn Bodoni: Did I miss something?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 26, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705 "2002-04-26T02:35:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/81 "2002-04-29T22:49:08Z")

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D’oh! You’re right. She did it first. My bad. 🙂

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**Author:** ![cagiva650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cagiva650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cagiva650)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/82 "2002-04-29T22:54:55Z")

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Oh Where Art Thou **Threadkiller**?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/83 "2002-04-30T00:20:08Z")

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Thing I noticed immediately upon opening this thread that has me really confused: Since when does the SDMB allow someone who is a “Guest” post?

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**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/84 "2002-04-30T00:22:59Z")

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That’s odd…I’m pretty sure it used to say “member.”

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/85 "2002-04-30T00:34:07Z")

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Maybe the administration is trying to subliminally reinforce the idea in **Du\_Hast** ’s head that he can be made unwelcome?

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/86 "2002-04-30T00:52:05Z")

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That’s really interesting, Knead, because when this thread started, Du\_Hast was listed as “Member”. Has his status been temporarily downgraded as a “probation”, or something? Or has there just been a Board glitch?

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-did-i-miss-something/105705/87 "2002-04-30T08:21:53Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \*  
> **It was a naked infant girl who was diseased and suffering, and somehow, you thought that would be funny and appropriate to share with the world. Did you ever think about how much pain that baby must have been in? Or if she was ever cured of what was harming her?**

Hold your fire. I don’t think **Du\_Hast** thought the picture was funny. His objectionable posts reads, title and all:

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> [@](#):
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> Most disgusting picture you’ve ever seen?\*\*
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> Mine would have to be _link removed_. Truly awful.

Did the thread originate in IMHO? Because it sounds like **Du\_Hast** , **who himself found the photo disturbing** , was asking people to post or describe other disturbing photos. There’s nothing in there about finding it funny. It’s entirely possible that he did think about how much pain she was in, and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Perhaps he posted the photo, not to scare others, but because it scared him, and he wanted to desensitize himself. Immature, but not malicious.

But there’s a thread roaming around this board that I can’t read. I think it has at least one sibling, too. It is, or they are, titled to the effect of “What’s the most horrific accident you’ve witnessed? What’s the worst you’ve ever hurt yourself?” I stopped reading the first such one after someone described an accident that maimed one family member and killed another. It sounded as if photos of the aftermath, the autopsy, and the survivor would be pure gold to [rotten.com](http://rotten.com).

I’ve been to that site. **Du\_Hast** ’s link was disabled by the time I saw it, but according to the description, I think I might have seen this photo there. At any rate, I can imagine how gruesome it was. And it would have upset me. The picture I did see upset me, whether it’s the same one or not. But I was also upset by things I read in the above-mentioned threads, when I did read them.

So if it’s wrong to link to an image of disfigurement, why is it okay to describe it?

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