# Magellan01 is a fucking moron. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017 "2008-10-15T07:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/41 "2008-10-15T15:57:50Z")
I’m not going to point the finger at anyone, but I took a “vacation” from The Dope for one reason - I was tired of having the same stupid arguments with the same “usual suspects” over and over - people who ignore cites and even direct quotes, or pick one phrase out of a reply to cherry pick to death, or twist the facts, or flat out lie. Some people were/are simply not worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/42 "2008-10-15T16:13:52Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Sorry, but there is no one on the Dope as stupid as Shodan. That’s unfair! He cannot be blamed for his programming. Besides, he gives a syntactically correct, generically topical response that is indistinguishable from a real human poster 83.2% of the time. That’s pretty darn good, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/43 "2008-10-15T16:54:43Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > I don’t believe he is anything but a professional viral lobbyist. If we ever had a “world’s worst job title” contest… …I would totally steal that. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/44 "2008-10-15T17:20:31Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Apologies, I had forgotten our sexually-neglected housewife. Just such a black hole of stupid, nothing can escape. > > -Joe She’s not stupid; she’s a liar and a troll. Search for her posts–90% are in the Pit, where she is permitted to act like a cunt, and the other 10% are one-sentence drive-bys in GD. At least the stupid people on this board are \*trying \*to contribute something, though cognitive disability prevents them from succeeding. Frankly, I prefer stupid to **Carol Stream**. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/45 "2008-10-15T18:56:03Z")
Any Conservative on this board is a “fucking moron.” ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/46 "2008-10-15T18:56:40Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I often confuse **xtisme** with **starving artist** , for example, and I really have no idea who I’m insulting grossly there You’re insulting the HELL out of xtisme. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/47 "2008-10-15T19:23:46Z")
> [@Brandon](#): > > **prr** just wants to see his/her own name show up on the list. Feed the ego and such. Suddenly I feel compelled to start a list of funniest Dopers… ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/48 "2008-10-15T19:48:28Z")
My take on **magellan01** is that he gets a perverse thrill out of being at the bottom of a lefty pile-on. He’ll start a thread so silly that the more sensible Righties, such as **Sam Stone** and **Bricker** , don’t even make an appearance. Then it’s 50 against 1, and he doesn’t really back down. Sometimes he’ll say, “That’s a good point… but allow me to rehash my original argument.” I can’t decide whether such obstinance is admirable or laughable. But either way, I don’t think he’s a moron, much less a fucking moron. Misguided and stubborn, and if he would think a little more and come to see the Light that is the Left, I’d probably welcome him. That said, the thread linked to in the OP is terrible. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/49 "2008-10-15T19:53:07Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > If we ever had a “world’s worst job title” contest… > > …I would totally steal that. “Please tell the Senator that Mr. Spiro Keete is here on behalf of the American Herpes Association…” “Of course, Mr. Keete, the Senator has a long record of support for eradicating such infections from our population, and has…” “Well, that’s just it, we’d like him to stop.” “The Senator is in a meeting. Forever.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/50 "2008-10-15T19:58:33Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Any Conservative on this board is a “fucking moron.” Ahem, I believe **sarahfeena** and **Airman Doors** would describe themselves as conservatives, and they are certainly NOT “fucking morons.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/51 "2008-10-15T20:16:29Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ahem, I believe **sarahfeena** and **Airman Doors** would describe themselves as conservatives, and they are certainly NOT “fucking morons.” That’s why I used quotes. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/52 "2008-10-15T20:32:44Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mr. Spiro Keete Snerk. I think he used to hang out with Graham Negative over at Epstein’s Bar. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/53 "2008-10-15T20:35:32Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Suddenly I feel compelled to start a list of funniest Dopers… Really? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/54 "2008-10-15T20:35:48Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/55 "2008-10-15T22:09:28Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ahem, I believe **sarahfeena** and **Airman Doors** would describe themselves as conservatives, and they are certainly NOT “fucking morons.” Aw, thanks for the compliment/shout-out, Guin, but I think control-z was being sarcastic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/56 "2008-10-15T23:11:40Z")
I think I figured out: **magellan01** and McCain are the 1960’s Penguin! Batman and the Penguin’s TV Debate: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63SRpGXBHE) Almost seriously: did the makers of the old TV show had a time machine? :eek: “Friends”… “I will not resort to mudslinging, I will run a clean campaign!” “Who is he? [del][Obama][/del][Batman]” “that man is in reality a dangerous criminal!” One has to notice also that this is where mayor West got his start in politics! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/57 "2008-10-16T06:25:01Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > I believe it because it is true. He was an active lobbyist for Saddam. He was actively working for and with an enemy. His compatriots were convicted. > > The UN investigation found he knew full well what the score was. Chloe has a fine follow-up post in the thread. Convicted of what? Treason? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/58 "2008-10-16T07:02:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ahem, I believe **sarahfeena** and **Airman Doors** would describe themselves as conservatives, and they are certainly NOT “fucking morons.” Frankly, I think Ms. Robyn is a genius. You really should apologize. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/59 "2008-10-16T08:56:35Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Convicted of what? Treason? Do you own bloody reading you willfully ignorant drone. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/60 "2008-10-16T14:53:02Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Do you own bloody reading you willfully ignorant drone. I did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017.md?page=4)