# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/61 "2008-10-16T15:11:01Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > 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. I wouldn’t personally lump those two together at all. **Sam** is, in my view, a cool, collected poster that just happens to have the same disconnect with reality that most people with extreme ideologies do. But even so, he’s reasonable, and reasonable people can disagree. I _used_ to think the same thing about **Bricker** , I especially loved his insight into various legal doctrines, and his views on politics in general (even if I strongly disagreed), but around the 2004 election, and still today (I was absent a while) he became some kind of weird _tu quoque_ing whiner. I find it much harder to remember the reasonable **Bricker** I disagreed strongly with but nevertheless respected. He’s gradually becoming **Shodan**. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/62 "2008-10-16T15:50:53Z")
Re the OP, I would be ever so happy if [my characterization of the subject’s posting habits](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10265120#post10265120) were to catch on. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/63 "2008-10-17T02:57:45Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Any Conservative on this board is a “fucking moron.” I think we have another nominee. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/64 "2008-10-17T06:35:03Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I think I figured out: > > **magellan01** and McCain are the 1960’s Penguin! > > Batman and the Penguin’s TV Debate: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63SRpGXBHE](http://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! 🙂 You forgot to mention (paraphrased): “Whenever Batman is pictured, who is he pictured with? Criminals, that’s who! However, all my pictures show me with the police! Which means? Batman’s a criminal, associating with criminals. And I’m a law-abiding citizen, associating with the police.” Life imitating “art” indeed! ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/65 "2008-10-17T09:46:51Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I did. Read for comprehension then. ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/66 "2008-10-17T15:00:29Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I think we have another nominee. ::whoosh:: ---
**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:** [October 17, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/67 "2008-10-17T15:04:53Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > That’s why I used quotes. :rolleyes: So you’re saying that **magellan01** is representative of the other conservative posters? ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/68 "2008-10-17T15:06:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So you’re saying that **magellan01** is representative of the other conservative posters? Good g-d I hope not… ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/69 "2008-10-17T15:08:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So you’re saying that **magellan01** is representative of the other conservative posters? I wouldn’t say so particularly, but any conservative views around here tend to be met with hostility. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/70 "2008-10-17T15:12:43Z")
The sun rises in the East and sets in the West. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/71 "2008-10-17T15:23:48Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I wouldn’t say so particularly, but any conservative views around here tend to be met with hostility. I don’t necessarily know about that. **Airman Doors, USAF** and **danceswithcats** are both conservative, and you hardly ever see a huge kerfluffle blowing up around them the way you do with **Shodan** or **magellan01** or **Lonesome [del]Nazi[/del] Polecat**. **Scylla** also manages to keep himself from becoming the center of a nuclear explosion most of the time, and I defy anyone to call him a liberal and mean it. It appears to be a personality thing. You may find a lot of people disagreeing with the folks I named, but they don’t inspire these kind of threads. I honestly can’t recall ever having seen a Pitting of **danceswithcats**. I’ve seen at least one Pitting of **Airman** , but IIRC it was by someone that even the mainstream here considers an extremist. I have seen Pittings of **Scylla** , but he was going through a period where he was just an asshole in general at that point, which he seems to have recovered from now. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/72 "2008-10-17T21:58:54Z")
**Airman Doors** is voting for Obama, so he isn’t going to get Pitted. **danceswithcats** doesn’t post much about who he supports, although it seems to be non-Obama. **Scylla** has been Pitted (seriously) a half-dozen times or so. Me, ten times. Which is entirely a function of how vocal I am about my voting for McCain. That is basically what the Usual Suspects call “trolling”. Witness the example of **Bricker**. He announced that he was considering voting for Obama. All was sweetness and light. Then he reconsidered. Instantly the accusations of trolling [began](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=487952&page=3&highlight=trolling). It doesn’t make any difference if you are reasonable and moderate (like he is), or if (like me) you really don’t care much about the opinions of idiots. The dogs are going to bark at anything they don’t like. In some cases it is true that Dopers are liberal and still not pitch a fit whenever someone dissents from the group think. In others, it isn’t, and those are the ones who start most of the Pit threads and do most of the foolish ranting in Pittings that someone else starts. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/73 "2008-10-17T22:03:33Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **Airman Doors** is voting for Obama, so he isn’t going to get Pitted. **danceswithcats** doesn’t post much about who he supports, although it seems to be non-Obama. **Scylla** has been Pitted (seriously) a half-dozen times or so. Me, ten times. > > Which is entirely a function of how vocal I am about my voting for McCain. That is basically what the Usual Suspects call “trolling”. > > Witness the example of **Bricker**. He announced that he was considering voting for Obama. All was sweetness and light. Then he reconsidered. Instantly the accusations of trolling [began](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=487952&page=3&highlight=trolling). > > It doesn’t make any difference if you are reasonable and moderate (like he is), or if (like me) you really don’t care much about the opinions of idiots. The dogs are going to bark at anything they don’t like. > > In some cases it is true that Dopers are liberal and still not pitch a fit whenever someone dissents from the group think. In others, it isn’t, and those are the ones who start most of the Pit threads and do most of the foolish ranting in Pittings that someone else starts. > > Regards, > Shodan You’re not a troll because you support McCain. You’re a troll because your a defective piece of shit that tries to make other people upset to get a rise out of them. ---
**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 17, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/74 "2008-10-17T22:42:15Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > That’s why I used quotes. :rolleyes: Sorry, jumped the gun a bit there. Please accept my appologies. :o Psst- **The Second Stone** , actually **Ms. Robyn** is a liberal. Yeah, **danceswithcats** is pretty cool. **Sam Stone** -my ONLY beef is occassionally he seems to know better about the US when he’s from Canada, but not a huge deal. **Scylla** goes hot and cold. (When he’s not posting political stuff, he’s pretty cool) ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/75 "2008-10-17T23:29:56Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay;10326907I have seen Pittings of **Scylla** , but he was going through a period where he was just an asshole in general at that point, which he seems to have recovered from now.[/QUOTE] Shows what you know. I’m a bigger asshole than ever. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/76 "2008-10-17T23:42:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **magellan** often says dumb things, but he occasionally says smart things too. Very smart, in fact. That is me that says the smart things. The similarity of our 01’s just confused you. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/77 "2008-10-17T23:49:23Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > That is me that says the smart things. The similarity of our 01’s just confused you. Thanksgiving with the **01** family must be pretty tense… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/78 "2008-10-18T01:33:28Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **Sam Stone** -my ONLY beef is occassionally he seems to know better about the US when he’s from Canada, but not a huge deal. **Sam** actually does know a lot about the U.S. It’s very apparent from his posts that he’s done his research. **Flying Dutchman** , on the other hand, is just as apparently making it up as he goes along. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/79 "2008-10-18T02:37:03Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **Airman Doors** is voting for Obama, so he isn’t going to get Pitted. **danceswithcats** doesn’t post much about who he supports, although it seems to be non-Obama. **Scylla** has been Pitted (seriously) a half-dozen times or so. Me, ten times. > > Which is entirely a function of how vocal I am about my voting for McCain. That is basically what the Usual Suspects call “trolling”. > > Witness the example of **Bricker**. He announced that he was considering voting for Obama. All was sweetness and light. Then he reconsidered. Instantly the accusations of trolling [began](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=487952&page=3&highlight=trolling). > > It doesn’t make any difference if you are reasonable and moderate (like he is), or if (like me) you really don’t care much about the opinions of idiots. The dogs are going to bark at anything they don’t like. > > In some cases it is true that Dopers are liberal and still not pitch a fit whenever someone dissents from the group think. In others, it isn’t, and those are the ones who start most of the Pit threads and do most of the foolish ranting in Pittings that someone else starts. > > Regards, > Shodan Bricker was trolling. He never intended to vote for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017/80 "2008-10-18T06:21:45Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Bricker was trolling. He never intended to vote for Obama. That’s a little uncharitable, as well as presumptuous. You can’t know what **Bricker** ’s thought process actually was. Me, I think it was something like those dopes who supported Hillary and kept saying that they would hold their breath and turn blue before voting for that awful Obama man. Then they turned arond, saw that there was no real option and decided to vote for the awful Obama man and skipping the whole turning-blue part. (Haven’t heard much from those dopes lately, have we? Remember when they were the center of our universe?) \*\* Bricker\*\* went through a similar process, I think. “I’m gonna–yeah, I’m gonna–almost there–I’m gonna vote–gonna vote for --yeah, I’m really gonna vote for–nah, can’t do it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-a-fucking-moron/468017.md?page=5)