# Mild Pitting of Beck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2024-10-12T05:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 60
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1181 "2026-06-27T20:16:16Z")
It was revived June 3 for a couple days. I happened to read it June 21 and replied to it. Why all the fucking noise about it being revived? I replied, others responded and here we are, what’s the fucking problem? I can’t help your feelings of distress about seeing this thread again you thought was dead. Get over it man. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1182 "2026-06-27T20:18:10Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Why all the fucking noise about it being revived? > **[Let sleeping dogs lie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_sleeping_dogs_lie)** > > "Let sleeping dogs lie" is an English proverb known at least since the 14th century. This saying suggests that when an old problem is no longer causing anyone trouble, it might be better left undiscussed: "Possibly he cohabited with Miss Bloggs, but don't mention it in front of his wife, let the sleeping dogs lie", and dormant controversies should not be restarted even if they were never resolved. This intent is similar to the meanings of sayings like "Don't rock the boat", "Never troub An early... ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1183 "2026-06-27T20:18:47Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Why all the fucking noise about it being revived? Because you disingenuous motherfucker, you are complaining about it going on after you yourself revived it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1184 "2026-06-27T20:31:50Z")
> [@chela](#): > > It was revived June 3 for a couple days. I happened to read it June 21 and replied to it. That’s exactly what I wrote. Let’s do this slowly: June 3 was when she was chided for insulting a newbie, which I hear she apologized for in the corresponding thread. So even she agreed (if she indeed apologized, I haven’t seen it). Then it was dropped and dormant. Then 3 weeks later you jumped in and brought it back up because you saw a r"Suggest link". Evidently you never looked at the corresponding thread. > [@needscoffee](#): > > It was dead for half a year until she insulted a non-English-speaking newbie for grammar/spelling. She was called out in 5 brief posts. Then it died again. You replied to something that was already settled without even looking to see the corresponding thread, and you wonder why the thread is now active. And you continue to post in it. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1185 "2026-06-27T20:50:57Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > You replied to something that was already settled without even looking to see the corresponding thread, and you wonder why the thread is now active. And you continue to post in it. Was it? Was it settled? What was settled? Now youse are obsessing over the revival of the thread. Aw man you woke up the sleeping bad bad bad dawg. Let sleeping dragons lie? Like hell because I restarted it It’s active now has been since 6/21 You have no control over it so get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1186 "2026-06-27T20:51:08Z")
> [@chela](#): > > It was revived June 3 for a couple days. I happened to read it June 21 and replied to it. > > Why all the fucking noise about it being revived? I replied, others responded and here we are, what’s the fucking problem? Because it was incredibly stupid. You are an idiot. You revived it to yell at people who were leaving her alone to leave her alone, and caused her more trouble in your absolutely braindead, hilariously stupid stunt than the prior slight admonishment ever did. You’re the slack-jawed cretin who wanted to help the puppy by feeding it a chocolate bar who is wondering why everyone is croticising them. You are so stupid it’s hard to believe it’s not an act. It almost rises to the level of brilliant performance art. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1187 "2026-06-27T20:51:52Z")
Thank you for chiming in, I feel ya ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1188 "2026-06-27T20:59:23Z")
Also that is what happens when your Stan trout lips hot links this pit thread to a beck post. it gets traffic and I’m not apologizing for expressing my disappointment about the juvenile harassment I read, it deserved my response. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1189 "2026-06-27T21:01:25Z")
Man, this thread is fucking stupid. Can we get back to Beckdawreck’s daily blog? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1190 "2026-06-27T21:03:36Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I can’t help your feelings of distress about seeing this thread again you thought was dead. Get over it man. Aren’t you the one that had to bring it up and complain about it? Sounds like a you problem. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1191 "2026-06-27T21:04:02Z")
Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1192 "2026-06-27T21:34:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It was dead for half a year until she insulted a non-English-speaking newbie for grammar/spelling. FTR, and not directed specifically at you because others seem to believe the same thing, but this is a very inaccurate and misleading characterization of what happened. Even though it’s old news, I don’t think this has been adequately addressed. First of all, no one knew that English was not the first language of the poster that **Beck** criticized until they mentioned it later in post #15. Second, the problems with that post had nothing to do with language proficiency. Writing “thanksss” and “saud” instead of “said” isn’t a language issue, it’s just carelessness. The whole post was a mess, and the whole issue of not being able to figure out how to reply to a post (and later, thinking that 500K and 0.5 megabytes are vastly different numbers) also speaks to a lack of attention unrelated to language proficiency. It appears to me that **Beck** was just trying to be helpful, conscious from personal experience that we tend to be a nitpicky crowd. The criticism was clumsily worded and came across as rude, for which **Beck** later apologized. Why this became such a huge issue is a question best addressed to those who made it one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1193 "2026-06-27T21:42:29Z")
This will show every pinned thread, even if you unpinned it for yourself. [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=in%3Apinned%20order%3Alatest](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=in%3Apinned%20order%3Alatest) This is an example for finding the Pinned threads for a single category. [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=in%3Apinned%20%23politics-elections%20order%3Alatest](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=in%3Apinned%20%23politics-elections%20order%3Alatest) Just change the Forum to use it for a different forum. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1194 "2026-06-27T22:08:14Z")
Yeah Beck I think has successfully worked at her posting game. While I may skim her mostly I got no distaste or disrespect for her. This Chela? Wow that’s an annoying piece of stupidity! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1195 "2026-06-27T22:41:20Z")
For the record, the only name I dropped was the pitee of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1196 "2026-06-27T23:00:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > First of all, no one knew that English was not the first language of the poster that **Beck** criticized until they mentioned it later in post #15. Huh? It was immediately apparent to some of us. Unmuting her, I see that she then responded that she _wasn’t_ jumping on him, she was just warning him by criticizing him so that other people wouldn’t jump on him. What a mess. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1197 "2026-06-27T23:05:30Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Because it was incredibly stupid. You are an idiot. I can never decide whether chela’s drunk-posting or not. It’s hard to imagine what could make a person post like that unless they’re hammered. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1198 "2026-06-27T23:11:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > First of all, no one knew that English was not the first language of the poster that **Beck** criticized until they mentioned it later in post #15. > > Huh? It was immediately apparent to some of us. How was this “immediately apparent” before post #15 in that thread where the poster said for the first time that English was their third language? They had made only two posts prior to **Beck** ’s criticism. The one she was criticizing was an orthographic and formatting mess. The second one had no particular issues. Yet you were able to discern that this was not a native English speaker just from those two posts? What are the amazing skills that enable you to do this? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1199 "2026-06-27T23:51:10Z")
It’s amazing that there are folks in this thread defending what the Pitee herself said was wrong and mean . . . because it was done to her and she did not like it. Why, with that knowledge, she did it anyway is something to ponder. > [@wolfpup](#): > > What are the amazing skills that enable you to do this? Readin’ skilz. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1200 "2026-06-28T00:36:10Z")
I am jonesing for some okra fritters, none of this air fryer fussy muss, pan fried in peanut oil, dipped in horseradish sauce. Got recipes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691.md?page=61)