Oh, and can we have a warning that something leads to a video and/or a pdf? Some of us are still on dial-up and my computer is allergic to PDF format. (God, do I HATE those things!)
If you are not in the BBQ pit, try to keep a civil tongue. Even if someone mentions something that you have a frothing hatred for, don’t go calling her a grackleflatus. If someone goes over the top in insulting you, outside the pit, don’t fly off the handle. Report the post, and maintain your dignity.
“grackleflatus”?
hehehehe. Don’t know what it means, but love it. 
Thanks Tom. I really didn’t know. I’m kind of disappointed.
Bird poopee, huh.
Grackleflatus sounds like a character out of Charles Dickens’ novels. I’ll use the non-translated word in Dutch message-boards.
Well, there is more nuance that just that. The grackle is considered a bit of a nuisance bird in some locations, and flatus is fart, not poop, so you don’t even get guano or fertilizer from flatus.
Now AskNott will drop in and mention that the word was simply invented for its ugly sound and the actual links to birds and farts were purely coincidental.
I don’t know the derivation of this, possibly a TV show, but rather than smarmy it seems really arrogant/condescending to me. Almost as if the poster’s view is final and will brook no argument.
I’m expecting a bit of stick for this because it seems so popular round here but here goes.
I hate it when the post finishes off with a small font. I can barely read it and so I don’t bother. I’m sure though I’m missing some really good witticisms at times.
All good stuff, folks.
Another: If someone says something that you find highly offensive, instead of automatically responding with “Fuck you!”, please at least entertain the notion that that person may have intended his or her post to be entirely nonoffensive, and it’s you who are wrong in your interpretation. “I’m not sure I understand – did you mean to imply…” is far better than “Fuck off and die, you goat-felching pedophilic asscunt…” Fewer derailments that way.
And yet another: If someone posts a major point, but mentions, in passing, a completely irrelevant minor point, do not make a federal case out of the minor point. Example: “The other night, while I was eating a jelly donut, thieves broke into my house and murdered my wife, raped my kids, and made off with my TV.” “You were eating a jelly donut? No wonder you’re fat. You have only yourself to blame.”
One more: Sometimes, people come into the Pit to rag on something that bothers them. Sometimes the rant is not entirely PC. This is not necessarily a cue for you to tear that person a new asshole. Example: “Man, my coworker has a horrible cold. She’s a snot machine. I wish she’d go home.” “Fuck you. Why do you hate people that get colds? I suppose people with colds should just be allowed to die, huh?”
Lastly: I’d like to reintroduce the Scut Farkas rule: The first person in a debate to say “Waaaah!” or “Quit your crying” or “Grow up, you baby” not only loses the debate, but also deserves to get beaten up until his nose is bloody.
On a similar note, people quite often (myself included) come to the Pit to rage about something pretty darned insignificant in the greater scheme of things, but it’s currently bothering them, and they’re coming here to blow off steam. Telling them it’s insignificant in the greater scheme of things really isn’t necessary, or that they should only post huge, life-changing OPs. If I want to pit the recurring pimple on my butt, that’s my business. You don’t want to read about the recurring pimple on my butt, don’t. Pretty simple.
And sometimes we really don’t want to get into it with the real life targets of our frustration, or we know how ineffective that would be, and are just venting here where no one gets hurt, insulted, or fired.