# Mr. Clothahump, if you will **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422 "2017-03-31T16:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/21 "2017-03-31T18:44:36Z")
Thought about taking it elsewhere, but where? What was born in the Pit should stay in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/22 "2017-03-31T18:48:36Z")
GD ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/23 "2017-03-31T18:50:20Z")
I tried something similar in a Facebook asking an honest question of my (handful of) Trump Supporting (not just voting) friends about what positive developments they expected out of the new Administration. I got a series of answers stating that they can’t stand Hillary, that political correctness is run amok, that The Wall is going to create jobs because something something, that black people don’t know how good they’ve got it, that Obama didn’t do shit to even _try_ to help the economy recover, and that any of the perfectly reasoned responses questioning their logic were all just emotionally driven illogical liberal tear showers LOL. I quickly decided it was pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/24 "2017-03-31T18:51:53Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > GD Lookit this. Real-timin’ it! Nah, I just want a response to my post in the closed thread. No grand debate. Just got done reading the updates for Unsounded and Gunnerkrigg Court. Off to bed now. Catcha’ later. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/25 "2017-03-31T19:11:42Z")
I’m not planning on joining this ‘melee’, but just want to drop in to say this thread has crystallized a feeling I’ve had that we are a community. And if one of us is a jerk, we should call them on it. \*Oh, no! I’m in my sixties and I’m part of an online community! Arrrrgggh! \* This must go against one of my Luddite Laws (I’m not on Facebook, ButtBook, InstaSnapSlackBook, anything… except here). Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/26 "2017-03-31T19:23:13Z")
Lets not forget that Clothy is a martial arts instructor in Texas. He’s got his head firmly up his own ass, convinced of his correctness, while openly displaying his lack of honor and integrity. He is completely [this guy](https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/xxx_karate-kid-mov-jy-487-_65120260.jpg?w=1000&h=750). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/27 "2017-03-31T19:30:44Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Lets not forget that Clothy is a martial arts instructor in Texas. He’s got his head firmly up his own ass, convinced of his correctness, while openly displaying his lack of honor and integrity. He is completely [this guy](https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/xxx_karate-kid-mov-jy-487-_65120260.jpg?w=1000&h=750). Hey, that’s no way to talk about Mr. Miyagi! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/28 "2017-03-31T19:53:21Z")
On the meta question of Why This Thread: > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Because someone on the internet is wrong. Sure, the xkcd observation is a timeless skewering of a (probably) universal human foible. But at the same time, it’s worth noting that standard trollish techniques have now–it’s arguable–had an actual, provable effect on our LIVES: > [@black\_rabbit](#): > > I tried something similar in a Facebook asking an honest question of my (handful of) Trump Supporting (not just voting) friends about what positive developments they expected out of the new Administration. > I got a series of answers stating that they can’t stand Hillary, that political correctness is run amok, that The Wall is going to create jobs because something something, that black people don’t know how good they’ve got it, that Obama didn’t do shit to even _try_ to help the economy recover, and that any of the perfectly reasoned responses questioning their logic were all just emotionally driven illogical liberal tear showers LOL. > I quickly decided it was pointless. The 2016 election wasn’t _decided_ by trollish techniques—but it’s difficult to escape the suspicion that minds _were_ changed and votes _were_ suppressed by those techniques. Who can say what that did to the final numbers? So, a thread that attempts to pin down someone who commonly resorts to those techniques, and get a less-canned response out of him (or her), seems a not-unreasonable enterprise to undertake in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/29 "2017-03-31T21:18:07Z")
I opened this thinking the entire OP would consist of two words, seven letters total - two different vowels and three different consonants, one of which would be in the first, penultimate, and final places. There might have been a single punctuation mark, either a period or exclamation, with a very slight chance of a question mark. It had none of those, and the specific phrase is appallingly lacking from the thread altogether. This thread receives no nuts. It might have received one, but the Pittee has not deigned to grace it with his presence yet, and thus the bonus nut is not awarded. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/30 "2017-03-31T21:43:05Z")
I enjoy “sad moss” as much as the next guy, but what’s the connection ? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/31 "2017-03-31T22:19:20Z")
Other than the martial arts stuff, I don’t think I’ve ever seen **Clothy** talk about anything other than whining about liberals. That’s pretty much it. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/32 "2017-03-31T22:41:02Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I opened this thinking the entire OP would consist of two words, seven letters total - two different vowels and three different consonants, one of which would be in the first, penultimate, and final places. There might have been a single punctuation mark, either a period or exclamation, with a very slight chance of a question mark. > > It had none of those, and the specific phrase is appallingly lacking from the thread altogether. This thread receives no nuts. It might have received one, **but the Pittee has not deigned to grace it with his presence yet** , and thus the bonus nut is not awarded. The Pitee, ( **Humpy** ) is a gutless coward. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/33 "2017-04-01T01:49:39Z")
Mornin’ all. > [@Chimera](#): > > Lets not forget that Clothy is a martial arts instructor in Texas. He’s got his head firmly up his own ass, convinced of his correctness, while openly displaying his lack of honor and integrity. He is completely [this guy](https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/xxx_karate-kid-mov-jy-487-_65120260.jpg?w=1000&h=750). > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Hey, that’s no way to talk about Mr. Miyagi! Heh. Thanks for the laugh guys. 😃 > [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I opened this thinking the entire OP would consist of two words, seven letters total - two different vowels and three different consonants, one of which would be in the first, penultimate, and final places. There might have been a single punctuation mark, either a period or exclamation, with a very slight chance of a question mark. That was . . . masterful. You’re an English teacher, right? A copy editor? A linguist? > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I enjoy “sad moss” as much as the next guy, but what’s the connection ? And you’ll be here all week. (Don’t forget to tip your waitress.) Well, I gots to get off me butt and get some stuff done: Hang up laundry, take back some DVDs, maybe get around to some gardening. I’ll check in occasionally to see if \*\*Clothahump’s \*\*responed. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/34 "2017-04-01T02:22:55Z")
I think your mistake here was the title of the OP. You needed to call it something like, “Why all conservatives suck ass.” Then **Clothy** would have been here in a heartbeat to defend his peeps against the libtards. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/35 "2017-04-01T02:56:35Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > Well, I gots to get off me butt and get some stuff done: Hang up laundry, take back some DVDs, maybe get around to some gardening. > I’ll check in occasionally to see if \*\*Clothahump’s \*\*responed. If he does, all you’re going to get is a “fuck off” and a promise to go on his ignore list. I’m pretty sure the list is so long that when Humpy logs into the SDMB, all he sees is a bunch of blank pages, interspersed with his own comments. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/36 "2017-04-01T12:50:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’m pretty sure the list is so long that when Humpy logs into the SDMB, all he sees is a bunch of blank pages, interspersed with his own comments. If you listen closely, you can hear him fapping. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/37 "2017-04-01T15:09:03Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I think your mistake here was the title of the OP. You needed to call it something like, “Why all conservatives suck ass.” Then **Clothy** would have been here in a heartbeat to defend his peeps against the libtards. Snerk. 😛 > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > If he does, all you’re going to get is a “fuck off” and a promise to go on his ignore list. > > I’m pretty sure the list is so long that when Humpy logs into the SDMB, all he sees is a bunch of blank pages, interspersed with his own comments. Heh. Well, I’m not on it yet. I think. I used to be under the misconception that “fuck off” was against the Pit rules (I mean, it’s not much different from “fuck you”), and I wondered how \*\*Clothahump \*\*got away with using it so frequently. (Got the laundry done; returned \*Rashomon \*and _Baron Von Munchausen_, borrowed \*Meet the Parents \*and _Deadpool_; got most of the gardening done; wrote to my aunt; watched some Futurama clips with my kids, for their education; even got a little painting done. Not a bad day.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/38 "2017-04-01T15:34:57Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I opened this thinking the entire OP would consist of two words, seven letters total - two different vowels and three different consonants, one of which would be in the first, penultimate, and final places. There might have been a single punctuation mark, either a period or exclamation, with a very slight chance of a question mark. > [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > That was . . . masterful. > You’re an English teacher, right? > A copy editor? > A linguist? He’s Will Shortz, and that was the puzzle challenge for this Sunday’s Weekend Edition on NPR. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/39 "2017-04-01T15:50:25Z")
Had to google it. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422/40 "2017-04-01T19:50:27Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > The Pitee, ( **Humpy** ) is a gutless coward. Maybe. But the odds are good that some of the Usual Suspects spouting right-wing boilerplate around here aren’t actually, you know, _people_. A bot may not be programmed to respond to something like this thread, given that (as has been suggested) it doesn’t contain attacks on Conservatives or on Trump or on Republicans, etc. A bot wouldn’t be activated by the OP of this thread. Not that I’m claiming the pitee is a program–the pitee may well be a person. But some of them are bound to be programs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422.md?page=3)