# My First "YouTube" Pitting? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402 "2013-03-31T04:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/1 "2013-03-31T04:00:19Z")
Hell, my first “Pitting” even, but I just had to share… It was brought to my attention by another prolific poster here, via PM\*, that **shadowofneo** — a fleeting member who was banned before anyone could say “bong water” — had gone through the trouble to record and post a video of himself on YouTube ranting about a thread he’d started here last May, which itself made about as much sense as Sarah Palin trying to explain Quantum Chromodynamics after downing 8 or 9 Ambien. [The original thread is here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653617) (“My Personal Theory of Everything (Kaleidoscopic Reality)”) which I’d almost completely forgotton about, probably because the OP broke something important in my brain. [And his 10+ minute YouTube post-ban rant is here,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxn9ypNJdJg) which looks like Charlie Sheen employing the Chewbacca Defense. I’d try to give the Cliff Notes version, but I just don’t know where to start. There’s just too much awesome spread all over the original OP and his video. I will say that if the reason for his banning was because two accounts were created on the same IP, reeking of sockitude violation, the Mods might want to take another look. In the video (time - 1:42), he does make an attempt that it really was himself, **shadowofneo** and his fiancee, **tink222**. If this is truly the case, and why he was banned, I’ll be the first to say his and his fiancee’s user should be reinstated. But that’s about the only semi-sound case he makes. I fully accept being a douchebag and wouldn’t have changed one word in my replies, but I think he misunderstood the point of these boards in that he thought he was here to fight _our_ ignorance, not the other way around. Douchebaggily Yours, -cmyk \*_I’ll not divulge who, but if she so chooses, she can come forward if she wants to._ ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/2 "2013-03-31T04:23:03Z")
I saw this video a couple of months ago and was going to mention this but then refrained from doing so. Then I saw this thread and I thought that **cmyk** may be raising this subject again, and I was right. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/3 "2013-03-31T04:32:18Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I think he misunderstood the point of these boards in that he thought he was here to fight _our_ ignorance, not the other way around. Or assumed “dope” meant “drugs”. Wouldn’t be the first time. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/4 "2013-03-31T04:37:05Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > I saw this video a couple of months ago and was going to mention this but then refrained from doing so. Then I saw this thread and I thought that **cmyk** may be raising this subject again, and I was right. Just goes to show I need to vanity google more often. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/5 "2013-03-31T05:14:16Z")
While I believe him that tink222 isn’t a sock, he doesn’t seem to understand that showing two facebook pages doesn’t prove jack. Also, he figured out [time travel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26-1NMye10&list=UUix-KgX2vaEXW0ZY9p81PBA&index=933), it’s easy, really. Just make sure the engines are bolted on really tight and find a universe with different conditions then the big bang, yup, that’s all there is to it. Oh, and something about the other universe having a lack of light, or a slower speed of light. He lost me somewhere in the ramble. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/6 "2013-03-31T05:17:29Z")
I think it’s because he was banned before he was able to finish his Kalidoscopic Theory of Everything. I mean, you can only type so fast on a Nokia, it wasn’t his fault. Now we’ll never know! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/7 "2013-03-31T05:19:29Z")
I liked his surprise that she was engaged to him as well. Yeah, that’s how the linked relationship works. Very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/8 "2013-03-31T05:23:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I liked his surprise that she was engaged to him as well. Yeah, that’s how the linked relationship works. > > Very entertaining. Ha! Almost as surprised as me. I notice he has _quite_ a few video game reviews on his YouTube channel, all ranging from 0 to 5 views, max. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/9 "2013-03-31T05:28:26Z")
Oh, I noticed that he had uploaded 937 videos and has apparently learned nothing about what makes an interesting or engaging video. (If you’re going over 10 minutes, you better be throwing shade or I’m clicking away.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/10 "2013-03-31T05:40:18Z")
It’s all about _ **FREEZE PEACH,** _ man! He can upload as many whining, meandering videos as he wants. This is New Jersey not Nazi Korea or whatever, you ignorant punks! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/11 "2013-03-31T05:52:51Z")
Pardon me, he’s from New Brunswick, Canada. His _ **FREEZE PEACH,** _ seems to be too frozen. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/12 "2013-03-31T06:08:45Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > While I believe him that tink222 isn’t a sock, he doesn’t seem to understand that showing two facebook pages doesn’t prove jack. Oh, god, don’t I know it. But given that without hesitation, he bluntly states his fiancée isn’t here right now because she’s out bra shopping with her mom, I’ll believe he has no ability to discern the fine line of being candid or juggle the flaming chainsaws of deceit. I’ll grant him the benefit of the doubt on this one. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also, he figured out [time travel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26-1NMye10&list=UUix-KgX2vaEXW0ZY9p81PBA&index=933), it’s easy, really. Just make sure the engines are bolted on really tight and find a universe with different conditions then the big bang, yup, that’s all there is to it. Oh, and something about the other universe having a lack of light, or a slower speed of light. He lost me somewhere in the ramble. It won’t stream on my iPad, but I can’t wait to watch it on my desktop tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/13 "2013-03-31T06:14:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > but I think he misunderstood the point of these boards in that he thought he was here to fight _our_ ignorance, not the other way around. 'Cause we already know everything, right? :rolleyes: Or is that just Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/14 "2013-03-31T06:17:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > 'Cause we already know everything, right? :rolleyes: > > Or is that just Cecil? Not what I’m saying at all, but once you take in his attitude about the whole thing, it became obvious to me, he thought the board’s motto meant this was a place to fight ignorance overtly, and without anyone asking for his opinion or question his “ignorance fighting” in the first place. Cecil? Who’s that? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/15 "2013-03-31T07:00:37Z")
You bastards! You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you’ve done to him! He’s worked his fingers to the bone to explain to us the intricate and incoherent workings of the universe and what it is, and you come in with your petty feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt, this fine, honoorable man, whose boots you are not worthy to kiss. Oh, it makes me mad. Mad! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/16 "2013-03-31T17:02:28Z")
I wish more pittings were like this, very entertaining. I might have to respond in kind… ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/17 "2013-03-31T17:15:33Z")
I’m surprised this thread is allowed at all. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/18 "2013-03-31T17:24:07Z")
If you look at the analytics, the views on that video have started going up quite quickly since yesterday. ETA: I saw your comment there, **cmyk** ; why is it flagged as spam? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/19 "2013-03-31T17:57:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You bastards! You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you’ve done to him! He’s worked his fingers to the bone to explain to us the intricate and incoherent workings of the universe and what it is, and you come in with your petty feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt, this fine, honoorable man, whose boots you are not worthy to kiss. Oh, it makes me mad. Mad! Easy, Mongo, easy; never kill a customer. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402/20 "2013-03-31T18:12:27Z")
I never really thought about it but the title “Straight Dope” and the tagline “fighting ignorance” could attract a lot of conspiracy theorists just meandering the internet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-youtube-pitting/654402.md?page=2)