# name calling **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221 "2011-09-05T04:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/21 "2011-09-05T19:21:50Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > a notorious barfy I just want to say that this typo had me do a spit take. My cat is now coated with Mountain Dew. I’m sure you meant “barfly.” ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/22 "2011-09-05T19:50:12Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I just want to say that this typo had me do a spit take. My cat is now coated with Mountain Dew. > > I’m sure you meant “barfly.” Well, to be fair, notorious barflies are often also notorious barfies.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/23 "2011-09-05T21:24:48Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > What’s it to you, smeghead? Absolutely nothing at all. Just a bit of friendly advice. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/24 "2011-09-05T21:41:50Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > What’s it to you, smeghead? Another blatant example of name calling outside the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/25 "2011-09-05T21:43:18Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Absolutely nothing at all. Just a bit of friendly advice. Yeah, sorry, just going for a spot of off-the-wall humour there but it misfired. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/26 "2011-09-06T21:59:19Z")
> [@sannemoore](#): > > I joined The Straight Dope a few weeks ago. I was excited to post and talk with others. These people have never met me, they do not know me, however I was attacked and called names and why because they did not believe what I was saying. Welcome to the internet. > [@Smeghead](#): > > Welcome to the Internet. I would advise against visiting literally every other website on the planet if your treatment here bothered you that much. _waves fist_ Um, yeah, what he said. > [@elbows](#): > > Only he’s way more convincing that you are. Firstly his Mom claims to have slept with JFK, and was a notorious barfy, in her day, so there’s that. I’m not sure how regular regurgitation plays a role. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/27 "2011-09-07T00:49:01Z")
barfy…barfly, such an easy little mistake to make. I admit I didn’t even notice it until it was pointed out. She was a little barfy too, so, it’s all good!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/28 "2011-09-07T05:10:13Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > > [@Malacandra](#): > > > > What’s it to you, smeghead? > > Another blatant example of name calling outside the Pit. Oh shut up, Rimmer. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/29 "2011-09-07T21:13:03Z")
Suddenly I realize the point of that character’s name. :smack: Rimmer is a character from _Red Dwarf_, a British campy sci fi show. A “rimmer” might also be someone who gives “rim jobs”. **STOP EXPLAINING THE JOKE!! You’re killing it!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/30 "2011-09-09T01:54:15Z")
I wasn’t going to bump this (or draw attention to my own joke), but … this was my last post before the Marloutage. For a few long hours I was wondering if someone reported the post and I got summarily banned for what would appear to be an out-of-pit insult, rather than the circular reference (smeghead _is_ Rimmer). Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/31 "2011-09-09T03:28:22Z")
I never knew Hitler was a serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/32 "2011-09-09T06:34:10Z")
**Toucanna** , thank you for your sensitivity to some of the problems that the mentally ill have to deal with. I have previously complained about the not-so-veiled insult about “checking your meds” before. One of the mods said he was unaware that it was ever used to insult people. Right. **elbows** , a person who is mentally ill doesn’t have a fully functioning brain. They may not be aware of what pills they are supposed to be taking for what reason or when or how many. So although it may sound like a reasonable idea to tell them to check their meds, they may not even understand what “check your meds” means. Besides, that phrase has been used as a slam so many times that it will almost always be likely to be taken as one now, in my opinion. **elbows** , do you always think it is necessary to confront someone who is medically ill? Why not just speak to the nonsense of what any person might be saying? You don’t have to address the mentally ill to inform them that they are sick anymore than you do those with diabetes or a broken leg. Chances are they’ve been told or know it already and are in pain. If you think someone is having a mental break of some kind, find out if someone else is with that person in the house first. What happens after that depends on the situation. And just for clarification: One of the most insightful, articulate, and valued members of the SDMB has schizophrenia. I would never have known it if he hadn’t mentioned it himself. For almost fifty years I have had a mood disorder: chronic depression. It is not the deep depression that is such a well of despair. (Although I’ve had those times too.) But I go through periods of being down, overwhelmingly sleepy, easily confused, and unable to concentrate. The depressed mood is only part of it. I talk about it openly because there are more of us out there than you might think. I don’t take it as an insult when someone says, “She has a mental illness.” You would too if you had my genes. Someday you may be senile and they’ll call you crazy. With me they’ll say, “Oh, that’s just Zoe…” ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/33 "2011-09-09T06:38:20Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I wasn’t going to bump this (or draw attention to my own joke), but … > > this was my last post before the Marloutage. For a few long hours I was wondering if someone reported the post and I got summarily banned for what would appear to be an out-of-pit insult, rather than the circular reference (smeghead _is_ Rimmer). > Whew! What’s Marloutage? I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/34 "2011-09-09T06:53:00Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > What’s Marloutage? I’m curious. The board “outage” purportedly caused by Marley banning one more spammer’s IP. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/35 "2011-09-09T06:57:42Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > The board “outage” purportedly caused by Marley banning one more spammer’s IP. Ok, lol. It sounded like a French word, thought it was Quebecois slang that I had never heard. I like the sound of it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/36 "2011-09-09T07:13:46Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I never knew Hitler was a serial killer. He was more of a massively parallel killer. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/37 "2011-09-09T12:45:00Z")
Sorry for the confusion **Capitaine Zombie**. Can I make it up to you by offering you henfur? 😃 (I like the French angle. Not Marl-OUT-age, but more of a Mar-lou-TAGE. Helps if you put on a gross affectation.) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/38 "2011-09-09T12:48:35Z")
I think the OP should have chose a name that isn’t so easily mistaken for **sanenomore**. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/39 "2011-09-09T16:15:25Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > this was my last post before the Marloutage. I’m sure we can come up with a better name than that, and I say that not just because I’d like to see a nickname that doesn’t blame it all on me quite so much. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221/40 "2011-09-09T17:24:32Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m sure we can come up with a better name than that, and I say that not just because I’d like to see a nickname that doesn’t blame it all on me quite so much. :smack: [What should we call the recent super-ban?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623616) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-calling/595221.md?page=3)