# New Pit rule? Must Pit VCO3 every month? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272 "2007-09-06T18:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/41 "2007-09-06T20:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Yes, and he’s an enigmatic bitch. [/QUOTE] careful, I was once chastized and called a chauvenist for calling someone a bitch (cunt was a whore). ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/42 "2007-09-06T21:24:00Z")
I promised Zoe I wouldn’t use the c-word. Sorry, but a promise is a promise. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/43 "2007-09-06T21:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] I think whoever says there aren’t cliques around here is just plain fucking wrong., [/QUOTE] What fucking clique am I in? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/44 "2007-09-06T21:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] What fucking clique am I in? [/QUOTE] If you gotta ask, I guess you’re not. I’m not on a pro-football team (or in an SDMB clique), doesn’t mean the NFL is any less real. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/45 "2007-09-06T21:40:35Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] While I think **VCO3** is an ass hole, he’s got a lot of interesting (and occasionally funny) stuff to say in a variety of threads. [/QUOTE] I never seem to come across those threads described in the latter half of that sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/46 "2007-09-06T21:41:36Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] If you gotta ask, I guess you’re not. I’m not on a pro-football team (or in an SDMB clique), doesn’t mean the NFL is any less real. [/QUOTE] Okay, what cliques are _other_ people in, then? 'Cause I’ve been here for a small while now, and I’ve never noticed much in the way of cliquishness. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/47 "2007-09-06T21:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] What fucking clique am I in? [/QUOTE] I don’t know about you, but if there is a ‘fucking’ clique, I want in! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/48 "2007-09-06T22:23:13Z")
My most humble apologies to you **VCO3**. I guess I should have given you the benefit of the doubt. It seems odd that in this day and age that one might grow to adulthood not knowing about the horrors of rape. Children in a lot of other countrys are not so fortunate. In any case, Peace be with you,OM. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/49 "2007-09-06T22:24:53Z")
Just to clarify. The reason I started this was to defend him against accusations of trolling. Not really defending some stupid shit he says, because there is plenty of that. Here’s some of the more recent things that were taken from that other thread: [QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Good lord. What a fucking troll. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SomeUserName] This could not have been a serious general question. This screams troll to me. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Crotalus] Is he the most ignorant asshole I’ve ever seen, or simply a troll? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=marshmallow] So, see, even if the genesis of this entire conservation was pretty stupid and involved a troll… [/QUOTE] What tipped me over the edge though was when **A Monkey With a Gun** , in my eyes, openly just called the guy a racist in the Cafe forum. How many other members would that be tolerated by? Oh, and\*\* Monkey\*\*, you are really winning the asshole award for this thread. And for the record, you can call me guilty of being clique-y as well. Though not to the point where I will exclude my attention from other members. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/50 "2007-09-06T22:32:21Z")
I am drawn to his threads. He style is interesting. And I often agree with him in Cafe Society. I am aware of some of his more contraversial comments, but they don’t affect my enjoyment of any of his threads. I really do love the interesting array of posters here at the dope. But I don’t see why folks shouldn’t pit him if he does something they find pit worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/51 "2007-09-06T22:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Just to clarify. The reason I started this was to defend him against accusations of trolling. Not really defending some stupid shit he says, because there is plenty of that. Here’s some of the more recent things that were taken from that other thread: [/QUOTE] It is inconceivable that an adult with normal brain function could wonder whether a rape, using his definition of a male forcing sexual intercourse on a female against her will, has in fact ever occurred. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/52 "2007-09-06T22:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Okay, what cliques are _other_ people in, then? 'Cause I’ve been here for a small while now, and I’ve never noticed much in the way of cliquishness. [/QUOTE] I didn’t know I was Dian Fossey, here. I guess I’ll have to start a log. Still, I am surprised that someone like you who’s been here a while hasn’t noticed that (as is the case in many large dynamics) like-minded and like-interested people have developed relationships and formed cliques. As such, members of these groups appear to treat one another (the one’s they know and like) with more patience and courtesy. **bigbabysweets2000** goes so far as to acknowldge his clique-eshness. I’ve never suffered thorugh an MMP, but my guess is that there are a lot of the same folks there, week in and week out, MMP-ing and that a regular will get more lattitude among his fellow MMPers than a “n00b” would. I’m not saying it’s on the level of middle school, but it’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/53 "2007-09-06T23:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Just to clarify. The reason I started this was to defend him against accusations of trolling. [/quote] People here are definitely a quick on the trigger with the T-word. But they’re not always wrong, and **VCO3** is so dense sometimes that I don’t blame anybody for wondering. If his attempts to be nice to **IndyGrrl** turn out like they and his attempts to be inquisitive turn out like that rape thread - if that was an honest question, it’s worst-phrased one I’ve ever seen on this board… wouldn’t you wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/54 "2007-09-06T23:08:14Z")
Ah, I didn’t realize that treating people you like better than people you don’t like counts as a “clique.” Under that definition, I suppose the SDMB is rife with cliques. But then, so is every other aspect of human interaction, so I’m not sure why it’s particularly note worthy when it happens here. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/55 "2007-09-06T23:11:36Z")
\*\*BG \*\*essentially is greedy. He appropriates for himself large pieces of what is basically an unregulated pie. 8 out of 50 threads? 16%? I enjoy GD, and lurk there much more often than I post, but I rarely open on of his. He’s a one trick pony, at least as far as that forum is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/56 "2007-09-06T23:18:35Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] \*\*BG \*\*essentially is greedy. He appropriates for himself large pieces of what is basically an unregulated pie. 8 out of 50 threads? 16%? I enjoy GD, and lurk there much more often than I post, but I rarely open on of his. He’s a one trick pony, at least as far as that forum is concerned. [/QUOTE] wrong thread? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/57 "2007-09-06T23:19:37Z")
[QUOTE=wring] wrong thread? [/QUOTE] Or else **BG** is taking over a thread he’s not even in! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/58 "2007-09-06T23:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Did it? Sorry, not my intention. What I meant to say was there but for the grace of God I’d be the pot calling the kettle a glass house. Or something like that. I’ve done my own dumb-assery plenty of times. And yeah, **VCO3** sticks to his guns when the guns are clearly wrong, but we all do that to some extent. It’s human nature, defending that in which we’ve just invested our identities. Dale Carnegie explained it quite well. [/QUOTE] No problem. I misinterpreted what you were saying so that it read more snarky than it was. We’re in agreement. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/59 "2007-09-06T23:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=wring] wrong thread? [/QUOTE] Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272/60 "2007-09-06T23:29:55Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Or else **BG** is taking over a thread he’s not even in! :eek: [/QUOTE] That’s just like him. We should pit him! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pit-rule-must-pit-vco3-every-month/418272.md?page=4)