# newcrasher comitted an act that was rude. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955 "2004-12-03T20:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/1 "2004-12-03T20:48:34Z")
newcrasher, calling someone a dumdum is rude. Your problem is not that I am a dumdum, but that I committed an act that was dumb in your opinion. Hate the act, not the actor. For instance, I don’t call you a ruderude, I just say you committed a rude act. See the difference Mr. Icommittedarudeact? > **[Kel Varnson - Latex Division is a dumdum](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289859)** > > http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289696&page=1&pp=50 In this thread he wants to chat about a hypothetical car blowout causing your 7 year old to be trapped and burned alive unless you liberate his soul with your handy .45... ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/2 "2004-12-03T20:53:44Z")
Why the hell didn’t you just post in that thread numbnuts? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/3 "2004-12-03T20:57:30Z")
Ahhhh, but there is a difference between rude and _crude_. (Rude is when you throw your underwear against a wall, crude is when it sticks.) Your GD thread was crude. So newcrasher was mistaken in calling you a dumdum. He should have said you were crude. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/4 "2004-12-03T20:58:46Z")
What **treis** said. Now you just look like an attention whore. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/5 "2004-12-03T20:58:51Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Why the hell didn’t you just post in that thread numbnuts? Cuz he’s a dumdum? Just a guess, I could be wrong. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/6 "2004-12-03T21:00:20Z")
Because his skin is thinthin and/or his ego needs a strokestroke? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/7 "2004-12-03T21:00:33Z")
I’d say that opening this thread only helped to demonstrate **Newscrasher** ’s point quite effectively. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/8 "2004-12-03T21:09:59Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Why the hell didn’t you just post in that thread numbnuts? I didn’t want to hijack his thread. I hate when my threads get hijacked. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/9 "2004-12-03T21:10:56Z")
[christmas music] _It’s beginning to look a lot like Melt-down In every thread he starts_ [/christmas music] ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/10 "2004-12-03T21:16:51Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > I didn’t want to hijack his thread. I hate when my threads get hijacked. How the hell would that be a hijack? Seriously, you need to be a little more judicious with the “New Thread” button. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/11 "2004-12-03T21:17:31Z")
Latex is toxic. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/12 "2004-12-03T21:20:20Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > I didn’t want to hijack his thread. I hate when my threads get hijacked. I’m sorry, should I have opened a new thread to call you numbnuts? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/13 "2004-12-03T21:30:36Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I’m sorry, should I have opened a new thread to call you numbnuts? Yes ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/14 "2004-12-03T21:34:48Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I’m sorry, should I have opened a new thread to call you numbnuts? I don’t know. I can’t tell you what to do. Can’t you make up your own mind? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/15 "2004-12-03T21:37:20Z")
newcrasher, calling someone a dumdum is rude. Your problem is not that I am a dumdum, but that I committed an act that was dumb in your opinion. Hate the act, not the actor. For instance, I don’t call you a ruderude, I just say you committed a rude act. boo hoo wah wah! See the difference Mr. Icommittedarudeact? … this post post has joined joined the rebellion. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/16 "2004-12-03T21:44:39Z")
**Kel** , your stock went way up in my book after the hilarious twist that thread took and I never would have seen it had **newscrasher** not linked to it nor would, I imagine, many others. Instead of looking for something to get upset about, why not just chill and bask in it’s glow for awhile. That damn thing’s gonna be linked to for years. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/17 "2004-12-03T21:47:38Z")
::Standing Ovation for **shijinn** :: ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/18 "2004-12-03T21:57:39Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **Kel** , your stock went way up in my book after the hilarious twist that thread took and I never would have seen it had **newscrasher** not linked to it nor would, I imagine, many others. Instead of looking for something to get upset about, why not just chill and bask in it’s glow for awhile. That damn thing’s gonna be linked to for years. Holy fuck. I haden’t read the thread since it was at post #2. That is some seriously funny stuff. **pravnik** ’s “Feed him the dead truck driver” line brought tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/19 "2004-12-03T22:03:06Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > [christmas music] > > _It’s beginning to look a lot like > Melt-down > In every thread he starts_ > > [/christmas music] I guess this is as pointless a thread as any to point out that whenever I glance at your name, I see “Senator Santorum”. And we all know what images _that_ evokes :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955/20 "2004-12-03T22:22:52Z")
Atcher service, **NurseCarmen**. I should be working, but I just keep rereading that thread and giggling like a moron. Instant classic. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newcrasher-comitted-an-act-that-was-rude/277955.md?page=2)