# NotfooledbyW, You Colossal Clod **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975 "2014-02-10T14:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/181 "2014-03-26T17:10:00Z")
Maybe we can get a mod to change the title of this thread to: _Stupid NFBW post of the day (or hour)._ I have a feeling this thread is going to stick around as long as he’s posting on this MB. ---
**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 26, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/182 "2014-03-26T18:57:04Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > That you have such a hard-on for chasing **Shodan** around announcing to the world how much you dislike him doesn’t mean everyone else does. I’d much rather be stuck on a desert island with him than with you were I forced to choose between the two, and politically my views are probably far closer to yours than to his. **NFBW** is a colossal moron. It’s not very hard to figure out. In fairness to ElvisL1ves, I myself at intervals of a few months feel compelled to remind him of his own particular moment of crowning stupidity. It carries a mild sense of satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/183 "2014-03-27T12:32:07Z")
Alas, modern science has yet to discover a cure for the common clod. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/184 "2014-03-27T13:33:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Alas, modern science has yet to discover a cure for the common clod. How dare you disparage the subject of this pitting! He is NOT common!! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/185 "2014-03-27T15:36:14Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > How dare you disparage the subject of this pitting! He is NOT common!! No indeed. You might even call him . . . colossal! ---
**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 27, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/186 "2014-03-27T17:53:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Alas, modern science has yet to discover a cure for the common clod. Ah…_Mad_ Magazine of the 1950s… truly an oracle unto the ages. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/187 "2014-03-28T10:24:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Ah…_Mad_ Magazine of the 1950s… truly an oracle unto the ages. I’m also trying to bring “Potrzebie!” back as a catchphrase. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/188 "2014-03-31T00:09:54Z")
> [@Russia has invaded Ukraine. How will the West respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-has-invaded-ukraine-how-will-the-west-respond/682513/2112): > > Ukraine’s current government and President came to power via anti-Russian mob rule. Not true, you dumb-ass. > [@](#): > > And that occurred before the Crimeans made their move to separate. Putin has thus far reacted to the violent mob that overthrew the head of state. He does not see a legitimately elected government where eastern Ukraine and Crimean formerly had a voice. Putin’s action were illegal, no matter what his motive. And you’re extremely naive (read: stupid) if you think Putin acted to save “Russian Speakers”. He wanted the Crimea and so he took it. > [@](#): > > Now you claim that Putin is driving Eastern Ukrainians away too. But they had no say in what went down in Kiev. And had Putin reacted by doing nothing at all it is doubtful that the mob would change its mind about Putin and getting close to him or his Russia. Eh. There is another election coming up shortly. We’ll see what that produces, you blithering idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/189 "2014-03-31T01:47:02Z")
Based on his complete ignorance of the concept of idiom/literal mindness, I think he might be Balki. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/190 "2014-03-31T05:49:44Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Based on his complete ignorance of the concept of idiom/literal mindness, I think he might be Balki. He claims to have never slept with any farm animals, but he smells like the swine he’s slept with. Right there with North Korea, Cuba and Swinestan. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/191 "2014-04-05T16:20:03Z")
The guy is such a fucking idiot, that he makes arguments like this, and thinks they add something to the discussion: > [@Batistuta](#): > > Irrelevant. The victim of a robbery might want to torture the culprits, but thankfully for everyone that is illegal. > [@NFBW](#): > > Dick Cheney would argue with you on that to this day. Cheney has made torture legal in the past. People were tortured during his reign of error. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/192 "2014-04-05T16:30:40Z")
A coup isn’t a coup, democracy is where the military takes over, the Ukrainian constitution forbids what it allows, and now sending your army into another country isn’t an invasion. They banned **lekatt** for not arguing in good faith. They have much better reason in this case. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/193 "2014-04-05T19:26:36Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > A coup isn’t a coup, democracy is where the military takes over, the Ukrainian constitution forbids what it allows, and now sending your army into another country isn’t an invasion. > > They banned **lekatt** for not arguing in good faith. They have much better reason in this case. > > Regards, > Shodan Ahh…but where do the mods draw a masterful Red Line between posters who are not arguing in good faith and posters who are too stupid to realize that the previous sentence they just wrote contradicts their next sentence? Is **NFBW** a masterful troll and we just don’t know it, or–much more likely–is he an idiot? I’ve been tempted to create a sock puppet here and argue for something like Creationism, just to practice my debating skills. I mean, a skilled debater could take a position he doesn’t believe in and argue it persuasively enough to convince others. I’ve got friends in real life who do this, just to expose the fact that people on their side don’t have clearly thought-out arguments. ETA: **NFBW** is an idiot–just to be clear. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/194 "2014-04-05T19:43:54Z")
In a way I almost hope he is a sock puppet. It is scary to think there are people like that who are allowed to chew thru the leather restraints and post on the Internet. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/195 "2014-04-05T20:15:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > In a way I almost hope he is a sock puppet. It is scary to think there are people like that who are allowed to chew thru the leather restraints and post on the Internet. > > Regards, > Shodan To be honest, I have suspicions that **NFBW** is an anti-sock puppet, if you will. I mean, not one poster using multiple names, but multiple users sharing the **NFBW** name. Has anyone noticed that the varying degrees of **NFBW** ’s use of the quote function seems to fluctuate? It’s almost like there is an original moron who created the **NFBW** name, but when out of depths with his arguments, he gets a friend to help him out with slightly more coherent posts? Every once in a rare while, “ **NFBW** ” posts something I don’t take exception to (and I’d be hard pressed to find an example to cite). But mostly, it’s what medication have you stopped taking? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/196 "2014-04-06T23:27:38Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I’ve been tempted to create a sock puppet here and argue for something like Creationism, just to practice my debating skills. I mean, a skilled debater could take a position he doesn’t believe in and argue it persuasively enough to convince others. I’ve got friends in real life who do this, just to expose the fact that people on their side don’t have clearly thought-out arguments. > > ETA: **NFBW** is an idiot–just to be clear. No need to create a sock puppet for that. I often debate with posters here with whom I agree, but whose arguments I find fallacious. This place is full of people who can’t support the positions they hold! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/197 "2014-04-08T19:14:28Z")
I can hardly wait for his new Afghan Election thread to veer off into some tangental nonsense where he creates some new definition of “victory” that he, and only he, uses in order to prove that he’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/198 "2014-04-08T19:26:45Z")
He didn’t say that it is a “win” for the United States. He’s saying it’s a “victory.” Does he have to spell it out for you? Like, duh! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/199 "2014-04-08T21:12:33Z")
Plus it’s not a real election until there is a military takeover to oust whoever they voted for. This is the truest and deepest expression of the will of the people. Also, context. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/200 "2014-04-08T22:54:31Z")
He will be along shortly with a wall of strangely formatted text to really kick this thread off and spend the next 10 pages explaining how you all are wrong about the use of the word ‘win’, ‘victory’ and ‘invasion’, and then misread what you write to tie the discussion into painfully plodding semantic discussions that, eventually, will clearly show that he was right all along. I can hardly wait… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975.md?page=11)