# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/41 "2014-02-10T20:33:55Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Now please - STOP IT!!! > > Regards, > Shodan You know, about a zillion people have asked you the same- about both your posts and esp your 'signature". But you continue… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/42 "2014-02-10T20:38:49Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I bet you a bajillion dollars that he will eventually see this thread, and will attempt to debate what everyone has said point by point, … Yes, with 17 quotes from 11 threads over the last three years. None of which will be relevant. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/43 "2014-02-10T20:40:59Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I bet you a bajillion dollars that he will eventually see this thread, and will attempt to debate what everyone has said point by point, rather than understand that we are only interested in telling him to go pound sand. Or, he’ll claim this is evidence that all have failed and he is Winning!!! in Great Debates because no one can refute his brilliantly constructed and cited logical arguments in that forum. Of course, “arguments” might not be the correct word to use, since he seems to think the word argument only refers to a loud vocal disagreement. As **Human Action** , I believe, pointed out in the coup thread, he has unique definitions of common words. Or, as **John Mace** just mentioned–he’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/44 "2014-02-10T20:43:11Z")
I wonder if Shodan will ever get the irony of this topic… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/45 "2014-02-10T21:22:57Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I wonder if Shodan will ever get the irony of this topic… [I’d say that’s a long shot.](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/46 "2014-02-10T22:07:48Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I bet you a bajillion dollars that he will eventually see this thread, and will attempt to debate what everyone has said point by point, rather than understand that we are only interested in telling him to go pound sand. > [@Frank](#): > > Yes, with 17 quotes from 11 threads over the last three years. None of which will be relevant. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Or, he’ll claim this is evidence that all have failed and he is Winning!!!.. Okay, a buck to the rapscallion that gets him to jump into this thread in full _N_OT_F_OOLED mode. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/47 "2014-02-10T22:40:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Okay, a buck to the rapscallion that gets him to jump into this thread in full _N_OT_F_OOLED mode. Well, let’s bait the hook. > [@Is civil war in Egypt averted? 90% yes for new Constitution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-civil-war-in-egypt-averted-90-yes-for-new-constitution/679071/685): > > > [@Is civil war in Egypt averted? 90% yes for new Constitution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-civil-war-in-egypt-averted-90-yes-for-new-constitution/679071/683): > > > > Whether **NfbW** realizes it or not, this is what he is saying: > > > > Was Barack Obama’s election valid? > > Reality: Yes > > **NfbW** : Maybe > > > > Is Barack Obama the validly elected president right now? > > Reality: Yes > > **NfbW** : We won’t know until 2016 > > I write my own stuff. Your conjecture is as unnecessary as it is wrong. > > My flight is about to leave the gate. I will tell you again why you are wrong later this evening. > [@Is civil war in Egypt averted? 90% yes for new Constitution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-civil-war-in-egypt-averted-90-yes-for-new-constitution/679071/687): > > You’re going to prove that my conjecture that Barack Obama is the validly elected president of the US is wrong? > > Please do. > > Or, are you referring to my characterization of your position in what you quoted? > > Your position is that a presidential election is not valid unless the term of office is completed. So how can we know if Obama’s election is valid until his term of office is completed? > > So, > > Was Barack Obama’s election valid? > **NfbW** : Maybe > > True. His term of office is not yet complete. > > Is Barack Obama the validly elected president right now? > **NfbW** : We won’t know until 2016 > > True. This is the year the next election occurs. > > Although technically, the inauguration of the next President will be in 2017. So this bring up other questions. Does the election of the next president mean that the election of previous president is valid? Or, is it not valid until the next, not yet validly elected, president actually takes office? Would a military overthrow in December invalidate two elections? > > Tell us, when does an election become valid–end of current term or after the next election? On second thought, please don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/48 "2014-02-10T22:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=NotfooledbyW] My flight is about to leave the gate. [/QUOTE] Apparently he saw the nurse approaching with his medication. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/49 "2014-02-10T22:54:56Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Has there ever been a poster as dazzlingly dim as this fuckwit? **Clothahump, adaher, brazil84** and **FXMastermind,** just to start with. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/50 "2014-02-10T22:59:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > **Clothahump, adaher, brazil84** and **FXMastermind,** just to start with. Honestly, I think only gonzomax comes close to NFBW’s league. Or, hell, in the same universe as NFBW. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/51 "2014-02-10T23:05:49Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Honestly, I think only gonzomax comes close to NFBW’s league. Or, hell, in the same universe as NFBW. Does the Pit have a polling-function? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/52 "2014-02-10T23:08:23Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Well, let’s bait the hook. That’s pretty good… but we should start debating whether or not it was a work of masterful genius by Obama to support the invasion of Iraq, but later flip-flopping after being elected in 2010 to then oppose Bush’s diplomatic efforts in August 2003 to peacefully disarm Saddam Hussein. Because nobody can disagree that Obama supported the war on Iraq, but he did not support diplomacy. Or that Bush supported only invading Iran, which Hillary Clinton voted to allow him to do, but that Bush didn’t support going into Iraq until Tony Blair and Ted Kennedy forced him to. These are all facts and cannot be argued. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/53 "2014-02-10T23:22:45Z")
Hell, she even went further than that! As everybody knows, Saddam moved his WMD into Syria, now Clinton and Kerry have arranged a process whereby they can be destroyed, thus erasing the evidence! Wake up, America! Connect the dot! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/54 "2014-02-10T23:27:58Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Honestly, I think only gonzomax comes close to NFBW’s league. Or, hell, in the same universe as NFBW. Yeah, MFBW is like **gonzomax** on speed. At least **gonzo** would go away after a few stupid posts. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/55 "2014-02-11T00:25:20Z")
I think if he does enter the thread, we should parody his posting style and logic when replying to him. **NotfooledbyW** examples: **NfbW** : You should not assume that I wrote what I wrote. **NfbW** : I never wrote that. **NfbW** : That’s what I wrote but it’s a snippet and out of context. **NfbW** : It’s not my fault the rest of the world uses the incorrect definitions of words. Just because a billion people uses the word that way doesn’t make them correct. \*I \*used a dictionary. **NfbW** : You cannot correctly argue against my point because what I believe is correct. **NfbW** : You are wrong. **NfbW** : You have failed. And by sure to use mis-formated quotes that don’t necessarily support your position: (-Hamlet recited many time in plays) To be, or not to be, that is the question— Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? \<”Cite” Remember your allotment of commas in any one sentence is limited so be sure to string many clauses or phrases or whatever mumbo jumbo they are called together so that your point is illustrated clearly and can be followed easily and everyone can understand what it is because we want to be clear about what we argue for or against or both. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/56 "2014-02-11T00:37:31Z")
To be honest, fellas, this thread is a little disappointing so far. I feel like I’ve been waiting for the guest of honor at a surprise party to show up, but in reality I’ve been waiting in a darkened room with 25 dudes for nine and a half hours. And I’m not even drunk yet. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/57 "2014-02-11T00:54:23Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > To be honest, fellas, this thread is a little disappointing so far. I feel like I’ve been waiting for the guest of honor at a surprise party to show up, but in reality I’ve been waiting in a darkened room with 25 dudes for nine and a half hours. And I’m not even drunk yet. There is the chance that he’s composing his tour de force 20-plus posts-in-a-row response that will devastate every person on the board that has ever disagreed with him. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/58 "2014-02-11T01:08:39Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I think if he does enter the thread, we should parody his posting style and logic when replying to him. > > **NotfooledbyW** examples: > > **NfbW** : You should not assume that I wrote what I wrote. > > **NfbW** : I never wrote that. > > **NfbW** : That’s what I wrote but it’s a snippet and out of context. > > **NfbW** : It’s not my fault the rest of the world uses the incorrect definitions of words. Just because a billion people uses the word that way doesn’t make them correct. \*I \*used a dictionary. > > **NfbW** : You cannot correctly argue against my point because what I believe is correct. > > **NfbW** : You are wrong. > > **NfbW** : You have failed. You forgot: NfbW(parody): You see, \ agreed with me all along. Clearly I was right and the rest of you just don’t get it. Here, let me show you this wall of text clearly showing how they were with me as far back as 1999… [QUOTE=Ravenman] To be honest, fellas, this thread is a little disappointing so far. I feel like I’ve been waiting for the guest of honor at a surprise party to show up, but in reality I’ve been waiting in a darkened room with 25 dudes for nine and a half hours. And I’m not even drunk yet. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s a bit like a pack of Megalodon ganging up on a really stupid seal pup after said pup had a run in with some Russian sailors. But give him time…it’s possible he’s even now researching things you said 5 years ago that clearly show you always did agree with him… ---
**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:** [February 11, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/59 "2014-02-11T01:39:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > **Clothahump, adaher, brazil84** and **FXMastermind,** just to start with. Maybe we could make teams, keep stats… Y’know… make a living-in-fantasy football league. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975/60 "2014-02-11T02:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Has there ever been a poster as dazzlingly dim as this fuckwit? [/quote] > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > **Clothahump, adaher, brazil84** and **FXMastermind,** just to start with. You miss a few sidekicks of the last ones, like \*\*watchwolf49 \*\*and **Aji de gallina**. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Maybe we could make teams, keep stats… > > Y’know… make a living-in-fantasy football league. [QUOTE=The Tick animated series] _Forehead_: Hey! Who are you? _Arthur_: I’m the sidekick. \* Forehead\*: Ok. Boils. Kick him to the side. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975.md?page=4)