# Nothing Special lives up to his username. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898 "2006-12-05T02:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/21 "2006-12-05T14:07:40Z")
It seems that \*\*Nothing Special \*\* engages in an activity that he thinks is wrong or makes no sense. One of the first threads he started was about [an NFL game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=397068) he seemed to care deeply about. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/22 "2006-12-05T14:23:02Z")
> [@Nothing Special](#): > > 1. Sex. It’s relatively easy for me since my preference, as a male, is for inflatable women. Society sanctions that, so it’s a-ok in anyone’s book, as long as my partner isn’t running a few PSI low. If she is, there are potential problems. Hey, I fixed those typos for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/23 "2006-12-05T14:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=Nothing Special] I wanted to be a good athlete in high school. I did it. It was a bad thing for me to try to do. It is a bad thing for anyone to try to do. So, why do people try to do it? [/QUOTE] Smart people who are properly coached know how to avoid injury both short and long term. One of the afore mentioned conditions may not apply to you. > [@](#): > > Those who engage in normal sports are inherently irrational. They have to be to risk such damage. The fuckwittedness! It burns! > [@](#): > > I dated a lot back then, and now. Athletes often do. It is normal athletics that destroy you, not dating. We obviously did not date some of the same people. ---
**Author:** ![Nothing\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/24 "2006-12-05T14:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=brianjedi] You got picked last for kickball a lot in elementary school, didn’t you? [/QUOTE] Actually, I was a pretty good athlete in my youth, and was regularly picked first, or near the top, for most sports. Nope, my objection to the relative risks of what we consider normal athletics has nothing to do with previously feeling inadaquate and left out. But such endeavors are different as a kid. We played hundreds, maybe thousands, of pick-up football games and no one ever got hurt. Ever. I think it was because we were smalller, and also weren’t making any money at it. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/25 "2006-12-05T14:59:25Z")
So, **Nothing Special** , how about those Giants? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/26 "2006-12-05T15:38:06Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] So, **Nothing Special** , how about those Giants? [/QUOTE] Hee. 😃 Looks like we’ve found the source of the problem. If my favorite team choked four weeks in a row I’d probably be disillusioned too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/27 "2006-12-05T15:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] Hey, I fixed those typos for ya. [/QUOTE] Do not change text within quote tags attributed to another user. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/28 "2006-12-05T15:50:50Z")
[QUOTE=Nothing Special] I wanted to be a good athlete in high school. I did it. It was a bad thing for me to try to do. [/QUOTE] Yup, repeated blows to the head can have long-term consequences. But many athletes manage to avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/29 "2006-12-05T16:05:13Z")
Well. Talk about your herd mentality. **Nothing Special’s** comment was made in Great Debates. You may agree, you may disagree, you may think that it is batshit crazy. But why move your attention to a Pit thread, with insult and invective? I’d say argue in GD as eloquently as you care to, or move on to other things. A troll? I can’t see that from what has been posted in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/30 "2006-12-05T16:12:11Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Well. Talk about your herd mentality. **Nothing Special’s** comment was made in Great Debates. You may agree, you may disagree, you may think that it is batshit crazy. But why move your attention to a Pit thread, with insult and invective? I’d say argue in GD as eloquently as you care to, or move on to other things. A troll? I can’t see that from what has been posted in this thread. [/QUOTE] Why use the Pit to Pit someone? Have you been here before? And trolling is in the eye of the beholder. It looks like Grade A Prime Trolling to me. He continues to make statements without offering a shred of evidence, and ignore reasonable answers to his moronic questions. The fact that a lot of people think Nothing Special is an idiot is not evidence of herd mentality. Maybe he’s actually an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Nothing\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/31 "2006-12-05T16:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Well. Talk about your herd mentality. **Nothing Special’s** comment was made in Great Debates. You may agree, you may disagree, you may think that it is batshit crazy. But why move your attention to a Pit thread, with insult and invective? I’d say argue in GD as eloquently as you care to, or move on to other things. A troll? I can’t see that from what has been posted in this thread. [/QUOTE] Well said. Brief, concise, and to the point. ---
**Author:** ![Nothing\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/32 "2006-12-05T16:22:52Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Do not change text within quote tags attributed to another user. [/QUOTE] Thank you very much. I was going to say something about that, but also thought that the fact that the poster stated specifically that he altered the text might exempt him/her from “The Rules,” as strictly defined. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/33 "2006-12-05T16:32:09Z")
[QUOTE=Slacker] Why use the Pit to Pit someone? Have you been here before? [/QUOTE] Yes, dear. Many times… :rolleyes: [QUOTE=Slacker] And trolling is in the eye of the beholder. It looks like Grade A Prime Trolling to me. He continues to make statements without offering a shred of evidence, and ignore reasonable answers to his moronic questions. [/QUOTE] Then perhaps he is a moron and a lousy debater. If he doesn’t respond adequately there, why take it here? If you think that he is truly a troll, how is this not setting out a buffet table? [QUOTE=Slacker] The fact that a lot of people think Nothing Special is an idiot is not evidence of herd mentality. Maybe he’s actually an idiot. [/QUOTE] Perhaps. I’m just wondering why it needs to be said here when it could be logically and eloquently proven in the GD thread. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/34 "2006-12-05T16:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=Nothing Special] Well said. Brief, concise, and to the point. [/QUOTE] Great… Why do I feel like I should be applying to the ACLU right now? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/35 "2006-12-05T16:36:57Z")
I don’t really care about his opinion of sports either way. What bothers me is: Who the fuck describes eating raw vegetables as a “real rush”? Man, refried beans must drive you into a Bacchanalian frenzy. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/36 "2006-12-05T16:44:48Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] But why move your attention to a Pit thread, with insult and invective? [/QUOTE] You can’t call him a pussy in GD. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/37 "2006-12-05T16:45:44Z")
He eats/drinks raw vegetables for fun? I’ll betcha he reads a dictionary/thesaurus just for the rush he gets ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/38 "2006-12-05T16:50:21Z")
I prefer ironing pants in my leisure time. Of course… there is the risk of burns. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/39 "2006-12-05T17:01:22Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] Well. Talk about your herd mentality. **Nothing Special’s** comment was made in Great Debates. You may agree, you may disagree, you may think that it is batshit crazy. But why move your attention to a Pit thread, with insult and invective? I’d say argue in GD as eloquently as you care to, or move on to other things. A troll? I can’t see that from what has been posted in this thread. [/QUOTE] In the GD thread, a number of posters asked for cites, stats, any kind of support for some of his ridiculous assertions, and he has so far provided nothing but more assertions. It was pissing people off somewhat, and thus this thread. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898/40 "2006-12-05T17:13:52Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] It seems that \*\*Nothing Special \*\* engages in an activity that he thinks is wrong or makes no sense. One of the first threads he started was about [an NFL game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=397068) he seemed to care deeply about. [/QUOTE] \*\*Crotalus \*\* are you implying that just because you caught him in an obvious and blatant contradiction that this proves \*\*Garfield226’s \*\* accusations are correct? Surely there must be some other explanation? Give me a few minutes, I will come up with something. Jim {Nope, I got nothing} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-special-lives-up-to-his-username/382898.md?page=3)