# Octopus has a point **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062 "2021-03-31T02:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/141 "2021-04-09T09:07:41Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Do you (or anyone) have a link to this? I’m curious what he said, and to whom. I have PMed you some links. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/142 "2021-04-09T12:57:49Z")
Hope you also PMed some links to the off-board activities that were the real impetus for Bone to fall on their sword. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/143 "2021-04-09T13:13:56Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Yeah, that’s just not true. Want to see some montages of the mostly peaceful mini Dresdens? Or mostly peaceful unplanned shoe donations? Or encouragement, during a goddamn pandemic, of mass civil unrest? Fuck off, imbecile. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/144 "2021-04-09T19:21:45Z")
Shouldn’t you be making Molotov cocktails or some Black™ clothing to cosplay in? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/145 "2021-04-09T19:26:19Z")
Imbecile, shouldn’t you be hiding under a bridge or cowering under your bed? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/146 "2021-04-09T19:27:14Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Shouldn’t you be making Molotov cocktails or some Black™ clothing to cosplay in? Well, more ignorance demonstrated, it is the right who does most of the fascist cosplaying, some do think that they are doing it for real. > **[A Short History Of Torches And Intimidation](https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/08/15/a-short-history-of-torches-and-intimidation/?sh=3228ae216762)** > > The carrying of torches to suggest power and project intimidation has a long and sordid history. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/147 "2021-04-09T19:31:05Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Shouldn’t you be making Molotov cocktails or some Black™ clothing to cosplay in? Shouldn’t you be posting/linking pictures of “mini Dresdens”? Or are you going to abandon that claim and hope no one remembers it? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/148 "2021-04-09T19:38:54Z")
Tsk, tsk with the ableist language. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/149 "2021-04-09T19:56:29Z")
Go fuck yourself, imbecile. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/150 "2021-04-09T20:12:29Z")
I mean, that’s what he’s doing while he trolls anyway. I suggest that he makes some of those cacti happy. They’ve been lonely the last couple years. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/151 "2021-04-09T21:02:24Z")
Tsk, tsk… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/152 "2021-04-09T21:12:59Z")
What WTF is Black clothing? Still waiting on “Mini Dresdens”. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/153 "2021-04-09T21:18:17Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > What WTF is Black clothing? Dashikis, FUBU, that kind of thing… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/154 "2021-04-09T21:24:08Z")
Silly me. I thought it was Fox News code for something. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/155 "2021-04-09T21:24:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > > > What WTF is Black clothing? > > Dashikis, FUBU, that kind of thing… - [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/ba/33/73ba33db1383b8e6dc0aed718d36a99c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/ba/33/73ba33db1383b8e6dc0aed718d36a99c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/156 "2021-04-09T21:28:16Z")
I thought it was an Antifa reference. Not sure why the trademark though. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/157 "2021-04-09T21:42:43Z")
I thought it was a reference to [Black 2.0](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stuart-semple-blackest-black-anish-kapoor-1452259) or something. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/158 "2021-04-09T22:14:57Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/ba/33/73ba33db1383b8e6dc0aed718d36a99c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/ba/33/73ba33db1383b8e6dc0aed718d36a99c.jpg) Jebus are you tryin’ to give octopus a conniption or at least the vapors or something? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/159 "2021-04-09T22:37:08Z")
Why? Those outfits, aside from the exaggerated high waists are sorta stylish. If I were more talented with photoshop I’d update my avatar with some plaid tentacles and one of those fly hats. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062/160 "2021-04-09T22:52:48Z")
Why? They’re all Black Panthers with mini-Dresdens in their pockets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062.md?page=9)