# Octopus here's your own thread to shit all over **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550 "2018-06-06T15:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/182 "2018-06-08T03:55:22Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Ironic post of the year stamp goes to Ms. Beckdawrek. Where’s my effing bingo stamp then. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/183 "2018-06-08T03:58:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Where’s my effing bingo stamp then. Ah, man, you caught me empty handed. :(:(:(. I’m giving myself the Sad! stamp for that. These are virtual stamps. Maybe the IT folks could do some coding and we could have browser games like FaceBook? ASCII bingo cards would be too much work on my end. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/184 "2018-06-08T04:19:45Z")
Yeah, yeah I always get the same story. Being the mouth of the south has few rewards as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/185 "2018-06-08T04:37:15Z")
> [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](#): > > **Drunky Smurf** has gone off the deep end. > [@octopus](#): > > They want uniformity of thought and submission. Everybody be like me! > [@BigT](#): > > then you’re part of the problem. [You’re a towel!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSfaQrHmc8) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/186 "2018-06-08T04:37:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah, yeah I always get the same story. Being the mouth of the south has few rewards as it is. You a Razorback fan? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/187 "2018-06-08T04:40:12Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Everybody be like me! > > [You’re a towel!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSfaQrHmc8) Drunky! The Smurf uncle all the smurflings fear! How’ve you been? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/188 "2018-06-08T04:49:14Z")
Kind of towely. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/189 "2018-06-08T13:01:34Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Feel free to continue educating us, Professor. The Professor, or Gilligan? Is that misogynistic? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/190 "2018-06-08T13:10:42Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > > [@Jake Bullet - Traffic Control!](#): > > > > Drunky Smurf has gone off the deep end. > > > [@octopus](#): > > > > They want uniformity of thought and submission. > > Everybody be like me! Your wish is my command. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/191 "2018-06-08T13:27:27Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Ironic post of the year stamp goes to Ms. Beckdawrek. Hey **putz**. Be careful here. \*\*Beck \*\*has been anointed with her very own smilie and Lady Liberty has painted her toenails in honor of this woman. Yeah, we like her better than you. That said, for a troll, you’re doing awesome in this thread. If you build it they will come. Sunny built it for you, they all came. Anyway **Putzie** , I just wanted to compliment you for catching and releasing them instead of hurting them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/192 "2018-06-08T13:36:39Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > It may not be my best work, but I did what I intended to do, as **BigT** noted. I also put Octo-trump on ignore, which makes this thread oddly soothing. 😛 Pit someone, and then put them in Ignore. Have you ever heard the term “passive-aggressive”? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/193 "2018-06-08T15:00:50Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Pit someone, and then put them in Ignore. Have you ever heard the term “passive-aggressive”? > > Regards, > Shodan A good portion of her time on these boards is spent passing judgment on other posters. I would lean slightly toward aggressive-aggressive. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/194 "2018-06-08T15:31:35Z")
Not to break up the dance, but all you pitters did was give \*\*octopus \*\*the attention he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/195 "2018-06-08T16:33:52Z")
It certainly gave him attention - it sure wasn’t the sort of attention the OP was looking to garner. I doubt this is a good way to handle allegedly misogynistic posts on the SDMB - Pit the poster, and get laughed at. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/196 "2018-06-08T17:59:51Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Hey **putz**. Be careful here. \*\*Beck \*\*has been anointed with her very own smilie and Lady Liberty has painted her toenails in honor of this woman. Yeah, we like her better than you. > > That said, for a troll, you’re doing awesome in this thread. If you build it they will come. Sunny built it for you, they all came. > > Anyway **Putzie** , I just wanted to compliment you for catching and releasing them instead of hurting them. 😉 Beck is cheap. No offense intended. Get to work on my animated octopus avatar! The specs are somewhere: but to repeat and elaborate , I want an octopus each tentacle has to be a different color like the rainbow to show my support, one tentacle needs a pimp cane, one needs a pipe (though I don’t smoke), one needs a saxophone. Head needs a suitable hat with polka dots and wide brim. And I might want a monocle and cape. Because that’s classy. You got some smart folks and I’m sure some talented artists. You can make this real. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/197 "2018-06-08T18:06:05Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You a Razorback fan? Whoo to the pig! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/198 "2018-06-08T18:12:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Fuck it. I’ll be obvious. Which do you think makes him happier? That he pissed people off, or that people are contriving a way to say he won, and showing him appreciation? > > He hasn’t remotely won. He only wins if you goddamned fucking idiots convince people he’s won. Winning is entirely determined by what the other people think. You can’t win a game you’re only playing with yourself > > He’s pissing people off. So what? He’s been doing that the whole time. But the more he takes glee in it, the more he is revealed to be a troll, and the less people will defend him in othe threads, eince thy knwo hes lying.He’s getting closer to being Clothahumped. > > Stop fucking showing him appreciation. I think that making people dance makes him happier. Doesn’t matter what steps they’re doing. If they’re pissed, great! If they’re saying he won, great! If they’re showing him appreciation, great! It’s _all_ attention. It’s _all_ a demonstration that he has the power to influence the world in some small, tiny, pathetic way. When I say that he’s “winning”, I’m not saying that he’s actually a winner. I’m saying that he’s the three year old who kicks down other people’s block towers because he hasn’t got the wherewithal to make his own block tower. If you can’t build, break. If you _can_ build, then you don’t generally waste time breaking, because trolling isn’t as fun as, well, pretty much anything that’s actually fun. So why do I bother to point out he’s winning? It’s not for _him_. It’s to remind people who are trying to beat him that they _can’t_ beat him - they’re just _feeding_ him. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/199 "2018-06-08T18:25:44Z")
So you are bumping the thread to tell us all not to give him any attention. That always works. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/200 "2018-06-08T18:29:49Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I think that making people dance makes him happier. Doesn’t matter what steps they’re doing. If they’re pissed, great! If they’re saying he won, great! If they’re showing him appreciation, great! > > It’s _all_ attention. It’s _all_ a demonstration that he has the power to influence the world in some small, tiny, pathetic way. > > When I say that he’s “winning”, I’m not saying that he’s actually a winner. I’m saying that he’s the three year old who kicks down other people’s block towers because he hasn’t got the wherewithal to make his own block tower. If you can’t build, break. > > If you _can_ build, then you don’t generally waste time breaking, because trolling isn’t as fun as, well, pretty much anything that’s actually fun. > > So why do I bother to point out he’s winning? It’s not for _him_. It’s to remind people who are trying to beat him that they _can’t_ beat him - they’re just _feeding_ him. You got it all wrong. I explained exactly why I respond in the Pit. I refuse to be bullied. You won’t find me fighting or arguing with people in the Pit arbitrarily or capriciously. But yeah, if you personally attack me I have every right to respond appropriately. It’s really simple, I don’t believe a group of bullies should be rewarded. Ironically, my reasons are explicitly listed and yet sneaky little trolls who like to stir up trouble are the ones projecting and calling me troll. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/201 "2018-06-08T18:30:10Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > So you are bumping the thread to tell us all not to give him any attention. That always works. > > Regards, > Shodan Yes, bumping a six minute old thread. Good lord, I’m resurrecting zombies! And this thread had run to four pages before I said anything. From the look of things people weren’t doing all that great a job of figuring out this pitting was backfiring on their own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550.md?page=11)