# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/142 "2018-06-07T16:55:23Z")
> [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](#): > > I’m not sure how he’s managing this, but **octopus** is winning this the shit out of this thread. Everyone piling on to attack him is, somehow, coming off worse. What makes it all the more remarkable is that usually when Pit targets win the thread it’s because their allies show up to support them, and thereby turn the tide. In this case, the target is doing it pretty much on his own. ---
**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 7, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/143 "2018-06-07T16:58:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Good for you. Will you start making sense now? My goodness! A quote out of context? Hey it’s the Pit why not?!? But it gets a stamp. ---
**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 7, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/144 "2018-06-07T17:35:11Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > You don’t get a spam stamp for spamming nothing. Maybe an oxymoron stamp but that’s too long for the square. Moron will work. Here’s your stamp. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Bullet_Traffic_Control)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/145 "2018-06-07T17:54:17Z")
> [@fervour](#): > > one of us will be banned. I think it’s you. you shit ass. > [@fervour](#): > > go to hell. you piece of shit. > [@fervour](#): > > I’ve reported him. You are beautiful. but someone has got to get rid of this troll! I love you moderators! Theirs’ is a thankless job. But > thanks! > [@fervour](#): > > You are another who hates everyone but keeps showing up. I don’t think you a troll. A crack head maybe. You have your own poison. It’s true enough. > [@fervour](#): > > Nope **fervour** , level with us. Are you @dril? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/146 "2018-06-07T18:12:50Z")
It’s like spitting into the wind, but I’ll try again. > [@octopus](#): > > There isn’t arguing in the Pit. I mean there is to a point. Oooh a contradiction. What the Pit has really devolved into is a place where people can be their truer selves. Of course there is debate in the Pit. There is good debate in the Pit. Despite your best attempts to derail it, the male centrism thread has turned out very well. If you insist that “people are their true selves”, I would argue that we see that in their inflexibility, not in their insults. > [@](#): > > It’s where bullies get free reign to harass, stalk, gaslight, and gang up to try to silence those they don’t like. Look in the mirror. You haunt the Pit like a cursed spirit. > [@](#): > > And the concept you haven’t gotten through your head is that fighting back is different than unprovoked attacks. Nobody is saying that. > [@](#): > > And believe me, they don’t want agreement with a point in a debate. They want uniformity of thought and submission. Again. Look around. I wanted debate. I have debate. You don’t see things because they don’t fit your preferred world view. **Octopus** you play the victim card so well. You are a troll. You mope, and whine, and yell about how you’re persecuted and you won’t tolerate it. You stomp into threads and derail them into meaningless yelling contests about you. You’re the bully. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/147 "2018-06-07T18:27:54Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Of all the content in the Pit that would rise to the level of being-a-Jerk-while-in-the-Pit which is like finding a unicorn you chose that quote? You can’t be serious. That does get a :dubious:. Good job. You jackass. You’re not supposed to be a jerk even in the pit. Will Miller grow a pair and send you to the cornfield? He might ban me. We aren’t supposed to talk about such things except for in ATMB. ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/148 "2018-06-07T18:32:32Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > It’s like spitting into the wind, but I’ll try again. > > Of course there is debate in the Pit. There is good debate in the Pit. Despite your best attempts to derail it, the male centrism thread has turned out very well. If you insist that “people are their true selves”, I would argue that we see that in their inflexibility, not in their insults. > > Look in the mirror. You haunt the Pit like a cursed spirit. > > Nobody is saying that. > > Again. Look around. I wanted debate. I have debate. You don’t see things because they don’t fit your preferred world view. > > **Octopus** you play the victim card so well. You are a troll. You mope, and whine, and yell about how you’re persecuted and you won’t tolerate it. You stomp into threads and derail them into meaningless yelling contests about you. You’re the bully. Shush. Oh yeah, all Pit nonsense aside, how’s the Keto working? Look, your ridiculous slanders and projections and your transparent participation in snark mining belie your accusations. You clowns whine about a hostile unwelcoming board and then, hypocritically, bully anyone and everyone who doesn’t demonstrate your accepted group think. If I was a troll I’d be banned. But our moderators are not ignorant of what you all are doing. They are aware of the snark mining expeditions. Maybe some may be complicit and Ed turns a blind eye? Who knows? What I do know is that you and your group won’t succeed in bullying me or silencing me. Not going to happen. The sad thing is you folks have bullied others successfully. That’s terrible and you all are terrible people. If this were middle or high school you would be the kids that drove other kids to self harm. Then snark about it.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/149 "2018-06-07T18:33:18Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Are you fishing for a Bingo stamp? I was hoping you’d help judge. I would tell you to go to hell, but you are already there. Sorry about that. A little. I’m glad you are far away, though. You are worthless-----sorry if the truth hurts. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/150 "2018-06-07T18:35:33Z")
> [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](#): > > **fervour** , level with us. Are you @dril? one troll at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/151 "2018-06-07T18:40:29Z")
I disagree with probably 99% of what you have to post **Octopus** , but keep up the good fight here! It’s enjoyable to read 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/152 "2018-06-07T18:46:36Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Oh look, **Morgenstern** is posting a complete list of his thoughts. > > Regards, > Shodan There should be a rule about spamming with empty posts. There should be a rule about Morgenstern in general. ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/153 "2018-06-07T18:48:16Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I disagree with probably 99% of what you have to post **Octopus** , but keep up the good fight here! It’s enjoyable to read 🙂 I am going to work to get that to 97%. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Bullet_Traffic_Control)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/154 "2018-06-07T18:49:52Z")
> [@fervour](#): > > one troll at a time. Stop buying candles. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/155 "2018-06-07T19:07:08Z")
You are the Board’s Trump. You have decided to wave the banner of “bullying” instead of “fake news”, with just as much credibility. Octo-orange? Trump-opus? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/156 "2018-06-07T19:08:27Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I am going to work to get that to 97%. Awesome. Probably can make it just in this thread alone! Don’t let the bullies win! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/157 "2018-06-07T19:14:55Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Clever. You get a stamp. I should actually make Bingo cards for this. Fuck bingo. We’re playing legacy Go here, man. Keep playing those chips! ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/158 "2018-06-07T21:01:18Z")
ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO Mr. **octopus** … Mr. **octopus** … I am a ghost, Mr. **octopus**. I used to visit here under the name **yezlles** , and later I was **Covfefe**. I was in a lot of pain and faded into a coma a couple days ago. I have entered the dimension of spectres. I have inherited the dominion of past Pit threads. I am now the Ghost of Pittings Past. It is so rare for one of us to say we are crossing over to you. Mr. **octopus** , you are so encumbered by your negative thought patterns. You are forgetting the good times you had with your friends here. Worst of all, you have given up acknowledging the advice you have received. If heeded, maybe you wouldn’t be in this vortex. Is this circus sideshow really an existence your wife and children would have wanted for you when you registered here? I want to tell you a story, Mr. **octopus**. In 1991 there was a man. He was an urban crack cocaine dealer in his mid-20s. Though he had yet to run into serious legal trouble, he had never filled out a tax return in his life. He lived with his pregnant sister and her fiance who was charged a few months earlier and later convicted of small scale coke selling. So this guy tried to buy $25,000 worth of narcotics from what turned out to be an undercover cop. He was also in possession of firearms at the time. All in all, he served 4 or 5 years before being paroled and there are details of his personal life and who he snitched on that made me even more resentful. So you see, sometimes we have to realize life is not fair. We have to accept there are things we cannot change. We have to let it go and be the best version of ourselves we can. Oh, dear. I am growing faint now. Remember, Mr. **octopus** … Remember… Lame… Lame… [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20421508&postcount=160](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20421508&postcount=160) ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO By the way, everyone is wrong about who is “winning” this thread. That would be **Broomstick** , who is the only individual to diss both octo AND Mo’stern, the two who byfar and away have been the biggest sources of thread pollution. ---
**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 7, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/159 "2018-06-07T21:16:59Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo > OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO > ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo > OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO > > Mr. **octopus** … > > Mr. **octopus** … > > I am a ghost, Mr. **octopus**. > > I used to visit here under the name **yezlles** , and later I was **Covfefe**. > > I was in a lot of pain and faded into a coma a couple days ago. > > I have entered the dimension of spectres. I have inherited the dominion of past Pit threads. I am now the Ghost of Pittings Past. It is so rare for one of us to say we are crossing over to you. > > Mr. **octopus** , you are so encumbered by your negative thought patterns. You are forgetting the good times you had with your friends here. > > Worst of all, you have given up acknowledging the advice you have received. If heeded, maybe you wouldn’t be in this vortex. Is this circus sideshow really an existence your wife and children would have wanted for you when you registered here? > > I want to tell you a story, Mr. **octopus**. In 1991 there was a man. He was an urban crack cocaine dealer in his mid-20s. Though he had yet to run into serious legal trouble, he had never filled out a tax return in his life. He lived with his pregnant sister and her fiance who was charged a few months earlier and later convicted of small scale coke selling. So this guy tried to buy $25,000 worth of narcotics from what turned out to be an undercover cop. He was also in possession of firearms at the time. All in all, he served 4 or 5 years before being paroled and there are details of his personal life and who he snitched on that made me even more resentful. So you see, sometimes we have to realize life is not fair. We have to accept there are things we cannot change. We have to let it go and be the best version of ourselves we can. > > Oh, dear. I am growing faint now. Remember, Mr. **octopus** … > > Remember… Lame… Lame… [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20421508&postcount=160](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20421508&postcount=160) > > ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo > OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO > ooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOoo > OOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOOooOO > > By the way, everyone is wrong about who is “winning” this thread. That would be **Broomstick** , who is the only individual to diss both octo AND Mo’stern, the two who byfar and away have been the biggest sources of thread pollution. Now this is a masterpiece. You get an “attaboy” actually we’ll make it an “attaghost” ---
**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 7, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/160 "2018-06-07T21:25:57Z")
Okay, this is quite the thread. It’s like the SDMB comedy hour, where everybody performs while **octopus** points and laughs. Which raises the question of why I’m bothering to post this. Truly a deep philosophical conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550/161 "2018-06-07T21:36:04Z")
Only you would know for sure. And maybe not even you. But my guess is that it’s a subtle attempt at a reframe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-heres-your-own-thread-to-shit-all-over/815550.md?page=9)