# Octopus is having a meltdown... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098 "2018-09-28T08:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/121 "2018-09-29T22:39:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Dude, just go over to the Giraffe Boards already and take it up there. YOU’RE the one trying to start something. Nobody else. I thought there was a rule against bringing gripes about another board to here. If that’s what october’s doing, why is it being allowed to continue? > [@septimus](#): > > How would I have known that? Where are you thinking of moving, and Why? More to the point: what country would have him? Plenty of people whine the’ll just move to another country if a particular canidate wins; however, that’s a simpleton’s comment. It takes a bit more than just hopping a plane or boat to get to legally reside in another country. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/122 "2018-09-29T22:48:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought there was a rule against bringing gripes about another board to here. If that’s what october’s doing, why is it being allowed to continue? ??? Is that username a couple of months early? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/123 "2018-09-29T22:52:54Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Canada is a terrible place. Moose look big and cool but are actually super hipster douche bags. Beavers will roll you for your pocket change, poutine sounds delicious but it’s actually just unmassaged kale with no citrus (the menu descriptions are a lie.) Maple syrup is mostly just water and hockey is boring and mostly just dudes sitting around in a coffee klatch. > > You wouldn’t like Canada at all. You shouldn’t come here. Lies! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/124 "2018-09-29T22:58:00Z")
It’s not you, octopus, it’s Canada. We just need some time to work on ourselves. We can’t fulfill your needs and it would be unfair to you. You’re just too good for us, we’re in different places. Don’t come here. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/125 "2018-09-29T23:33:53Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought there was a rule against bringing gripes about another board to here. If that’s what october’s doing, why is it being allowed to continue? I have no idea. My guess is that he’s confusing “gossiping about people” with “plans to troll”. Why the mods haven’t put a stop to his constant bitching about it though, you’d have to ask them. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/126 "2018-09-29T23:37:48Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s not you, octopus, it’s Canada. We just need some time to work on ourselves. We can’t fulfill your needs and it would be unfair to you. You’re just too good for us, we’re in different places. > Don’t come here. B.C. is spectacular. I’d deal with you communists for a nice place near Vancouver. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/127 "2018-09-29T23:38:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I have no idea. My guess is that he’s confusing “gossiping about people” with “plans to troll”. Why the mods haven’t put a stop to his constant bitching about it though, you’d have to ask them. Listen, Queen Snarkia, why you got to be so hypocritical and two faced? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/128 "2018-09-29T23:49:30Z")
Name calling? Really? That is just juvenile. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/129 "2018-09-29T23:52:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Name calling? Really? That is just juvenile. Any comments for the OP and his crew? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/130 "2018-09-30T00:33:44Z")
You’re the topic of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/131 "2018-09-30T00:35:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I have no idea. My guess is that he’s confusing “gossiping about people” with “plans to troll”. Why the mods haven’t put a stop to his constant bitching about it though, you’d have to ask them. I’m not going to get into this topic. But I will say that you are falling for **octopus** ’s whataboutism. He’s baiting those of you who post over there to try and make the conversation about that, when it is entirely irrelevant to his problem. Even if what he said is true, it has absolutely no relevance to the situation he is upset about over here. He was hijacking threads about misogyny. And he got forced to stop. No one from BYB did anything to cause that to happen. He’s trying to change the subject to one where he thinks he has a better argument. That’s how dishonest people argue. Edit: and that’s not just you: I question whether I was successfully baited as well. I felt a need to point out the lack of relevance, but that also meant I brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/132 "2018-09-30T01:46:55Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Listen, Queen Snarkia, why you got to be so hypocritical and two faced? LOL. Guin, you should change your user title to Queen Snarkia on GB. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/133 "2018-09-30T01:54:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m not going to get into this topic. But I will say that you are falling for **octopus** ’s whataboutism. He’s baiting those of you who post over there to try and make the conversation about that, when it is entirely irrelevant to his problem. > > Even if what he said is true, it has absolutely no relevance to the situation he is upset about over here. He was hijacking threads about misogyny. And he got forced to stop. No one from BYB did anything to cause that to happen. > > He’s trying to change the subject to one where he thinks he has a better argument. That’s how dishonest people argue. > > Edit: and that’s not just you: I question whether I was successfully baited as well. I felt a need to point out the lack of relevance, but that also meant I brought it up. Of course it’s relevant. They successfully used a variation of the Heckler’s Veto. Now, folks are attempting extortion as a tactic in ATMB. Shows how low these folks will go to enforce conformity of thought. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/134 "2018-09-30T02:07:14Z")
Jesus Christ, I actually agree with you, **Big T**. WTF is happening? And I think I will, **expecto**. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/135 "2018-09-30T02:12:15Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > B.C. is spectacular. I’d deal with you communists for a nice place near Vancouver. Sure, $4,000,000 or so should do it. But really, don’t come here. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/136 "2018-09-30T02:56:44Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought there was a rule against bringing gripes about another board to here. There is. > [@](#): > > If that’s what october’s doing, why is it being allowed to continue? Because the mods are allowing it. They’ve been allowing it from him for a while now. I guess he’s just special and gets to break the rules. The meltdown is hilarious. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/137 "2018-09-30T03:15:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There is. > > Because the mods are allowing it. They’ve been allowing it from him for a while now. I guess he’s just special and gets to break the rules. > The meltdown is hilarious. An actual coherent post? Who hacked your account? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/138 "2018-09-30T04:06:44Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Moose look big and cool but are actually super hipster douche bags. _”Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a double half-caf skinny soy vanilla latte outta my hat!”_ ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/139 "2018-09-30T05:29:36Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > An actual coherent post? Who hacked your account? Well, obviously not you, eyeball face. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098/140 "2018-09-30T06:53:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > The meltdown is hilarious. More than a third of his threads are locked. Quite the accomplishment for such a special snowflake whose carefully thought out points keep dribbling away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-is-having-a-meltdown/822098.md?page=8)