You can accuse someone of being a sock and a troll, as long as you do it in the Pit.
What if they’re both?
Actually, yes, I did read the rules, and haven’t accused anyone of being a sock or a troll. I did ask you directly how you figure that annoying off-the-clock small talk counts as harassment and opined that you are confirming, not negating, the OP you responded to. But you didn’t answer, you merely insulted me and the other poster who disagreed with you.
No jury in the US would side in your favor, yet you insist you were forced to quit your job because some pain in the ass commented on your lunch choices.
So… over reaction? Exaggerate harassment? Hell, yeah. I’m not at all surprised your employer didn’t side with you.
Let me guess, you’re going to report me and the other guy for harassment and get us both banned because we didn’t agree with you?
Look at the facts, these two yahoos joined the dope one minute apart today. Appeared in the same thread, taking the same stance.
Both immediately found the pit thread with the barest of reference to it.
They are TROLLs. Socks too undoubtably.
I’ve read without posting for a few months, of course I know the rules and the board structure. And we were both led here, see above.
Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit, is it, Chuckles?
Here comes the “I know the board because I was a lurker” line.
Let’s give him a plack.
Socks definitely. A matched set. Very hard to find in the wild.
Other guy?? You said you were a woman in the IMHO thread:
I know it’s hard to keep the lies straight.
This message board has very few members. Very few topics, limited threads, not much going on. Anyone who selects “Message Board” can see the handful of topics. And, unless you’ve suffered a stroke within the last 120 seconds, you are the poster who pointed me here.
Shouldn’t you be eager to take credit for instigating a total devolution of an adult conversation? This is your idea, not mine. I merely agreed with the OP of a thread in a forum entitled (gasp! MY STARS!!) In My Humble Opinion.
Alas, my opinion supports the OP rather than an insider. Hell bent on showing anyone who deviates from the hive out, huh?
I have to step out for a few hours. I’ll let the rest of you carry on with the merriment and awarding of placks.
That was a good catch** Helena**. I don’t know that anyone ever caught a pair of socks in one post before.
Look, you’re busted. You tried way too hard. Most of us have already gotten the memo. Spin it any way you want to, we have your number.
The username is “John”. I’m assuming it’s a guy. But I won’t be showing you either my tits or my perfectly pedicured toes, ya weirdos.
Honestly, you’re echo chamber is pathological. No wonder the board is so small.
FTR: yes, some women, apparently Straight Dope women, vastly exaggerate harassment. Jesus I hope you guys all have a safety net, a back-up source of income, and a lifetime supply of butthurt cream.
Can’t believe so many of you qualify off-the-clock comments on lunch for Pity’s Sake as harassment. Surely you are all Nawth Chucka’s socks? How can more than one of you buy that?
Enjoy your basement. There’s no room for growth or common sense here.
Yeah? Ask your mod to compare our IP addresses and I’ll wait for your apology before I flounce out and refer six or seven of you to a good therapist. LMK what you find out, Sherlock.
Followed shortly by the “this board sux anyway” flounce.
So it seems.
No flounce, just disappointment. I have enjoyed the Straight Dope for years, have linked to it often. The message boards are hit or miss, but a couple of entertaining and well-read historians and geography buffs have made it an occasionally valuable resource.
I have been aware that I see the same ten or twenty usernames in every forum, but figured that was normal for an established board.
But maybe you can answer a question. Since you know very well that a moderator can confirm or deny separate IP addresses, you have nothing to gain or lose by accusing John and me by being socks.
Since you can easily discover the difference, what’s the deal? Are you a series of socks? Do each of you really support the idea that NC was literally and legally being harassed? Are you that surprised that two people disagree, when any American citizen knows damn well she’d be laughed out of court and referred to a psychiatrist with that outlandish claim?
Personally, the tone suggests to me that someone’s toes are getting pinched in the box.