# Our new total dipsticks: **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626 "2001-08-28T23:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/1 "2001-08-28T23:56:28Z")
On the homepage, it says this: > [@](#): > > Advertise on the online Straight Dope! Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus **a few total dipsticks.** In my humble opinion, some of the new total dipsticks are: **Seethruart** : this blithering goofball thinks the Apollo mission to the Moon was a hoax and he says the proof is in the photos taken by the astronauts. Read his thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82431&pagenumber=1) (if you dare). He thinks the Apollo photos were all faked by taking high-altitude photos of the Moon and then simply superimposing pictures of astronauts and bootprints and equipment on them. I hereby re-name you **See\_thru\_My\_skull** because I bet if I looked into one ear, I could see all the way through the other. I bet your head whistles when the wind blows. Hit you in the head with a rock and we’d hear a hollow sound… **GreyMatters** , who started [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83160) on global warming. This nimrod didn’t know that ozone is dangerous. This imbecile’s OP began by insulting all those who might disagree with him and it went downhill from there. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82912), we have a guy named **gavster** , who also does not believe Apollo really happened. However, he promised to go study the matter and see if he was right or not. However, on page two, **Sea Sorbust** comes in with his idiotic opinions: > [@](#): > > "If they actually did go to the Moon, then why has NASA never gone again? > > There is a lot of exploration to be done on the Moon (to say nothing of the possible usefullness of establishing a base). If NASA really could go (and did), then why haven’t they done it again and again? > > Answer that one, if you dare. Later, he says: > [@](#): > > How, for instance, do you know that there aren’t KineticEnergy armaments (facing only 1/6 G to overcome) secreted in the shadows of craters? Or in the shadowed wobble area? Or, in fact, entire Moon Bases on the opposite side, only lightly camouflaged? And: > [@](#): > > Has any of you ever considered that there might already be some humans (from right here on Earth) on Mars? (No. I suppose not.) Of course we haven’t considered that, because it’s stupid, Bozo. And if that isn’t stoooopid enough, he says, “We’re running out of precious metals and oil! We gotta go to Mars to get more!!” And then there’s **dalovindj** , the nutjob who wants to [“evolve”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81859) by implanting devices into his body that will give him SUPER-POWERS!!! Why does the SDMB attract the freaks, the eccentric, the loony, the conspiracy mongers, the people with such a loose grip on reality? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/2 "2001-08-29T00:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > **And then there’s dalovindj, the nutjob who wants to [“evolve”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81859) by implanting devices into his body that will give him SUPER-POWERS!!!** Heh…actually, other than that one thread, **dalovindj** doesn’t seem all that wacko. Probably with a couple hundred posts under his belt, he’ll get a feel for the place and become a decent Doper. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/3 "2001-08-29T00:08:01Z")
I have a personal rule of thumb: When they use the phrase “If you dare…”, I give up on them. There’s just no hope. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/4 "2001-08-29T00:22:49Z")
Don’t forget **bobsevilsquid** , the frothing author of the [Rap is not music](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83597&pagenumber=1) thread. And **DJF750** , yet another in the long line of “[i refuse to capitalize my posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82275&pagenumber=1), i’m a rebel, i’m a unique, beautiful and misunderstood flower, wahhh, wahhh” fools we seem to attract from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/5 "2001-08-29T00:55:15Z")
I wish I were obnoxious enough to be flamed by my fellow Dopers. Instead I am stuck perpetually below the radar in the Land of Big Mediocrity. \ ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/6 "2001-08-29T01:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* > And **DJF750** , yet another in the long line of “[i refuse to capitalize my posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82275&pagenumber=1), i’m a rebel, i’m a unique, beautiful and misunderstood flower, wahhh, wahhh” fools we seem to attract from time to time. \*\* I would like to thank the academy for this wonderful honor. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… i would like to thank the academy for this wonderful honor i promise i will never ever use any form of punctuation whatsover i would not be here if it was not for the wonderful and talented miller and that outspoken vixen ladyfoxfyre who started the whole mess and of course diane who explained to me what clear writing is all about and has tried repeatedly to get me banned where would i be without them and to all of you dopers you like me you really really like me oh irishgirl doesnt capitalize either ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/7 "2001-08-29T01:29:40Z")
The true sign of dipstickiness - taking pride in it. :rolleyes: Move along, folks, nothing to see here… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/8 "2001-08-29T01:31:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*oh irishgirl doesnt capitalize either \*\* And irishgirl is annoying as fuck, too. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/9 "2001-08-29T01:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*i would not be here if it was not for the wonderful and talented miller and that outspoken vixen ladyfoxfyre who started the whole mess > and of course diane who explained to me what clear writing is all about and has tried repeatedly to get me banned \*\* That’s right, jerk-off. It had nothing to do with them, you’re an innocent victim in all this, right? I just finished reading the linked thread. When your posting style was brought into question, you responded by acting like a 3-year-old and exclaiming youcantypehowveryouwantyadayadayayda, and in doing so, fucked up the wrapping and sideways scrolling of the thread. Then you went on to be a bigger ass and proclaimed YOU WOULD TYPE IN ALL CAPS. It was your own doing and it had nothing to do with those people you mentioned. You at no time tried to be mature about the subject, just lashing out childishly instead. Stop and think about it, did a comment or request to use proper capialization on a message board (where, if you hadn’t noticed, the written word is the primary method of communication and is thusly very important) really merit the sort of sarcastic, childish antics you practised in that thread? You made fight out of it simply because you’re too lazy to be bothered to type properly. Don’t put this on anyone’s shoulders but your own. \*\* > [@](#): > > oh irishgirl doesnt capitalize either\*\* And this has what to do with you and your behavior? Nothing. Just another childish act. A kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar starts naming names of other kids who stole a cookie. Grow the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/10 "2001-08-29T01:58:42Z")
I’m going to regret posting to this thread, (all that “inform the moderators” stuff floating through my head and all)… I don’t think **Sea Sorbust** is a loony. I’ve been reading his threads and he strikes me as being intentionally unintelligent. You know, as in posting against well known scientific theories to enflame the masses. Doing a good job so far, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/11 "2001-08-29T02:03:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\* When your posting style was brought into question, you responded by acting like a 3-year-old and exclaiming youcantypehowveryouwantyadayadayayda, and in doing so, fucked up the wrapping and sideways scrolling of the thread. Then you went on to be a bigger ass and proclaimed YOU WOULD TYPE IN ALL CAPS. It was your own doing and it had nothing to do with those people you mentioned. > > You at no time tried to be mature about the subject, just lashing out childishly instead. Stop and think about it, did a comment or request to use proper capialization on a message board (where, if you hadn’t noticed, the written word is the primary method of communication and is thusly very important) \*\* The thread in question was in the BBQ pit, right? Isn’t immature lashing out a little encouraged in the BBQ pit? I’ll never get this. I’m sure I’ll be labelled a dipstick in my own right at some point. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/12 "2001-08-29T02:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > i would not be here if it was not for the wonderful and talented miller and that outspoken vixen ladyfoxfyre who started the whole mess > and of course diane who explained to me what clear writing is all about and has tried repeatedly to get me banned Oh bloody hell. Outspoken Vixen? Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. I am totally with **Diane** and I think she is completely justified in trying to get your sorry ass banned. You stick around here and hijack threads just to add your $.02, which always amounts to,“nanny nanny boo boo, i’m a jackass and there’s nothing you can do about it…nanny nanny boo boo, you can’t catch me!” Just fuck off already, you’re gaining a lot of enemies. Yeah, I suggested you use capitalization. So fucking what? Are you really that sensitive as to let an innocent comment get your knickers in a twist? So, **Miller** sided with me. He’s a smart guy. But good god man, make an appointment with a proctologist, you seem to have a little something stuck up your ass. And when the telephone pole is removed, come back and by all means resume posting. With capitalizations, you dumb fuck. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/13 "2001-08-29T02:10:42Z")
There is wisdom in my sig, grasshopper. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/14 "2001-08-29T02:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > **The thread in question was in the BBQ pit, right? Isn’t > immature lashing out a little encouraged in the BBQ pit?** Flaming is allowed in the Pit, but I don’t think immature lashing out is _encouraged_. We are allowed to vent frustrations and we don’t have to be all cuddly-touchy-feely here, but at no time have I ever seen childish behavior, such as proclaiming “you’re not the boss of me” or “I’m not listening LA LA LA LA” encouraged, which is basically what **djf750** did. We can be rude and toss insults about, and there’s a subtle difference between that and acting like a baby when someone makes a suggestion to make your message more clear. And I think that’s at the heart of it. An innocent suggestion, meant to help the poster, was given. Said poster took it as a personal attack and things just went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/15 "2001-08-29T03:11:59Z")
How could you forget ‘[Baltazar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83418) the Banned’, the man who claimed he never met a Jew he didn’t like. Well, actually, claimed he had never met a Jew _at all_, though he was certain he didn’t like them. Still, **Seethru** gets my vote as the most promising new lunatic based on the sheer insanity of his posts, refusal to respond to questions, and that eerie smiley he has taken to ending his posts with. Folly, thy name is **Seethruart**. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/16 "2001-08-29T03:56:50Z")
Does **djfuckingidiot** remind anyone else of that poet born into a cockroach’s body, who couldn’t do capital letters because he could only stand on one key at a time? He used a typewriter, if memory serves. ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/17 "2001-08-29T04:02:22Z")
**Iampunha** , are you thinking of _archie_ from _archie & mehitabel_? No comparison. _archie_ was witty & amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/18 "2001-08-29T04:30:23Z")
I hereby would like to [submit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83095) the [poster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83451) calling himself [xanakis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84236) as an [addition](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84249) to the list. He just doesn’t seem to get it. I haven’t made up my mind whether or not he deliberately doesn’t get it though. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/19 "2001-08-29T06:28:46Z")
Hey! I like **dalovindj**. He (it’s “he,” right?) seems to be a fairly intelligent, affable guy (or gal, but I think he’s a guy). So he was hazy on the exact definition of evolution. So are most people. I blame the _X-Men_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626/20 "2001-08-29T07:26:44Z")
_Why does the SDMB attract the freaks, the eccentric, the loony, the conspiracy mongers, the people with such a loose grip on reality?_ Because no-one else would have me. But seriously, this thread got me laughing after the day from hell. _“And irishgirl is annoying as fuck, too. What’s your point?”_ Silver Fire - I don’t know if irishgirl is annoyng as fuck but for some reason, that’s really funny. Succint and to the point. I love you guys… hugs… _ducks and runs like hell_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-total-dipsticks/78626.md?page=2)