# Pat Sajak needs to buy a fucking clue **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874 "2014-05-20T23:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/41 "2014-05-22T13:47:17Z")
I recall an old _National Lampoon_ bit on “The Dark Side of Pat Sajak” (makes him out to be really a mordant cutting-edge shock-comic who makes Lenny Bruce look like Bill Cosby, only he’s under contract with the network) but I can’t find it online. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/42 "2014-05-22T13:52:44Z")
Uh, okay, ummm… Z… 4… Q… another Q… uhhh… a third Q… and a Batman symbol. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/43 "2014-05-22T15:30:17Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Perhaps Pat has just been under too much stress to think rationally. I understand his friend and long time co-host Vanna White has been hospitalized with a vowel obstruction. If I get to Hell first, I’ll try and save you a spot. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/44 "2014-05-22T18:13:10Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > why do people care what a game show host thinks about global warming Because the internet has corrupted people into thinking their opinion on anything matters so they rush out to condem Mr. Sajak about his opinion because they mistakenly believe his opinion some how matters. Evidence: This thread. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/45 "2014-05-22T18:29:49Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Because the internet has corrupted people into thinking their opinion on anything matters so they rush out to condem(sic) Mr. Sajak about his opinion because they mistakenly believe his opinion some how(sic) matters. > > Evidence: This thread. And your opinion on other peoples’ opinions mattered so much that you mistakenly replied. Evidence: Your post. /Also: “condemn” and “somehow”. //I hate posts like yours that are so circular they’re dizzying. ///Especially when they come back later and claim it was meant to be meta. ////It wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/46 "2014-05-22T19:03:53Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Because the internet has corrupted people into thinking their opinion on anything matters so they rush out to condem Mr. Sajak about his opinion because they mistakenly believe his opinion some how matters. > > Evidence: This thread. It’s about time you smurfed your ass onto the Water Wagon, **Drunky.** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/47 "2014-05-22T19:56:05Z")
[Ann Coulter contributes her half-cent.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/ann_coulter_jumps_to_the_defense_of_pat_sajak_climate_deniers/) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/48 "2014-05-22T19:57:45Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Because the internet has corrupted people into thinking their opinion on anything matters so they rush out to condem Mr. Sajak about his opinion because they mistakenly believe his opinion some how matters. > > Evidence: This thread. And yet it intrigued you so that you just had to read through it and then comment about what a waste of time it is. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/49 "2014-05-22T21:31:53Z")
Does the Wheel of Fortune Produce the Coriolis Effect? > **[Big Picture Lessons from an Unfortunate Tweet](http://wheelandcoriolis.blogspot.com/2014/05/big-picture-lessons-from-unfortunate.html)** > > Just in case someone asks, No, there is not enough rotation and scale to produce the Coriolis Effect by spinning the Wheel of Fortune. Now... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/50 "2014-05-23T01:06:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Ann Coulter contributes her half-cent.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/ann_coulter_jumps_to_the_defense_of_pat_sajak_climate_deniers/) Just when I thought that Sarah Palin was the queen of nonsensical babble, Trigger one ups her. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/51 "2014-05-23T01:17:37Z")
Trigger? A mare? You take that _back_! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/52 "2014-05-23T13:33:46Z")
Actually, a gelding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/53 "2014-05-23T14:10:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Ann Coulter contributes her half-cent.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/ann_coulter_jumps_to_the_defense_of_pat_sajak_climate_deniers/) Former Doper **The Bad Astronomer** replied to Ann **5 years** ago: [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/09/im-skeptical-of-denialism/#.U39V7HKVthE](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/09/im-skeptical-of-denialism/#.U39V7HKVthE) > [@](#): > > Sometimes, words matter. Crispian Jago brought this up recently on his blog, discussing the difference between the words "skeptic"and “denier”. > > I have used the phrase “global warming denialists” in the past and gotten some people upset. A lot of them complain because they say the word denial puts them in the same bin as holocaust deniers. > > That’s too bad. But the thing is, they do have something in common: a denial of evidence and of scientific consensus. > > Moon hoax believers put themselves in this basket as well; they call themselves skeptics, but they are far from it. Skepticism is a method that includes the demanding of evidence and critical analysis of it. That’s not what Moon hoax believers do; they make stuff up, they don’t look at all the evidence, they ignore evidence that goes against their claims. So they are not Moon landing skeptics, they are Moon landing deniers. They may start off as skeptics, but real skeptics understand the overwhelming evidence supporting the reality of the Moon landings. If, after examining that evidence, you still think Apollo was faked, then congratulations. You’re a denier. > > … ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/54 "2014-05-23T21:07:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Trigger? A mare? You take that _back_! I’m pretty sure she’s a trans-sexual. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874/55 "2014-05-28T15:24:37Z")
[At least Alex Trebek admits the reality of anthropogenic climate change.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/28/alex_trebek_tells_salon_humans_are_causing_climate_change/) FWIW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-needs-to-buy-a-fucking-clue/688874.md?page=2)