# Pitting Bobot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110 "2022-03-15T14:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/41 "2022-03-16T14:14:11Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What if it’s the bots who are bro-ing up? -shudders as the thought of constant bro’ing coming from automated customer service apps, chats, and gaming bots- Thanks for the nightmare right before I need to go to work. I need 2-3 stiff drinks, stat. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/42 "2022-03-16T15:04:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I always thought bobot was pronounced “buh-BOE.” Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/43 "2022-03-16T19:54:02Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Do you mean: > > I’ll add something _pity._ … > I’ll add something _pitty_ … > I’ll add something _pithy_ > > ?? Yes. Evidently I wasn’t firing on all cylinders there. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/44 "2022-03-16T19:57:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If I ever leave, I’ll just slink away. I don’t expect anyone to care, and I don’t think anyone should care. If I ever leave … that’s probably what I’ll do too. But if someone cares that doesn’t seem like any sort of issue to me. I’ve been part of more tight knit board communities in the past on other boards, and I don’t judge people who are emotionally invested in their and others presence on _this_ board. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/45 "2022-03-16T19:58:23Z")
Oh, and I don’t capitalize my nick, because the original was all caps. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/46 "2022-03-17T00:21:51Z")
I’ll say that I’ve taken breaks from the board a couple of times, including when I was miffed at one thing or another. It was a personal choice and I didn’t say anything, because who cares? I don’t think anyone noticed me gone, and I didn’t expect anyone to. (Nor did I want anyone to, again it wasn’t a big deal.) ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/47 "2022-03-17T04:34:09Z")
If I ever leave the board, I would like everyone to rend their garments and wail inconsolably. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/48 "2022-03-17T05:32:55Z")
We do that already when we see you haven’t left yet. 😁 ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/49 "2022-03-17T06:55:33Z")
I do not like bots. Yuk! Especially them nasty bot-flies. But I’m ok with @bobot ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/50 "2022-03-17T14:09:23Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > We do that already when we see you haven’t left yet. Exactly! No one notices me when I am here so I don’t expect much when I am gone. If I started a new thread announcing my flouncing, it would get a grand total of zero responses. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/51 "2022-03-17T14:43:55Z")
Reading this thread raised an Important Question in my mind. What the @#$% does "flounce"mean, anyway? So I looked it up. from [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) > verb (used without object), flounced, flounc·ing. > > to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage. > > to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder. > > noun > > an act or instance of flouncing; a flouncing movement. Further down was an alternate definition > noun > > a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc. > > verb (used with object), flounced, flounc·ing. > > to trim with flounces. and then this > ABOUT THIS WORD > > What else does _flounce_ mean? > > The internet slang term _flounce_ means “to leave an online group in a dramatic manner,” and may or may not involve burning a few bridges or stirring the pot on the way out. None of which is really appropriate for a pit thread, but I was bored. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/52 "2022-03-17T14:51:49Z")
Well, dang. I came here looking for a good, solid, two-fisted pitting (or is it _pithing_?) and what do I find: tea & cookies, cute wordplay, rainbows and bunny-hugs. What have you done with the real SDMB?? 😠 ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/53 "2022-03-17T15:08:12Z")
Yeah. Collectively, we’re coming across as slightly over-medicated right now. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/54 "2022-03-17T16:28:59Z")
Well, I guess it says good things about @bobot that other than being excessively harsh to @gdave’s goodbye (which he fully owned), that we only have minor quibbles to complain about. Which goes to prove that a lot of people who find themselves in the Pit would, if they owned their own faults rather than trying to fight to the bitter end, would find themselves in a much better place. So, rather than a traditional Pit thread, perhaps this is a test of a new, ‘kinder, gentler’ pit where we call people out for being a doofus and then they realize it and get friendly mocking until someone else screws up! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/55 "2022-03-17T16:58:01Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > …a lot of people who find themselves in the Pit **would** , if they owned their own faults rather than trying to fight to the bitter end, **would** find themselves… I pit **ParallelLines** for putting an extra “would” in this sentence. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/56 "2022-03-17T17:13:51Z")
Betrayed by a fellow double-majuscule! (okay, I had that coming - sloppy proofreading is one of the cardinal sins here) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/57 "2022-03-17T17:59:33Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > So, rather than a traditional Pit thread, perhaps this is a test of a new, ‘kinder, gentler’ pit where we call people out for being a doofus and then they realize it and get friendly mocking until someone else screws up! Fuck that nonsense. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/58 "2022-03-17T18:05:18Z")
Hey! It only works if the doofus in question is willing to own up. Which, in the Pit threads I’ve read, have been a tiny, tiny fraction, almost all of which end up going down the goofy ribbing like we get here. There are plenty of on and off board assholes who will keep the OG pit in business until the board goes away and/or the Sun burns out - they’re a near endless source of facepalms and rage. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/59 "2022-03-17T18:11:08Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > …until the board goes away and/or the Sun burns out… I wonder which of those events will happen first? Or will they happen simultaneously? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110/60 "2022-03-17T18:38:13Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > If I started a new thread announcing my flouncing, it would get a grand total of zero responses. Not at all!! You would get at least some mocking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-bobot/961110.md?page=4)