# Pitting either a)careless or b)intentionally ambigous or c)outright inflammatory email **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847 "2010-01-13T22:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/101 "2010-01-22T16:34:01Z")
“Why do some thin-skinned people get all bent out of shape when someone mocks another person for doing something stupid in a venue that _ **allows** _ mocking other people when they do something stupid?” Fixed that for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/102 "2010-01-22T17:03:50Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Fixed that for ya. Cute, but [nope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507985). > [@](#): > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters It’s okay. If you want, we can head over to MPSIMS and hug it out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/103 "2010-01-22T17:23:06Z")
What part of “The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters” means “posters giving shit to other posters is required”? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/104 "2010-01-22T17:33:02Z")
I didn’t say it was required, I said it’s what it’s **designed for**. Regardless of what kind of unicorn sparkles you’d like to spray all over the Pit, it’s a forum \*intended for \*rants and abuse. Honestly, why is this even a discussion? If you don’t like it, there’s nothing keeping you here. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/105 "2010-01-22T21:06:16Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > unicorn sparkles So is this how the Pink Pistols refer to spent brass? If it isn’t it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/106 "2010-01-22T21:14:31Z")
Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/107 "2010-01-22T21:55:18Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I didn’t say it was required, I said it’s what it’s **designed for**. Yet for some reason you [repeatedly pointed out where we are.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11999065&postcount=70) > [@](#): > > - Regardless of what kind of unicorn sparkles you’d like to spray all over the Pit, it’s a forum \*intended for _rants and abuse._ Fuck sparkles: > [@](#): > > you don’t have to be nice, but you do have to be reasonably civil. Again: why do some assholes assume that being in the Pit means they _have_ to be abrasive? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/108 "2010-01-22T22:13:07Z")
Aw, the hell with it. It’s Friday and I’m not interested in going 'round in circles with some asshole who is obviously incapable of seeing shades of gray. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/109 "2010-01-22T22:23:27Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > why do some assholes assume that being in the Pit means they _have_ to be abrasive? They don’t. Just because they don’t consider the feelings some pantywaist like you doesn’t mean they feel they _must_ be abrasive, it simply means that they _are_ being abrasive. This is the place where you don’t have to be nice little kindergarteners, and don’t have to respect people’s feelings. The place where calling a moron a moron is within bounds. Doesn’t matter that you don’t like it when someone points at the baffling stupidity rampant in the world, or the thread, and matters less that you don’t like that they’re having fun doing it. I’m still hoping that **nicki** comes back, with or with out extra line breaks, to explain the celebrating a thing by shooting it. I like to shoot things, but I don’t think I’ve ever had the idea that I could demonstrate my respect through tight groupings on a photo of it. Well, maybe Charleton Heston. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847/110 "2010-01-22T22:36:16Z")
I was going to reply to you again, **Lute Skywatcher** , but then I scrolled down and saw that \*\*Redwing \*\*already said everything I wanted to say. So, thanks for saving me the trouble of typing all that up, **Red** , and probably doing a much better job of it than I would have. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-either-a-careless-or-b-intentionally-ambigous-or-c-outright-inflammatory-email/524847.md?page=5)