# Please Join Me for the Pitting of LinusK **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 20, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722 "2015-07-20T20:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/401 "2015-10-19T22:34:59Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > All body functions are normal, but some of them should not be performed in public. But nobody in this thread **is** publicly performing any body function. Most body functions, including menstruation, can’t actually be performed in cyberspace because, you know, bits not bodies. Now, if you’re using “menstruation” as a dogwhistle term for _“irrational emotional outburst gendered female because bitches-be-crazy-amirite-bro”_, then sure, that’s something that can be performed in cyberspace. But in that case, you’re being rather disingenuous when you claim that you “have nothing against menstruation”. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/402 "2015-10-19T22:40:05Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > But in that case, you’re being rather disingenuous when you claim that you “have nothing against menstruation”. He’s got nothing against it, as long as women don’t menstruate in public. Hide them away during that time, and he’s fine with it. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/403 "2015-10-19T22:41:10Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Now, if you’re using “menstruation” as a dogwhistle term for _“irrational emotional outburst gendered female because bitches-be-crazy-amirite-bro”_, then sure, that’s something that can be performed in cyberspace. Cybermenstruation is a **very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by feminists at something they consider offensive.** ---
**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:** [October 19, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/404 "2015-10-19T22:42:46Z")
How would you prefer they react when something offensive is said? ETA: and what does that have to do with menstruation anyway? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/405 "2015-10-19T22:45:02Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > How would you prefer they react when something offensive is said? Everyone chooses their own way to react to things they disagree with. I just comment on that reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/406 "2015-10-19T22:48:37Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > ETA: and what does that have to do with menstruation anyway? Because it’s something that only bloody twatrags complain about. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/407 "2015-10-19T23:15:14Z")
Back to our boy, **LinusK**. Somebody zinged him pretty good in his Cafe Society “Favorite Lyrics” thread. They posted the opening lines to _I Am Woman_. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/408 "2015-10-19T23:19:02Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > Cybermenstruation is a **very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by feminists at something they consider offensive.** So your colorful reaction is what, cyber jock itch? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/409 "2015-10-19T23:23:25Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > So your colorful reaction is what, cyber jock itch? It can be one of hundreds of male – specific terms. Male bashing has been popular since early 1990s and there are hundreds of male – specific insults in many threads of the Pit. Red stands for strong anger. Blue stands for cyberspace and virtual world. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/410 "2015-10-19T23:25:12Z")
Listen, get help, brother. It’s out there. Until then, shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/411 "2015-10-19T23:31:46Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > All body functions are normal, but some of them should not be performed in public. Most people did not appreciate Kiran Gandhi. Menstruation is “performed” in public any time a menstruating woman leaves her house. What you appear to be arguing is that women _must_ wear certain undergarments at certain times of their cycle. I think what women wear should be up to them, even while menstruating. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/412 "2015-10-19T23:33:47Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think what women wear should be up to them, even while menstruating. OK. Yet for some reason many people made fun of Kiran Gandhi. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/413 "2015-10-19T23:35:12Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > OK. Yet for some reason many people made fun of Kiran Gandhi. Many people do lots of things… so what? Do you take back your assertion that women should not menstruate in public? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/414 "2015-10-19T23:36:09Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Many people do lots of things… so what? Do you take back your assertion that women should not menstruate in public? It not my place to decide what anyone does – but I can post what I observe. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/415 "2015-10-19T23:55:07Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > So your colorful reaction is what, cyber jock itch? Cybershrinkage is a very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by MRA’s at something they consider offensive or a threat to their Bro-hood. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/416 "2015-10-20T00:08:32Z")
I no longer menstruate. So do I cybermenopause? That sounds rather calm and reflective, actually. I’m a cybercrone.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/417 "2015-10-20T00:13:04Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > I no longer menstruate. So do I cybermenopause? The less I judge users who have not attacked me first, the better. My point is that I have introduced a new term for **a very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by feminists at something they consider offensive.** It is a metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/418 "2015-10-20T00:15:43Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > The less I judge users who have not attacked me first, the better. > > My point is that I have introduced a new term for **a very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by feminists at something they consider offensive.** > > It is a metaphor. And totally not judgmental or misogynistic AT ALL. please stop waving and scratching that thing in public. None of us want to see that. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/419 "2015-10-20T00:15:56Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > The less I judge users who have not attacked me first, the better. > > My point is that I have introduced a new term for **a very intensive and angry emotional online outburst by feminists at something they consider offensive.** > > It is a metaphor. I’m afraid that you’re grossly overestimating the originality of your contribution to the lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/420 "2015-10-20T00:21:00Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > And totally not judgmental or misogynistic AT ALL. > > please stop waving and scratching that thing in public. None of us want to see that. A tsunami – sized wave of male bashing has swept the English Speaking World since early '90s. There are countless male–specific insults from any Greeting Card section to The Pit. **As a Libertarian I see only one way to fight offensive humor – by more offensive humor.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722.md?page=22)