# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/741 "2016-08-16T20:16:15Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Yay. :mad: > > He’s back and in a tizzy because #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t contain appropriate gender references in the hashtag. I saw that thread title and was like, okay, this is totally gonna be racist, but it’s kind of nice to see LinusK branching out from his usual antifeminist bullshit. Boy oh boy was I disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/742 "2016-08-16T20:28:54Z")
As a guy, I’ve found a whole workaround for the whole door thing. Just bury your head in your phone and pretend you don’t see anyone, then swing the door wide open and walk through, ignoring whether or not there was something to hold it open for. As long as you don’t make eye contact, they can’t give you the stinkeye and more importantly, you won’t feel bad about it ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/743 "2016-08-16T20:38:50Z")
NOBODY GIVES YOU THE STINKEYE FOR OPENING A DOOR. It’s the tip of the fedora, the half-bow, and the “milady” that pisses people off. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/744 "2016-08-16T20:39:42Z")
You know how to work a door? Color me surprised. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/745 "2016-08-16T21:05:01Z")
I once broke an arm holding a revolving door open for someone. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/746 "2016-08-16T21:19:00Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You know how to work a door? Color me surprised. Surprise, I figure, is your default expression, much like an infant’s, and for much the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/747 "2016-08-16T21:44:31Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > NOBODY GIVES YOU THE STINKEYE FOR OPENING A DOOR. It’s the tip of the fedora, the half-bow, and the “milady” that pisses people off. I think “milady” might get you more of a slow backing away, but YMMV. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/748 "2016-08-16T23:08:04Z")
(fedora-tipping intensifies) ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Lucky\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/749 "2016-08-16T23:23:39Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This is my favorite exchange with him: I am in no way sticking up for the fella in the pitting or this exchange, but I do think it is necessary to point out something. As a young man, I was expressly told by my father, and had many fatherly talks about the fact, that a man cannot “have it all” and that you must find balance. My father was the primary breadwinner, my mother was (in general) a stay at home mom who worked cottage industry to add money to the family. My dad left for work in the city at 530a to catch the bus and returned almost always at precisely 600p. We would promptly have dinner, play for a while and then bedtime at 830p or 900p. When I got older, my pop opened up to me and told me that I cannot have it all. He was a great pop in those 2-3 hours each day and an awesome weekend dad, but he told me you just can’t have it all. You cannot be an awesome, always there for you Dad AND a devoted career man (at least you could not according to his bosses and for many other men and women who have demanding careers). He wisely told me, you need to find a balance. The more you work to earn for your family, many times means you also suffer as a father. It hurt my pop, the fact that he could not be there as much as he wanted. But, he ingrained in me that you cannot have it all. I don’t care if it is men or women, but none of us can have it all. So, yes, good men have had good fathers talk to them about the fact they cannot have it all. It is not only women who are asked this question. So, I agree. Women should not be the only one faced with this question. But, women who are faced with this question are not alone. Many men have to answer the question of what we value more… family or career? And, sometimes, the economy forces both sexes to abandon family for the sake of survival. Nonetheless, we all face the same question and it has the same pain and burden. One I face everyday, much like each of you. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/750 "2016-08-17T07:49:57Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Yay. :mad: > > He’s back and in a tizzy because #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t contain appropriate gender references in the hashtag. > > [thread=801490]What’s Wrong with Black Lives Matter[/thread] That thread was just racist trolling “cleverly” disguised as MRA trolling, which is just slightly more acceptable to the PTB. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/751 "2016-08-17T11:20:05Z")
_\_ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/752 "2016-08-17T11:44:40Z")
Fantastikkk!!! ---
**Author:** ![Latro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Latro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latro)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/753 "2016-08-17T14:16:40Z")
Are _guv_ and _luv_ still acceptable? Need answer quick! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/754 "2016-08-17T14:25:14Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _\_ Don’t be such a white kni… well hey, would you look at that! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/755 "2016-08-18T19:01:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > That thread was just racist trolling “cleverly” disguised as MRA trolling, which is just slightly more acceptable to the PTB. He’s a pathetic excuse for a human being. The thread in question is a prime example of why. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/756 "2016-08-18T22:21:19Z")
Well well well. Not knowing **Linus’** history on the Dope, I just today sent around a quote of his to a few friends, in hopes of stirring up a little discussion. I thought he meant it for that, but maybe he was just stating a belief outright. > [@](#): > > Maybe it’s human nature: maybe there must be a “them,” in order for there to be an “us.” ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/757 "2017-01-13T13:55:00Z")
Anyone care to tell me whether it was a sensible decision of me to not even open his new thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/758 "2017-01-14T02:36:54Z")
There’s a new thread? I’ll go look. I’m sure you made the right choice, but now I have to know. Plus, I just took some anti-nausea meds. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/759 "2017-01-14T02:45:56Z")
Well, it’s more like an extended family reunion at this point. The gang’s all there. Here’s the thread: [Those who play the identity politics game…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816106) and the OP is simply > [@](#): > > …should be prepared to lose it." > > I came across this quote in another essay and I think it is interesting. > > Some people have blamed identity politics for Trump’s success. Is this just another way of blaming bigotry? Or shouldn’t cis-gendered right-handed heterosexual whites be the one category that is identity-free? Not entirely coherent, but then he rarely is. The gang then shows up to invite him to define terms, explain how heterosexual males are the victims of discrimination, etcetera, etcetera. Really, that OP makes my head hurt. I think he’s saying Libruls are bigots too (I think), and white males shouldn’t have an identity because they are the uber-identity. The one identity that preceded the others. Or something. I feel almost nostalgic. This is what Trump has reduced me to. Sigh. I’m off to read the rest of it. Light reading for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722/760 "2017-01-14T03:02:58Z")
Not to worry, by the end of the first page, **LK** is back to his truth-distorting, hate-mongering ways. By early on the second page, the word “feminist” makes an appearance. I think I’ll quit the thread fairly soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-join-me-for-the-pitting-of-linusk/725722.md?page=39)