# Poll: IYO, is December a great big ninny? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 10, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824 "2002-04-10T13:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/41 "2002-04-12T00:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by TwistofFate Is it really pit worthy? Considering your thread on polling wether Krispy Original should be banned or not was started IMHO also? > > Was not. > > That one WAS started in the Pit - unfortunately, it seems to have been deleted. Maybe just as well. > Also, a major difference was that the test subject was asking me, nay, daring me to post such a poll. > > Anyways, it’s in the right place now, and that’s what matters. …and I’m not gonna pass up an opportunity to rub Coldie’s face in the fact that he failed miserably…coming nowhere even close to 10%…(of course I _knew_ he wouldn’t prevail) …another victory for the infidels ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/42 "2002-04-12T00:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\* > Actually, I was bullied in school. This thread is in no way intended to bully december. he has as much right as I do to reply. Bullies dont afford that luxury._\* Nope, but that’s _exactly_ the same bullshit line that bullies use: “He can fight back if he wants!” :rolleyes: The more I think about this, the more disgusted I am. It’s like a junior high-school stunt (“Psst: sign your name and pass it on: it’s a note telling Fred how much we all hate him. We’re gonna give it to him at lunch!”) without the excuse that you’re in junior high. I like you, **Twisty** , but I think you owe **December** an apology for this stunt (not for your opinion of him, or his posts, but for the call for a pile-on). Got a problem with a specific post of his or a general posting style that he has? Great, call 'm out, with cites if needed. But to do an intentional “Hey everyone, pile on!” thread strikes me as being the worst sort of bad form, and frankly, damned mean besides. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/43 "2002-04-12T01:11:21Z")
I agree. This is asinine. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/44 "2002-04-12T01:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*Actually, given **December** ’s Jewish heritage, it would be innacurate to call him a _cretin_ in any event (or forum). \*\* I’m confused: Why can’t Jews be cretins? I’m sure there are quite a few stupid Jews, just like there are quite a few stupid Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and so on. ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/45 "2002-04-12T02:43:44Z")
this is not even high school stupid, this is something kids do at grade school. What’s next where going to stop him from going down the slide until he post the way we like? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/46 "2002-04-12T02:46:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dave316 \* > \*\*this is not even high school stupid, this is something kids do at grade school. What’s next where going to stop him from going down the slide until he post the way we like? \*\* He was going down the slide! Hey guys-block the ladder so he can’t get up! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/47 "2002-04-12T02:46:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*I’m confused: Why can’t Jews be cretins? I’m sure there are quite a few stupid Jews, just like there are quite a few stupid Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and so on. \*\* Look up _cretin_ in an etymological dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/48 "2002-04-12T03:16:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > Got a problem with a specific post of his or a general posting style that he has? Great, call 'm out, with cites if needed. But to do an intentional “Hey everyone, pile on!” thread strikes me as being the worst sort of bad form, and frankly, damned mean besides. > > Fenris \*\* I agree it IS mean, and therefore inappropriate. After all, how does picking out an individual for public ridicule advance the cause of fighting ignorance? Doing so seems quite the opposite, in fact. I know this thread isn’t by any means the worst flame we’ve ever seen, but what’s the point? Y’all had your fun dissin’ **December** , but let it go already. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/49 "2002-04-12T03:40:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Look up _cretin_ in an etymological dictionary. \*\* > [@](#): > > _From [dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=cretin)_ > [French crétin, from French dialectal, deformed and mentally retarded person found in certain Alpine valleys, from Vulgar Latin \*christinus, Christian, human being, poor fellow, from Latin Chrstinus, Christian. See Christian.] Oh. OK. Can’t very well call Jews ‘Christians’. I suppose stupid Jews are just … stupid. ;j Words come from strange places somtimes. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/50 "2002-04-12T03:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*Words come from strange places somtimes. \*\* I can actually type _sometimes_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/51 "2002-04-12T04:10:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Words come from strange places somtimes. The way I saw it explained, one time, was that the individuals so afflicted were so feeble minded that they were little more than animals. Their only redeeming quality was that they had just barely enough intelligence to justify baptizing them. Thus, they had no human qualities _beyond_ being Christians. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/52 "2002-04-12T09:48:45Z")
December, I apologise for starting a thread asking if you were a ninny. I realise that this is a juvenile thing to do. Close the thread mods. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/53 "2002-04-12T11:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*December, I apologise for starting a thread asking if you were a ninny. I realise that this is a juvenile thing to do. > > Close the thread mods. \*\* Your apology is accepted. \*\*TwistofFate \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824/54 "2002-04-12T13:48:33Z")
Well, then. Lockety-lock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iyo-is-december-a-great-big-ninny/102824.md?page=2)