# Poster iiandyiiii is pitted **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360 "2026-09-24T22:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/201 "2026-09-30T16:44:45Z")
Can I complain that the first “i” is capitalized? (I guess I just did.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/202 "2026-09-30T16:55:22Z")
Even that is a board software issue I believe. It can be hard to make it lower case I think. But let me see if I can fix it. Nope, board software issue, would need to add a special character to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/203 "2026-09-30T16:58:28Z")
Perhaps we should pit the software? Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/204 "2026-09-30T17:02:36Z")
On a board where people complain about most spelling and grammar mistakes, you want to pit the software for preventing the first word of thread titles not being capitalized. I mean we do have the option in these cases to make the thread _Poster iiandyiiii is pitted_. Hell, I’ll make the tweak to that. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/205 "2026-09-30T17:05:26Z")
This has been an extremely entertaining thread. Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/206 "2026-09-30T17:05:38Z")
If we’re going to be pedantic, since it’s a proper noun that happens to not be capitalized, it was titled appropriately. I guess that tweak will satisfy everyone. Also I always thought of those as lower case Roman numerals, not true is. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/207 "2026-09-30T17:07:21Z")
But 4 i’s isn’t normally correct. It was seen occasionally, but properly IV not iiii or even IIII. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/208 "2026-09-30T17:08:19Z")
Yeah I never counted them until now. Maybe upside-down exclamation points? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/209 "2026-09-30T17:26:28Z")
Just a suggestion … no need to comply. Carry on. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/210 "2026-09-30T17:27:07Z")
They originated as my teenage representation of Roman columns (they were originally capital I’s, with serifs), back on AOL in the early 90s. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/211 "2026-09-30T18:06:06Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > If we’re going to be pedantic, since it’s a proper noun that happens to not be capitalized, it was titled appropriately. In my opinion, names should be exempt from such rules. Also in my opinion, my opinions are true and righteous and should not be questioned. Anyway, all is now right and well with the world. Thanks, WE. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/212 "2026-09-30T18:08:17Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > They originated as my teenage representation of Roman columns (they were originally capital I’s, with serifs), back on AOL in the early 90s. I was sort of right! I knew they weren’t "i"s. I just knew it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/213 "2026-09-30T18:13:39Z")
As some of you have perhaps noticed, I refuse to capitalize the surname of our current criminal regime’s ringleader. Neither do I use his title. Which often leads me to reworking a sentence to inject a capitalizable leading word ahead of that name just as WE has injected “Poster” into this thread’s title. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/214 "2026-09-30T18:14:33Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Perhaps we should pit the software? Just sayin’ I’ve been doing that in my head\* for years. \*And sometimes in actual posts. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/215 "2026-09-30T18:23:16Z")
Yep, I don’t capitalize anyone I think is unworthy. Him being the most unworthy. Takes a bit of backspacing etc. but I find it well worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/216 "2026-09-30T23:08:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Considering the matter was resolved between @iiandyiiii & @QuickSilver (The OP) and considering the current title is not the original title, but the neutral one that @Miller changed it to as per current Pit rules due to link-back issues, all this petty mocking of the title is pretty silly and weak. Honestly, the first title was pretty silly and weak. What was it? Something like “iiandyiiii is not a very good person”? That’s not a dig at the moderation, it’s a dig at the original title. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/217 "2026-09-30T23:34:18Z")
I don’t mind the criticism of the changed thread title. I went out of my way to make it as anodyne as possible, just to avoid the appearance of editorializing. (Now hang on while I google “anodyne” to make sure I used it correctly.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/218 "2026-10-01T00:01:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > (Now hang on while I google “anodyne” to make sure I used it correctly.) _Before using anodyne, tell your doctor if you have gaps in your vocabulary._ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/219 "2026-10-01T00:05:10Z")
This is the sort of post that makes me wish we had a “Like” feature. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/220 "2026-10-01T01:10:44Z")
Mods, my comment was not intended as a criticism of your titling talents. If anything, I’m digging at the OP for their sound and fury signifying nothing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360.md?page=12)