# Poster iiandyiiii is pitted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360>\
**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:** 1\
**Showing post:** 144

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/144 "2026-09-28T12:54:14Z")

</div>

Just tossing this in … because I haven’t yet had coffee:

> [@Mild Pitting of Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1315):
>
> JFC, man, you seem to be getting really worked up over this trivia, to the point that unfortunately you seem to be misinterpreting a lot of what I said to fit your rapidly developing bias. For example: Where the hell did I ever say we should change the standards just for her? Please read the last line of my post again, which was also quoted by @CairoCarol. It says the opposite. I was using her as an example to articulate a general principle. Oh, bloody hell! I’ve said – at least two or …

This bit:

> JFC, man, you seem to be getting really worked up over this trivia, to the point that unfortunately you seem to be misinterpreting a lot of what I said to fit your rapidly developing bias.

This isn’t the same thing as telling somebody to “Fuck right the fuck off” in the pit. It feels much more akin to a man calling a woman ‘hysterical.’

The old saying, “People may not remember what you _said_, but they will remember _how they made you feel_?”

Oddly – but, IMHO, not at all coincidentally – that comment of yours was what stuck with me about that whole exchange.

Please don’t make the mistake of discounting or ignoring how incisive, personal, condescending, low, and outright shitty it comes off.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360)._
