# Posters you can't stand. Pit rules f\*\*\*ing apply! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003 "2008-12-20T00:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/561 "2008-12-31T20:27:09Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Errr…I actually brought it back up. I wanted to be right. I literally called him by name to come discuss it. I was having fun. So calm the fuck down. Well, I too am having fun. Is there some particular reason why you are entitled to bring a topic back up and have fun with it but I am not? I am having fun with the notion that someone’s frontal cortex is such an obstacle course that he cannot understand the connotation of “bashing” versus that of “thumping”. But even more than that, it is to laugh out loud when he insists that because Wikipedia had said it it must have been so — even though now that Wikipedia says something else, it must be wrong. It is the classic heels stuck in cement syndrome in which one insists one is right against all reason until the point at which he begins to disagree with himself. Therefore, you have no standing to give me orders about calming down, the fuck or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/562 "2008-12-31T20:35:11Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Well, I too am having fun. Is there some particular reason why you are entitled to bring a topic back up and have fun with it but I am not? I am having fun with the notion that someone’s frontal cortex is such an obstacle course that he cannot understand the connotation of “bashing” versus that of “thumping”. But even more than that, it is to laugh out loud when he insists that because Wikipedia had said it it must have been so — even though now that Wikipedia says something else, it must be wrong. It is the classic heels stuck in cement syndrome in which one insists one is right against all reason until the point at which he begins to disagree with himself. Therefore, you have no standing to give me orders about calming down, the fuck or otherwise. **Nzinga, Seated** brought up something new; the historical use of “bashing” versus “thumping” had been brought up, including by myself and others. So, yeah, I understand it. And since you obviously haven’t read the thread you are mischaracterizing what I’m saying about wikipedia. I hear at the end that reading comprehension (or being able to read at all) is the first faculty to go. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/563 "2008-12-31T20:48:15Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Well, I too am having fun. Is there some particular reason why you are entitled to bring a topic back up and have fun with it but I am not? I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/564 "2008-12-31T20:51:35Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > …I hear at the end that reading comprehension (or being able to read at all) is the first faculty to go. No, its…ah…its…hmmm, can’t seem to remember… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/565 "2008-12-31T22:34:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No, its…ah…its…hmmm, can’t seem to remember… It’s actually the ability to comprehend puns. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/566 "2008-12-31T22:51:34Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > I hear at the end that reading comprehension (or being able to read at all) is the first faculty to go. Older men know that’s the _second_ thing to go. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/567 "2009-01-01T00:17:19Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > **Nzinga, Seated** brought up something new; the historical use of “bashing” versus “thumping” had been brought up, including by myself and others. So, yeah, I understand it. And since you obviously haven’t read the thread you are mischaracterizing what I’m saying about wikipedia. Maybe you should have skipped reading the thread. That way, you might not find yourself suggesting that “bashing” something means defending it. > [@](#): > > I hear at the end that reading comprehension (or being able to read at all) is the first faculty to go. Was that from an audio book? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/568 "2009-01-01T00:36:56Z")
> **[Bible-basher](https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Bible-basher)** > > Bible-basher in phrases and idioms by The Free Dictionary [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=bible\*1+0&dict=I](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=bible*1+0&dict=I) [http://net.bible.org/lexicon.php?word=Bible](http://net.bible.org/lexicon.php?word=Bible) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/569 "2009-01-01T00:43:04Z")
[http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4712397a22376.html](http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4712397a22376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/570 "2009-01-01T00:49:30Z")
Are you really going to act as though the concept of “idiom” is unfamiliar to you? Are you sure that’s the position you want to take? 'Cause if so, I’m just gonna go ahead and start with the pointing and laughing now. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/571 "2009-01-01T01:09:44Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > Older men know that’s the _second_ thing to go. I don’t know quite what you’re implying here, whippersnapper, but if you alluding to what I _think_ you are, you should be advised that many men enter later maturity with a \*full \*head of hair! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/572 "2009-01-01T01:16:05Z")
I think he means something a wee bit farther south. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/573 "2009-01-01T01:25:14Z")
Well my knees have been aching a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/574 "2009-01-01T01:57:04Z")
Can’t this bashing/thumping hijack go into some other thread so I can read about the posters people can’t stand? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/575 "2009-01-01T02:54:09Z")
If your knees are aching you can not stand. Isn’t that close enough. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/576 "2009-01-01T03:29:43Z")
I can’t stand until this kitten gets off my lap – does that get the thread somewhere near back on track? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/577 "2009-01-01T03:49:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I can’t stand until this kitten gets off my lap – does that get the thread somewhere near back on track? A: Would you like to pet my pussy? B: Sure, but move the damn cat! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/578 "2009-01-01T04:01:29Z")
**Shagnasty** , just for being a moronic asshole. Emphasis on the latter. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/579 "2009-01-01T11:13:42Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **Shagnasty** , just for being a moronic asshole. Emphasis on the latter. I wish to introduce [exhibit A](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499064) your honor. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/580 "2009-01-01T11:26:28Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > By the way, Vox Imperatoris, there’s a reason signatures are only allowed once per thread. Using a signature in your posts is deliberately skirting that rule and reeks of an unrealistically high sense of self-esteem on your part. (“I know they don’t want annoying signatures popping up over and over, but mine must be OK because I came up with it!”) > > Do you have a response to this, or will you just concede that you’re being a dick by deliberately antagonizing a substantial portion of the board with an annoying habit? **Vox Idioticis** and **Regards Shodan** continue to insist in repeatedly using their signatures in spite of the rules > [@](#): > > [FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards - #14 by C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697069) > > **How many times should I include my signature in a thread?** > Once per thread should be sufficient for people to admire the pearl of wisdom included in your signature. If you post multiple times in a thread it is recommended that you only include the signature in one of your posts. > > **What if I copy and paste the same text at the end of each of my posts? That’s not a profile signature.** > Let’s not quibble on definitions. For all intents and purposes that text included at the end of all your posts is indistinguishable from a profile signature and should follow the recommendations for profile signatures. It is no coincidence that they also happen to be two of the biggest Aholes on this board. And I’ll add **brazil84** again for good measure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=30)