# Q.E.D. please be nicer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 9, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719 "2008-03-09T14:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/161 "2008-03-12T16:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] You deserve something better than this half-assed tard fest. [/QUOTE] I’m extremely amused that in this thread imploring me to be nicer (I’ll try, honest!) there’s a small bunch of immature buffoons predictably acting like total pricks. And I got “told off” by none other than **lissener**. Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![aptronym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@aptronym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aptronym)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/162 "2008-03-14T00:17:23Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] I’m extremely amused that in this thread imploring me to be nicer (I’ll try, honest!) there’s a small bunch of immature buffoons predictably acting like total pricks. [/QUOTE] There’s a good reason for the double standard - that’s what the Pit is for. Nobody would be telling you to be nicer if you had written in the Pit what you wrote in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/163 "2008-03-14T00:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] I’m extremely amused that in this thread imploring me to be nicer (I’ll try, honest!) there’s a small bunch of immature buffoons predictably acting like total pricks. And I got “told off” by none other than **lissener**. Priceless. [/QUOTE] **That’s** what you got out of this 4 page thread? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/164 "2008-03-14T01:04:38Z")
Yes, every offhand comment I make near the end of a thread should be taken as a complete summary of what I’ve gotten out of it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/165 "2008-03-14T01:10:39Z")
yep, you sure are learning. I’m especially wounded by the rolleyes in my direction. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/166 "2008-03-14T01:13:43Z")
Let it die… let it die… [/chanting] ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/167 "2008-03-14T01:21:50Z")
fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/168 "2008-03-14T02:18:35Z")
[Quote=Musicate] _Originally Posted by zuma It was not a pointless question and some of us are waiting for the answer. You jump in and decide be be a dick._ Maybe, but he’s OUR dick. _Originally Posted by bbs2k I believe he’s an ass…_ And OUR ass. [/quote] Can you appreciate how off-putting that is to those without ‘Charter Member’ under their alias? It does rather imply, ‘Sure, we’ll take your money to let you play here, but never forget _it’s OUR sandbox_’. People with a lot of history have a greater context in which to be understood, but, still… ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/169 "2008-03-14T02:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=j666] Can you appreciate how off-putting that is to those without ‘Charter Member’ under their alias? It does rather imply, ‘Sure, we’ll take your money to let you play here, but never forget _it’s OUR sandbox_’. People with a lot of history have a greater context in which to be understood, but, still… [/QUOTE] I took it the other way. Yes, he might be an ass at times, but because of his other redeeming qualities, it’s all good. Hell, if you feel unloved by the board, you can be my ass if you really want to. Wait, no you can’t, that position and the dick position are filled. How about you can be the sand in my vagina? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/170 "2008-03-14T03:19:00Z")
What redeeming qualities? Google skills? 😕 I thought we could all do that. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/171 "2008-03-14T04:05:09Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] What redeeming qualities? Google skills? 😕 I thought we could all do that. [/QUOTE] **Q.E.D.** does have a great deal of specialized knowledge that he contributes to the board. He does far more than just Google. While I agree that **Q.E.D.** would be better off being politer when he responds, he’s worth 100 times more than an ass like you. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/172 "2008-03-14T04:20:48Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] he’s worth 100 times more than an ass like you. [/QUOTE] So, we’re talkin _pennies_ here? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/173 "2008-03-14T13:45:34Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] So, we’re talkin _pennies_ here? 😉 [/QUOTE] You’re on the list, pal! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/174 "2008-03-14T13:48:31Z")
What the fuck? This thread is still going? For one line of mild if unnecessary snark? Let it go, people. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/175 "2008-03-14T13:55:18Z")
Indeed. If only there were some way to avoid reading a thread; but alas, the only way to get a thread to die, it would seem, is to post to it and _tell_ people to let it die. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/176 "2008-03-14T14:02:13Z")
Well, I’m not going to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/177 "2008-03-14T14:06:40Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Indeed. If only there were some way to avoid reading a thread; but alas, the only way to get a thread to die, it would seem, is to post to it and _tell_ people to let it die. [/QUOTE] Well, since it’s gone five pages without my intervention, it doesn’t seem like the “just let it die” approach is very effective. Perhaps I should pit everyone participating in this thread for posting. Including myself. Twice. This is fun! ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/178 "2008-03-14T14:09:05Z")
I’m getting close to invertebrate status, myself. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/179 "2008-03-14T14:12:16Z")
Oh cheeseincrust, I saw him post and thought, “must resist the urge”. Now what the hell, why not? I just wanted to be the first to congratulate **QED** on the obvious lesson learned. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719/180 "2008-03-14T14:51:25Z")
//commences CPR on thread// one and two and three and four and… Ah fuck it, time of death 16h47 SA time. //swats flies// [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-e-d-please-be-nicer/440719.md?page=10)