it’s more than a 3 character name. “Q.E.D.” is 6 characters long, so should work when search works (does it now?)
edited to add: oh, just saw the new announcements wrt searches re-enabled.
Because Q.E.D. acts like King Shit of Fuck Mountain on the boards, and they had to take extra care to make sure people recognized him as just being a staff writer.
If I may now perform my sphinx act:
QED’s my friend but we don’t really get along. That’s cool. He’s got a really thick skin, that’s also cool. But he acts like an ass, almost as if he’s got a target painted on his hlemet [sic], and it draws his enemies out. It’s not trolling, it’s a defense mechanism. He’s like a big angry scooter-riding sandstone promontory; hitting him head-on either hurts you, breaks a chunk off of him or both. Think erode.
My point exactly.
Though I like you HD/Fet, and in fact can say that if I’d allowed one of my sons to live I’d like to think they’d have grown up similar to you, I have to take issues with the PSA thing. While I quite agree that saying “I’ve proudly given $30 to Bricker to get that third nipple removed while his utilities are turned off and the new Eric Estrada & Larry Wilcox tour of Rent is in town” is gauche and that “true charity is anonymous”, as QED points out the “taken care of” thing is needed when Dopers are asking for sponsors. (One Doper I won’t name got embarassed because he had his membership paid for about 4 years because of multiple sponsors.)
As for the anonymity of giving, I’ve given to various threads and Dopers and never made it known (and don’t even like doing so here where I don’t give details) and so have others. When my mother died Dopers collected almost $1,000 in donations to cancer charities- most never sought or received recognition- and the same was true for various other things that I won’t go into with other Dopers. We’re really not all waving “Kiss Us: We Gave!” banners.
Sampiro, I couldn’t help but smile at the image of a little gay spermlet in Alabama growing up to be just like me, horrifying as the concept is to some of our friends here at the Straight Dope. The imagery of triple-nippled Bricker begging for a ticket to Rent while facing eviction is also classic, and suitably ironic.
I might note that I have actually apologized for the PSA thing twice in this thread so far. Your point is well taken, and presented with a heartwarming story to boot.
Gee thanks, now you’ve got that being sung in my head to the tune of Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
No, fuckwad.
Fuck. Thanks for passing on a major earworm.
I’ll never hear Jan and Dean again without thinking of a Dixiefied fuckdrop.
Go Granny, Go Granny, Go Granny, Go!
“It’s gonna get sticky now sooner or later 'cause he can’t really help it–he’s a masturbaterrrr.”
I knew it. Lyrics like this are going to run through my head until I go to sleep tonight.
Not if we find you first.
I’d call Band Name!, but it really sounds more like a drink. I’m thinking peach schnapps, whiskey, scuppernong wine and a dash of sweet tea swirled in a mason jar and served with a plate of chicken wings.
Why did you link to Bricker’s profile?
It showed that Bricker’s Title is another one that spells out “Straight Dope Science Advisory Board.”
Which doesn’t at all refute the claim that the title was changed because of Q.E.D., although not just for Q.E.D., to avoid the confusion.
Right, but his “title” was being compared to Una’s.
Sorry, you might be right, I was just looking at what Q.E.D. posted and quoted and in that context, his link to **Bricker ** made sense to me.
Ahem.
It’s a nubbin.
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Carry on.
But obviously G.E.D THINKS it does, so that’s gotta mean something. Or not.
CarnalK, you know better than to bring over that bullshit to our board. This is an official warning - do not do this again.