# Qin Shi Huangdi - please, stop demonstrating your woeful ignorance about the real world **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690 "2012-03-04T00:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/61 "2012-03-05T20:15:47Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Thank you cuntface for engaging with me and pointing out the error of my ways (hope you like your nickname by the way, I like it as much as Spanky). [Moderating] Calling other posters “cunts” is a violation of the pit language rules. Please avoid doing this in the future. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/62 "2012-03-05T20:24:26Z")
QSH is a smart kid, no doubt. I’m sure he’ll look back on his posts in ten years and laugh at himself. Sure, I disagree with most everything he says but I don’t doubt his utter sincerity. I’m sure when the rest of us were his age we thought we knew much more than we really did. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/63 "2012-03-05T20:50:49Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > QSH is a smart kid, no doubt. I’m sure he’ll look back on his posts in ten years and laugh at himself. Sure, I disagree with most everything he says but I don’t doubt his utter sincerity. I’m sure when the rest of us were his age we thought we knew much more than we really did. And then we got our hands on an Ayn Rand book and became insufferable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/64 "2012-03-05T20:51:35Z")
Say, is or is not **Qin** the flaming fucktard who originally usernamed himself after George Wallace’ 1968 presidential running mate [Curtis LeMay?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Lemay) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/65 "2012-03-05T21:08:13Z")
Well, see! Improving already! ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/66 "2012-03-05T21:33:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Say, is or is not **Qin** the flaming fucktard who originally usernamed himself after George Wallace’ 1968 presidential running mate [Curtis LeMay?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Lemay) Is that him? I kind of liked that username. It suggested a posting style similar to a B-52. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/67 "2012-03-05T21:56:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > Calling other posters “cunts” is a violation of the pit language rules. Please avoid doing this in the future. > > No warning issued. > [/Moderating] To be fair, he called him a cunt_face_. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/68 "2012-03-05T22:36:33Z")
How many years has Qin been a teenager? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/69 "2012-03-05T22:57:34Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > How many years has Qin been a teenager? My calculus grades weren’t the greatest, but he joined the board in July 2009 and said he was 13. So that would mean that now, he’s … um … you know what, I’ll take your word for it. It’s been _years_. He couldn’t possibly still be a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/70 "2012-03-05T23:53:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > My calculus grades weren’t the greatest, but he joined the board in July 2009 and said he was 13. So that would mean that now, he’s … um … you know what, I’ll take your word for it. It’s been _years_. He couldn’t possibly still be a teenager. Why not? I know people who have been teenagers for more than 30 years now. It’s a state of mind. A young, vigorous, optimistic, immature, arrogant, angry, tempestuous, raging-hormone-addled state of mind. Pimples optional. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/71 "2012-03-06T01:28:05Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > To be fair, he called him a cunt_face_. To be fair, variations on those terms are also forbidden. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Say, is or is not **Qin** the flaming fucktard who originally usernamed himself after George Wallace’ 1968 presidential running mate [Curtis LeMay?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Lemay) And he changed it because you guys kept making fun of him for it. In fact, I’d count **Qin** as one of the most changed posters on this board. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/72 "2012-03-06T02:40:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > To be fair, variations on those terms are also forbidden. Ever as sharp as a hippo’s butt-cheek, ain’t ya **T-Bag**? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/73 "2012-03-06T06:15:34Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > To be fair, he called him a cunt_face_. To be even fairer, I _do_ have a very cuntish face. Hold on… ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/74 "2012-03-06T06:30:18Z")
[quote=“andros, post:73, topic:614690”] To be even fairer, I _do_ have a very cuntish face…[/QUOTE Maybe he meant Cuntis face. Cuntis is a municipality of Galicia , Spain. A handsome people those Cuntis folk. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/75 "2012-03-06T09:49:43Z")
No, don’t be silly. **Illuminatiprimus** is a Brit – it’s obviously a corruption of “Kentish face”, attacking **andros** ’s character by implying he is from (shudder) the Home Counties. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/76 "2012-03-06T13:33:28Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > the biggest communist government in the world . You mean Vietnam? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/77 "2012-03-06T14:07:57Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > No, don’t be silly. > > **Illuminatiprimus** is a Brit – it’s obviously a corruption of “Kentish face”, attacking **andros** ’s character by implying he is from (shudder) the Home Counties. In one of his colleagues’ obituaries of him, I read that Christopher Hitchens was arrested in New York for drunkenly trying to explain the concept of Categorical Imperative to a police officer. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/78 "2012-03-06T15:05:13Z")
Hold on. There’s a \*real world \*now? :smack: Fuck. Oh, and **Illuminatiprimus** , you couldn’t be more wrong on the issue of whether it’s easier to come out in some circumstances than in others. Time to man up and admit that you missed the point. I don’t think anyone here wants to be on **Qin** ’s side, but you don’t really leave people a choice when you are so utterly, helplessly wong, and refuse to admit it. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/79 "2012-03-06T16:48:04Z")
This is like watching someone go to shoot fish in a barrel and hit their foot instead. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690/80 "2012-03-06T16:57:45Z")
The thing you guys have to understand about **Illuminatiprimus** is that he’s the ultimate authority on all things gay, and if anyone even suggests that gays might not be all that oppressed in any contrived scenario, he’ll flip out. You could say “My uncle and his boyfriend just came back from Cancun,” and he’ll still cuss you out for suggesting that a gay couple could do something other than experience bigotry and self-hate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690.md?page=5)