# Qin Shi Huangdi, what is your pupose? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 28, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562 "2010-12-28T00:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/121 "2011-01-11T07:31:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ve been dubious in the past about whether he’s for real, suspecting instead he’s just an adult screwing around. He seems genuine to me. Most adults who masquerade as teens exude a creepy vibe, and they generally troll in places where they can meet other teens. ('Nuff said.) > [@Shodan](#): > > You see the same dynamic in most sixth-grade playgrounds. Well, this _is_ the Internet… ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/122 "2011-01-11T15:27:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I wouldn’t mind the inane question as much if the OP would just return to the damn thread. > > Also, some of Curtis LeMay/Qin Shi Huangdi’s threads make me uncomfortable when I think about the fact that they’re being asked by a fourteen-year-old. He’s no more 14 than I am. He’s just another fat, middle-aged basement dweller who gets off winding us up with his inane drivel.. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/123 "2011-01-11T15:48:10Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > He’s no more 14 than I am. > > He’s just another fat, middle-aged basement dweller who gets off winding us up with his inane drivel.. I don’t see evidence for this. He comes off as a fairly precocious teenager who’s lived a pretty sheltered life to me. I’ve not only known a lot of those, I’ve BEEN one, and Curtis/Qin seems pretty true to form to me. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/124 "2011-01-11T17:13:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t see evidence for this. He comes off as a fairly precocious teenager who’s lived a pretty sheltered life to me. I’ve not only known a lot of those, I’ve BEEN one, and Curtis/Qin seems pretty true to form to me. Funny. I see no evidence of precocity. I’d expect a half-way intelligent 14 year old not not ask such stupid questions or if they did, to show some interest in the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/125 "2011-01-11T17:25:46Z")
Apropos of nothing, every time I see this thread I think of the Bridgekeeper from Holy Grail. “WHAT is your purpose?” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/126 "2011-01-11T17:51:02Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > He’s no more 14 than I am. > > He’s just another fat, middle-aged basement dweller who gets off winding us up with his inane drivel.. His Facebook profile - he’s part of the SDMB group - is pretty damned convincing. He’s sure put a lot of work into looking like a 14-year-old. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/127 "2011-01-11T18:48:09Z")
Hasn’t he been 14 for about a year and half now? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/128 "2011-01-11T19:10:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Hasn’t he been 14 for about a year and half now? No…I remember when he first started posting he said he was 13. If he is a fake (which I don’t believe), he’s keeping his persona updated. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/129 "2011-01-11T21:20:21Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > As to the main question posited here: My purpose here is like what I suspect most other members are, to get answers to various questions and to engage in debate and discussion. Sometimes I do have a good idea for a debate but since I am not knowledgable about it, I will set the debate going and listen to other’s opinions to formulate my own. Have you ever changed your mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? ---
**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 11, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/130 "2011-01-11T22:22:33Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Funny. I see no evidence of precocity. I’d expect a half-way intelligent 14 year old not not ask such stupid questions or if they did, to show some interest in the answers. You can be intelligent as far as “intellectual” subjects go, but clueless socially. Besides, as someone pointed out above, he has Aspergers, which explains a lot. And seriously, even if he ISN’T a kid? Well, who cares? If someone’s stupid enough to create a personal of a young teen, let them be treated like one. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/131 "2011-01-11T22:56:31Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It’s a pile-on. He’s young, has Asperger’s, and doesn’t conform to the groupthink, so some Dopers are asserting their status as members of the Cool Kids by picking at someone who is not Fucking Aspergers. If I hear one more trolling little ballbag excused his bullshit because “He’s got aspergers wah wah wah…” I am going to walk out and punch the first retard I see. This is all **Bigt** ’s fault, whining on about how “_they just dont understand, its psychological_”. Fuck you **Bigt** , you made me punch a retard. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/132 "2011-01-11T22:59:26Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Fuck you **Bigt** , you made me punch a retard. Well, at least you didn’t have to step outside to do it. ---
**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 11, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/133 "2011-01-11T23:06:30Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Fucking Aspergers. If I hear one more trolling little ballbag excused his bullshit because “He’s got aspergers wah wah wah…” I am going to walk out and punch the first retard I see. > > This is all **Bigt** ’s fault, whining on about how “_they just dont understand, its psychological_”. Fuck you **Bigt** , you made me punch a retard. I hope you’re not directing this at me – I’m not excusing him. I’m just saying that’s why he’s so clueless. It certainly shouldn’t excuse him. (I HATE the whole, “waaah, the rules shouldn’t apply to me – I have ‘insert-disease-of-your-choice’!”) ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/134 "2011-01-11T23:34:18Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > I see no evidence of precocity. I’d expect a half-way intelligent 14 year old not not ask such stupid questions or if they did, to show some interest in the answers. I think it is possible you are overestimating. The median fourteen-year-old, in my experience, has never _heard_ of half the things **Qin** has talked about, let alone formed any smug opinions or stupid questions about them. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/135 "2011-01-12T00:29:13Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I think it is possible you are overestimating. The median fourteen-year-old, in my experience, has never _heard_ of half the things **Qin** has talked about, let alone formed any smug opinions or stupid questions about them. That’s less impressive than it used to be now that we’re in the age of wiki. Heck, he can just hit ‘Random Article’ until he finds something mildly interesting and with ten minutes’ reading, become a pseudo-expert on the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/136 "2011-01-12T00:47:47Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > That’s less impressive than it used to be now that we’re in the age of wiki. Heck, he can just hit ‘Random Article’ until he finds something mildly interesting and with ten minutes’ reading, become a pseudo-expert on the topic. I’m told that’s how they generate their school reports. 😉 But are median fourteen-year-olds willing to devote time to reading and writing, absent compulsion or reward? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/137 "2011-01-12T00:54:36Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I’m told that’s how they generate their school reports. 😉 > But are median fourteen-year-olds willing to devote time to reading and writing, absent compulsion or reward? Well, it’s either that, Digimon, or sports… until they discover girls. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/138 "2011-01-12T02:23:49Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Apropos of nothing, every time I see this thread I think of the Bridgekeeper from Holy Grail. > > “WHAT is your purpose?” I keep thinking, “What is your papoose?” > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Fucking Aspergers. If I hear one more trolling little ballbag excused his bullshit because “He’s got aspergers wah wah wah…” I am going to walk out and punch the first retard I see. \ I second that emotion. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/139 "2011-01-12T03:29:51Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It seems like he’s been 14 for about 3 years now. Maybe he’s just a fucking idiot. Ockam’s Razor anyone? ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/140 "2011-01-12T04:30:56Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Maybe he’s just a fucking idiot. Ockam’s Razor anyone? All 14 year olds are idiots, at least from an adult’s perspective. 😛 Well…that’s too harsh. But lately (esp. when I hang out in gaming forums) I’ve been asking myself…when I was a teenager, was I really _that_ annoying to adults? The answer is…yeah, probably. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562.md?page=8)