# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/141 "2011-01-12T05:16:28Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It would be helpful if you would make it more clear when you’re listening in threads, i.e., by responding to questions that are directly addressed to you. Even if your answer is, “I don’t know.” Helpful how? I genuinely don’t understand why it bothers some people whether or not a OP participates in his own thread. Either it’s an interesting discussion among the people who do participate or it isn’t, right? > [@Blalron](#): > > Have you ever changed your mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? Has _anyone_ ever changed his or her mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/142 "2011-01-12T05:31:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Posted by **Tom Tildrum** : > Has anyone ever changed his or her mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/143 "2011-01-12T05:50:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Has _anyone_ ever changed his or her mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? Not about anything of consequence. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/144 "2011-01-12T05:51:50Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Have you ever changed your mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? Yes. But it’d take some time to state a specific example. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/145 "2011-01-12T05:53:26Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Maybe he’s just a fucking idiot. Ockam’s Razor anyone? No I joined in July 2009. And again on my FB page (which I will link to you in a PM if necessary) the majority of my friends are people around my age so unless there is a massive conspiracy all evidence points to I’m 14. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/146 "2011-01-12T14:50:11Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Maybe he’s just a fucking idiot. Ockam’s Razor anyone? Maybe you’re a fucking idiot. How’re we to know? A good rule of thumb is to just not talk shit about people unless you have a good reason to. So far I’ve seen no good reasons to talk shit about CL/QSH. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/147 "2011-01-12T21:05:06Z")
Is it really so bad if he doesn’t participate vigorously in every thread he has started? His what if Germany won World War I thread is pretty interesting. I haven’t posted to it, but I’ve followed along. I haven’t seen any evidence that he is any more annoying than a lot of posters. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/148 "2011-01-12T21:12:32Z")
> [@Caffeine.addict](#): > > I haven’t seen any evidence that he is any more annoying than a lot of posters. I’d say a whole shitload of people saying they find him annoying is evidence that he’s more annoying than a lot of posters. What you have not found is any evidence that he annoys \*you \*more than a lot of posters. ---
**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 12, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/149 "2011-01-12T21:13:24Z")
> [@Caffeine.addict](#): > > Is it really so bad if he doesn’t participate vigorously in every thread he has started? His what if Germany won World War I thread is pretty interesting. I haven’t posted to it, but I’ve followed along. I haven’t seen any evidence that he is any more annoying than a lot of posters. I haven’t, either. I agree with him on practically nothing, politically or socially, but he’s not as annoying or vitriolic or cringe-inducing as some people (ones who agree with me on that stuff and ones who don’t, both). He really comes across to me as a kid who’s metaphorically tuning into a bunch of different radio stations to get opinions and listen to different types of music than he’s used to. I really dislike some of his “presets” but he doesn’t spend most of his time standing on a table shouting slogans for them, either. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/150 "2011-01-12T21:20:42Z")
WHAT…is your purpose?!? ‘I seek the enlightenment on the Straight Dope…or the Holy Grail, whichever comes first’ … WHAT…is your favorite color?!? ‘Blue’ … WHAT…is the air flight velocity of an unladen European swallow? ‘[10 meters per second](http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/)’ (didn’t think I knew that one, did you? :p) … WHAT…is your name?!? ‘It’s Curtis…er, no, it’s Qin…’ _TWAAAANNNNNGGGGG!_ -XT ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/151 "2011-01-12T22:33:36Z")
No fair. That was questions FOUR. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/152 "2011-01-12T22:34:48Z")
Exactly my point. 😉 -XT ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/153 "2011-01-13T03:09:05Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I’d say a whole shitload of people saying they find him annoying is evidence that he’s more annoying than a lot of posters. What you have not found is any evidence that he annoys \*you \*more than a lot of posters. There are a lot of posters on the SDMB. A very low percentage of them have shown up in this thread to complain about CL/QSH. Maybe it’d evidence he’s irritating; maybe the thread jsut attracted some assholes. Either way it isn’t much of a sample. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/154 "2011-01-13T03:34:04Z")
Though I objected to the question posed in the OP, I did indeed find him irritating. But I am also an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/155 "2011-01-13T14:52:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Though I objected to the question posed in the OP, I did indeed find him irritating. But I am also an asshole. Well, I certainly can’t fault you for not being open and honest with us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/156 "2011-01-13T15:21:52Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Has _anyone_ ever changed his or her mind about anything after reading the discussions on this board? I have. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/157 "2011-01-13T16:21:07Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I’d say a whole shitload of people saying they find him annoying is evidence that he’s more annoying than a lot of posters. What you have not found is any evidence that he annoys \*you \*more than a lot of posters. True. All answers on whether someone is annoying are going to be personal. He and I share very different world views, but I personally don’t find him annoying. I don’t know that I’ve seen all that many posters say he is annoying in this thread. I’d be curious to see how the numbers compare to any prolific poster on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/158 "2011-01-13T16:29:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > There are a lot of posters on the SDMB. A very low percentage of them have shown up in this thread to complain about CL/QSH. Maybe it’d evidence he’s irritating; maybe the thread jsut attracted some assholes. Either way it isn’t much of a sample. Most people don’t get Pitted, let alone Pitted repeatedly and have many users show up to agree that they’re annoying. My point is not that \*\*Curtis \*\*is necessarily objectively annoying, or even a bad person: simply that he is _more annoying than a lot of posters_. How many people have gone their entire posting histories without being Pitted even once? He must be more annoying than every single one of them, since none of them ever bothered anyone enough for that person to Pit them. Hell, I’m sure that same designation applies to _me_; god knows I piss the shit out of certain people here. It’s not a value judgement; simply a statement of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/159 "2011-01-13T16:43:35Z")
Personally, I find him to be an irritating little twit that Thinks he’s smart. That’s what the ignore button is for. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562/160 "2011-01-13T17:21:33Z")
You must have half the SDMB on Ignore. Not that you would see this post, though. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562.md?page=9)