# Question about insulting another Doper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 12, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044 "2011-09-12T12:38:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044/21 "2011-09-19T17:14:56Z")

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No need to go back that far. Think of the Old West, where everyone was brave and fearless and tough as a mighty oak tree. Everyone was a plain talker and a straight shooter.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044/22 "2011-09-19T21:34:29Z")

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> [@Jaledin](#):
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> STFU, d-bag – meaning, of course, sit the Frenchman down, delicious bag-of-treats. Eh, not that funny. Credit for trying?

Certainly not for spelling.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044/23 "2011-09-19T22:24:09Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I once started a thread criticizing a particular strip of the webcomic Multiplex and Gordon McAlpin showed up to defend it.
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> SF author S.M. Stirling has posted on a few occasions in threads where his work is being discussed. He has responded to some critical posts about his work.

I did not know that! I wanted to know why his super-smart Draka play chess moves that don’t even make grammatical sense, never mind be any good. 😃

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044/24 "2011-09-20T02:09:38Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> > [@rebeccasrevenge](#):
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> > I much preferred the days before P.C existed there was so much less mendacity.
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> Ahhh! The joys of longing for a time that never happened.

Indeed. PC has been around for much longer than the commenter realizes.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insulting-another-doper/596044/25 "2011-09-20T03:26:31Z")

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> [@rowrrbazzle](#):
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> Indeed. PC has been around for much longer than the commenter realizes.

I’m a Mac person.

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