# Question about socks **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948 "2011-08-24T20:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/1 "2011-08-24T20:55:11Z")
I understand some of the reasons that people may make sock accounts - they’ve been banned, maybe they want someone to agree with their main account’s opinions. But has there ever been an instance of multiple sock accounts, from the same user, having an argument with each other? Just for the hell of it? Joe ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/2 "2011-08-24T20:57:49Z")
Yes, that’s happened. If you can think of something crazy, someone has done it on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/3 "2011-08-24T21:00:38Z")
No, it hasnt. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/4 "2011-08-24T21:01:33Z")
Right now they’re navy. Usually that’s what I wear to work since I usually wear dark pants. Weekends I often wear white athletics. I have an awful time finding matching ones in the morning. It’s amazing how many pairs of navy you can have that are all different in some way. Same goes for whites. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/5 "2011-08-24T21:53:05Z")
Okay, **Capitaine Marley**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/6 "2011-08-24T21:54:17Z")
We’ve had them ARGUE with one another. (But not recently. Thanks be.) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/7 "2011-08-24T22:58:32Z")
Hey, if you can’t argue with yourself, who can you argue with? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/8 "2011-08-24T23:30:14Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Hey, if you can’t argue with yourself, who can you argue with? Good point. No, it’s isn’t! Shut up! No, YOU shut up! Let’s see you make me. (Begins punching self.) ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/9 "2011-08-25T01:01:29Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Good point. > > No, it’s isn’t! > > Shut up! > > No, YOU shut up! > > Let’s see you make me. > > (Begins punching self.) Five bucks says **RickJay** wins; 50 dimes says he loses. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/10 "2011-08-25T01:09:26Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We’ve had them ARGUE with one another. > > (But not recently. Thanks be.) But did one report the other? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/11 "2011-08-25T01:24:09Z")
Yeah, there was was someone called: 1. Don’t fight the Hypothetical 2. Warmgun 3. Hombre 4. Darkcool who managed to pick several fights with himself > **[Hombre banning question](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504156)** > > OK, I’ll bite. What happened here?Reported for what? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/12 "2011-08-25T21:37:53Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Five bucks says **RickJay** wins; 50 dimes says he loses. According to a Just Shoot Me rerun on in the middle of the night a night or two ago, betting 50 dimes means betting 50 thousand dollars! Wow are you gonna owe you a lot if RickJay loses. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/13 "2011-08-25T21:44:48Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > According to a Just Shoot Me rerun on in the middle of the night a night or two ago, betting 50 dimes means betting 50 thousand dollars! Wow are you gonna owe you a lot if RickJay loses. **RickJay** never loses! He’s the smartest, strongest, handsomest, and most wonderful person on this board. (Gulp!) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/14 "2011-08-25T21:52:01Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Yeah, there was was someone called: > > 1. Don’t fight the Hypothetical > 2. Warmgun > 3. Hombre > 4. Darkcool > > who managed to pick several fights with himself > [Hombre banning question - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504156) I wasn’t going to link to it, but yes, that’s the example I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/15 "2011-08-26T02:51:34Z")
ISTR an occasion on which Cecil Adams spoke harshly to Ed Zotti, but I don’t recall the details exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/16 "2011-08-26T03:42:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Yeah, there was was someone called: > > 1. Don’t fight the Hypothetical > 2. Warmgun > 3. Hombre > 4. Darkcool > > who managed to pick several fights with himself > [Hombre banning question - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504156) Shame. [del]I[/del] He was a cool dude. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/17 "2011-08-26T09:23:08Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Shame. [del]I[/del] He was a cool dude. No, he wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/18 "2011-08-26T16:43:28Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Shame. [del]I[/del] He was a cool dude. > [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > No, he wasn’t. Hey you two! An argument, even with one’s own sock, isn’t just bare contradictions – it requires logical reasoning to uphold MY premiss and beat down YOUR premiss. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/19 "2011-08-26T17:24:02Z")
When I was very young, I did this once (not here). I had two different accounts on a forum for something stupidly geeky… Star Wars, I think, and maybe even specifically Boba Fett. I started a second account so that I could be snarky to people when I thought they deserved it without it tainting my reputation on the main account. At one point, I had the two accounts argue with each other–possibly in a deliberate attempt to allay the concerns of anyone who might have suspected they were the same person. Now, of course, I’m just abrasive as myself, and I don’t give a shit if people think less of me for it. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948/20 "2011-08-26T22:20:24Z")
It’s better if you argue with yourself using just 1 account. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-socks/593948.md?page=2)