# Raise your hand if you've never been Pitted... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639 "2003-05-26T22:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/1 "2003-05-26T22:00:44Z")
… and you have over, say, 3000 posts. 🙂 Sure, there are zillions of us who haven’t been, but of course the longer you’re on here, the more likely you are to post. And the more you post, the more likely it is that you’ll be Pitted for some such nonsense. Let’s see those hands! Hold those crumbsnatchers high! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/2 "2003-05-26T22:04:58Z")
Does a lame-ass pointless pitting count? 'Cause if not, I haven’t been. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/3 "2003-05-26T22:13:24Z")
I’m not quite to 3,000, but I haven’t been pitted yet, to my knowledge at least. The day may still come, though, as I occasionally seem to piss people off. Oh well, can’t please everyone . . . ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/4 "2003-05-26T22:13:53Z")
Just shy of your cutoff, but I don’t recall being pitted. Of course, since I can’t do a vanity search on a three-letter username, it’s probably happened dozens of times and I just never noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/5 "2003-05-26T22:15:49Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever been pitted. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/6 "2003-05-26T22:16:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\*I’m not quite to 3,000, but I haven’t been pitted yet, to my knowledge at least. The day may still come, though, as I occasionally seem to piss people off. Oh well, can’t please everyone . . . \*\* Ditto. Although in my case, of course, it’s because I’m universally loved and respected. 😛 And **lno** , you can do vanity searches using wildcards, thusly: _lno_ ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/7 "2003-05-26T22:37:56Z")
**jr8 said** > [@](#): > > Although in my case, of course, it’s because I’m universally loved and respected. You TOO??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/8 "2003-05-26T22:43:56Z")
Not me. Not yet. Not to my knowledge. But then, what’s to pit? I am, after all, me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/9 "2003-05-26T22:56:19Z")
Suprisingly, I have never had my own pit thread about me. I have had many people pissed at me in pit threads, but that doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/10 "2003-05-26T23:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > And **lno** , you can do vanity searches using wildcards, thusly: _lno_ Cool. Now not only will I find posts that have my name, but I will also find posts that have words like ‘binomialnomenclature’, ‘positionalnotation’, or mention the Hungarian city of Szolnok. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/11 "2003-05-26T23:20:31Z")
Polls belong in **IMHO**. I’ll move this for you. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/12 "2003-05-26T23:47:33Z")
No, but I have someone be so rude to me in the Pit (in a thread already in progress) that it shocked me into a state of suspended animation. A coupla times. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/13 "2003-05-26T23:48:39Z")
I have no idea if I’ve been pitted or not; I never go there. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/14 "2003-05-26T23:54:48Z")
I haven’t, and that’s fine by me. I’ve never quite understood the faux-Pittings people start sometimes when they feel like they’re not getting enough attention. I don’t really see getting Pitted as being a GOOD thing, y’know? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/15 "2003-05-27T00:21:59Z")
I’m inching towards 3,000 and have not yet been Pitted–unless you want to count the parody Pit-thread of several months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/16 "2003-05-27T00:24:46Z")
_raises hand_ At least, I don’t think I have been. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/17 "2003-05-27T00:26:22Z")
Unreal! I could have sworn I put this in IMHO. But apparently my brain took off for Memorial Day. I hope it had fun. Thanks, **Cajun Man**. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/18 "2003-05-27T00:29:21Z")
Maybe I should pit **dantheman** for not starting this in the proper forum? Oh, I don’t think that I’ve ever been pitted, but I never really checked and I don’t do vanity searches, so who knows? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/19 "2003-05-27T00:34:01Z")
I also could have sworn I saw a Pit thread aimed at Revtim, but I was wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/20 "2003-05-27T00:37:52Z")
I’ve been a good boy so far too. In fact the closest I’ve ever come was in a thread about how sexy ponytails were and I mentioned that I liked pigtails even better. Somebody else said they though they only belonged on little girls and I suggested he expand his horizons, a phrase which an estranged companion had used a lot in his real life. Things calmed down before any thread was born. That was over a year ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639.md?page=2)