# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/21 "2003-05-27T00:38:06Z")
No Pittings, and I’ve never even been the “guest of honor” in a thread in another forum, either. Surely I can’t be the only person to have a thread devoted to them in alt.fan.cecil-adams days, then spend three-and-change years (and 2600+ posts) on this Board in near-total silence. ---
**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 27, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/22 "2003-05-27T02:25:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I also could have sworn I saw a Pit thread aimed at Revtim, but I was wrong… \*\* There could have been one, and I either missed it or don’t remember. I just did a search and couldn’t find one with my name in the title, but they don’t always have the name of the pitted in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/23 "2003-05-27T02:27:47Z")
Not seriously pitted. And I’m a mean bitch. I just don’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/24 "2003-05-27T02:33:51Z")
I don’t remember one, so I searched and didn’t find one, although I _was_ surprised, as I go months without visiting the Pit, to find that I’d started a few ---
**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, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/25 "2003-05-27T02:39:30Z")
Some think it’s a mark of some kind if you’ve been pitted… a badge of honor, an acceptance into the community. Others think that not being called out is a good thing, not bad. Frankly, any place that wouldn’t accept me until they attacked and skewered me ain’t no place o’ mine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/26 "2003-05-27T02:54:07Z")
Nope, not yet. Although, I tend to believe that no one is really paying attention to what I’m saying anyway 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/27 "2003-05-27T02:54:08Z")
I’ve never been Pitted in that a specific thread was aimed directly at me, but I did get ripped in a thread I started last year. Does that count? ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/28 "2003-05-27T02:56:19Z")
I wish it did! But hopefully the antagonist was flummoxed, bewildered, and crestfallen - and then properly ashamed of his or her gauche conduct in the wrong forum. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/29 "2003-05-27T03:13:30Z")
I doubt anyone notices me enough to pit, but who knows. And who knows if dopers have said terrible things about me offline or in private email? That’s how it is when you are active online. In case you were wondering, I would never pit anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/30 "2003-05-27T03:20:45Z")
Wait a minute, I’m not truely a doper untill I’ve been pitted? OK here it goes: [clears throat] Screw all you guys, I think your a bunch of jerks with nothing better to do than to sit there in front of your stink’n computers; playing on this board! Get a life already! [runs to the pit and waits patiently to be pitted] ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/31 "2003-05-27T03:36:41Z")
As far as I know, I;ve never been pitted. If I have, I haven’t seen it. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/32 "2003-05-27T03:49:39Z")
I was once, but it was pretty lame. Its genesis was in an “Ask the guy who uses prostitutes” thread. The pitt_er_ was asking outright how to pick up a hooker. I said that wasn’t appropriate. He didn’t like that, I guess. The thread was basically dead before I even got to it as people jumped on him as soon as he opened it. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/33 "2003-05-27T04:26:18Z")
I have been in several heated\* exchanges all over this board, including the Pit. If I’m not joking around, and you see me in a Pit thread, chances are I’m being flamed (or at least questioned hard) by someone. But, I have never been the object of a Pit thread \*Very heated and sometimes mean, petty, and stupid. (On either side, I’m sure) ---
**Author:** ![MustangSpirit\_WildnFree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@MustangSpirit\_WildnFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MustangSpirit_WildnFree)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/34 "2003-05-27T04:46:07Z")
oookay please don’t laugh at me… I’m a little confused and entirely new here but…(feeling SO blonde) what exactly is being pitted??? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/35 "2003-05-27T04:51:48Z")
I’ve been pitted twice. The record of the last one is gone, since it was during the “Great Blackout”. The first one is still there and I just went back and relive the experience. It was memorable because I was pitted by a moderator. What nobody else knew was that I emailed him at first and asked why. He emailed back basically for me to shove it. After that I really didn’t care what was said in the thread. When the board recovered from being down for so long the code had been changed and I could no longer do what was being complained about. I’ve often wondered if the change was because of me or just appeared that way. [ul]😃 [sup] **I still use it in a different form.** [/sup][/ul] The second time was about the same thing. The pitter said I did something all the time. I pointed out that I had posted to a thread she had started, in a very serious manner. That ended the thread real quick. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/36 "2003-05-27T04:52:04Z")
Just go look at The Pit right now. If you see a poster’s name in a thread title, it usually means the OP has a beef with them for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/37 "2003-05-27T05:10:51Z")
I remember that **kniz** ; I think I bitched at you. Well, time works its thing. You’re fine with me now, pal, if that works for you… ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/38 "2003-05-27T05:22:24Z")
Yep, just read your post shortly before posting the above. [ul]😉 [sup]\*\*No problem[/sup][sub]\*\*\*\***I still have my fun.[/sub]**[/ul] ---
**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, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/39 "2003-05-27T09:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\* It was memorable because I was pitted by a moderator. What nobody else knew was that I emailed him at first and asked why. He emailed back basically for me to shove it. \*\* I can’t believe this. They’re usually so professional! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/40 "2003-05-27T10:08:02Z")
[Jojimbo wins the the title: The Most Original Putz](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38773) A piece of nonsense from a guy with a pocket full of socks and a liking for shitting in condolence threads. It was fun to see the thread for the first time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639.md?page=3)