# 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:** 4
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/61 "2003-05-27T18:37:20Z")
Kind of surprised to see some of these names, as I’ve seen provacative comments from them. You’d think someone would have been pissed enough to start a thread about it, but nooo… ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/62 "2003-05-27T18:52:39Z")
I’ll pit you for misspelling Gandhi, **Ethilrist**. But seriously, simmer down, children. If no one’s pitted you, it’s because nobody cares. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/63 "2003-05-27T18:57:57Z")
Oh, whoops. I missed the part where you have to have around 3000 posts for not having been pitted to be of import. I’ve got a miserable 411 (well, now I have 412, and I’ll soon have more, I’m sure, since I’m still procrastinating away until my lab meeting at 3:30.) So I guess it’s OK. If I’ve still not been pitted after 2588 posts, I’ll start to worry. But for now, I’m breathing a sigh of relief. I’m still pitworthy. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/64 "2003-05-27T19:06:49Z")
I’m a snobby, vain, opinionated bitch who’s never been pitted. I don’t have 3000 posts, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/65 "2003-05-27T19:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > I’ll pit you for misspelling Gandhi, Ethilrist. But seriously, simmer down, children. If no one’s pitted you, \*\*it’s because nobody cares. \*\* Ouch. ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/66 "2003-05-27T19:18:01Z")
Nah, that’s not it. There’s plenty of posters whom others care about, and they don’t get pitted. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/67 "2003-05-27T19:40:22Z")
Err, heh. Don’t ouch. Not like that. I mean nobody cared enough to pit you. Um, wait, does that sound any better? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/68 "2003-05-27T19:45:24Z")
No. No, it doesn’t. 🙂 Good thing you’re cute. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/69 "2003-05-27T20:11:45Z")
Err, how would you know? :dubious: Hmm, okay, we’ll give this one last go. If you’ve never been pitted, you’re not offending anyone. Even if you think you are, you’re obviously not. At least not enough to warrant a pitting. Nobody cared enough to start a pit thread about it, right? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/70 "2003-05-27T20:49:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > Nope, not yet. Although, I tend to believe that no one is really paying attention to what I’m saying anyway 😃 I sometimes get that impression myself. 😉 Regardless of the reason, I haven’t been pitted (as far as I know). I think my 2000-odd posts (plus those lost in the Dark Times) are enough of a sample to indicate that I seldom (if ever) post anything flameworthy. I _think_ that’s a good thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/71 "2003-05-27T20:58:12Z")
Is anyone else reading this thread thinking of the Monty Python sketch about “not being seen”? “_Until now, **Ethilrist** has successfully avoided being pitted through sensitivity and tact. But NOW we have him!_” How about it, **dantheman** - is this a clever ploy to find out who needs a pit thread? 😉 (Don’t mind me - a few thousand more posts to go…) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/72 "2003-05-27T21:07:35Z")
Well, I’ve never been personally Pitted. But recently there was a Pit thread about some very poor behavior on the part of a few Dopers, including me. I don’t know if that counts, since I apologized and because my name wasn’t mentioned more than a couple times in the thread anyway. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/73 "2003-05-27T21:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MustangSpirit\_WildnFree \* > \*\*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??? \*\* “Being pitted” refers to having a thread about yourself in the [The BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5) forum on this message board. These threads are usually personal attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/74 "2003-05-27T21:43:19Z")
I’ve never been pitted. I guess it’s because I’m just a boring hacker geek. 🙂 ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/75 "2003-05-27T21:46:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NE Texan \* > \*\* > > How about it, **dantheman** - is this a clever ploy to find out who needs a pit thread? 😉 > \*\* Hm, tempting! I’ve never opened one on someone, though. Actually, I was thinking of searching on some of the names in here to make sure people aren’t… mistaken. 😉 ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/76 "2003-05-27T22:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whitetho \* > \*\*“Being pitted” refers to having a thread about yourself in the [The BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5) forum on this message board. These threads are usually personal attacks. \*\* Way to jump up to the task a whole page after I already handled it! (And right after it was asked, I might add.) I’ll see you in the Pit, you expound upon-er of previous explanations. This is a test of the Emergency Pitting System. If this had been a real Pitting, a link would have been provided to the Pit thread’s OP. This is only a test. ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/77 "2003-05-27T22:19:55Z")
**whitetho** gets extra credit because he was mentioned in a Cecil column, though. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/78 "2003-05-27T22:32:46Z")
Yeah? Well… Cecil personally responded to a post of mine. (WooHoo! That’s like 1/10th of 1%!) So there! Top it. Top it. Top it. You’re not searching the Pit for _my_ name, are you? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/79 "2003-05-27T23:10:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Way to jump up to the task a whole page after I already handled it! (And right after it was asked, I might add.) > > I’ll see you in the Pit, you expound upon-er of previous explanations. > > This is a test of the Emergency Pitting System. If this had been a real Pitting, a link would have been provided to the Pit thread’s OP. This is only a test. \*\* Opps–I really did look carefully for a reply, and was suprised that apparently no one had answered. It will not happen again! I will now shamefully walk into the deepening waters. No need to try to stop me… ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639/80 "2003-05-28T03:54:22Z")
I don’t have 3000 posts but I’ve been here awhile. I’ve been invited to the pit a few times. I soon found that I don’t type fast enough to defend myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youve-never-been-pitted/177639.md?page=5)