# Rape **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854 "2011-01-16T19:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/41 "2011-01-17T06:55:19Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Yes, rape is a serious issue, and a horrific crime and violation of one’s humanity, but does it have to be the subject of so many threads? Won’t SOMEBODY please think of the Dopers??? I can’t tell if you’re serious, so I’ll just say that if you’re saying rape was an '80s trend a lot of people have not gotten the message. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/42 "2011-01-17T07:19:29Z")
Some posters here seem fascinated with rape. Not just because rape threads are unusually abundant lately, but also because rape is something so casually alluded to, tossed around like _they can put a man on the moon_… ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/43 "2011-01-17T12:39:25Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Imagine how much those posters would like not to have that experience to relate. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/44 "2011-01-17T13:41:23Z")
I’m more concerned by the growing number of “\_\_\_\_\_\_ has shingles” threads. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/45 "2011-01-17T13:48:51Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Rape rape rape rape rape rape rape rape Mushroom mushroom ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/46 "2011-01-17T14:06:24Z")
Meh. Topics on the SDMB come in cycles. It’s like the weather: If you don’t like the current set, just wait a while, and there’ll be a new set. The weirdest thing is that sometimes the topics spread to other boards. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/47 "2011-01-17T16:27:39Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > The only reason I read past the OP was to see how long before the first _Blazing Saddles_ reference. It took longer than I expected. And you didn’t even do the correct reply! Although I suppose the onus is on the OP. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/48 "2011-01-17T17:01:00Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Mushroom mushroom It’s a snaaaaaaaaaaaake!! ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/49 "2011-01-17T17:33:36Z")
I think it’s an elaborate ruse, in the vein of the classic George Carlin bit wherein he (Carlin) replaced the word “kill” with the word “fuck”. To wit: “We’re gonna fuck ya Sheriff, and we’re gonna fuck ya slow!” “Please welcome Shamu, the fucker whale!” And of course, the denouement, “Stop me before I fuck again!” Clearly, the OP is quite insane, or possibly an evil genius, because we’ve been made to fall for it. I, for one, have no qualms about it, even though the tendrils of rape have encapsulated the SDMB, not unlike those of Cthulu, even though the similarity is quite egregious, and notwithstanding the opinions of certain deceased scholars, one cannot help but be impressed by the likes of Marty Coxswain, fourth backup to the third season veteran of great renown. Or I could be just as full of shit as the OP. Is it…Bullshit! Or Not?! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/50 "2011-01-17T17:38:12Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > It’s a snaaaaaaaaaaaake!! One-eyed or two? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/51 "2011-01-17T17:42:54Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Grape Rape Grape Rape! **[Tentacle Grape](http://animealmanac.com/2009/02/07/new-york-comic-con-09-day-1-in-tweets/)** ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/52 "2011-01-17T18:13:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Meh. Topics on the SDMB come in cycles. It’s like the weather: If you don’t like the current set, just wait a while, and there’ll be a new set. > > The weirdest thing is that sometimes the topics spread to other boards. I blame the Collective Consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/53 "2011-01-17T20:59:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Mushroom mushroom Win. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/54 "2011-01-17T21:27:43Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > I’d really like it if I didn’t have to read another nonchalant “Yeah, I was raped in the summer of **19xx** , and…” post on this board. Wow! I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be raped by Mega Man. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/55 "2011-01-17T22:17:21Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Wow! I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be raped by Mega Man. How’s about O Mega Man? You’re a chick right? Guy butts are all hairy and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/56 "2011-01-17T22:33:13Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Wow! I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be raped by Mega Man. You got a new weapon! Gratuitous Rape Cannon! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/57 "2011-01-17T23:17:13Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Imagine how much those posters would like not to have that experience to relate. I wouldn’t mind it so much if rape victims, child abuse survivors, and anyone who might once have been touched inappropriately, didn’t get hero status around here. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/58 "2011-01-18T00:42:45Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I wouldn’t mind it so much if rape victims, child abuse survivors, and anyone who might once have been touched inappropriately, didn’t get hero status around here. I’d like it even more if people weren’t so credulous when it came to such claims. > [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Wow! I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to be raped by Mega Man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/59 "2011-01-18T00:49:19Z")
At this moment, the first five threads in the Pit are rape-related, there are at least two in GD and one in GQ… What’s the matter, you people have a really disappointing Christmas or something? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854/60 "2011-01-18T00:51:15Z")
It’s Rape Month - **Vinyl Turnip** covered that in one of the Pit threads. Like January wasn’t a big enough bummer already. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape/567854.md?page=4)