# Rating pit posts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208 "2006-12-22T10:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/21 "2006-12-22T16:53:34Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] It _was_ funny once. For a couple of days. Then again, so was “Hi Opal!” [/QUOTE] I disagree with all 3 of these sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/22 "2006-12-22T17:16:08Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Sorry, it seems forced. No real venom there, and you omitted any use of “fuckwit”. Feeble effort. 2/10. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/23 "2006-12-22T17:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] A new girlfriend once rated a Pitting of mine. I got angry at her, and she yelled back at me. Then I slapped her across the face. Then she left. [/QUOTE] I believe we are required by Pit decorum to go off on a tangent or Hi-jack at this point for the next three pages about what an ass you are for hitting a woman, and the quasi-defenders that say no, you are an ass for hitting anyone, it is sexist to suggest it is only bad to hit a woman and the few defenders that will say she might have had it coming and we cannot make a decision based on one short post, I thought maybe I could save sometime making one large run-on sentence to summarize all the normal vitriol that is required. Jim {Damn, I forgot to call you a fuckwit} ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/24 "2006-12-22T17:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=SpaceDog] Fucking pobes. [/QUOTE] What’s a pobe? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/25 "2006-12-22T17:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] What’s a pobe? [/QUOTE] I’m not sure, but can I be the first to suggest it’s the name for long straight [pubes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399257&highlight=straight+pubic+hair)? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/26 "2006-12-22T17:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] What’s a pobe? [/QUOTE] [Pobe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367261&highlight=pobe) is a fscking derogatory term. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/27 "2006-12-22T18:22:36Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] [Pobe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367261&highlight=pobe) is a fscking derogatory term. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I’ll add that to my list of words and phrases I repeat in my head during pointless meetings at the office. I also like fscking… it’s like saying this fucking sucks with one word. Very efficient! Hard to pronounce though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/28 "2006-12-22T18:29:53Z")
Some jokes are funny the first few times they are told. Few, if any, are funny the 10,000th time. Same goes with clever remarks. The cleverness wears thin with age. Everything, however, sounds better with more cowbell! ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/29 "2006-12-22T19:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] Thanks. I’ll add that to my list of words and phrases I repeat in my head during pointless meetings at the office. I also like fscking… it’s like saying this fucking sucks with one word. Very efficient! Hard to pronounce though. [/QUOTE] The origins of fscking come back to computer science. When a Linux box starts having trouble with a hard drive, or more accurately a filesystem on the drive, one of the ways to check it is with a program called(in the creative tradition of UNIX) fsck - File System ChecK. So when people wanted to say “fuck” but didn’t want to offend some people with bad language they would say fsck. It became popular when someone would post “help, I think I have a bad filesystem” to say “fsck it!” As with many things geeky, this caught on for no discernable reason. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/30 "2006-12-22T19:40:37Z")
“Pobe”, “fsck” and “more cowbell”. This thread’s entertaining _and_ fscking educational! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/31 "2006-12-22T19:43:35Z")
[QUOTE=footbag] Cunts etc. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Ethilrist] Band name! [/QUOTE] Dang it! Beaten to the punch by four hours. I was on time once . . . in 1960 . . . for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/32 "2006-12-22T19:50:13Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] What’s a pobe? [/QUOTE] It’s like a henway, but smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/33 "2006-12-22T19:52:57Z")
I agree with the OP. Pit ratings aren’t funny. 1920’s Death Ray isn’t funny. Hi Opal isn’t funny. Marianas Trench joke isn’t funny. Welcoming our new overlords isn’t funny. Og isn’t funny etc. etc. They may have been funny three years ago. They’re not now. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/34 "2006-12-22T19:53:16Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] It’s like a henway, but smaller. [/QUOTE] What’s a henway? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/35 "2006-12-22T19:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] What’s a henway? [/QUOTE] About four or five pounds. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/36 "2006-12-22T19:59:48Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] About four or five pounds. [/QUOTE] (I know, I just couldn’t help but ask.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/37 "2006-12-22T20:26:22Z")
I appreciate your straight man set-up. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/38 "2006-12-22T21:19:39Z")
I learned Og elsewhere and use it outta respect so as not to single out any one deity. How come that’s a bad thing to do? I sure as hell never thought it was _funny_ in the first place. Was it supposed to be? And for Og’s sake, why?? Oh, and in the Dope tradition of overstaying a meme (was that **LHoD** and **Lissener** that got on about that?), I’ll contribute by rating myself: For apparently being a dumbass on this particular term, I give it a 1/10. Poor form indeed. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/39 "2006-12-22T23:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] I appreciate your straight man set-up. [/QUOTE] Anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208/40 "2006-12-22T23:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Thanks **Carnick**. You saved me starting this, but I didn’t do so for the inevitable stream of “I give it 7.5” posts. It _was_ funny once. For a couple of days. Then again, so was “Hi Opal!” [/QUOTE] I’m a martyr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-pit-posts/385208.md?page=3)