# Re Susanann: Do Not Feed The Idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346 "2011-03-20T10:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/221 "2011-03-25T15:37:53Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Re: distract. > > [Inigo Montoya voice] That word, I do not think it means what you think it means. [/Inigo Montoya voice] My bad. Lemme rephrase: [AIR QUOTES]distract[/AIR QUOTES] ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/222 "2011-03-25T16:44:06Z")
this thread has gotten strange. as much as i really don’t want to derail this thread again, i just have to mention something else. i don’t get all the claims that i don’t punctuate. now, before those of you who are like that start reading back and linking to posts, i know there’s a couple of spots where i left it off. leaving off the period in a one word post doesn’t seem like a huge crime. as a rule, i do try to punctuate and use proper grammar, and while i make mistakes (who doesn’t) the comparison to chat room/text speak really falls flat. hell, i don’t even use shortcuts when i text. i cringe when i get messages that say “what r u doing?” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/223 "2011-03-25T16:48:52Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > hell, i don’t even use shortcuts when i text. i cringe when i get messages that say “what r u doing?” We cringe when you fail to capitalize. What is the difference? ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/224 "2011-03-25T17:03:42Z")
i also cringe when people don’t at all address the point i was trying to make, and just repeat the argument that’s been made like 50 times already. well, it’s cool. if it makes you feel better about yourself, knock yourself out, i suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/225 "2011-03-25T17:07:42Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > as much as i really don’t want to derail this thread again Bullshit. You have the most posts in this thread. Your attention whoring is entirely responsible for derailing this thread. Welcome to my ignore list. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/226 "2011-03-25T17:15:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll just say this: > > (1) **expectopatronum’s** non-capitalized, non-punctuated text is frankly far less irritating than > (2) **Susanann’s** RANDOMLY CAPITALIZED, randomly !!! punctuated Text!!! If I have to choose between no capitalization and random capitalization and punctuation, I’ll take neither, thank you very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/227 "2011-03-25T17:26:18Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Just another one chiming in to say I don’t read your posts as you appear to be illiterate. Just chiming in to say I’ve stopped reading your posts as you appear to be a fucking asshole. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > We cringe when you fail to capitalize. What is the difference? Who is this “we”? As far as I can tell it’s just you and your little band of fucktards sitting around sucking each others dicks and congratulating each other between jizz swallows about how you’re so superior just because you use capitals. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/228 "2011-03-25T17:29:31Z")
not that the **implicit** will see this(and i’m truly in despair over it) but did that rule about the ignore list get changed or something? i thought we weren’t supposed to say or imply posters were on our list? another thought: next time when i get jumped on, i’ll be sure to just lay back and listen rather than defend myself and share my thoughts, lest i be accused of attention whoring. except not. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/229 "2011-03-25T17:33:21Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Who is this “we”? As far as I can tell it’s just you and your little band of fucktards sitting around sucking each others dicks and congratulating each other between jizz swallows about how you’re so superior just because you use capitals. ha! very apt comparison. thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/230 "2011-03-25T18:03:04Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > not that the **implicit** will see this(and i’m truly in despair over it) but did that rule about the ignore list get changed or something? i thought we weren’t supposed to say or imply posters were on our list? “So-and-so is on my ignore list” is treated as an insult. You’re allowed to insult other posters in the Pit, but not in other forums. However, you can ignore someone, or not read them, without having them on your ignore list. The way you do that is to skip over the annoying person’s posts the old fashioned way, by just not reading them. > [@](#): > > another thought: next time when i get jumped on, i’ll be sure to just lay back and listen rather than defend myself and share my thoughts, lest i be accused of attention whoring. Or, you could give up and use standard orthography. Except it gives you a little tingle when people get annoyed at you for not using standard orthography, which is why you continue to do it. If you want to be taken as a troll (that is, someone who is annoying on purpose because it amuses them to be annoying), then keep on keeping on. Like I said, I’m not trying to berate you, I’m trying to help you. This assumes you actually want to be helped. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/231 "2011-03-25T19:12:02Z")
thanks for the clarification re the ignore list. why is it that there’s the assumption that i need help? i’m amused by the fact that by my posts on this board, some of you think you’ve got me all figured out. you’ve got my number. you know what makes me tick. armchair psychologists of the sdmb, unite! i also find it really, really interesting that long term posters who use a similar style as me interacts just fine with the board with no lynch mob in re capitalization. when i do it, though? i suddenly need help, am a troll, an attention whore, an idiot, and on and on and on. i think that speaks a lot more about some of the board members than it does about me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/232 "2011-03-25T19:29:16Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Who is this “we”? As far as I can tell it’s just you and your little band of fucktards sitting around sucking each others dicks and congratulating each other between jizz swallows about how you’re so superior just because you use capitals. This is a bit close to the line on restricted Pit language. Please dial it back a little bit on the dick sucking, thanks. No warning issued. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/233 "2011-03-25T19:34:10Z")
Beautiful. That brought a tear to my eye. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/234 "2011-03-25T19:40:10Z")
> [@Implicit](#): > > Bullshit. You have the most posts in this thread. Your attention whoring is entirely responsible for derailing this thread. Welcome to my ignore list. Oh noes!!! Not the ignore list!!! :eek: (Sorry. I just thought it was funny. “You are now dramatic music_being ignored_dramatic music”) What a clown. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/235 "2011-03-25T19:49:22Z")
Oh, fuck me. Are we still discussing this capitalization bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/236 "2011-03-25T20:08:32Z")
Geez guys, let it go already. \*\*ep \*\*is not going to change her posting style no matter how many posts tell her to. Every single one of her posts on this board have been entire in lowercase. The more you tell her to change, the more she will not want to. Give it a fucking rest already or open a new thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/237 "2011-03-25T20:37:09Z")
i agree, eyebrows. thread’s been derailed enough. although some will cry “attention whore” because i post and respond in a thread that discusses my posting style(?), i did make posts re susanann when it seemed we had moved on from that. shall we move on? if someone would like to open a new thread, go ahead. if not, that’s cool too. the points have been made, the change (as eyebrows noted) is not happening, so long and thanks for all the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/238 "2011-03-26T00:33:11Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > The moment I thought she was nutty was when she said she thought it was weird for people to listen to music not from their generation. Even though she thought the music from her generation was great it skeeved her to think of younger people enjoying it. It just seemed the antithesis of intellectual curiosity. I honestly have no idea why someone with that attitude would find interesting about a board like this. No clue. Whaaaa? By that logic, no one should like classical music! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/239 "2011-03-26T00:49:32Z")
I have nothing against her. But in another thread (Why pay down long-term debt? in GQ, I think) she offered her predictions of massive economic meltdown in the near future, hyperinflation, and dismissed economists as know-nothings. I asked her the basis for certainty about these future events (study economics, maybe?) but she hasn’t responded. That’s all I got, but maybe it’ll get us back on track… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346/240 "2011-03-26T00:54:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Whaaaa? By that logic, no one should like classical music! [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531125). Gist…listening to ‘geezer’ music is letting the side down, and old men are icky, 'cuz…'cuz…I dunno. The fact that she keeps bringing that up suggests you’re supposed to be attracted to the people who created the music or summat, but that doesn’t really make a lot of sense. (Plus, you know, ignores that a lot of older people are totally hot.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346.md?page=13)