# RealityChuck, you're an ignorant twat. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567 "2012-02-12T00:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/21 "2012-02-12T06:11:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Wow I missed the JMS smack down. That was fantastic. So did I, dammit. And yes, it was. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/22 "2012-02-12T06:13:20Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > This is sort of on-topic, but isn’t he the gentleman who had that whole series about alternate history Greek myths that did pretty well and got some award? I mean, has he outed himself under his IRL name and published his resume? I honestly can’t remember. 😕 That’s CalMeacham. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/23 "2012-02-12T06:19:57Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > This is sort of on-topic, but isn’t he the gentleman who had that whole series about alternate history Greek myths that did pretty well and got some award? I mean, has he outed himself under his IRL name and published his resume? I honestly can’t remember. 😕 Apparently not as per pricciar but Chuck doesn’t hide who he is and you can see his personal web page linked in his profile. I remember this from when he mentioned his books. Might be his pen name. I seem to recall he is not shy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/24 "2012-02-12T06:24:28Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > He comes across a bit high-handed in a lot of his posts, more so lately, but that one in the suspension of disbelief thread was ridiculous. Has he failed to notice the vast, vast number of “let’s nitpick movies for fun!” threads (hell, not just threads; entire websites) over the years? Accusing someone of “having no business watching fiction movies” is just… what the hell, dude? He’s in most of those threads, making the same post over and over. “If you can’t accept inconsistencies, you have no business enjoying art” is practically his motto. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/25 "2012-02-12T06:27:47Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > This is sort of on-topic, but isn’t he the gentleman who had that whole series about alternate history Greek myths that did pretty well and got some award? I mean, has he outed himself under his IRL name and published his resume? I honestly can’t remember. 😕 His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/26 "2012-02-12T06:48:00Z")
Thanks, I think I was thinking of Cal Meacham. > [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. Oh. That sounds familiar now. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/27 "2012-02-12T07:17:13Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Thanks, I think I was thinking of Cal Meacham. Edit: never mind, the link was about the History Channel special. Still, if you get a chance to, watch it – it was really good. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/28 "2012-02-12T08:59:46Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. Lol, it seems he reviewed it himself on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/29 "2012-02-12T09:08:05Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. Was that ever published with a different cover? I swear to god my little sister bought that at a garage sale and gave it to me for Christmas when I was a teenager. But I recall a cover with one of those airbrushy pictures of a big spacecraft on it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/30 "2012-02-12T09:47:39Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Oh, but he’s a Published Author, who’s been providing quality F&SF for decades. _Decades._ Which means he gets to be wrong in all his posts about the publishing industry too. Well, maybe not wrong, but he repeats things as “common knowledge” that haven’t been the rule for decades (or, the last time he published a book). ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/31 "2012-02-12T12:22:48Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. 48 copies available used, starting at $0.01! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/32 "2012-02-12T12:42:51Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. Amusingly, given his negative review of Alien, the woman on the cover with the big hair looks like Sigourney Weaver. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/33 "2012-02-12T13:15:33Z")
OK, I think the point has been made. I opened this thread with anticipation because my own very first post, 12 years ago, received a similar dismissal by him. But after reading this thread, I’d like to suggest we back off. He hasn’t come roaring in to defend himself like Dio or Lib, ad nauseum. Yes, he’s a threadshitter, but he doesn’t hold onto it and derail it into a sewer. I didn’t think it possible, but I’m feeling sorry for him. There are those of us who keep posting year after year, even though we aren’t going to be loved like Sampiro or Eve, or respected like Tamerlane. And we make the very human mistake of compensating for being nobodies IRL by over-stating our nonexistent SDMB importance. It’s rude, but it’s also sad, so I hope you’ll agree that looking the other way is the best response to bullying. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/34 "2012-02-12T13:26:49Z")
And he’s not terrible human being–he has contributed some ideas here that are generous and helpful. He’s just a little too "author"atative, both when he’s right and when he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/35 "2012-02-12T14:23:00Z")
I’m with the back off push. These pittings get a life of their own and members often get a hell of a hiding for little. I have no recondite knowledge of RC. He has not really irked me to any extent, so I will refrain from sinking the slipper. ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/36 "2012-02-12T14:36:37Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > That site is Red in WOT - avoid. What does this mean? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/37 "2012-02-12T14:45:19Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > What does this mean? Thanks. It means the site is possibly dangerous to visit. There are many parties that provide security reviews of web pages before you visit them. A warning like that can mean anything from the site trying to load a bunch of scripts to actively trying to transmit a virus. In other words, visit the page at your own peril. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/38 "2012-02-12T14:49:15Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > What does this mean? Thanks. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It means the site is possibly dangerous to visit. There are many parties that provide security reviews of web pages before you visit them. A warning like that can mean anything from the site trying to load a bunch of scripts to actively trying to transmit a virus. In other words, visit the page at your own peril. Safe Browsing Tool | WOT (Web of Trust) WOT is a community-based, free safe surfing tool for browsers that provides website ratings & reviews to help web users as they search, surf & shop online. [www.mywot.com](http://www.mywot.com) - ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/39 "2012-02-12T14:55:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Check out the stats of the jackass who did the stealing. 😃 I noticed those stats too, and commented on them in another forum. I did a little math, that’s an average one post every 6.66 minutes around the clock, without a day off for the last 15 months. I vote for bot. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567/40 "2012-02-12T15:55:27Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > His real name is Chuck Rothman, and his only published novel is [Staroamer’s Fate](http://www.amazon.com/Staroamers-Fate-Chuck-Rothman/dp/0445201029) (1986). He’s apparently had some short fiction published relatively recently. What’s a Star oamer, anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567.md?page=3)