# Ripping AcidKid a new asshole is always a viable option. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346 "2003-02-20T16:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/1 "2003-02-20T16:15:09Z")
**AcidKid** fuck off you [insensitive](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164314) jerk. No one gives a shit about your triple posting, which you apologized for. But your cranial suppository of misplaced witlessness requires an apology which you haven’t yet made. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/2 "2003-02-20T16:19:18Z")
Sweet CHRIST people. What is up in the pit this week? Yeeeow. Will no one escape unscathed? ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/3 "2003-02-20T16:24:06Z")
Not this time. **AcidKid** made a comment that was neither witty nor helpful, to an OP who was asking a serious and very very sensitive question. It was more than rude and hurtful, it was downright fucking dangerous. I’ve been in the situation as the OP in that thread and comments like the one from **AcidKid** can push you over the edge. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/4 "2003-02-20T16:48:22Z")
Oh no, I totally understand the pitting. I’m just sort of shocked at the first page of the BBQ Pit this week in general. It’s a lot of poster on poster ripping, not the norm for us. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/5 "2003-02-20T17:05:59Z")
Not the norm for me either, but in this case, I’ll make an exception. The “wit” of making a word-play on “viable” is no excuse for cruel, callous, nastiness. Especially not when the opposite – “suicide is NOT viable” – would have carried the same word-play and wit, but not had the meanness underlying. There are two kinds of people in the world: jerks and human beings. The latter have some sensitivity to others. The former get themselves banned when they expose their true colors. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/6 "2003-02-20T17:06:11Z")
When someone is asking for serious replies about suicide, it’s probably not the best time to practice a purported witticism. Use some disgression. You don’t have to post everything that comes into your head. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/7 "2003-02-20T17:08:39Z")
Thanks **jarbabyj** , I was worried I had seriously overstepped the mark in pitting this guy when reading your first reply. But I am hurt by what **AcidKid** said as an attempted joke, and susspect others were as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/8 "2003-02-20T17:18:28Z")
Normally I wouldn’t mind seeing something like that, but the OP was seriously hurting. I’ve been known for an unpleasant lack of tact, but I won’t kick someone who’s down (that I don’t know). ---
**Author:** ![BURNER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@BURNER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BURNER)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/9 "2003-02-20T17:34:35Z")
originaly by; **UnwrittenNocturne** > [@](#): > > Not this time. **AcidKid** made a comment that was neither witty nor helpful, to an OP who was asking a serious and very very sensitive question. It was more than rude and hurtful, it was downright fucking dangerous. I’ve been in the situation as the OP in that thread and comments like the one from AcidKid can push you over the edge Not for nothing , but this is the fucking **BBQ PIT**!!! People dont have to be nice to each other here. That is part of its charm. If you dont want people to drive by and yell “Jump”, then dont post about suicide in the pit. Post it in GD or MPSIMS, or GQ or any of the other forums. Usualy when people post in the pit they dont expect a nice answer. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/10 "2003-02-20T17:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Oh no, I totally understand the pitting. I’m just sort of shocked at the first page of the BBQ Pit this week in general. It’s a lot of poster on poster ripping, not the norm for us. \*\* Sorry **jarbabyj** I misinterpreted your initial post in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/11 "2003-02-20T17:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*People dont have to be nice to each other here. \*\* Yah, but they don’t have to be festering cock-sprockets either. There is such a thing as time and place - just because a thread is in the pit doesn’t give people carte blanche to dump their own shit all over it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/12 "2003-02-20T17:37:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*Not for nothing , but this is the fucking **BBQ PIT**!!! People dont have to be nice to each other here. That is part of its charm. If you dont want people to drive by and yell “Jump”, then dont post about suicide in the pit. Post it in GD or MPSIMS, or GQ or any of the other forums. Usualy when people post in the pit they dont expect a nice answer. \*\* But you _do_ have to refrain from being a jerk, even in this forum (as I know from bitter experience). What **AcidKid** said was entirely jerkish. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/13 "2003-02-20T17:41:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Sweet CHRIST people. What is up in the pit this week? Yeeeow. Will no one escape unscathed? \*\* I probably will escape. I’m utterly unoffensive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/14 "2003-02-20T17:53:14Z")
Me too. My ass is like a lotus petal. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/15 "2003-02-20T17:55:02Z")
> [@](#): > > People dont have to be nice to each other here. That is part of its charm. I’m pretty certain that “Don’t be a Jerk” applies to the Pit, and there is no obligation to be offensive when posting in the Pit. Thinking before posting, if not obligatory, is punished if not followed. It’s hard to believe **AcidKid** thought before posting. Or after for that matter, since the aplogy was for his continued failings in understanding multiple posts. ---
**Author:** ![BURNER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@BURNER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BURNER)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/16 "2003-02-20T18:11:17Z")
originaly by: **jjimm** > [@](#): > > But you do have to refrain from being a jerk, even in this forum (as I know from bitter experience). > > What AcidKid said was entirely jerkish. True, he was a jerk, but according to the pit rules it is allowed. Hell , on the first page there is a thread called "UnuMondo, your stupidity amazes me " and “Reverend Mykeru, you are such a fucking tool” . If calling people stupid and a tool isnt being a jerk than what is? The last time looked name calling was pretty jerkish. I am not defending what **AcidKid** said,just that if we are going to start calling people out for being jerks we will have a long list. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/17 "2003-02-20T18:19:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*True, he was a jerk, but according to the pit rules it is allowed. \*\* I am not a moderator, but I believe if you asked one, they would refute this statement. The Golden Rule of the SDMB, whichever forum you are in, is “don’t be a jerk”. That applies to the Pit too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/18 "2003-02-20T18:56:46Z")
First of all, I am very stupid. Second, I don’t get the wordplay. Could someone much smarter than me explain how “suicide is always a viable option” is a play on words? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/19 "2003-02-20T18:59:33Z")
suicide means death viable means living see the hilarity? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/20 "2003-02-20T19:16:46Z")
That’s fucking stupid. Even stupider than ME. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346.md?page=2)