# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/81 "2003-02-21T19:09:51Z")
I am utterly apalled. THe aweful thing is AcidKid, All that was really required here was “I’m sorry for making that comment.” As for BURNER…my God. I have never been this disgusted reading the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/82 "2003-02-21T19:15:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lilacs \* > \*\*I am utterly apalled. > > THe aweful thing is AcidKid, All that was really required here was “I’m sorry for making that comment.” > > As for BURNER…my God. I have never been this disgusted reading the SDMB. \*\* He’s making lots of friends! Oops, hope his “wife” doesn’t yell at me too, I really couldn’t take that. . . :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/83 "2003-02-21T19:17:45Z")
Actually further to that, you asked fopr a universal list of things people agree on? What the fuck is with that…sheer weight of numbers does not a good ethical system make! That sort of non-thinking seems to epitomise your posts in this thread ---
**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:** [February 21, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/84 "2003-02-21T19:19:03Z")
The sad thing is: the opinions expressed by BURNER are not unique. They are out there in the real world, around almost every corner. Is it any wonder, then, that there are folk driven to ending their lives rather than have such corroding acid poured over their minds day in, day out? BURNER, you have my sympathy. You’ve lost your compassion – and now, even in the face of condemnation, your humanity. “Cut down, not across”. Feh. Have fun writing those tickets to oblivion for the vulnerable among us. ---
**Author:** ![BURNER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@BURNER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BURNER)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/85 "2003-02-21T19:44:03Z")
**UnwrittenNocturne** I am still waiting to hear why good and bad arent subjective. you made this claim: > [@](#): > > When the fuck did good and bad become subjective? If you have any sort of rational morality at all good and bad are not subjective And I gave you my reasons why I disagreed. You on the other hand have only accused me of creating a straw man and called me “non thinking”. Why dont you quit avoiding the issue and give me a real answer as to why you dont think that good and bad are subjective. Then again , maybe you are just full of shit and dont have any rational reason why they arent subjective concepts. For **Ice Wolf** , I am glad you see the reality of things. Answering with your thoughts instead of your gut instinct gives you a leg up on a lot of people around here.You dont agree with my position, but you realize that I am not alone in my sentiments. Others here seem to think that I am the first person to walk the earth who thinks like this. Maybe I am just the first person they have run accross who didnt cave in to the peer pressure of conformity when they had unpopular ideas. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/86 "2003-02-21T20:00:49Z")
I think you are leading to a point of amorality anyway, but if you wish to discuss subjective vs. objective morality GD would be a good place - not the pit. Non-thinking, yes. A subjectivist sociopath, yes. Those statements belong in the pit. I do not say those things lightly. I have often been accused of them myself, for my general acceptance of objectivist philosophy. I’ve had enough of this thread I think, but would happily discuss the morality issue with you in GD ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/87 "2003-02-21T20:26:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\* > For **Ice Wolf** , I am glad you see the reality of things. Answering with your thoughts instead of your gut instinct gives you a leg up on a lot of people around here.You dont agree with my position, but you realize that I am not alone in my sentiments. Others here seem to think that I am the first person to walk the earth who thinks like this. Maybe I am just the first person they have run accross who didnt cave in to the peer pressure of conformity when they had unpopular ideas. \*\* No there are plenty of idiots out there with unpopular opinions, just ask the Klan. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/88 "2003-02-21T20:27:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*Others here seem to think that I am the first person to walk the earth who thinks like this. \*\* No, there have been plenty of sociopaths before you; lots of people who don’t give a rat’s ass about anyone but themselves. Fortunately, a lot of them are in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/89 "2003-02-21T21:05:04Z")
**BURNER** You’re not nearly as cool or as smart as you think you are. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/90 "2003-02-21T21:09:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > **For Ice Wolf , I am glad you see the reality of things. Answering with your thoughts instead of your gut instinct gives you a leg up on a lot of people around here.** Got a news flash for you, Mr. Spock: Emotion _always_ effects our thoughts and behavior. It’s part of what makes us human. Things like fear, love, hate, and compassion are as necessary for survival as logic and problem-solving. Or else those traits wouldn’t be a part of our makeup. Even you are affected by emotion. Or do you maintain that you would still bother to post the things you have if it wasn’t for that smug glow of self-satisfaction you get from sitting there feeling superior to us mere humans? 'Cause logically, what’s the point? > [@](#): > > \*\*Maybe I am just the first person they have run accross who didnt cave in to the peer pressure of conformity when they had unpopular ideas. \*\* Oh yeah, you’re a real modern-day Galileo. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/91 "2003-02-21T21:32:52Z")
Look at me, I’m being controversial and riling people up! Wheeee! [/BURNER] ---
**Author:** ![nobodynothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@nobodynothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nobodynothing)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/92 "2003-02-21T21:42:14Z")
i would not be sad if a person willingly took their own life. that’s their choice. i don’t see any value in false sensitivity. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/93 "2003-02-21T21:58:50Z")
Must be a long winter break or something. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/94 "2003-02-21T22:03:05Z")
I started reading this thread thinking that all I would need to say would be to agree with the near-unanimous majority, that **Acidkid** was being an insensitive fucking ass-wipe and owes an apology. Yet as **Burner** began jumping in and proving himself more than capable of acting like a asshole, too, I realized that his comments also deserved a response. But what kind of response? Oh, yes, I know: Do Not Feed the T[ired, selfish, puerile nasty person who is hanging out under the bridge trying to bait everyone into rabid responses while hiding behind a pretense of indifference]. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/95 "2003-02-21T22:12:17Z")
I like to think of it as feeding the trolls so forcefully that they choke! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nobodynothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@nobodynothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nobodynothing)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/96 "2003-02-21T22:16:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jacksen9 \* > \*\*I don’t see a controversy either. Without question, the post that stated - suicide is always a viable option, was rude and insensitive. We can’t know exactly what to write or not write in a situation like this. It only makes sense, at least to me, that a response should be sensitive, thoughtful, and sincere. \*\* suicide is always a viable option. that’s true. not everyone has conceptualized death is exactly the same way. that comment may not have made a huge contribution to the discussion of suicide, but if that is what we are debating than it doesn’t absolutely have to be offensive. in fact, it presents a point of view that seems to be contrary to the sentiments of most of the posters here… that fact alone makes it more relevant in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/97 "2003-02-21T22:18:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nobodynothing \* > \*\*i would not be sad if a person willingly took their own life. that’s their choice. i don’t see any value in false sensitivity. \*\* A person with a chemical imbalance who commits suicide is the same as someone dying of any other disease. You may not be able to understand that, but it is true. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/98 "2003-02-21T22:19:31Z")
So are you AcidKid or BURNER’s sock? ---
**Author:** ![nobodynothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@nobodynothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nobodynothing)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/99 "2003-02-21T22:28:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*So are you AcidKid or BURNER’s sock? \*\* me? i was ‘nothingnobody’ but i locked myself out of that account… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/100 "2003-02-21T22:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nobodynothing \* > \*\*suicide is always a viable option. that’s true. not everyone has conceptualized death is exactly the same way. that comment may not have made a huge contribution to the discussion of suicide, but if that is what we are debating than it doesn’t absolutely have to be offensive. in fact, it presents a point of view that seems to be contrary to the sentiments of most of the posters here… that fact alone makes it more relevant in my mind. \*\* As it’s been said before, probably in this thread, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346.md?page=6)