# 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:** 6
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/101 "2003-02-21T22:36:48Z")
Also add this WorldEater: Having compassion for someone who is suffering is not a flaw. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/102 "2003-02-21T22:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > me? i was ‘nothingnobody’ but i locked myself out of that account… If you’ve created a second user name for yourself, you should e-mail an administrator soon and explain the situation. The administration seems to take a dim view of mutliple accounts. ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/103 "2003-02-21T22:46:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*As it’s been said before, probably in this thread, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. \*\* what if the problem is life itself? how long is long enough to suffer before you are allowed to commit suicide? is it not selfish to demand that someone hang on to life when they do not want it? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/104 "2003-02-21T22:52:46Z")
Excuse me. I couldn’t finish reading this train wreck of a thread, so if I’m repeating what someone else said, I apologize. Two weeks ago, I had a scare. Someone I know elsewhere posted something at a group I moderate which led me and others to believe that person might have committed suicide. As a result, I spent a few days trying to get a hold of this person’s ISP to find out if they were still alive. They were, but they had attempted suicide. _ **Suicide is not a fucking joke!** _ **Acid Kid** , your comments were about as unfunny as they could get and about as helpful as a can of kerosene in the World Trade Center, and one of the more offensive things even I’ve managed to see. Tell me, do you habitually shove people into traffic? That’s what your actions were the equivalent of. Sorry, folks, I’ve been there. I deliberately stayed out of **Mad Dog** ’s thread until this afternoon because I had a couple of job interviews yesterday and today, and I prefered rather not go into them with the memory of severe depression fresh in my mind. Call it selfish if you will. :rolleyes: When I read what **Acid Kid** posted, I was appalled. I hope you never find yourself in the position where suicide really does seem like the only “viable alternative”; I suspect it’s about the most hellacious place a human soul can find itself in. CJ ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/105 "2003-02-21T22:57:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nobodynothing \* > \*\*what if the problem is life itself? how long is long enough to suffer before you are allowed to commit suicide? is it not selfish to demand that someone hang on to life when they do not want it? \*\* I see. Refraining from making grossly insensitive and potentially harmful comments is equivalent to _demanding_ that someone continue to suffer. Declining to make a bad situation worse is the same thing as usurping another human’s right to control his or her own body. How foolish of me not to realize that sooner. :smack: ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/106 "2003-02-21T22:57:30Z")
Well it depends on a case by case basis of course, but amazing things can be done these days with medicine and therapy, that are helping millions of people live better lives. In the case of someone who is terminally ill, that’s something different. ---
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/107 "2003-02-21T23:02:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*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. \*\* no one knows how much a ‘chemical imbalance’ contributes to depression or suicidal ideation. you can’t say that that is why someone kills themself… only that it may have been a part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/108 "2003-02-21T23:08:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robb \* > “me? i was ‘nothingnobody’ but i locked myself out of that account…” > > If you’ve created a second user name for yourself, you should e-mail an administrator soon and explain the situation. The administration seems to take a dim view of mutliple accounts. What’s he going to do, beg for compassion ? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/109 "2003-02-21T23:14:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squink \* > \*\*What’s he going to do, beg for compassion ? :rolleyes: \*\* what’s with the rolleyes? yes, he can certainly email the admins and explain that he’d gotten locked out of another account (presumably by loosing the password) and didn’t realize until it was pointed out to him in a thread (admitting that he didn’t remember it from the user agreement) that what he’d done was wrong and could they please cancel the one account and let him continue posting under the other. I suspect that if they feel an honest mistake was made (vs. an intentional) they’ll cancel one account. If memory serves, they’ve done this before. (not, of course, for obvious trolls, socks etc, I might point out, though) ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/110 "2003-02-22T00:08:29Z")
While I do not want to, in any way, condone the OP’s target’s actions, I do wonder: can we discuss suicide here? People have some fucking **strong** opinions on the subject, but I for one think it is too unexplored. I had some suicidal moments when I was about ten or fifteen years younger (somewhere in there) and I think the discussion would be interesting if it ever got beyond “suicide is for selfish idiots” and “if you are thinking of suicide you need to see help”. Could we ever take it beyond that? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/111 "2003-02-22T00:13:40Z")
Apologies. Further explorations shows that not only can we, we have. ---
**Author:** ![BURNER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@BURNER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BURNER)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/112 "2003-02-22T03:20:02Z")
originaly by: **iampunha** > [@](#): > > Look at me, I’m being controversial and riling people up! Wheeee! Wrong again. It should read, “Look at me, I can think for myself and stick to my original opinion”. Just because I disagree with you people doesnt make me controversial. It makes me honest. I am sure you would preffer it if I just waived the little white flag and said I give up, you were all right all a long. Unfortunately I am not in the habit of takeing things back when I realy mean them. Sorry I am not good worker bee like the rest of you. As for the trolling thing, you should all just get over it. If I was realy a troll I am sure that the mods would have gotten rid of me by now. They seem to be on top of that sort of thing. originaly by : **Stephi** > [@](#): > > You’re not nearly as cool or as smart as you think you are. Your opinion of me means less than you wish it did. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/113 "2003-02-22T05:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*If I was realy a troll I am sure that the mods would have gotten rid of me by now. They seem to be on top of that sort of thing. \*\* Or it could mean that you’re such a pathetic excuse for a troll that you haven’t blipped the radar yet. ---
**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 22, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/114 "2003-02-22T05:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\* > Wrong again. It should read, “Look at me, I can think for myself and stick to my original opinion”. Just because I disagree with you people doesnt make me controversial. It makes me honest. I am sure you would preffer it if I just waived the little white flag and said I give up, you were all right all a long. Unfortunately I am not in the habit of takeing things back when I realy mean them. Sorry I am not good worker bee like the rest of you. As for the trolling thing, you should all just get over it. \*\* Yes yes, we fucking get it, fuck the man and all . I bet you get mad chicks at the mall with that fuck the system shit yo! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/115 "2003-02-22T06:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BURNER \* > \*\*ust because I disagree with you people doesnt make me controversial. It makes me honest. I am sure you would preffer it if I just waived the little white flag and said I give up, you were all right all a long. Unfortunately I am not in the habit of takeing things back when I realy mean them. Sorry I am not good worker bee like the rest of you. \*\* We aren’t trying to get you to take anything back. We are just expressing our disgust for the piece of slime that you are. ---
**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 22, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/116 "2003-02-22T06:57:23Z")
**BURNER** , disagreeing with what would seem to be a majority _does_ make the opinions you hold controversial, and yourself by direct relation. All honesty aside – what you are stating is abhorrent. Yes, there are more like you in RL. But that does not make you right. It merely means that there are a lot of cold minded people out there, and you, sir, are one of them. You have my pity, also. I do, indeed, pity you. ---
**Author:** ![nobodynothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@nobodynothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nobodynothing)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/117 "2003-02-22T09:06:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\ ***BURNER** , disagreeing with what would seem to be a majority _does_ make the opinions you hold controversial, and yourself by direct relation. All honesty aside – what you are stating is abhorrent. > > Yes, there are more like you in RL. But that does not make you right. It merely means that there are a lot of cold minded people out there, and you, sir, are one of them. > > You have my pity, also. I do, indeed, pity you. \*\* i wouldn’t say that the opinion of the majority of this board is representative of the opinion of the majority of humanity. everyone has their own idea of what normality is… besides, until every registered and active poster contributes their sentiments to this thread you can’t say that how BURNER thinks is somehow aberrant. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/118 "2003-02-22T09:29:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nobodynothing \* > \*\*besides, until every registered and active poster contributes their sentiments to this thread you can’t say that how BURNER thinks is somehow aberrant. \*\* Well, I wasn’t going to post here but if you want a show of hands as to who thinks **BURNER** has a lot to learn about compassion, count me in. What a cold way to go through life. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/119 "2003-02-22T10:52:01Z")
Y’know, I can be a pretty cold-hearted bastard sometimes, and yet… I’ll follow **musicguy** ’s lead here. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346/120 "2003-02-22T10:59:09Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by nobodynothing_ > **besides, until every registered and active poster contributes their sentiments to this thread you can’t say that how BURNER thinks is somehow aberrant.** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by musicguy \* > \*\*Well, I wasn’t going to post here but if you want a show of hands as to who thinks **BURNER** has a lot to learn about compassion, count me in. What a cold way to go through life. \*\* Let’s keep this thread on topic, shall we? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-acidkid-a-new-asshole-is-always-a-viable-option/156346.md?page=7)