# Roland Deschain - 167 posts in 11 days - What the Fuck ? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069 "2004-04-26T11:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/21 "2004-04-26T14:14:28Z")
I could be 180 degrees wrong, but my BSometer has started clanging with some of his posts re the [chemical castration bit and that his alienated wife won’t let him whack off](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252738), and the [picture of a big guy with hand to hand combat training, somehow feeling the need to cart around a concealed weapon while shopping wth his wife at Walmart](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252843) and everywhere else. I don’t what the end game is here. He asks some interesting questions, but I get the strong vibe that there’s something goofy going on with the near manic level of posts and the oddball personal items, that at times I think (for whatever reason) that we’re being played by him . ---
**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/22 "2004-04-26T14:21:53Z")
Yeah, I hafta say, all the talk of sailing off to a deserted island to start his own civilization - not too healthy. Not to mention several threads about avoiding police and justice systems in general. I think this bespeaks some sort of deep seated paranoia / guilt. How terrible it is to live outside the law - you’re always expecting what you rightly deserve. I get the feeling that there’s either a revelation or a disappearance _just_ around the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/23 "2004-04-26T14:36:00Z")
> [@Achilles](#): > > Yeah, I hafta say, all the talk of sailing off to a deserted island to start his own civilization - not too healthy. Sounds like a good idea, just so long as the island doesn’t come equipped with internet access. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/24 "2004-04-26T14:38:26Z")
> [@robotic\_panda](#): > > ok you win ya big lug! > Domo Arigato, Mister Robo—AAAawww! How Cuuuute! - Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor YAAAYY!! My first sig quote! I guess I either end up a Mod, or Banned after this! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/25 "2004-04-26T14:47:26Z")
Well, as he notes in the chemical castration thread, he’s not getting any at home. So maybe he’s just sublimating. I wouldn’t mind the blizzard of posts so much if he’d just learn to spell. Still, it takes some people a while on the boards to learn that they don’t have to express \* every inane question that wanders into their head. \* ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/26 "2004-04-26T14:55:52Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > YAAAYY!! My first sig quote! > > I guess I either end up a Mod, or Banned after this! 😉 Either that or you’ll end up in the 21st century hall of panda fame… > [@finagle](#): > > Still, it takes some people a while on the boards to learn that they don’t have to express every inane question that wanders into their head. that reminds me… how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? ---
**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/27 "2004-04-26T15:04:11Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Sounds like a good idea, just so long as the island doesn’t come equipped with internet access. Yeah, maybe, but i still think he’s runnin’ from the law. Cue cops ‘n’ robbers chase music… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/28 "2004-04-26T15:13:10Z")
Funny, I was just looking at his posting history when I saw this thread. I would never have opened my own pit thread, being fairly new and having a fairly high post count myself but… Starting 46 threads in a week strikes me as rather odd, in a way that I can’t quite put my finger on. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/29 "2004-04-26T15:25:56Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I could be 180 degrees wrong, but my BSometer has started clanging with some of his posts re the [chemical castration bit and that his alienated wife won’t let him whack off](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252738), and the [picture of a big guy with hand to hand combat training, somehow feeling the need to cart around a concealed weapon while shopping wth his wife at Walmart](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252843) and everywhere else. . Don’t forget his [revolutionary weight loss ideas](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251257)! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/30 "2004-04-26T15:31:42Z")
How dare he have a high post count! Some people like the MB format, some like chat, some like e-mail. It’s not entirely unusual to see some debates with 2 or 3 posters having upwards of 100 posts in it. Although in GQ, it does seem a bit odd. When I was off work for a while on Doctor’s orders, I had 50 to 100 ppd. And NO, it wasn’t games. If you are interested in a variety of things, it’s very easy to get deeply involved in multiple subjects. Then again, I’ve had to go out of town for work (before laptop) for1 to 4 weeks or on vacation for a couple of days to a couple of weeks when I posted nothing at all. My ppd is still in the teens. So, maybe this guy just has a whole lot of intrests and he’s using the computer for entertainment. As long as he doesn’t “be a jerk” what’s the problem? **Robotic\_Panda**? Trek fan? Or strange coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/31 "2004-04-26T15:45:32Z")
> [@robotic\_panda](#): > > … that reminds me… how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? The folks in the lab are still working on that one, ever since our bespectacled spokesowl misplaced all the research papers and prepared statements, and went with his gut reaction live on national teevee. (He is no longer with us, by the way, and no longer has any authority to speak on behalf of unionized owls anywhere. Kind of what you would call a scab owl at this point.) Yours truly, screech-owl ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/32 "2004-04-26T15:46:37Z")
Fuck! God damn it to Hell! And shit! This —\> 😛 \<— fucking shit eater of a smiley was supposed to be in that post after the first line! fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck Yar! ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/33 "2004-04-26T15:53:29Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > The folks in the lab are still working on that one, ever since our bespectacled spokesowl misplaced all the research papers and prepared statements, and went with his gut reaction live on national teevee. (He is no longer with us, by the way, and no longer has any authority to speak on behalf of unionized owls anywhere. Kind of what you would call a scab owl at this point.) > > Yours truly, > screech-owl Well your candy crunching beak kind of sends the results into Candyland… if that even is a comparison… yeah i’ll stick with it ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/34 "2004-04-26T16:23:09Z")
Yeah. How dare he!? If we have new people like him joining and posting things the SDMB might actually survive the membership charge!! And then where will we be??!! :rolleyes: Newbies some times get a bit carried away. And yeah, some of his questions are a bit daft. But some of them are quite good too and he isn’t being a jerk. (Though he does need to quit with the title heading thing.) I don’t see the problem here. This is not how to welcome new subscribers. ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/35 "2004-04-26T16:28:31Z")
> [@Achilles](#): > > I’ve got to second that. > > It’s a fucking _TITLE_ bar! You don’t need to type the first line of your post in there! It comes out fucking TINY and no-one can read it… > > Phew. My head nearly popped. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/36 "2004-04-26T17:48:57Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > And that goddamned “typing in the title” thing he does in replies drives me nuts! That’s the one thing about him that bothers me. But it bothers me plenty. Let’s hope he grows out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/37 "2004-04-26T18:21:26Z")
I’m too lazy to search, but he has a thread in ATMB (that started in GQ, natch) where Lynn “suggested” he post less and read more for a while. FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/38 "2004-04-26T18:39:26Z")
It just occured to me what it is that has been bugging me. While I agree that there’s nothing wrong with “newbie enthusiasm”, (clearly, I suffer from this myself), for the most part, he’s only participating in threads that he started. It would be, IMO, one thing if he was starting a zillion threads and participating in a zillion others, but he’s coming across to me as someone who found a bunch of people willing to answer all his questions, and all for 5 bucks a year. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/39 "2004-04-26T18:53:36Z")
There was a guy awhile back that maintained something like 30 posts per day (twice this guy’s average) for a few weeks and then suddenly just started an “I’m quitting” thread and hasn’t been back since AFAIK. I think his name was Smiley\_Death. This guy having 15ppd isn’t really that bad if you think about it. I think handy held fast at around 12ppd for several years. I believe Guin and a few other posters are up around 16 or more if I’m not mistaken. Also remember that this board is fairly calm with very little “chat” type posting (which is a very good thing.) I know of boards with people that have 35,000 posts in a year, which works out to about…95 posts per day. I say this guy will continue his blitzkrieg for a little while longer and then either calm down or quit altogether. I don’t think the meantime is going to be long enough to really drive any of us nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069/40 "2004-04-26T19:13:48Z")
He seems to adapt, though. His latest thread on diplomatic immunity gave rise to an interesting discussion. I share your irritation but adopt the position ‘wait and see’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-deschain-167-posts-in-11-days-what-the-fuck/242069.md?page=3)