# Rubbing Diogenes' Nose in Reality **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698 "2010-01-20T15:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/201 "2010-01-21T16:52:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I really don’t care. Then why do you keep posting about it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/202 "2010-01-21T16:57:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And let me add that \*\*Shodan \*\*is every bit as pig headed as **Diogenes** , if not more so. I rarely even bother to respond to his posts. No, I’m not. Regards, Shodan 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/203 "2010-01-21T17:07:55Z")
Dear SHOT FROM GUNS, I love words and I don’t mind displaying my ignorance. Can you please explain to me the meaning of “aggregate,” and ETA? Regards, KLR 650 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/204 "2010-01-21T17:08:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, I’m not. > > Regards, > Shodan > > 😉 I’d respond, but I rarely respond to your posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/205 "2010-01-21T17:08:37Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > :rolleyes: > > Report him or don’t. Either way, posting your suspicions is just putting out baseless accusations that are unprovable/undisprovable. > > Have you stopped beating your wife and sucking off strangers for bus fare? Thanks for the advice. Do you have your Jr. Mod decoder ring yet, or is it in the mail? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/206 "2010-01-21T17:20:01Z")
> [@KLR\_650](#): > > Dear SHOT FROM GUNS, > > I love words and I don’t mind displaying my ignorance. Can you please explain to me the meaning of “aggregate,” and ETA? In that context, “aggregate” means “fucktard.” \* ETA = edited to add, i.e. an afterthought I stuck in after I posted. - ETA: Well, “dipshit”, actually, but I thought embellishment was called for. ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/207 "2010-01-21T17:23:00Z")
Reasons for Coakley’s loss, as reported by socialists: People in Mass. are “misogynists.” They are angry at Bush. (Blue-Lips, interview with Geo. Stephanopoulos.) The Republicans cheated. (Diogenes) In Mass., they already have socialized medicine, and they don’t want to share. It was Obama’s fault, because he came to Mass. and displayed his blue lips. It was Obama’s fault, because he didn’t come to Mass. early enough to display his blue lips more frequently. * * * NUMBER ONE reason for Brown’s win which can never be mentioned by socialists, and they are socialists: The voters in Mass. preferred Brown’s policies to Coakley’s. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/208 "2010-01-21T17:24:12Z")
“Blue lips?” ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/209 "2010-01-21T17:28:25Z")
Technically they’re purple, but “blue-lips” is easier to type, and rolls off the tongue better. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/210 "2010-01-21T17:31:40Z")
> [@KLR\_650](#): > > Reasons for Coakley’s loss, as reported by socialists: > > People in Mass. are “misogynists.” > > They are angry at Bush. (Blue-Lips, interview with Geo. Stephanopoulos.) > > The Republicans cheated. (Diogenes) > > In Mass., they already have socialized medicine, and they don’t want to share. > > It was Obama’s fault, because he came to Mass. and displayed his blue lips. > > It was Obama’s fault, because he didn’t come to Mass. early enough to display his blue lips more frequently. > > * * * > > NUMBER ONE reason for Brown’s win which can never be mentioned by socialists, and they are socialists: > > The voters in Mass. preferred Brown’s policies to Coakley’s. Yay! Another retard joins the boards! Nice timing - We’re almost at capacity. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/211 "2010-01-21T17:31:54Z")
You want something to roll off your tongue? I got a couple things you can roll with your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/212 "2010-01-21T17:33:53Z")
To Bryan, Thanks for the definitions. Is it going too far to ask WHY “aggregate” has come to mean fucktard, in that context? * * * You know how people get quotations in those neat boxes, and then reply to that box? Figuring out how to do that is an IQ test I haven’t passed. And not for lack of trying. How, oh how, do you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/213 "2010-01-21T17:36:00Z")
> [@KLR\_650](#): > > To Bryan, > > Thanks for the definitions. > > Is it going too far to ask WHY “aggregate” has come to mean fucktard, in that context? Not at all; it was entirely due to your involvement. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/214 "2010-01-21T17:36:28Z")
Gosh, I wonder who **KLR 650** might be. ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/215 "2010-01-21T17:36:44Z")
No really, Blue-Lips said Coakley lost because voters are still angry at Bush. In an interview with Geo. Steph. Now that’s just plain crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/216 "2010-01-21T17:39:06Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Gosh, I wonder who **KLR 650** might be. I’m just glad he’s not “KMG 365”, since that would do a disservice to one of the earliest and best emergency-services TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/217 "2010-01-21T17:39:23Z")
> [@KLR\_650](#): > > Can you please explain to me the meaning of “aggregate,” and ETA? “Aggregate” was a joke. I picked a random word from the post of **Dio** ’s that you pointed out other than dipshit or retard. Aggregate was the funniest. ETA is “ **e** dited **t** o **a** dd.” It’s used to indicate, when a post has been edited since it first went up, what part of it is new. > [@elucidator](#): > > I got a couple things you can roll with your tongue. If they’re small or flappy enough that they can be rolled with a tongue, you probably don’t want to be advertising that fact. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/218 "2010-01-21T17:40:49Z")
You have surrendered all credibility already. You lose the thread. Thank you for playing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/219 "2010-01-21T17:41:45Z")
> [@KLR\_650](#): > > They are angry at Bush. (Blue-Lips, interview with Geo. Stephanopoulos.) > […] > It was Obama’s fault, because he came to Mass. and displayed his blue lips. > > It was Obama’s fault, because he didn’t come to Mass. early enough to display his blue lips more frequently. Calling him a darky was too obvious, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![KLR\_650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@KLR\_650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KLR_650)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubbing-diogenes-nose-in-reality/525698/220 "2010-01-21T17:42:00Z")
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