# SallyStar-when come back, bring coherance **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913 "2004-06-06T04:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/41 "2004-06-06T05:52:45Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > Gosh, I guess you must have a whole bunch of peer reviewed publications too? :wally Oh, please share with us, **Sal**. Care to provide a link to these peer-reviewed publications of yours? ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/42 "2004-06-06T05:52:48Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > And **Sally** sugar, abbreviations for everday phrases that save on typing, like IMO or AFAIK, are acceptable, but those stupid “humorous” ones, such as LOL, merely indicate that the poster is a moron who is unable to formulate an original thought. LOL adds nothing to the post and hinders communication instead of helping it. LOL, TMI … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/43 "2004-06-06T05:52:54Z")
“Peer-reviewed”? From someone who claims only to have a GED? Hmm, Ah detect the powerful odor of mendacity around hyah. ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/44 "2004-06-06T05:54:37Z")
> [@Jimmy Chitwood](#): > > Somewhere, a haphazardly dubbed kung fu flick is laughing at your grasp of the English language. ROTFLMAO incapacitated… ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/45 "2004-06-06T05:55:20Z")
Better run, squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/46 "2004-06-06T05:56:34Z")
> [@JonScribe](#): > > Oh, please share with us, **Sal**. Care to provide a link to these peer-reviewed publications of yours? Maybe after I see some photos from the PA DopeFests … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/47 "2004-06-06T05:56:45Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > LOL, TMI … 😃 What does TMI stand for then? Because once again, you make no sense. Ah, no wonder I didn’t remember him-it was a few YEARS ago, not months, you :wally ! Oh, and I’m going to be a snob here-I have a BA in history. So, 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/48 "2004-06-06T05:58:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What does TMI stand for then? Because once again, you make no sense. > > Ah, no wonder I didn’t remember him-it was a few YEARS ago, not months, you :wally ! > > Oh, and I’m going to be a snob here-I have a BA in history. So, 😛 Given the number of folks with MAs and doctorates around here, a BA is piddlin’. Still beats a GED, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/49 "2004-06-06T06:00:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, and I’m going to be a snob here-I have a BA in history. So, 😛 BFD, sort like a GED! LOL ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/50 "2004-06-06T06:03:51Z")
Well, **gobear** , that’s what I meant. I want to get a Masters, but that’s on hold for now. **Sally** , I know you’re joking but: GED=you didn’t finish high school to get a diploma, you simply took the test for a GED. BA=I went to college. And earned a DEGREE. (Actually, if they let this chick get her GED, I weep for the future of our American public education system!) ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/51 "2004-06-06T06:07:48Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > Who, with any credentials, wants to argue with this …? > [@SallyStar](#): > > > [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > > > What credentials are needed to argue this? > > Something equal to Kerry’s would suffice > [@SallyStar](#): > > I know microscopic thermodynamics > [@SallyStar](#): > > And just what office have you held in the congress or executive branch? > [@SallyStar](#): > > Oh, with a GED I have to struggle you know … > [@SallyStar](#): > > I know I only have … a GED 😛 > [@SallyStar](#): > > Gosh, I guess you must have a whole bunch of peer reviewed publications too? Sally baby, I think there’s something you may not understand - specifically that, on this message board, credentials don’t mean that much. Knowledge does. This is a place for those of us who are not national political figures to discuss and gain knowledge about politics, for those of us who are (sometimes) not doctors to discuss and gain knowledge about medicine, for those of us who are not auto mechanics to discuss and gain knowledge about that funny noise our car makes. We believe people who make sense and who can back up what they say with reliable sources, not just people who come in and start telling us what degrees they have or what positions they’ve held. I don’t know if you really have only a GED, if you have “a whole bunch of peer reviewed publications”, or if you are in fact thirteen years old. What I do know is that you have yet to present any coherent arguments, at least that I’ve seen. Telling me you’re in the 7th grade is not going to make me think less of you, and telling me you have a PhD and have held major positions in the executive branch won’t make me think more of you. (though it’s likely to make me think less of your alma mater at this point…) But NOBODY is going to respect you unless you become significantly more coherent in the near future, and that would be sad. You certainly seem to enjoy posting here. ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/52 "2004-06-06T06:09:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Actually, if they let this chick get her GED, I weep for the future of our American public education system!) Hey **Guinastasia** , I don’t want anyone here to think this is a tag team … ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/53 "2004-06-06T06:11:20Z")
WHAT??? If I read this thread any longer, my brain cells will die. **SallyStar** You make nooooooooooo seeeennnnssseeee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/54 "2004-06-06T06:14:25Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Sally baby, I think there’s something you may not understand _Some_thing? There seem to be a tremendous number of things **Sally** here doesn’t understand, the English language being only one of them. > [@](#): > > But NOBODY is going to respect you unless you become significantly more coherent in the near future, and that would be sad. And we’re all holding our breath waiting for that to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/55 "2004-06-06T06:15:01Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > (though it’s likely to make me think less of your alma mater at this point…) Just had to get in this little gig, dint’cha? You had such a good post going and it might have actually been helpful, but then… ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/56 "2004-06-06T06:15:08Z")
> [@torie](#): > > **SallyStar** You make nooooooooooo seeeennnnssseeee!!! Perhaps she’s a dadaist or something, and this is all Art. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/57 "2004-06-06T06:16:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (Actually, if they let this chick get her GED, I weep for the future of our American public education system!) I’ve taught English Comp, and there’s a surprising number of functionally illiterate students who not only graduated from high school, but were told by their English teacher they were a marvelous writer and got A’s on everything they wrote (or so to hear them tell it). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/58 "2004-06-06T06:17:21Z")
BFD? Barne- og Familiedepartementet (Norwegian: Ministry of Children and Family Affairs)? Hey! there is an OG!! Beer For Dolphins ,The band? Berkeley Fire Department? Better Follow Directions? (Hey this one fits?) Big Furry Deal? Binary File Descriptor? (computer programming) Boston Fire Department? Buffalo Fire Department” Burger Fries & a Drink? (Maybe from the Hamburger University perhaps? Conker’s Bad Fur Day (The video game) Maybe she is an AI with the level set to crap, inbred, or bastard…… ---
**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/59 "2004-06-06T06:17:41Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Sally baby, … But NOBODY is going to respect you unless you become significantly more coherent in the near future, and that would be sad. You certainly seem to enjoy posting here. Truthfully, I like posting here. It is really a fun MB. However, I don’t think my correspondence school for my GED would care too much what anyone here thinks. I also thought the Pit was going to challenge me … pretty tame. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913/60 "2004-06-06T06:20:13Z")
> [@SallyStar](#): > > Truthfully, I like posting here. It is really a fun MB. However, I don’t think my correspondence school for my GED would care too much what anyone here thinks. I also thought the Pit was going to challenge me … pretty tame. \*\*\* Better run, squirrel!\*\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913.md?page=4)