# Scott Plaid, Stand Up or Shut Up **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794 "2005-07-02T03:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [July 6, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/441 "2005-07-06T18:47:55Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Wait—if he’s only supposed to be asking questions in GD, how come he’s making direct statments in the “Mutant Registration” thread? Are exceptions allowed? [No, they’re not.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6335553&postcount=217) > [@Scott](#): > > The basic idea is that people could point out that they are a government plot. However, while that would be a point for my side, no one here could really use that argument, since while they are known to exist, no one can tie them to the government. > > This is because, in the concept of this discussion, all the comic books we own of from the marvel universe. Thus, they have been government censored to not show the guilty parties, real names of superheroes, or anything besides what a civilian would not know from reading a newspaper. No need for trivia, just basic outlines. I count ZERO question marks in that post. Not even close to being in the spirit of the agreement. **Scott** : Have you given up sticking to the agreement? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/442 "2005-07-06T18:53:13Z")
I can’t believe I read the whole thing! I remember the first week he was here, **Scott Plaid** was asking apparently nonsensical questions about the Welsh, and then I saw that in about 2 weeks he had accumulated as many posts as I had in over 2 years. I think he’ll be the very first SDMB’er to be added to my ignore list. What a complete dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/443 "2005-07-06T18:53:15Z")
Wow, this is the bestest meltdown since that guy who got caught having cyber-sex on EQ. What really scares me is that supposedly he was in college. Are our learning insitutes so desperate as to not have any baseline writing requirements? Holy fried tuna! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/444 "2005-07-06T18:55:23Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Fenris? You’re back? Yeah. :o 😉 I got hooked back in from a friend sending me a link to the Mutant Registration thread. Seeing most of the posters intelligently debate real-world implications of comic-book stuff was too much for my geeky heart to resist, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/445 "2005-07-06T19:07:34Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > I didn’t see any problem with those posts either, **Shodan**. I asked Scott in [Post 378](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6336094&postcount=378) which parts of your posts he specifically objected to (question-wise). Perhaps he can fill us in on his interpretation. I thought they were fine. > > Monstre \<— who has a song from “Eurotrip” playing in his head, for some odd reason… Thanks for the feedback to you as well, and I did actually see your post earlier in the thread. But you are correct, it would be interesting to get **Scott Plaid** ’s take on what was objectionable in my posts as well. Before I accepted the offer of “nothing but questions for a week”, I made up my mind not to treat it as a competition. I thought maybe **Scott Plaid** was going to be learning something about his posting style, maybe I could as well. So I think I will continue with the offer, regardless of what **Scott** has to say. In that vein, and at the risk of a pile-on, any feedback from either **John Mace** , Official Arbiter of the Great SDMB Questions Only of 2005, or other Dopers (especially those who disagree with me politically) would be welcome. But thanks again to those who have already responded. **Left Hand of Dorkness**? **wring**? Anyone else? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/446 "2005-07-06T19:09:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > In that vein, and at the risk of a pile-on, any feedback from either **John Mace** , Official Arbiter of the Great SDMB Questions Only of 2005, … You must have missed it - four posts northwards of yours. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/447 "2005-07-06T19:12:40Z")
That’ll teach me to preview more than just my post. Thanks for the feedback, **John Mace**. And welcome back, **Fenris**! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/448 "2005-07-06T19:16:01Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Hey **glee** , you missspelled pain… 1. Gaudere’s Law applies here, I think! 🙂 2. The only word I **couldn’t** get wrong was ‘let’. ☹ 3. Let me be the first to use a new catch-phrase: /Scott P ON/ i’m, winning! /Scott P OFF/ ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/449 "2005-07-06T19:28:03Z")
Well, we’re all playing word games now, but dammit, I missed two days worth of posts, and I composed this while I was catching up, and I’m posting it anyway! > [@Sauron](#): > > Okay, I’ll offer up myself as a guinea pig. I felt that I (and others) made some decent points in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309184), which discusses membership in a group and individual responsibility for the group’s behavior. My primary debating opponent in this thread was **Scott Plaid**. By the end of the thread, I had completely lost track of what he was trying to say. The thread spun into a debate on Christianity, morals, and possibly the equating of turtles and fish. I’m not sure. > > Anybody want to comment on the debate? (Warning: the thread linked is a three-pager from GD.) I’m perfectly willing to admit I didn’t represent my views well at all, but I’m interested in a reasonably objective review. I don’t spend a lot of time in GD, so I don’t know how to score these things. 😉 I didn’t really want to read the debate - sorry, reading other folks’ debates is seldom fun - but I do have to slip in and say something. **Scott** referred to “social morays”. He linked to a page with that title, and presumed to tell **Sauron** what “social morays” are. _The very page he linked to_ was a page about “eggcorns”, common _misinterpretations_ of spoken language. That page that **Scott** found was nothing more than an explanation of the fact that “social morays” is a misspelling of “social mores”. So let’s review: **Scott** didn’t even bother to look at what his “cite” said. From that we can conclude that one should heavily examine any “cites” he posts, because he doesn’t apparently even look to see if what he’s linking to supports his claims. And meanwhile, he had the temerity to assume that **Sauron** didn’t even know the phrase “social mores” (which is a common phrase, after all). _ **Scott** actually thought he was making himself look smart with that post._ Not only did he reveal that he apparently is ignorant as to how to spell a common phrase, but he didn’t (or couldn’t) read what he linked to about it, and he actually thought he knew something that **Sauron** didn’t. He thought that knowing the phrase “social mores” makes you smart or something. This is just sad. It helps us understand, though, exactly why **Scott** can’t tell when he’s lost an argument. For some reason, he really thinks he’s pretty damn bright, but he’s actually so lacking in an ability to read properly that he just can’t tell when other people have whupped his ass. I’m sure by now most of us have heard about this study - [Incompetence is bliss](http://www.lingsoft.fi/~reriksso/competence.html) - which suggests that being incompetent has the side effect of making it impossible for us to judge our own competence. **Scott** is so far removed from competent at arguing (or even reading and writing) that he simply can’t see just how bad a job he’s doing at it. I don’t know how old he is. I’ve been working on the assumption that he’s about fourteen, which (coupled with a learning disability affecting his ability to read and write) would explain his behavior. If that’s the case, then maybe he’ll one day grow up enough to participate here. But if he’s older than that, then his performance in that debate is a sign of just how unable he is to comprehend what he looks like in an argument and just how far below the average for the SDMB his understanding and knowledge are. The thread ended pretty soon after that. I bet **Scott Plaid** is under the mistaken impression that **Sauron** ’s giving up on him is some sort of sign that he “won”. > [@Scott Plaid](#): > > > [@Bricker](#): > > > > Scott: > > > > Your ability to comprehend when points are addressed, refuted, or not refuted, is seriously flawed. > > > > How many people need to tell you that before you will believe it? > > Cite, just about every thread you have been in, when you argue for a majority forcing it’s views on a minority,MA gay marriage being judical activism, or many other points. What are you even talking about now? **Scott** - I think you’re correct and **Bricker** ’s wrong about judicial activism. In fact, I think the very concept is a load of hooey. Nevertheless, you have not once in those debates somehow “scored” against him - he consistently refutes every point you incoherently try to make, and makes you look foolish just by the contrast between his well-reasoned, well-written posts and the incoherent, incomprehensible garbage you post. No, you have not once “scored” against **Bricker**. Democrat or Republican, gay or straight, for or against gay marriage, we all agree on this. Why are you so incapable of accepting the idea that your judgment here is wrong? **Scott** , if you can, will you explain in your own words what we mean when we say that you are not able to judge when you’ve “won” or “lost” a debate? Do you understand the point we’re making here? **Scott** , do you get what we mean? Here’s an analogy. Suppose there was a young man who entered the room wearing a plaid shirt that looked simply terrible on him. Everyone tried to ignore it and be nice to him at first, but eventually the awful-looking shirt grated on a few people so much that they commented on it. Eventually, _everyone in the room except the young man_ agreed that the plaid shirt was awful-looking. He went, and looked in the mirror, and thought to himself, “Lookin’ good, dude!” But nevertheless, the whole roomful of people thought the shirt looked terrible. People filed in and out of the room. Some folks told him to immediately leave and change his clothes. Others said, “No, we’ll live with it for now. Just don’t do it again, boy.” The young man was completely unable to see how awful the shirt looked. His ability to judge fashion was simply nonexistent - the most god-awful clothes in the world would look fine to him. So what’s the sensible response for that young man? To believe the unanimous opinion of those around him, or to assume that _everyone_ else is wrong, and that he actually looks great? Then think about this: how can a shirt look good, if everyone _thinks_ it looks bad? How can an argument be convincing if no one is convinced by it? That’s what you’re doing, **Scott**. How could you have “won” an argument when no one was convinced by it? If you had written a reasonable, convincing case, then _people would be convinced._ A good argument, by its very definition, is convincing to those who see it - maybe not every one of them, but certainly a good number of them. If no one thinks you’ve got a good argument, **Scott** , then your argument cannot possibly be good, because it’s not doing its purpose - it’s not convincing people that you’re right. Not only have you failed to sway those who disagree with you, but more than one person has remarked that you drive away those who share your opinions! Your argument is so bad that it makes people _less_ likely to agree with you. Do you not see why that’s a problem, **Scott**? Or are you going to continue to wuss out and refuse to acknowledge what we’re all saying? > [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Bricker, I was about to post this in response to your request for more info on marvel, in the current GD thread. However, it is a statement, and goes against the dare. So, I am posting it here, instead, in hopes of your reading it. Wow, that’s absolutely fucking pathetic. You agreed not to post arguments in GD for a week, so instead you post the same things here? :: shakes his head :: You just don’t get any of this, do you? You just lost the bet, buddy. **Bricker** pulverized you in the debate portion. Now **Shodan** has blown you away in the endurance portion. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Don’t tempt fate. OOH!! Do it, **ElvisL1ves** , do it! Man, I can’t _wait_ to see you get your doubly-perforated ass handed back to you. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No need to. You know it. Aww, damn, you wussed out. I see that you talk big, but you’re still smart enough to know when you’re outclassed. > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Good fucking lord. Scott, come back in a year or two when you’ve grown up. I see absolutely no sign that you’re willing to grow up, or capable of heeding advice, now. I give up on you. > > Daniel I hope you’re paying attention, **Scott**. **LHoD** is one of the most consistently _nice_ and forgiving posters around. _He_ just gave up on you. That’s a pretty good sign that you’ve fucked up. It’s kinda like if your mom stated at your sentencing hearing that she thought you oughta get the max. > [@Sage Rat](#): > > Generally you assume that your view of Republicans, Democrats, religious persons, gay people, scientists, or whoever is accurate–without ever believing anything those people tell you about their beliefs. Yep. One last bit of evidence toward **Scott** ’s arrogance and stupidity is that he’ll continue speaking for us queermos even after we ask him to stop and make it clear that he doesn’t speak for us. He thinks he’s capable of deciding what we believe better than we can ourselves. Just for shits ‘n’ giggles, though, **Scott** , which debates did you think you won? > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > now see, that 's why you lose all teh debats adn **Scott** wins, them because see, you comeacross then, as admitting, he wins and your dreadful so, you’re questins are just teh sam, mumbojumbo (thats a poem by I forget who but it was aobut the jungle andit was, relly prejudiced but it hada goood beat, you could, dance to it) and anyway you, didnt answer him, so, he wins this, one too. Vachel Lindsay, and it’s called “The Congo.” (Though I have no doubt you know that.) Bad example, though, because it’s way beyond **Scott Plaid**. One last thing: Yo! **Pythian Habenero**! Sorry, but it just bothered me one time too many. “Habanero” has two As in it. You might wanna get that fixed up. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/450 "2005-07-06T19:33:11Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Yeah. :o 😉 I got hooked back in from a friend sending me a link to the Mutant Registration thread. Seeing most of the posters intelligently debate real-world implications of comic-book stuff was too much for my geeky heart to resist, dammit. Well, welcome back! Nice to have you back around. Hope you’ll rejoin the comic threads each week. ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/451 "2005-07-06T19:42:55Z")
**Excalibre** , devastating finishing move off the top turnbuckle! Mr. Plaid, I have to believe that in the vastness of the internet there exists a message board where you wouldn’t infuriate absolutely everybody else. Please look for it. I sometimes wish they would rescind the “don’t be jerk” rule and replace it with “don’t be a blathering imbecile who constantly lowers the level of discourse.” Despite my recent join date, I have been reading this board for quite a while and would rather have 17 **Collounsburys** than one dipshit like Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/452 "2005-07-06T19:47:52Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No need to. You know it. > > Looks like you really _do_ have such an “inability to comprehend arguments”. To repeat: :wally BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/453 "2005-07-06T19:50:58Z")
There have been 8643 views of this thread. If it’s possible to pay enough attention to **SP** , perhaps we have done so. It might be time to let him think through the advice that has been given and given and given to him. Because if we wait for him to get it, this thread may never go away. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/454 "2005-07-06T19:57:58Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Well, welcome back! Nice to have you back around. Hope you’ll rejoin the comic threads each week. Thanks, I will–I missed them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/455 "2005-07-06T20:39:39Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Thanks, I will–I missed them. 🙂 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/456 "2005-07-06T20:52:23Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Vachel Lindsay, and it’s called “The Congo.” (Though I have no doubt you know that.) Bad example, though, because it’s way beyond **Scott Plaid**. Indeed it’s not something he’s likely to know, but I was on a roll. Do you comprehend how hard it is to write that badly, deliberately? The word “teh” was perhaps the only one that felt natural to type. [hijack] It’s a pity [that poem](http://www.bartleby.com/265/193.html) is so blatantly racist. I heard it recited in high school by a teacher with a flair for dramatic readings – wow. But reading it now, almost 40 years later, it’s dreadful. [/hijack] > [@](#): > > One last thing: Yo! **Pythian Habenero**! > > Sorry, but it just bothered me one time too many. “Habanero” has two As in it. You might wanna get that fixed up. Ah, but the spelling is deliberate, as she explains [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6318894&postcount=60) [A charming critter, no?](http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=weirdfruit&id=habeneroslug&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php&PHPSESSID=a3e76d9ae64d07e624d420868ac86f87) ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/457 "2005-07-06T22:33:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Indeed it’s not something he’s likely to know, but I was on a roll. Do you comprehend how hard it is to write that badly, deliberately? The word “teh” was perhaps the only one that felt natural to type. > > [hijack] It’s a pity [that poem](http://www.bartleby.com/265/193.html) is so blatantly racist. I heard it recited in high school by a teacher with a flair for dramatic readings – wow. But reading it now, almost 40 years later, it’s dreadful. [/hijack] I was thinking that this afternoon. However, according to [the article at E2](http://www.everything2.com/index.php?node=The+Congo), the poet himself was not racist; perhaps we can chalk it up to outmoded attitudes rather than more sinister (minstrel show-type) racism. The sound is so perfect - “Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you/Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you/Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you.” (Incidentally, does anyone know whether the word “mumbo jumbo” was popular before this poem?) Anyway, fifty points to **EddyTeddyFreddy** for referencing great poetry! > [@](#): > > Ah, but the spelling is deliberate, as she explains [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6318894&postcount=60) > > [A charming critter, no?](http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=weirdfruit&id=habeneroslug&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php&PHPSESSID=a3e76d9ae64d07e624d420868ac86f87) Aughh! Dammit! I should know better than to think that I’m ever going to point out another noder’s mistake and actually be right about it! Well, except if that noder is **Scott Plaid**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/458 "2005-07-06T22:55:35Z")
Fenris!!! Ever shitty thread has a sliver linging. […happy dance…] ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/459 "2005-07-06T22:59:17Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > I was thinking that this afternoon. However, according to [the article at E2](http://www.everything2.com/index.php?node=The+Congo), the poet himself was not racist; perhaps we can chalk it up to outmoded attitudes rather than more sinister (minstrel show-type) racism. The sound is so perfect - “Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you/Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you/Mumbo Jumbo will hoodoo you.” (Incidentally, does anyone know whether the word “mumbo jumbo” was popular before this poem?) I don’t believe it was. And I love that poem but it has to be read aloud (preferably with gestures–particularly by beating on an empty barrel with the handle of a broom as appropriate) for full impact. And while the poet’s intent certainly wasn’t racist, it _is_ pretty squinky by today’s standards, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Highwayman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Highwayman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Highwayman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794/460 "2005-07-06T23:02:35Z")
God damn! This isn’t just a thread, **it’s an intervention**. We need 20 more people to pile on poor old Scott. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-plaid-stand-up-or-shut-up/310794.md?page=24)