# Scumpup...who or what is he/she? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862 "2018-09-06T06:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/61 "2019-04-09T05:11:22Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Even insinuated that my Uncle bought me toys so he could fuck my mom. Super gross as they are brother/sister. > > And he sends me this message almost 2 weeks after I posted my comment. Ancient history, anyone? There is something seriously _wrong_ with the guy. I mean, _seriously._ ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/62 "2019-04-09T05:21:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > There is something seriously _wrong_ with the guy. I mean, _seriously._ I did mention in one of the threads that I had an Unk who was just slightly older than I thus increasing my access to cool toys back in the 60’s. Never thought it would give him fodder. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/63 "2019-04-09T10:05:45Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > You guys have **S cum pup** all wrong. His snark and snap attacks are just friendly “_ballbusting_” and if you don’t recognize that then “_You are an idiot and socially clueless._” How does “ballbusting” differ from trolling? > [@](#): > > Even insinuated that my Uncle bought me toys so he could fuck my mom. Super gross as they are brother/sister. > > And he sends me this message almost 2 weeks after I posted my comment. Ancient history, anyone? I trust you let the mods know you were receiving abusive PMs? > [@](#): > > And I had the Marx Electro Shot Shooting Gallery as a kid and **scumpup** didn’t. So Mleh! 😛 Did you shoot your eye out? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/64 "2019-04-09T11:39:48Z")
It’s really unfortunate that we don’t have moderators on this bulletin board, who could enforce vague rules about being a dick. Guess there’s nothing anyone could possibly do. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/65 "2019-04-09T14:41:39Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > It’s really unfortunate that we don’t have moderators on this bulletin board, who could enforce vague rules about being a dick. > > Guess there’s nothing anyone could possibly do. We can’t see PMs sent between posters directly. A PM would need to be reported by the recipient before we could take action. The rules for PMs are the same as for posting. However, we need to see the original PM for verification. I would encourage anyone receiving an abusive PM to report it. However, also notify a mod by PM since no individual mod would receive the report. (It goes to a separate forum.) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/66 "2019-04-09T22:08:42Z")
That’s a fair point. I’ve never, ever seen any firsthand evidence of **Scumpup** acting in any other way than to reflect great credit on himself and this board. This scurrilous PM simply must be an aberration. (If it exists at all!) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/67 "2019-04-09T22:37:35Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > That’s a fair point. I’ve never, ever seen any firsthand evidence of **Scumpup** acting in any other way than to reflect great credit on himself and this board. > > This scurrilous PM simply must be an aberration. (If it exists at all!) I find it completely credible, since he has also sent me abusive PMs. But we do have protocols. I would need to see the actual PM to do anything. While I don’t doubt anything **pkbites** has quoted, it would be too easy for someone to make up accusations. What do you propose should be done, exactly?:dubious: Stop being snide and say what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/68 "2019-04-09T23:41:44Z")
The guy has been an outrageous jerk for years. I don’t think this is a matter like some posters have sincerely held but extreme political views that are barely distinguishable from someone just being a troll. This dude just goes batshit on everyone at the drop of a hat. I don’t know if he’s racked up warnings or not, but I just cannot figure how his abusive style of posting - or apparently sending PMs - is tolerated by the powers that be. The way I see it, he’s a like a serial abuser that nobody dare do anything about. It’s baffling. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/69 "2019-04-12T16:18:12Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka openly admits he prefers SDMB for its troll-friendly nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-openly-admits-he-prefers-sdmb-for-its-troll-friendly-nature/832350/97): > > Is he giving you a bad day, big fella? Please don’t murder your family or molest any children, even if he is. > [@HurricaneDitka openly admits he prefers SDMB for its troll-friendly nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-openly-admits-he-prefers-sdmb-for-its-troll-friendly-nature/832350/100): > > You know, you never have been very likable, but you used to manage to be funny pretty often. About a year or so ago, you turned into a shit-eating jackal who growls and snaps around every turd-pile it can find on two boards. You were more fun when you were just a guy trying to relive his high school days as class clown. Well, he’s back at randomly attacking people he doesn’t like in threads on other subjects. Still too chickenshit to address this thread. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/70 "2019-04-12T16:36:06Z")
I was another receiver of an abusive PM from him. He posted a [drive-by boob joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17814964#post17814964) in a thread about restaurants. When I commented on it, he posted a reply but quickly deleted it. I got a PM a few minutes later with ASCII art of the middle finger, which I presume was in the original deleted post (I guess you could confirm that, Colibri). It was easier to delete the PM and ignore him rather than report the PM at the time. Of course, now I slightly regret not providing more documentation of his uselessness. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/71 "2019-04-12T17:15:08Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I was another receiver of an abusive PM from him. He posted a [drive-by boob joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17814964#post17814964) in a thread about restaurants. For a moment I thought you meant a joke about a drive-by boobing. I have no idea how that would work. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/72 "2019-04-12T17:56:51Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > It was easier to delete the PM and ignore him rather than report the PM at the time. Of course, now I slightly regret not providing more documentation of his uselessness. By present standards, the original boob joke would have gotten him a warning. Unfortunately since it was more than four years ago there’s not much we can do about that or the PM. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/73 "2019-04-12T18:07:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Well, he’s back at randomly attacking people he doesn’t like in threads on other subjects. Still too chickenshit to address this thread. I don’t mind the jab, but it does seem a bit out of left field. Guess he was enjoying **XT** and **Dibble’s** _yes you did! no I didn’t! yes you did!_ slap fight a lot more than I was. (And he’s a bit off on the timeline. I can pinpoint the exact date when my sense of humor died, and it was closer to two and a half years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/74 "2019-04-12T18:09:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > By present standards, the original boob joke would have gotten him a warning. Unfortunately since it was more than four years ago there’s not much we can do about that or the PM. You could note that he clearly hasn’t gotten less awful and act accordingly? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/75 "2019-04-12T18:14:12Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > You could note that he clearly hasn’t gotten less awful and act accordingly? I’m aware of that already. Warning him retroactively wouldn’t accomplish anything. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/76 "2019-04-12T18:16:00Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I don’t mind the jab, but it does seem a bit out of left field. His drive-bys don’t really have anything to do with the poster he’s directed them at. It just means his hemorrhoids are acting up again. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/77 "2019-04-12T22:43:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > (And he’s a bit off on the timeline. I can pinpoint the exact date when my sense of humor died, and it was closer to two and a half years ago.) Are you trying to make me curious or something? Because, damn you, it’s working. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/78 "2019-04-12T22:50:54Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Are you trying to make me curious or something? Because, damn you, it’s working. Me too. I’m trying to think of anything that could’ve happened in–what, November 2016 or thereabouts?–that could make a person stop laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/79 "2019-04-12T22:55:41Z")
An unpleasant Thanksgiving that year, maybe? But seriously: I stopped listening to what had been a long-term favorite show of mine, _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_, after that awful Tuesday…I couldn’t tolerate the idea of joking about IT and thereby normalizing IT. So I can kind of identify with the Turnip’s remark. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/80 "2019-04-13T08:20:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s what I was wondering. Obviously the guy has a problem than makes him irritable all the time. I’m guessing it’s hemorrhoids. That would explain his concern with what kind of shit he is producing. Nope. It has to be irritable bowel syndrome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862.md?page=5)