# 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:** 5
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/81 "2019-05-18T01:37:34Z")
> [@Voynich manuscript finally deciphered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-finally-deciphered/821113/121): > > The average contributor to this thread has read a few articles about the manuscript on the web and perhaps viewed a video or two. Possibly even looked at the online scan of it. IOW, the average contributor has no claim to any expertise on the topic of translating the thing. Being bilingual means just about jack and shit unless you can prove that one of the languages in which you are fluent is connected with the manuscript.The manuscript may well be a fraud and nonsense, but I enjoy the way it causes lazy pseudo-intellectuals to smugly self-identify. It is invaluable in that respect. Well, whatever it is, 'rhoids or irritable bowel syndrome, it must be acting up again. He’s at it again. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/82 "2019-05-18T11:25:39Z")
I don’t know \*\*scumpup \*\*from bumfuck, but I am amused that **Colibri** ’s only stated crtiticism of him is that he takes jabs at other posters. Colibri then cites a long list of examples, but not before saying this: > [@Colibri](#): > > **Scumpup** is a pathetic little man…a mean-spirited asshole… mmm ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/83 "2019-05-18T11:34:03Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t know \*\*scumpup \*\*from bumfuck, but I am amused that **Colibri** ’s only stated crtiticism of him is that he takes jabs at other posters. > > Colibri then cites a long list of examples, but not before saying this: You are like the dollar store off-brand ramen version of **Scumpup** : bad to begin with, but you’re just a a blander version. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/84 "2019-05-18T13:36:55Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t know \*\*scumpup \*\*from bumfuck, but I am amused that **Colibri** ’s only stated crtiticism of him is that he takes jabs at other posters. > > Colibri then cites a long list of examples, but not before saying this: > mmm You might wish to examine the logic of implying that anyone who takes a swipe at another poster is a pathetic asshole, when your only reason to post to this this thread was to take a swipe at me.😃 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/85 "2019-05-18T14:35:52Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > You are like the dollar store off-brand ramen version of **Scumpup** : bad to begin with, but you’re just a a blander version. Wow, that’s pretty cutting, saying Mustard is bland. Cutting Mustard. I crack myself up sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/86 "2019-05-18T18:18:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You might wish to examine the logic of implying that anyone who takes a swipe at another poster is a pathetic asshole, when your only reason to post to this this thread was to take a swipe at me.😃 Excellent point. We’re all pathetic. 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/87 "2019-05-18T19:49:15Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Excellent point. > > We’re all pathetic. 🙂 > mmm No, not all, not by any means. But I’ve noticed your tendency to take mean-spirited cracks at other posters before. It seems to be a kind of hobby. At least your username is honest. But you have a long way to go to sink to the level of depravity of the subject of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/88 "2019-05-18T20:12:18Z")
“Mean” = “stingy”, miserly", “cheap.” At least in this instance. NOT “cruel.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/89 "2019-05-18T21:06:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “Mean” = “stingy”, miserly", “cheap.” > > At least in this instance. NOT “cruel.” It’s both, really. He’s a stingy bastard, but he also yells obscene things at the queen. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/90 "2019-05-18T23:20:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s both, really. He’s a stingy bastard, but he also yells obscene things at the queen. And he’s a dirty old man into the bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/91 "2019-05-19T01:00:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s both, really. He’s a stingy bastard, but he also yells obscene things at the queen. To be fair, it’s the only place that I’ve ever been. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/92 "2019-08-26T00:01:49Z")
Just getting this old thread warmed up–[we will probably be needing it soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881015). ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/93 "2019-08-26T00:48:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Just getting this old thread warmed up–[we will probably be needing it soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881015). Atheists are just as delusional and belief driven as the religious; no one…no one…can possibly know the origin of the universe. No one…no one…can possibly know who or what if anything is behind the creation of the universe. The only belief system that adresses the realities of what we actually know is agnosticism. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/94 "2019-08-26T00:54:40Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > “The Scumpups” sounds like a 70s punk group that gained notoriety from disgusting onstage antics rather than musical talent. probably fronted by GG Allin ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/95 "2019-08-26T01:15:56Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Atheists are just as delusional and belief driven as the religious This is an absurd statement. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/96 "2019-08-26T02:31:56Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Atheists are just as delusional and belief driven as the religious; no one…no one…can possibly know the origin of the universe. No one…no one…can possibly know who or what if anything is behind the creation of the universe. The only belief system that adresses the realities of what we actually know is agnosticism. Belief and knowledge are two totally different things. If you know something for a fact it’s no longer faith. Agnosticism isn’t a belief system, it’s a lack of one. Not that I’m criticizing it, I was an agnostic for some time so I understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/97 "2019-08-26T02:32:56Z")
I know this is a pile on thread against **Scumpup** , and I won’t try and defend things he’s said that sound ugly. I just wanted to say that maybe, for whatever reason, something has changed him. I’ve had almost no interaction with him, except once, and that was over fifteen years ago. He participated in the first of the “Finish the” stories that were a fad for a while, it was a Western. I went back and checked, and he contributed six entries at least, very good ones, advancing the plot quite well. Nothing seemed odd in his attitude then. I am sorry if things have changed him. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/98 "2019-08-26T02:34:28Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > This is an absurd statement. The premise behind this is that “atheist” means assertive: if you cannot say that you are absolutely certain that God does not exist then you have not ascended to the lofty platform of atheism. Merely saying you have no belief in a deity leaves you short of the mark. Atheism must be as positivist as theism – look, it is right there in the name! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/99 "2019-08-26T02:35:56Z")
I have very, very few posters on ignore, but my life has been better since I put both **Scumpup** and **madsircool** on the list. I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/100 "2019-08-26T05:10:44Z")
He made a simple joke as a response in his thread, I thought it was quietly funny. Sorry wolfpup but I’m going to quote him. “Thanks both to those who answered the question as asked and those who told me some long stuff.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862.md?page=6)