# Shodan gives us all his regards. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825 "2012-07-10T19:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/201 "2012-07-11T14:47:16Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Read post 188’s title! I didn’t read that either! ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/202 "2012-07-11T14:52:32Z")
For all the people who skipped Pages 2-4, Shodan posted a well-written response to the OP in Post #200 on Page 4. But don’t let that stop the outrage! Keep it coming! Irregardless, John Hancock ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/203 "2012-07-11T14:54:44Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Now, on with the nerd-gasms about scripting **and** punctuation and fart jokes in Spanish. > > Regards, > Shodan That’s a superfluous ‘and’ I bolded; you only needed a comma there. You can bold words yourself using this handy markup language: ```auto [b]caliente pedo![/b] ``` Just remove the spaces in the brackets. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/204 "2012-07-11T14:57:02Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > I didn’t read that either! What?! I cant hear you! I have something in my eye! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/205 "2012-07-11T15:06:59Z")
What happens when he uses all his regards up and doesn’t have any more to offer us? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/206 "2012-07-11T15:13:29Z")
He just moves on to: Fuck you, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/207 "2012-07-11T15:13:33Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > What happens when he uses all his regards up and doesn’t have any more to offer us? Crazyhorse will write a script. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/208 "2012-07-11T15:23:27Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > He just moves on to: > > Fuck you, > Shodan “What? I’m just saying what you’re all thinking!” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/209 "2012-07-11T16:18:54Z")
Well, we made the best of this thread, we did. Good work everybody. Someone want to help me tear down my drum kit and put it in my trunk? Anyone? Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/210 "2012-07-11T16:38:27Z")
Tear it down! Mallards, Dark Lord of Bamboo ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/211 "2012-07-11T17:09:15Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > If you are really interested, have a read thru [one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494939&highlight=Shodan) of the several threads devoted to the topic. > > If that is too much, the reason is because I like doing it. > > Regards, > Shodan [Seems Plausible.](http://s9.postimage.org/48y789dwf/regards_shodan.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/212 "2012-07-11T21:32:55Z")
> [@The\_Dord](#): > > [Seems Plausible.](http://s9.postimage.org/48y789dwf/regards_shodan.jpg) Ooh, I’m assigning that as Shodan’s avatar in my script. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/213 "2012-07-12T15:13:29Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > I thought he was just being polite. Made me laugh. And, before we all head home… [**Special Olympics curlers head to nationals**](http://www.northernlife.ca/news/sports/2012/02/02-special-olympics-curlers-sudbury.aspx) Beauvais, the Second on the rink, sums up his job: “It’s good to know when to sweep and when not to sweep.” After a pause, he adds, “And driving a flame-throwing Zamboni isn’t easy.” ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/214 "2012-07-12T18:04:57Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I frequently agree with you. Well, I learned something in the thread. > [@Nzinga](#): > > something that by now we should all have trained our eyes to gloss over. Shodan’s posts? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/215 "2012-07-12T18:37:13Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > You honestly want me to PM **Vinyl Turnip** because I think he’s not as funny as he used to be? I’m not doing that. I’m pitting **Shodan** , but I smacked **Vinyl Turnip** because he’s fair game. > > And why do you want me to take it to messages? Does criticisms in the pit hurt your delicate sensibilities, **Big T**? > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Crap, now you’re **Big T** , too. > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > It’s a reference to one of our beloved dopers that constantly takes the line of “Why are you fighting? Can’t we all just get along?” Everybody should just accept everything, or at least take it to messages. He’s the same guy that said that mean messages in the pit will shave months off of another posters life. > > Don’t be that guy. > That said, and _getting back to my OP_, I seriously want to know why **Shodan** does this. It’s a simple question, and probably been asked before, but fuck it: Why? Why does he do it? > > Why? First off, what is it that I’ve said to you that has hurt your little feelings so much that you must attack me in a thread that has nothing to do with me? Chances are, it’s because you acted like a dickhead, and I called you on it. Does that bug you, widdle baby? Good. That’s the point of calling someone out. Second, my goal is not that everyone should get along (as the above should make obvious). It’s that certain actions are morally wrong, and if you do them, you deserve to be called out on them. I’ve asked repeatedly for people to tell me what’s wrong with my logic here, and no one has done so. I just get attacked about things I didn’t say. For example, I already explained my post about **mhendo** ’s bullying of Quasimodem, a guy with a mental disorder who very clearly did not understand what was going on. The Pit is a place for equals–where both sides can attack each other. Not a place to gang up on someone with Alzheimer’s. I already explained my logic for why making someone no longer want to engage with the outside world would hasten their demise. I even explained that I was using hyperbole. Yet people keep on saying I said something I didn’t, because that makes it easier for them to lash out at me. And, finally, I know my posts like this are annoying. Thing is, I’m not going to sit back and not defend myself when attacked. I know I’m not good at coming up with insults, and that my stuff often sounds lame and annoying. So I’ve turned that into a positive. Being annoying is itself a rather powerful weapon. I’ve clearly gotten into the monkey’s brain, even though I don’t even know what the hell I’ve done to him. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/216 "2012-07-12T18:50:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > For example, I already explained my post about **mhendo** ’s bullying of Quasimodem, a guy with a mental disorder who very clearly did not understand what was going on. The Pit is a place for equals–where both sides can attack each other. Not a place to gang up on someone with Alzheimer’s. I already explained my logic for why making someone no longer want to engage with the outside world would hasten their demise. I even explained that I was using hyperbole. So, you give us a long explanation of why said you what you said. And then… > [@BigT](#): > > Yet people keep on saying I said something I didn’t, because that makes it easier for them to lash out at me. you assert that you didn’t say what you said. Which is it? Did you say that stuff, and stand behind it? Or is wrong to accuse you of saying that stuff? Either fucking own it, or admit that you were an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/217 "2012-07-12T19:19:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > …And, finally, I know my posts like this are annoying. Thing is, I’m not going to sit back and not defend myself when attacked. Why not? What’s the downside to shrugging something off? Especially something as harmless as a random stranger’s comment on an anonymous message board… I can understand _Quasi_ not being able to, but any of us with our full faculties could. And maybe should. Seriously, once I got over that, I became a much more relaxed, maybe even _happy_ person. Wow, The Pit taught me to be a better person! (Am I the first?) ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/218 "2012-07-12T21:30:29Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Wow, The Pit taught me to be a better person! I’m going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/219 "2012-07-12T21:52:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > First off, what is it that I’ve said to you that has hurt your little feelings so much… snip…I’ve clearly gotten into the monkey’s brain, even though I don’t even know what the hell I’ve done to him. It’s not what you said. It’s what you did. You ducked when he threw his poo at you and in monkey world that is worse than not giving him a frog to have sex with.\* You should be ashamed of yourself. \*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM6kbX6SgP0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM6kbX6SgP0) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/220 "2012-07-13T03:12:10Z")
He doesn’t specify warm regards or ill regards. But, he’s thinking! And that’s a start. 😃 Douchey signoffs should be required to go in signatures, and adhere to the “once per thread” informal restriction that’s already in place. But hey, at least the douchebags who sign off on their forum posts are upfront with their douchebaggery. This makes it very easy to avoid interacting with them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825.md?page=12)