# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/61 "2012-07-10T22:19:05Z")
Turns out, the Latin phrase was a cry for help and a suicide note. You should feel real bad, now. But you don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/62 "2012-07-10T22:20:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Turns out, the Latin phrase was a cry for help and a suicide note. You should feel real bad, now. But you don’t care. I do care. I care what the damn Latin phrase was! Who the hell was that guy? This is bothering me now. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/63 "2012-07-10T22:23:52Z")
Was it “Burrito, Ergo Sum”? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/64 "2012-07-10T22:23:53Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > It’s overdone, it’s old, it’s silly, who cares. Hi Opal! ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/65 "2012-07-10T22:24:52Z")
I can’t remember either. I have the vague notion of it staring with the letter “V” though. Sic Semper Voldemort or something? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/66 "2012-07-10T22:25:46Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey > > Shock the monkey > Shock the monkey > Shock the monkey to life > Sincerely Shocked, > Yeti Seemed like a good place to put my sig. ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/67 "2012-07-10T22:27:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I do care. I care what the damn Latin phrase was! Who the hell was that guy? This is bothering me now. He’s gone. _Sic semper tyrannis_. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/68 "2012-07-10T22:29:08Z")
Vinyl Turnip, Nzinga, et al who are complaining about the topic, you must’ve known exactly what the thread was about when you saw the title. Why’d you open it? And then post to it, thereby extending the life of a topic you think tedious? That seems stupid. I’m curious myself as to the answer to Monkey’s question. Shodan doesn’t seem stupid to me, so why have such a dumb thing at the end of each and every post. And then XT and Captain Kirk come in and remind me that their taglines are even stupider. It would work if you were making a big, long, heartfelt post, but on a short, ordinary one it’s fucking dumb. Dumb things bother me sometimes, especially when some fool is getting up in your face with the dumbness. Today, 07:16 AM \*\*Dumbass \*\* Fucking stupid Charter Member blah blah I like redundancy blah blah just in case you forgot my stupid fucking handle here it is again -dumbass That doesn’t even have the supposed snarkiness that Shodan’s “Regards” has, which, based on context, I guess I’m supposed to sometimes read as “Go fuck yourself”. No, it’s just repetition. And, to hear XT say it, there is no reason for it. It’s just a habit. It’s not even automated. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/69 "2012-07-10T22:29:32Z")
The sign-off was: Valete, Vox Imperatoris It apparently [got on people’s nerves](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502961). ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/70 "2012-07-10T22:30:53Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The sign-off was: > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris > > It apparently [got on people’s nerves](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502961). You have the memory of an elephant. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/71 "2012-07-10T22:32:34Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The sign-off was: > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris > > It apparently [got on people’s nerves](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502961). Valete! Yes! Thank you. You remain my favorite camelopardian ex-moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/72 "2012-07-10T22:34:18Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > You have the memory of an elephant. And the googling skills of a lemur. (They’re notoriously good googlers.) ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/73 "2012-07-10T22:36:13Z")
Well, uh, phhyaaaa… everyone knows that. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/74 "2012-07-10T22:39:37Z")
Both are retarded, but the “Enjoy, Steven” sign off is more retarded than the “Retards, Shodan” one. This is a fact. On the retardation scale, signing off message board posts is about the level of Special Olympic Curling, except not really because that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/75 "2012-07-10T22:40:13Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > \*\*Dumbass \*\* > Fucking stupid > Charter Member > . If only you had said Dumpass instead. Because of that I’ll have to give this post a 9 out 10 rather than a 10. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/76 "2012-07-10T22:40:40Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I do care. I care what the damn Latin phrase was! Who the hell was that guy? This is bothering me now. [del] Valete! Vox Imperitus I hate my memory[/del] Nevermind scooped! ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/77 "2012-07-10T22:41:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Was it “Burrito, Ergo Sum”? See, now you got your Latino all in my Latin. ---
**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 10, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/78 "2012-07-10T22:45:04Z")
AND IT’S DELICIOUS! poop. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/79 "2012-07-10T22:48:31Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Both are retarded, but the “Enjoy, Steven” sign off is more retarded than the “Retards, Shodan” one. This is a fact. > > On the retardation scale, signing off message board posts is about the level of Special Olympic Curling, except not really because that would be awesome. You’ve got me wondering if we can top either of those two sign off’s. Retardedly Yours, RaftPeople ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/80 "2012-07-10T22:48:36Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Vinyl Turnip, Nzinga, et al who are complaining about the topic, you must’ve known exactly what the thread was about when you saw the title. Why’d you open it? And then post to it, thereby extending the life of a topic you think tedious? That seems stupid. Perchance to point out that the topic is covered annually. That it doesn’t need to be covered again. To point out that Shodan uses his signature after every post so getting annoyed by it is akin to becoming annoyed that the sun has risen in the east AGAIN. > [@](#): > > I’m curious myself as to the answer to Monkey’s question. Shodan doesn’t seem stupid to me, so why have such a dumb thing at the end of each and every post. And then XT and Captain Kirk come in and remind me that their taglines are even stupider. It would work if you were making a big, long, heartfelt post, but on a short, ordinary one it’s fucking dumb. Dumb things bother me sometimes, especially when some fool is getting up in your face with the dumbness. > > Today, 07:16 AM > \*\*Dumbass \*\* > Fucking stupid > Charter Member > > blah blah I like redundancy blah blah just in case you forgot my stupid fucking handle here it is again > > -dumbass > > That doesn’t even have the supposed snarkiness that Shodan’s “Regards” has, which, based on context, I guess I’m supposed to sometimes read as “Go fuck yourself”. No, it’s just repetition. And, to hear XT say it, there is no reason for it. It’s just a habit. It’s not even automated. Wow. I’d like to know why people are letting signatures get to them so much. I usually prefer to save my emotions for the actual meat and potatoes of the post. Why bother getting irked by the parsley garnish that is the signature? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825.md?page=5)