# Skald the Rhymer is annoying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631 "2012-07-08T21:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/201 "2018-05-20T05:33:05Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > There is an old British military maxim. “Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.” Heh. Ian Flemming, actually: Goldfinger. It’s a nice quote though. > **[Goldfinger (film) - Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(film))** Also see Marathon Man, the book. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/202 "2018-05-20T06:00:26Z")
People really need to quit Hannibal Lecter-ing other people’s post. Thinking they know the true inner workings of a Doper simply be dissecting their posts. Seriously, I feel embarrassed for you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/203 "2018-05-20T06:25:04Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Please go fuck your mama’s mouth with your micropenis and shut up BigTard. [Moderating] That’s over the line on the language rules, **Fenris**. Dial it way back. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/204 "2018-05-20T08:34:05Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > It’s been a long time since I last made a post on the SDMB. It’s been even longer since I was a regular. Back in the day, **BigT** seemed like an OK dude. Occasionally annoying, but fine. I wander back to the Dope every couple months to see what’s new and **BigT** is always in whichever big thread is current. And every time he’s increasingly annoying, sanctimonious, and basically just openly fucking retarded. Holy Shit! Outta nowhere… The board has been poorer for your absence. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/205 "2018-05-20T11:22:42Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I have no time for this. I love that meme. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/206 "2018-05-20T19:42:23Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Okay. First of all, no one cares about obscure genres of _Hentai_. If that’s what gets you off, cool, but for the love of any God, please don’t share that on the board. Uh, what are you talking about? Your knee is jerking rather obscenely, here. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/207 "2018-05-20T20:10:32Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Okay. First of all, no one cares about obscure genres of _Hentai_. If that’s what gets you off, cool, but for the love of any God, please don’t share that on the board. > [@Derleth](#): > > Uh, what are you talking about? Your knee is jerking rather obscenely, here. [He does have a point.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7033177&postcount=5) ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/208 "2018-05-20T22:56:01Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > That’s not very nice **Fenris**. That seems to be his favorite thing: poking posters with sticks until they put his ass on ignore. Ironic that someone named after a wolf is so full of bullshit. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/209 "2018-05-20T23:02:36Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > That seems to be his favorite thing: poking posters with sticks until they put his ass on ignore. > > Ironic that someone named after a wolf is so full of bullshit. Still angry that you were caught cheating Dopers out of their money so you can buy air conditioning for your bunnies without touching any of your accounts Skywatcher? I know you’re bitter because a bunch of people (including me) called you on it, but you gotta let go. Hopefully you’re not trying to scam anyone any more and have turned a corner in your life. I’ll pray for you. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/210 "2018-05-20T23:08:27Z")
Oh, look who it is. You know I don’t give a shit what you think, right? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/211 "2018-05-20T23:25:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [He does have a point.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7033177&postcount=5) It’s just weird for someone to hyper-focus on pornography whenever a specific culture is mentioned. It’s like going right for Linda Lovelace or Ron Jeremy whenever someone mentions Hollywood. Bespeaks a certain kind of mind, to me. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/212 "2018-05-20T23:43:31Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, look who it is. > > You know I don’t give a shit what you think, right? Except for the fact that you keep stalking me across the board and obliquely mention the fact that you scammed Dopers so your bunnies could have air conditioning. You’re obviously still upset and your conscience clearly still hurts you. If you’d pay those dopers back and give a real, honest apology, maybe you wouldn’t be so bitter all the time. You gotta let go. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/213 "2018-05-21T00:22:01Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Still angry that you were caught cheating Dopers out of their money so you can buy air conditioning for your bunnies without touching any of your accounts Skywatcher? > [@Fenris](#): > > Except for the fact that you keep stalking me across the board Uh, yeah, uh, he’s not the one with the stalker vibe going on here, Fenris. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/214 "2018-05-21T05:07:59Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Uh, what are you talking about? Your knee is jerking rather obscenely, here. A) I didn’t bring up anime, MFM did. B) I don’t know how a knee can jerk obscenely. C) I kinda thought we were on the same side about Skald’s sado porn. No problem if we’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/215 "2018-05-21T05:41:33Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > A) I didn’t bring up anime, MFM did. Right, but _you_ brought up _hentai_, that is, pornography. Unless you… think all anime is hentai or something… but you’re not that dumb, right? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/216 "2018-05-21T14:13:46Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > B) I don’t know how a knee can jerk obscenely. Well, for [some people](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-aroused-minister/) they can. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/217 "2018-05-22T01:48:49Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > His blindness shtick is part of it as well: Regardless of whether he is blind, he doesn’t have to make it known, and certainly doesn’t have to post about it to the extent he has, but the fact it _is_ known garners him defenders and gives him something to retreat into to reduce culpability. And That’s Creepy. This seems absurd to me. **Skald** used to write far more on the boards and had to take a break because of his blindness. It wasn’t certain that he would even be back. I suppose if you are looking at it as a shtick and then any mention of it would be too much, but I don’t see him asking for special treatment for it. Are there any defenders other the **BigT**? Can you show them to us? How is having **BigT** latch onto somehow exactly his fault? How is that creepy? Does he retreat into it? Where? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/218 "2018-05-22T02:58:42Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > How is having **BigT** latch onto somehow exactly his fault? You raise a good point. Skald should not be held responsible for BigT’s white-knighting. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/219 "2018-05-22T03:00:48Z")
I think you’ll also find a lot of us on this board who genuinely like Skald. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/220 "2018-05-22T03:32:35Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > This seems absurd to me. **Skald** used to write far more on the boards and had to take a break because of his blindness. It wasn’t certain that he would even be back. I suppose if you are looking at it as a shtick and then any mention of it would be too much, but I don’t see him asking for special treatment for it. > > Are there any defenders other the **BigT**? Can you show them to us? How is having **BigT** latch onto somehow exactly his fault? How is that creepy? Does he retreat into it? Where? Are you shitting me right now? Whether the subject is his alleged blindness or not, Skald’s defenders are everywhere. You don’t have to be vocal about something to defend it. His defenders are the ones eagerly lining up to take part in his theads, even when the thread includes shockingly gratuitous and out of place depictions of sexual assault. They’re the ones who ignore it when this is pointed out, and brush it off as trolling. They’re the ones who buy hook, line, and sinker that his female characters that he’s chosen to bring to life are real peoople, like his [fake-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=479918) wife [“Kim”](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=479936), his fake-o [ex girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593549) character, who in that thread also revealed “her” sock status by responding to a post directed at Skald (post 11 of that thread - crickets from the mods). [Here’s another](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572022) thread, one of a couple floating around out there where he and the ex-girlfriend character do some sort of bantering thing. Skald seems to get off on involving the board in his fantasies, or haven’t you noticed? You hadn’t? Well, to your credit, neither have the mods. My post in his latest hypothetical, pointing out the nasty pattern these threads follow, is deemed a threadshit. Yet no one even quirks an eyebrow when Skald drops graphic descriptions of gang rape/abuse/incest porn in a thread that does not give any indication of the subject matter. Why? Because he writes so pretty? Because he’s a long time member? Because OMG, his seeking out female dopers off board to try out his sexual assault fantasies on was almost 10 years ago, and people change ok?? Why are you so willing to overlook these things? Dopers don’t let go of their [fantasies](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=656426) easily, I realize, but exactly how much writing on the wall do some of you need? So yeah. His defenders are all over the goddamn place. Open your eyes already, folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=12)