# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/501 "2018-05-26T02:10:37Z")
The funny part of it is that **Chimera** feels perfectly justified in claiming he knows what “the wimmenz” think and feel and what we find offensive in spite of not being one (or listening to any of us) but gets spittle flecks all over his cummerbund at any speculation a woman makes regarding the possible motives for what ONE man thinks when he drools rape fantasies all over a message board. And the very best part is that he will never ever EVER understand why I’m laughing so hard at his cluelessly obtuse ass. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/502 "2018-05-26T02:10:53Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Good grief! Will you just stop it with this nonsense? Jeez, a guy acts good in your eyes, and ONE disagreement about sexism and you’re willing to write them off. FFS! > > You’ve done this before with me and it’s f’n lame. No, it was part of a pattern I’d noticed with you. You were great for awhile then devolved. I hope there’s another upswing, but it doesn’t look like it. I’ve yet to read the rest of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/503 "2018-05-26T02:36:52Z")
**madsircool** , **Morganstern** apologized to me and we made up. He’s been a great supporter ever since. That episode was one-and-done. I’m with **Sunny Daze** in that we’re over it. I hope you’ll move on now, too. **Chimera** , telling us to not read his threads is a total slap in the face and yes, dismissive. It’s not that we’re so fragile we can’t take it, it’s that abusing and humiliating women shouldn’t be accepted on this or any board. I’ll keep reading his threads and now I’ll start reporting anything weird. That kind of garbage, along with being dismissed, is part of why women are no longer posting here. Oh, and stop telling us what to do, over and over and over. I’ve liked you all along and want to keep doing so, but you’re making it difficult. Hi **Missy2U**. Thanks for saying something. ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/504 "2018-05-26T02:47:20Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Hi **Missy2U**. Thanks for saying something. Seconded. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/505 "2018-05-26T03:16:15Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > This is a monumentally stupid fucking idea. If a thread is found objectionable by women, but it’s safe for work, do you think it should be labeled NSFW? Or should it not be labeled at all? Or should it be labeled in some other way? Or should the poster be told not to submit such threads? Or should the poster simply be pitted, and leave it at that? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/506 "2018-05-26T03:22:33Z")
**Expecto** and **Helena** you aren’t alone - this IS an issue, and should not be dismissed as if it’s just a few of the girlz getting their undies in a bunch. Even though I have about given up on being “heard” here, sometimes I get an urge to bang my head against the wall just one more time. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/507 "2018-05-26T03:25:27Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Ever so often I dip my toe back in here to remind myself of how shitty the place is, especially compared to the wayback days. Although it’s interesting to watch triggered old white men chew their own faces off in impotent rage. You wouldn’t think such a thing would be possible, and yet… So you counter imagined misogyny with real ageism, sexism, and racism.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/508 "2018-05-26T03:30:59Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > So you counter imagined misogyny with real ageism, sexism, and racism.:dubious: And you deny being a troll. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/509 "2018-05-26T03:31:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > At this point I’m going to allow the moderators to address claims that the male moderators did nothing and therefore cannot be trusted. > > How about they stop assigning malice to me? I’ve been told I’m a virgin who will never get laid (ha!), that I’m tone deaf, that I’m attacking people, that I’m an angry, screaming white man. Because these people don’t like being told that they’re responsible for their own reactions and taking their own steps to avoid the man’s posts. Because I’ve pointed out that there are women in this thread who don’t find his posts as offensive as others. Because while I’ve pointed out that there are ways individually and through board protocol to deal with these posts? Is that tone deaf? Because I’ve agreed that an NSFW tag would be a reasonable way of dealing with this but haven’t bowed granted every aspect of the demanded sympathy and support? > > What the fuck do you think ALL MEN are supposed to do here? Say “Oh gosh yes, he’s skeevy and he should be kicked off the board”? Say “Yes, it’s horrible that you have to keep reading this man’s posts!”? Say “Wow yeah. Those male moderators. Buncha bastards they are!”? You don’t get everything you want. But if you insist that people are evil if they don’t give you everything and accept your every feelings and assertions without disagreement, you make your allies your enemies. You become an extremist. Good Luck With That. The “girls” aren’t here to solve a problem. They are here to generate “snark” content. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/510 "2018-05-26T03:32:07Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > If a thread is found objectionable by women, but it’s safe for work, do you think it should be labeled NSFW? What part of descriptions of simulated gang rape and incest/abuse/humiliation porn would be considered safe for work? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/511 "2018-05-26T03:32:53Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > And you deny being a troll. Again, you demonstrate your inability to read or be honest. Sad little stalker. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/512 "2018-05-26T03:34:04Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The “girls” aren’t here to solve a problem. They are here to generate “snark” content. Has anyone told you lately that you’re a complete and utter idiot? ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/513 "2018-05-26T03:35:55Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > What part of descriptions of simulated gang rape and incest/abuse/humiliation porn would be considered safe for work? There’s none of that in his latest post. Do you find the latest post acceptable? I thought you did not. Agreed, if the post is NSFW, there’s no issue - just label it NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/514 "2018-05-26T03:38:24Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > (snip) **Chimera** , telling us to not read his threads is a total slap in the face and yes, dismissive. It’s not that we’re so fragile we can’t take it, it’s that abusing and humiliating women shouldn’t be accepted on this or any board. (snip) I am interested to know, what does “shouldn’t be accepted on this or any board” mean in practice? What would you want to have happen here, in this specific instance (i.e. this specific poster)? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/515 "2018-05-26T03:39:21Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > The “girls” aren’t here to solve a problem. They are here to generate “snark” content. And you’re here to troll. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/516 "2018-05-26T03:40:53Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Has anyone told you lately that you’re a complete and utter idiot? Like Morgerstern, you have a highly inflated sense of what your opinion is worth. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/517 "2018-05-26T03:45:11Z")
0 > [@octopus](#): > > Like Morgerstern, you have a highly inflated sense of what your opinion is worth. Coming from you, this is oh so fucking funny! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/518 "2018-05-26T03:47:51Z")
Octoputz, What’s your purpose here? Besides trolling and acting like a coprophagic bridge dweller. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/519 "2018-05-26T03:48:02Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > And you’re here to troll. Let’s see, your evidence that I’m a so called troll are your words. Which have 0 weight on these boards. You really have me trembling. And the label octoputz has really wounded me.:rolleyes: My evidence that you clowns are deliberately stirring up trouble here to laugh about on other boards are the threads and your own words on another board where you and a few others in this thread do just that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/520 "2018-05-26T03:51:22Z")
Paranoia fuels delusions. Delusions fuel uncontrollable episodes of trolling. You’re a sick puppy. Really. ETA, you betcha, we’ll laugh AT you on the other board. Don’t doubt that. But, we laugh at you here too. I guess that’s a wash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=27)