# SkipMagic's weekly Pitting
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [November 27, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902 "2007-11-27T13:35:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/1 "2007-11-27T13:35:39Z")
I know that criticising Skip’s modding is kind of like booing at the Special Olympics, but I really think he’s capable of better behavior than [hurling a personal insult while closing a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445630).
I think he should at least consider suspending himself. In the mean-time, he should certainly warn himself.
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### Author:  [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/2 "2007-11-27T13:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I know that criticising Skip’s modding is kind of like booing at the Special Olympics, but I really think he’s capable of better behavior than [hurling a personal insult while closing a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445630).
I think he should at least consider suspending himself. In the mean-time, he should certainly warn himself.
[/QUOTE]
Where’s the personal insult? Only the complaint was called stupid.
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/3 "2007-11-27T13:50:10Z")
The complaint _was_ too stupid to move. Had it been human, it would’ve been too stupid to breathe.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/4 "2007-11-27T13:52:02Z")
I’ve seen warninngs issued for less.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/5 "2007-11-27T13:55:14Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I’ve seen warninngs issued for less.
[/QUOTE]
Those warnings maybe would have been worthy of pittings, since calling a post or argument stupid isn’t against the rules. What you complained about isn’t, though, IMHO.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/6 "2007-11-27T13:56:30Z")
Sure, it was probably unnecessary to call the complaint stupid, even though it was. Amazingly so.
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/7 "2007-11-27T13:57:01Z")
I think they’re engendering more socks doing the clampdown thing than would be if they’d just give it a rest.
Kind of like the War on Terrorism.
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### Author:  [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/8 "2007-11-27T13:57:26Z")
C’mon, \*\*bbs2k \*\* has been around here long enough to know what we do about trolls and socks. Regardless of whether they’re funny or not.
I don’t see the personal insult here.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/9 "2007-11-27T14:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I’ve seen warninngs issued for less.
[/QUOTE]
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness at Tan Hauser Gate. Still hasn’t gotten me laid.
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### Author:  [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/10 "2007-11-27T14:16:44Z")
Time to die…
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/11 "2007-11-27T14:17:18Z")
Oh come on, it’s been more than a week since \*\*Skip \*\* was last pitted. 😉
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/12 "2007-11-27T14:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy]
Sure, it was probably unnecessary to call the complaint stupid, even though it was. Amazingly so.
[/QUOTE]
I see what you did there. Nice. 😃
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/13 "2007-11-27T14:45:54Z")
Wait, I’m confused. Is hurling even an event at the Special Olympics?
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/14 "2007-11-27T14:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
Wait, I’m confused. Is hurling even an event at the Special Olympics?
[/QUOTE]
Only after the tequila-drinking contest.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/15 "2007-11-27T14:51:08Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy]
Sure, it was probably unnecessary to call the complaint stupid, even though it was. Amazingly so.
[/QUOTE]
It shares that in common with _this_ thread.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/16 "2007-11-27T14:53:47Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I’ve seen warninngs issued for less.
[/QUOTE]
I don’t suppose any specific examples come to mind, do they?
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/17 "2007-11-27T14:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
Wait, I’m confused. Is hurling even an event at the Special Olympics?
[/QUOTE]
I thought it was rather rude of the OP to call you retarded.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/18 "2007-11-27T15:13:54Z")
Wait, we’re _not_ supposed to boo at the Special Olympics?
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### Author:  [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/19 "2007-11-27T15:16:40Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder]
Wait, we’re _not_ supposed to boo at the Special Olympics?
[/QUOTE]
Not at the winners, anyway.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skipmagics-weekly-pitting/427902/20 "2007-11-27T15:33:10Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]
I don’t suppose any specific examples come to mind, do they?
[/QUOTE]
Bah. My heart’s not in it. It was a lame rant to begin with, and I can’t even work up the angst to hurl insults at QED, let alone **Skip**.
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