# Snowboarder Bo:  Enough with the fucking quarry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525 "2015-09-25T22:55:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/221 "2015-09-27T15:29:59Z")

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The really funny part is when they act like their “words” smell like flowers, but other people’s words are farts. And even when a bunch of people tell them they are wrong, they still think they smell like flowers.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/222 "2015-09-27T15:31:20Z")

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> [@AnaMen](#):
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> So it’s actually NOT bullying, because:
> 
> - he started it
> - he’s being too sensitive
> - we were just joking around, it’s not our fault he can’t take a joke
> - he was asking for it
> - he likes it
> - he was bullying first
> - he won’t stop trying to bother us
> 
> Did I leave anything out?

Yes, the part about the forum and its purpose. If you can’t stand the heat, stay in the ladies room.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/223 "2015-09-27T15:38:09Z")

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People are missing the point here.

The real value of a thread like this, is it brought the original thread where it came from to light.

> [@What is the fascination with auto-correct humor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fascination-with-auto-correct-humor/606194/8):
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> Come on some of these have to be real.
> 
> Just the other day my brother texted me about going to visit my grandma.
> 
> He typed out, “Lets go visit grandma she seems lonley.”
> 
> His stupid phone autocorrected it to, “Lets go visit grandma she seems like the sort of slut who fuck two dudes at once and she’s such a nasty bitch she’d probably do her own grandsons that fucking whore of a cunt.”
> 
> I don’t know about you but that made me laugh.

Imagine if that was still showing up years later as an auto correct?

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/224 "2015-09-27T16:01:43Z")

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> [@AnaMen](#):
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> There is a difference between someone who is in the same physical space as you making unpleasant sounds or smells and someone miles away typing things you are annoyed by on a message board.
> 
> Do you get annoyed when your 5-year-old draws the same picture over and over too?

I wonder if there’s any difference between bullying someone in the same physical space and somebody criticizing you online for being annoying on purpose. Probably not.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/225 "2015-09-27T16:13:20Z")

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> [@AnaMen](#):
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> There is a difference between someone who is in the same physical space as you making unpleasant sounds or smells and someone miles away typing things you are annoyed by on a message board.
> 
> Do you get annoyed when your 5-year-old draws the same picture over and over too?

You know when my kids were 5 their _farts_ were adorable. Smelled like flowers. And their burps hilarious. Every joke was killer. And every picture a masterpiece.

My adult kids farting in the house does not bother me at all. But they know better than to fart the same way in other social situations.

My adult child drawing the same picture over and over again would worry me. (Unless they were that “Blue Dog” artist guy maybe …)

I’d walk away from an adult at a party who relatively randomly said “Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!” probably even faster than someone who farted as often.

I’d be very concerned if one of my adult children was that adult.

A five year old at a kid’s party? Either could be okay depending on the crowd. Doing either with full knowledge that other kids were annoyed by it, and that those who thought it was funny mainly thought it was funny specifically because it annoyed some other kids? That being annoying to others had become the point of the “joke.” Not clearly with a condition like severe Tourette’s or an Autism Spectrum Disorder that explained why they did it?

And the point was?

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/226 "2015-09-27T16:16:15Z")

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Ever notice how some people want to make everything about their 5 year old?

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/227 "2015-09-27T16:18:30Z")

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I’m not here much anymore to be bothered by anything, but I have a (polite, I hope) question for **Bo** …

I sincerely enjoy your contributions to the board. The only thing I notice is that when you use your “quarry” phrase in a paragraph, it disrupts the rest of your meaning and context. For example, you’re answering a question about music. I’m reading along and appreciating what you have to say. Then I come across your “quarry” phrase and I have to shift several gears to get what’s going on. Now that’s not that difficult, considering, but the breakdown is thus:

1. What does that have to do with the topic? 2) Oh, right, [looks up at author) that’s **Bo**! Duh me. 3) Uh, it’s been a while since I’ve encountered that, what’s it mean again? 4) Ah, yes, LOL. Got it. 5) And now where was I at in my thought process / his answer / the topic at hand. 6) Proceed.

Granted, that’s all within seconds, but it does kind of take you out of the flow of the thread / conversation. So, here’s my query to you… is it possible to just separate out your phrase by putting a line before and after? If it’s at the beginning of a paragraph, skip a line to start everything else. If in the middle, surround it. Like this:

Cxhkgjvccvmvkkfhdnfjfj.

“Let’s go to the quarry, etc!”

Wvjvxjjvkbohjgljlhkvjlblhkbkbkvjvjcjvnkvjvjvkhkvkkhkhljlj.

If that still won’t work for you, I understand. Just thought I’d suggest it as a potential work around that might make things a little easier for some of us that ain’t as young as we used to be. 🙂 Thanks for the consideration.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/228 "2015-09-27T16:19:31Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> Ohh the irony…after you bitched and moaned for days in your ATMB thread.

Yeah, not liking racist hate speech on the board being allowed by mods is exactly the same as not liking someone’s mildly annoying catchphrase, you’re so right. :rolleyes:

(I’m _guessing_ that’s the ATMB thread you’re referring to, since you were soooo fucking specific and all)

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/229 "2015-09-27T16:48:37Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Yeah, not liking racist hate speech on the board being allowed by mods is exactly the same as not liking someone’s mildly annoying catchphrase, you’re so right. :rolleyes:
> 
> (I’m _guessing_ that’s the ATMB thread you’re referring to, since you were soooo fucking specific and all)

You called Guinistasia a bitch. How is that not misogynistic hate speech?

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/230 "2015-09-27T17:27:51Z")

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> [@FXMastermind](#):
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> Ever notice how some people want to make everything about their 5 year old?

No, I haven’t.

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**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/231 "2015-09-27T17:44:39Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> Yes, the part about the forum and its purpose. If you can’t stand the heat, stay in the ladies room.

Wow, we could solve bullying of children at schools just by having a designated place where people are permitted to say nasty things about others. If someone doesn’t want to hear nasty things about themselves, that can just avoid that room.

I will share my Nobel Prize with you for the part you played in this genius idea. See you in Oslo!

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/232 "2015-09-27T17:46:25Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> You called Guinistasia a bitch. How is that not misogynistic hate speech?

Is “whiny bitch” now a disallowed insult? Because honestly, I encounter all manner of scenarios were it applies.

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**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/233 "2015-09-27T18:03:52Z")

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> [@tnetennba](#):
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> I wonder if there’s any difference between bullying someone in the same physical space and somebody criticizing you online for being annoying on purpose. Probably not.

So online bullying is not a thing?

Personally I don’t think it’s a thing that matters very much, but that doesn’t mean it can’t exist. Umpteen articles about it and suicides attributed to it sure make it sound like it’s a well-recognized concept. And sure, it’s permitted here, but the fact that something is allowed doesn’t mean you should do it.  
Let’s say you noticed your 5-year-old had skipped brushing his teeth and had stinky breath. Telling him to go brush his teeth because he had stinky breath would not be bullying. You care about him and his dental health and social acceptance and your motivation is to protect his interest.

What if his classmate is the one bothered by his stinky breath? The classmate telling him he needs to brush his teeth because his breath stinks is not bullying. But what if instead the classmate tells a few other kids and tries to get them in joining him in complaining about the problem? What if they try to get the entire class to join in harassing your kid about his breath, insisting they can’t sit next to them because he makes them want to puke, etc.? Is that still not bullying to you?

Even if this joke is not funny, it has no victim. It doesn’t even have an implied victim. It isn’t making fun of anyone or any group and it isn’t mean-spirited. It is harmless, aside from irritating people who are excited to feel like part of a group effort to mock someone, aka bullies.

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**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/234 "2015-09-27T18:12:14Z")

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Hey everyone, I just figured out how to use Chrome’s “Word Replacer II” plug-in to completely get rid of Bo’s annoying catchphrase. I’m not entirely sure what I did, but now it works.

Now, every time Snowboarder Bo writes “Let’s go down to the quarry and throw stuff down there”, _I_ see the words “Nothing to see here” 🙂

Problem solved!

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/235 "2015-09-27T18:21:20Z")

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> [@AnaMen](#):
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> Wow, we could solve bullying of children at schools just by having a designated place where people are permitted to say nasty things about others. If someone doesn’t want to hear nasty things about themselves, that can just avoid that room.
> 
> I will share my Nobel Prize with you for the part you played in this genius idea. See you in Oslo!

What you’re apparently too “challenged” to understand is there’s nothing requiring a person to open the pit. Kids are required to go to school. They are physically present when they attend school. Now, if they decide to put on a football helmet and some shoulder pads, and try out for the team, they they need to realize that along with that activity comes some possibly unpleasant results. If they whine about being bullied because they got tackled, the rest of the team just laughs at them.

When you connect dots, try, if possible, to stay on the same page pendejo.

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/236 "2015-09-27T18:22:59Z")

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> **[Substitutions](https://xkcd.com/1288/)**
>
> INSIDE ELON MUSK'S NEW ATOMIC CAT

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**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/237 "2015-09-27T18:30:42Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> It absolutely is bullying. I mean, just look at your post: you call me names and ascribe anti-social motives to me, all in an attempt to publicly humiliate me so that I’ll do what you want. That’s bullying, and you’re a bully.  
> [[url=http://www.apa.org/topics/bullying/]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying)[url=[Bullying | Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bullying)]Well, I won’t be bullied.

I’m sorry, but this is fucking pathetic. People telling you that what you’re doing is annoying – even if they call you an annoying jerk fuckface buttsniffer while they do it – is not “bullying.” I know bullying is a hot topic these days and there’s a lot of it going on (although it’s usually about what’s happening to kids or otherwise vulnerable people, you jackass), but you can’t just use it as a general purpose shield to suggest anyone criticizing anyone else is being a terrible person.

The bad news is, your joke is stupid. It had a brief moment at the beginning where it was funny _in concept_ to suggest that you were going to actually use that phrase instead of “LOL”, but even then it was of the mildly amusing _heh-that-would-be-kind-of-funny-if_ sort, so long as you didn’t actually do it. It **was** kind of lame that it was just a semi-recycled version of someone _else’s_ prank, and that that was based on a not-particularly-funny sitcom joke, but hey, that happens, and it doesn’t necessarily disqualify a joke from being funny. **Actually following through on it** , however, is lame, annoying, and reeks of an unflattering desperation to be _the guy who started a board meme_.

In as non-bullying a way I can muster, I sincerely advise you to stop doing it so you’ll be less of a dipshit. I only have your best interests in mind. I am being helpful, god damn it.

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**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/238 "2015-09-27T18:31:27Z")

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Let’s go down to the pit and throw tantrums there!

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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/239 "2015-09-27T18:35:25Z")

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Let’s go down to the internet and type shit out!

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**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-enough-with-the-fucking-quarry/732525/240 "2015-09-27T19:03:50Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> What you’re apparently too “challenged” to understand is there’s nothing requiring a person to open the pit. Kids are required to go to school. They are physically present when they attend school. Now, if they decide to put on a football helmet and some shoulder pads, and try out for the team, they they need to realize that along with that activity comes some possibly unpleasant results. If they whine about being bullied because they got tackled, the rest of the team just laughs at them.
> 
> When you connect dots, try, if possible, to stay on the same page pendejo.

No one would be required to go to the “Schrödinger’s Not Bullying, Just Saying Nasty Stuff or Maybe Not” room either. Just to make you even happier, we can put them in portable classrooms right off campus. Now no one will even have to be on the same piece of property that it occupies and if they don’t look in, maybe everyone is meeting there to say nice things about them!

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