# So many straight lines, so little time (or, let's clear it up for G. Nome) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822 "2000-09-28T00:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/21 "2000-09-28T12:20:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > [sup]Originally posted by G. Nome:[/sup] > > I think I’m evidence that the world wide web idea is flawed. > > Anybody wanna comment on this, or do you think it stands on its own? \*\* I’ll comment on it. The web links together men and women all over the world, potentially in a combined field of human consciousness. So they say. But if you can’t fuck it, UncleBeer, why link to it, right? Well, that took care of half the noosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Biffer\_Spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/22 "2000-09-28T12:43:24Z")
I saw that original thread, where she appears (don’t fully understand the OP myself) to be backing posters (Candyboi?) who got given a hard time. From then on, she gets grief, left right and centre. All your quotes are comebacks on people who gave HER grief. She isn’t saying she hasn’t attacked anyone, but claimed self-defence. Looking through that link you gave me, the evidence seems to be on her side. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/23 "2000-09-28T12:57:02Z")
Okay, get off her case, guys. She has some good points. This DOES seem like a closed society, especially the Pit. And we could all fill out our profiles more completely. It would be nice to know more about each other. A tip, kid? Stay out of the Pit. It brings out the worst in people. Many of these same people are perfectly reasonable elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/24 "2000-09-28T13:02:56Z")
Fill out our profiles more completely? Here’s mine. [ul] [li]Occupation: Engineer/Hedonist[/li][li]Location: Sylvania, Ohio[/li][li]Interests: Photography, Target Shooting, Drunken Debauchery[/li][li]Marital Status: Single[/li][li]Date of Birth: 2/25/62[/li][li]Shoe Size: 9½[/li][li]Favorite Food: Meat[/li][li]Number of Teeth: 29[/li][/ul] What more do you wanna know? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/25 "2000-09-28T13:03:51Z")
Biff, How can you explain what her “I want a sign like wally” comment wasn’t to get people to jump on her? She’s not a stupid lady. I never said she was. She seems to be intellegent, but is enjoying getting the response she has got. ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/26 "2000-09-28T13:06:52Z")
Biffer, the thread ToF linked to isn’t G. Nome’s first thread, it’s just an example of her attacking people. Here is a link to a different Pit thread about G. Nome. The OP contains multiple links to threads where G. Nome pissed people off. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34238](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34238) Basically, she posted a lot of insane things, like that the FBI was after her, that scientists were making people impotent with black boxes, and some other loopy things. > [@](#): > > Technologists today are busily constructing a “black box” world which creates a form of impotency in 65% of the human race. In this regard science is almost a form of eugenics - maybe only those with science degrees are supposed to survive. And a woman with a science degree will survive I suppose. No, I’m not the Unabomber’s accomplice and that stash of old Omnis in the garage means nothing. When people tried to point out that this was insane, she continued babbling until LunaSea got irritated enough to start the Pit thread linked above. –John ---
**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 28, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/27 "2000-09-28T13:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > How can you explain what her “I want a sign like wally” comment wasn’t to get people to jump on her? > \*\* So she wants a sign like Wally - whats wrong with having an ambition? ---
**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 28, 2000, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/28 "2000-09-28T13:10:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yue Han \* > Basically, she posted a lot of insane things, like that the FBI was after her, that scientists were making people impotent with black boxes, and some other loopy things. > > > [@](#): > > > > Technologists today are busily constructing a “black box” world which creates a form of impotency in 65% of the human race. In this regard science is almost a form of eugenics - maybe only those with science degrees are supposed to survive. And a woman with a science degree will survive I suppose. No, I’m not the Unabomber’s accomplice and that stash of old Omnis in the garage means nothing. > > When people tried to point out that this was insane, she continued babbling until LunaSea got irritated enough to start the Pit thread linked above. > \*\* A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/29 "2000-09-28T13:18:40Z")
I’m not sure why posting insanity should be interpreted as an attack. A little insanity can be fun, no? To take personally the suggestion that the FBI are implanting Amercians with tracking devices just seems risable (unless you know something we don’t…) I think Ms Nome occassionally does a rather good job of forcing us to rethink our relationship with this cyberreality. I would suggest that if that is her intention however, she may be better advised to avoid the hyperbole and insults and instead explore the subject in a forum such as GD. pan ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/30 "2000-09-28T13:21:18Z")
Incidentally I rather like the stream of conciousness style of prose, if done properly and applied to the right subject matter. G seems to do it quite well. YMMV, of course. pan ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/31 "2000-09-28T13:26:40Z")
Gary, everytime she runs out of insults or a thread is starting to get stale, she brings up something about Wally. Like the Example above, and in this thread, [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39793](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39793) about posters who dont post anymore. this is a section of her second post in the thread (the one after where she equates Notthemama’s name change with being a form of electronic rape) > [@](#): > > Well, it’s a bit like the WallyM7 thing, isn’t it? When he died there was a huge response which proved he was well-liked and well-known. But to who? Because after awhile there were a few “who was WallyM7?” type threads and then a few more **In My Humble Opinion** It appears to me that she is suggesting that Wally was forgotten about, not just that newbies didnt want who he was. I hope that this explains my attitude towards this particular poster. If it looked like I was bullying, my apologies, but I’m not going to react any differently to a troll. I dont know why I even care sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/32 "2000-09-28T13:34:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > [sup]Originally posted by G. Nome:[/sup] > > I think I’m evidence that the world wide web idea is flawed. > > Anybody wanna comment on this, or do you think it stands on its own? \*\* I seems to me I’ve heard THAT song before… ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/33 "2000-09-28T13:47:38Z")
Uncle Beer - that isn’t only standing, it’s saluting. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/34 "2000-09-28T13:48:16Z")
> [@](#): > > I think I’m evidence that the world wide web idea is flawed. And I think we have a winner in the “Potential New Sig Line of the Month” contest! ---
**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 28, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/35 "2000-09-28T14:00:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*Gary, everytime she runs out of insults or a thread is starting to get stale, she brings up something about Wally. > > Like the Example above, and in this thread, [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39793](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39793) > > about posters who dont post anymore. > \*\* I’ve just read through the whole of that thread, and really can’t see anything s/he has written that is insulting - original phrasing and use of language, some provocative imagery, but no insults. I don’t think G.Nome is looking to piss off anyone, rather I think she’s looking to try to be as expressive as printed language allows. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/36 "2000-09-28T14:15:47Z")
and “Genital washing techniques of the Irish” is supposed to be expressive? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/37 "2000-09-28T14:16:29Z")
I have said before that I find **G. Nome** a little contrived, and I can see that she may have pissed a few people off. However, the jumping on she has got is IMHO **way** out of proportion to any degree of foolishness or insensitivity she has recently displayed and the scent of mob mentality that seems to be in the air whenever she posts is distasteful. If people think that she is trolling for negative reactions don’t start yet another pit thread with her name in the title. If you don’t like her or find her irritating, ignore her - don’t poke her with a stick and say she is a jerk when she snaps back. picmr ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/38 "2000-09-28T14:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Gary Kumquat:_ > > I don’t think G.Nome is looking to piss off anyone, rather I think she’s looking to try to be as expressive as printed language allows. Gary, she’s a troll. She’s a fucking half witted, moronic, pseudo-human troll with nothing to offer this community but her soporific lameassed apparent attempts to sound like she has a line on a brain transplant from a barnyard animal bullshit who has seriously, **very** seriously, pissed me off with her earlier (in this thread) comment to Uncle Beer, and, as far as I’m concerned, has earned a truly **special** place in the outermost, vilest, and most painful thirteenth circle of Coventry’s hell. 'Nuff said. I’m going to MPSIMS for some happy fluffy threads. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/39 "2000-09-28T14:31:34Z")
which I’m sure you are, I would like to divert your attention (and that of everyone else on this thread, to this [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=40164](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=40164) ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/40 "2000-09-28T15:27:03Z")
You know, **UncleBeer** , all this time walking around with teeth in my head, and I don’t think I’ve ever actually taken the time to count them. Huh. As far as “I think I’m evidence that the world wide web idea is flawed,” I’m glad to finally find this out. If the idea is flawed, then we should give up on it. I’ll tell the people I work with to just give up on this whole “eBusiness” thing, since it’s all a bad idea. I’m just glad **G. Nome** is around to let us know. And came to that revelation by reading some books! Pfew! Glad the people who actually know what the fuck they’re talking about didn’t get any input. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822.md?page=3)