# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/41 "2000-09-28T16:00:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by G. Nome \* > \*\*Everything negative I’ve said is for reasons of reciprocity. I did not attack these people first. They started it. Jack Batty (included)_{snip}\* by their vitriolic behaviour towards me. The thing is, they intended to seriously damage my self-esteem whereas my comebacks are largely just playing around. > \*\* Listen, you sniveling little rodent, grow a few more layers of skin. I never attacked you. I added a harmless comment to that thread in which I merely stated what a great time I was having reading it. In fact, I stated that you, G. Nome, crack me up. I, in fact, was trying hard to understand you and your sense of humor. I thought I was doing a pretty good job of it, until you deliberately mis-quoted me. I’ll be perfectly honest - that pissed me right off. But discretion is the better part of valor, as they say, and I decided to leave it alone. I saw no reason for pointing out the obvious. I know you know that your posts are vague to say the least, and complex, to give you the benefit of the doubt. I was actually giving you a little credit for having an inkling of intelligence. But that mis-quoting shit is pure juvenile rubbish. If my post pissed you off that much (which it shouldn’t have because, guess what, I was playing around too), then address me. I promise I would have responded. Your self-esteem needs no battering. It’s obviously cracked to begin with. Now, I am done with you. Feel free to spout enigmatic all you like, but the next time you deliberately mis-quote me, my first e-mail will be to the moderators, as that is expressly not to be tolerated here (read your TOS), and the second e-mail will be to my lawyer, to sue your for libel and misrepresentation. And don’t think I won’t do it - I can be just as crazy as you, ya know. Have a nice day, dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/42 "2000-09-28T16:17:41Z")
Can somebody explain this. Did I miss something? Posted by G. Nome in the MPSIMS thread linked to in the OP. > [@](#): > > Is that true about Notthemama becoming Duck Duck Goose Goose? Does anyone else feel that rates as first degree deception? Assuming another user name would be ok as long as the changeover is announced. I don’t think my misuse of quotes even comes close to this. **I probably won’t be believed but I am ashamed of trying the “sock puppet” thing.** _Bolding mine_ Is this saying that G.Nome had a sock? Am I reading that wrong or did I just miss it? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/43 "2000-09-28T17:15:10Z")
Well, yojimbo, I’m not a natural speaker of English, but she certainly seems to be implying just that. G. Nome, can you elaborate on that? Did you take on a second identity? ---
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/44 "2000-09-28T17:49:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > **Fill out our profiles more completely? Here’s mine. > … > What more do you wanna know?** Yeah. Why Sylvania, Ohio–why Ohio? When are you getting that last wisdom tooth out? Enquiring minds want to know! **Twister** asked: > [@](#): > > “Genital washing techniques of the Irish” is supposed to be expressive? But it IS funny! **kabbes** said: > [@](#): > > I’m not sure why posting insanity should be interpreted as an attack. A little insanity can be fun, no? Yes! I much prefer the ravings of paranoid schizophrenics to the rather tedious, one-note “flames” by you normals. Honest to God, I could take a typical flame thread and remove the name of the flamee _and you people couldn’t figure out who you had been flaming because flame threads like this are ALL THE SAME:_ **BORING AND POINTLESS!** Finally, and this is going to get me burned bad, Wally is gone and most people here, myself included, didn’t know him as well as some of you. Yeah, he was your friend and deserves your fond remembrances and maybe a flame of someone who disses him. But he wasn’t a saint–wasn’t even particularly pleasant much of the time. Perhaps a little perspective on your part is in order before you go overboard defending his memory. ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/45 "2000-09-28T18:07:33Z")
dropzone, would you care to reconcile these two sentences: > [@](#): > > Wally is gone and most people here, myself included, didn’t know him as well as some of you. AND > [@](#): > > But he wasn’t a saint–wasn’t even particularly pleasant much of the time If you didn’t know him very well, how can you know what he was like much of the time? –John ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/46 "2000-09-28T18:17:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yue Han \* > **If you didn’t know him very well, how can you know what he was like much of the time?** Because I was a member for some time before he died and found him to often be mean spirited. I wasn’t here long enough to build up the depth of friendship so many other people did. I didn’t know him well but I did know him. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/47 "2000-09-28T18:24:15Z")
I have been staying away from G. nome because I don’t like beating my head against a brick wall. I originally started the “G. nome you are an idiot” thread out of frustration. I don’t like being jerked around, and I was pretty pissed at her. I realized I was harsh, but it was the heat of the moment. G. nome is intelligent, but she likes to play games with people. It really pisses me off that as soon as you disagree with her she starts spouting the loony bullshit. I find it very offensive when I’m posting in a serious manner and then she responds with stuff that is clearly intended to mess with me. I resent being pulled into her “performance art.” That said he has said goodbye to the board on several occasions. She obviously isn’t going away, so I have resolved to stay away from her. I would advise who think her a troll to do the same. G. nome’s sock was authentium who started [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34661) thread. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/48 "2000-09-28T18:48:40Z")
Thanks **LunaSea**. I did miss that. So what’s running the book on how long before brains returns :rolleyes: ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/49 "2000-09-28T21:12:25Z")
I don’t remember any of this - I’ve just woken up with a bad headache. Who is Unclebeer? What has he got to do with Teilhard De Chardin? What’s that stuff about Spoofe bo diddly and spanking? Oh God, no. And the treason count. I hate myself. I hate myself. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/50 "2000-09-28T21:23:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > \*\*I don’t remember any of this - I’ve just woken up with a bad headache. Who is Unclebeer? What has he got to do with Teilhard De Chardin? What’s that stuff about Spoofe bo diddly and spanking? Oh God, no. And the treason count. I hate myself. I hate myself. \*\* The kid breaks me up. ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/51 "2000-09-28T22:37:44Z")
Thank you to the people in this thread who have showed kindness towards me. But it makes me feel strangely uncomfortable. If “troll” haters want to know how to get rid of said trolls take Satan’s advice. Ignore them or treat them nicely - it will probably work. I felt a lot of jealousy when I first read the Straight Dope. Everyone here seemed so clever and it showed up the deficiencies of the education system I came out of. I could never write like Sofa King or Lance Turbo, for instance, if I tried for 20 years. I recommended the SD to a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. I still do. I apologise for my lack of insight into why I create so much friction. And because this all niceness just doesn’t feel right I’d like to add this: Someone shove a six pack of Marlboroughs down Satan’s throat. Please. ---
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/52 "2000-09-28T22:43:39Z")
My education system was not quite that bad: The last line should read: And because ALL THIS niceness just doesn’t feel right I’d like to add this: Someone shove a six pack of Marlboroughs down Satan’s throat. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/53 "2000-09-28T23:01:36Z")
Nomie, they’re smokes, not neighborhoods. Marlboro. 😉 –Tim ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/54 "2000-09-28T23:57:09Z")
But it might help! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/55 "2000-09-29T03:58:44Z")
After reading this entire thread, and reading most all of the links to other threads which were offered here, I have to agree to the following: G. Nome is not a troll. G. Nome is highly intelligent. G. Nome’s posts can cause extreme frustration. G. Nome is/will become a valuable poster. Maybe I think this because I started reading this thread only tonight. It give rather a different perspective to not have a personal stake in the thread, and to be able to read it in a continuous stream, not herky-jerky style. Most, if not all, of her negative comments about posters were made after she was railed upon by that poster. She seldom posted negatively about another, unless that person posted negatively first. She was quite often chided for saying something that she “didn’t” say-i.e. **Yue Han** posted > [@](#): > > ## 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. quote: > > 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. Note that she didn’t say that “scientists were making people impotent with black boxes”. Read what she _wrote_. I think/know that this wonderful invention(the internet) and this wonderful board(SDMB) are two of the greatest things to come along in this decade. We sometimes forget, in the heat of battle, that what we type here is not always what someone reads here. I guess we’ll never replace a face-to-face conversation, where you can look the other person in the eye, see their facial expression as they say their piece. Zinging someone face to face, with an impish grin is one thing. Zinging them electronically quite often leads to misunderstanding. ---
**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 29, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/56 "2000-09-29T04:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samclem \* > \*\*I have to agree to the following: > G. Nome is not a troll. > G. Nome is highly intelligent. > G. Nome’s posts can cause extreme frustration. > G. Nome is/will become a valuable poster. > > We sometimes forget, in the heat of battle, that what we type here is not always what someone reads here. I guess we’ll never replace a face-to-face conversation, where you can look the other person in the eye, see their facial expression as they say their piece. Zinging someone face to face, with an impish grin is one thing. Zinging them electronically quite often leads to misunderstanding.\*\* Hmmmm, better not talk like that, **Sam**. Someone might think you’re my sock puppet. 😉 And that’s why I make annoying use of the smilies. **G.Nome** said: > [@](#): > > No, I’m not the Unabomber’s accomplice and that stash of old Omnis in the garage means nothing. You know, the Unabomber’s garage, well, shed, was about a mile from my house. Not the one in Montana, but the one behind his mom’s house. The new owners found bomb fixin’s in it. And I miss _Omni._ It was like a door to a whole nother world where everything didn’t quite add up. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-straight-lines-so-little-time-or-lets-clear-it-up-for-g-nome/34822/57 "2000-10-04T11:27:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > \*\*I felt a lot of jealousy when I first read the Straight Dope. Everyone here seemed so clever and it showed up the deficiencies of the education system I came out of. I could never write like Sofa King or Lance Turbo, for instance, if I tried for 20 years. \*\* This is the first time, to my knowledge, that my name has come up in Pit thread, and it was to compliment me. **G. Nome** is my new favorite poster. Don’t mess with me, apparently someone thinks I’m clever. [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=2)