# Socks and immaturity **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409 "2005-06-01T17:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/81 "2005-06-02T19:13:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **TV** Believe me, there are some real fucks in this thread! šŸ˜ƒ I resemble that remark! ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/82 "2005-06-02T19:28:09Z")
Socks? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/83 "2005-06-02T19:32:11Z")
Socks are sock puppets, people who have a second user name so there is always somebody around who agrees with them, unless itā€™s me because I agree with me even less than most people. They are against board rules, but you knew that already because you memorized the rules when you joined. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/84 "2005-06-02T19:34:07Z")
Veb, I use the smilies so people wonā€™t take me seriously when I donā€™t want to be taken seriously. Some people, like Skeptic, ignore them. Others default to never, ever, taking me seriously. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/85 "2005-06-02T20:08:15Z")
There was a joke thread in the Pit That quickly was filled up with shit Then along came fair Lynn Shouting over the din ā€œAll right, thatā€™s enough! thread closed.ā€ Fooled ya, ya slimey limerick lovers! ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/86 "2005-06-02T20:11:39Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Veb, I use the smilies so people wonā€™t take me seriously when I donā€™t want to be taken seriously. Some people, like Skeptic, ignore them. Others default to never, ever, taking me seriously. Hey! I said I was sorry. It is not like I ignore them regularly . ā˜¹šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/87 "2005-06-02T20:35:15Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Hey, weā€™re not complete Nazis. (Well, _Iā€™m_ not anyway.) All we ask is that threads start out in a Pit-worthy direction, which this one did. Weā€™re not going to close threads the moment someone makes a joke or an off-topic remark. They may get closed eventually, but weā€™ll usually let them sputter out by themselves first if possible. You seem to be reasonable for someone whose diet consists of acacia thorns. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/88 "2005-06-02T20:49:22Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Hey! I said I was sorry. People, this is why I use smilies. Because I purposely left one off for effect when I used **askeptic** as an example, though I knew all about the apology, now his feelings are hurt. Iā€™m going to cry myself to sleep tonight. > [@Giraffe](#): > > All we ask is that threads start out in a Pit-worthy direction, which this one did. How could you tell? I _wrote_ it and I can make little sense of it. That does it; no more posting sober. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/89 "2005-06-02T20:55:02Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > How could you tell? I _wrote_ it and I can make little sense of it. No, the OP was incoherent gibberish. But it sparked a discussion appropriate for the Pit, in between the sock jokes. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/90 "2005-06-02T21:36:21Z")
Thank you. Now I feel validated. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/91 "2005-06-02T21:49:19Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > No, the OP was incoherent gibberish. But it sparked a discussion appropriate for the Pit, in between the sock jokes. Not to mention **Istaraā€™s** excellent suggestion to consider adopting suspensions as a Doper-taming tool between warnings and bannings. Well worth a few odd sockdolagers. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/92 "2005-06-03T13:40:02Z")
If I had known my incoherence could be ultimately so valuable Iā€™dā€™ve spent even more of the past five years rambling incoherently. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/93 "2005-06-03T13:55:01Z")
Nah. Too easy. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/94 "2005-06-03T13:58:35Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > If I had known my incoherence could be ultimately so valuable Iā€™dā€™ve spent even more of the past five years rambling incoherently. ::raises hand:: šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/95 "2005-06-03T14:05:24Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > ::raises hand:: > > šŸ˜› In the _Pit?!_ What a weeny. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/96 "2005-06-03T14:09:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > In the _Pit?!_ > What a weeny. > > šŸ™‚ Donā€™t you have some bugs to eat? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/97 "2005-06-03T14:11:30Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Donā€™t you have some bugs to eat? Does your Mama have a clue that you are posting in the pit? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/98 "2005-06-03T14:13:58Z")
(forgot my fucking smiley in other post) Mother doesnā€™t need to know. I arranged something special for her instead. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/99 "2005-06-03T14:19:06Z")
So. Do you, like, run a motel? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409/100 "2005-06-03T14:53:53Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Your _parents_!? We donā€™t dink around with no steenkinā€™ _parents_. > > A gen-u-wyne SDMB suspension gets noted on your credit report, college transcript, driverā€™s record and a leper with a lung transplant will have a better chance at ever getting life insurance. > > For the terminally paranoid among us, the above is NOT TRUE. But will it end up on our _gasp_ _permanent record_? :eek: Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-and-immaturity/306409.md?page=6)