# Steely Dan Fan is either a troll or a stupid fanatic **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360 "2014-03-23T14:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/61 "2014-03-27T04:27:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Isn’t a strap-on just a dildo with a harness? > > And at what point do we declare this thread to have officially gone off topic? Discussions of the etymology of a poster’s name do not invalidate the relevance of this thread in the Pit. Keep calm and carry on. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/62 "2014-03-27T05:42:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Join Date Dec 2013. Just sayin’ And last active about an hour after you posted this – we may have broken him. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/63 "2014-03-27T15:48:47Z")
[Here’s one Marxist](http://www.salon.com/2014/03/27/tea_partys_absurd_socialism_obsession_an_actual_marxist_sounds_off/) who sounds pretty sensible, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/64 "2014-03-27T15:52:17Z")
And [here’s another](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/02/why_youre_wrong_about_communism_7_huge_misconceptions_about_it_and_capitalism/). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/65 "2014-03-28T02:03:05Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Can’t I enjoy both? No, you cannot. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/66 "2014-03-28T06:06:39Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I thought this would be an expression of disbelief that someone could be a fan of Steely Dan, and was prepared to lend anecdotal support, having once known one. So…Josie _isn’t_ coming home? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360/67 "2014-03-28T14:20:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, you cannot. ☹ Sorry _Kansas_, you’re not making the cut. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-fan-is-either-a-troll-or-a-stupid-fanatic/684360.md?page=3)