# Surreal, think, search, then post. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333 "2005-12-06T10:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/21 "2005-12-08T00:26:17Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > _Someone_ had to take over for **andrew**! 😃 I do periodic vanity searches of my user name and variations now. Fucking talk about people behing their backs… pathetic shit. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/22 "2005-12-08T00:26:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > _Someone_ had to take over for **andrew**! 😃 I do periodic vanity searches of my user name and variations now. Fucking talk about people behing their backs… pathetic shit is what that is. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/23 "2005-12-08T00:30:15Z")
I needed to resubmit to clarify that your action was the ‘pathetic shit’ in question. Do a search of the GQ questions I asked, and you’ll find that I never asked questions like the yeast infection one ^^^ or similar that can easily be looked up. Fuck your insult, Lute Skywatcher. Go try answering some of my unanswered GQs, if they were so obvious and child-like, and put your money where your fucking mouth is. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/24 "2005-12-08T00:42:04Z")
Go head, Lute, answer me this- [How did the sinners prayer become an absolute among some?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314651) [What’s the most that can be bet at the roulette wheel?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320653) [What is Jack Chick’s complete philosophy, ie the exact mythologies and philosophies he draws from?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332230) [Who is the youngest self-made billionaire in history?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335620) [Does this idea of mine violate copyright laws?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337918) [Give me the exact details of traffic fatalities in the US, including gender, socioeconomic status of the victims and drivers, etc.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345701) I might repost some of these on Google Answers, seeing as they are unanswerable here, and I might just be willing to pay. How childlike can these questions be? ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/25 "2005-12-08T01:44:58Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > I do periodic vanity searches of my user name and variations now. > > Fucking talk about people behing their backs… pathetic shit is what that is. You know, if it’s your intention to come off as a hostile jackass, you’re on the right trajectory. If not, you might want to cut back on the caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/26 "2005-12-08T02:29:50Z")
Dude, **andrew** , don’t hijack the thread. You’ll just dig yourself another hole. Please don’t start a Pit thread either, as the result will be the same. Even if **Lute** ’s snipe was mean-spirited, the best response (if you feel you need to respond) is to snipe him back when the opportunity presents itself. In the meantime, try not to take comments like **Lute** ’s to heart. To address the OP: thanks for introducing me to **Surreal** ’s GQ threads. I don’t read GQ posts often, but his are pretty entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/27 "2005-12-08T04:59:47Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > Many OPs contain the words like “I heard”, " I wonder", “I was under the impression” Well, can you blame him that manny peoples ask him and now he wonders? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/28 "2005-12-08T05:14:31Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > How childlike can these questions be? You know, they say there’s no such thing as a stupid question, just a stupid … Posting 4 times in a row to any thread does nothing to help your cause. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/29 "2005-12-08T05:40:26Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Fucking talk about people behing their backs… pathetic shit is what that is. “Behind their backs”? Is someone supposed to e-mail you? > [@Evil Captor](#): > > If you’re on the Internet and you can’t find out what Asian women’s vaginas look like, you’re really slacking, man. Biggest laugh of the day; thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/30 "2005-12-08T06:02:17Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > “Behind their backs”? Is someone supposed to e-mail you? I’m still laughing that he searches for “andrew” regularly. ---
**Author:** ![ephemeral1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@ephemeral1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ephemeral1)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/31 "2005-12-08T15:13:51Z")
On the other hand, maybe the least of our concerns is the scientific validity of his questions… I think they may be the desperate cries for help from a deranged man who is trying to clone babies (preferably Asian). I’m just saying… and now he wants to know how to accelerate the growth of these infants once his project is complete. Or then, he already has succeeded, and they’re just too damned noisy! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/32 "2005-12-08T16:17:33Z")
Don’t forget that the infant growth accelerant apparently caused his mate to get a UTI and that some guy working at his grocery refuses to compare notes with him about it. Or that she’s now left him causing him to return to the dating circuit while balding, with dirty teeth and a bunghole laden with quicksilver. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/33 "2005-12-08T16:51:19Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > I’m still laughing that he searches for “andrew” regularly. Well, this is fairly common practice. I don’t do it myself, but it’s my understanding that a fair number of we Dopers _do_. It’s called a vanity search. As for talking behind his back, maybe he should put his phone number in a sticky so someone could phone him before posting about him. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/34 "2005-12-08T17:43:17Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, this is fairly common practice. I don’t do it myself, but it’s my understanding that a fair number of we Dopers _do_. It’s called a vanity search. I do it once a week or so, in case someone’s responded to one of my posts and I need to follow up. Of course, if you quote someone like \ (with brackets, of course), it won’t show up in search results, so the usefulness is limited. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/35 "2005-12-08T23:06:08Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, this is fairly common practice. I don’t do it myself, but it’s my understanding that a fair number of we Dopers _do_. It’s called a vanity search. > > As for talking behind his back, maybe he should put his phone number in a sticky so someone could phone him before posting about him. :rolleyes: The thing is that his username is andrewdt85, and he’s apparently searching for “andrew” (since that’s what Lute used). This will produce a fair amount of chaff – a thread on the British Royal Family that mentions young Prince Andrew, for example – along with the desired results. It’s kind of like me doing a search for “brain” just in case people are shortening my username up when savaging me behind my back. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/36 "2005-12-08T23:40:31Z")
> [@brainiac4](#): > > It’s kind of like me doing a search for “brain” just in case people are shortening my username up when savaging me behind my back. Ah. I see. So if I want to savage you behind your back, I’m safe enough just refering to you as “brain”? 😛 ---
**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:** [December 8, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/37 "2005-12-08T23:51:27Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Ah. I see. So if I want to savage you behind your back, I’m safe enough just refering to you as “brain”? 😛 Just refer to him as **Brianiac4** when you want to call him names and not have him find out. That’s what I do. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/38 "2005-12-09T01:07:15Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Just refer to him as **Brianiac4** when you want to call him names and not have him find out. That’s what I do. That will work. I know when I talk about you behind your back I refer to you as “the not so long-necked mod who likes to pretend he is”. But it _is_ a lot to type out. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/39 "2005-12-09T01:10:56Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > That will work. I know when I talk about you behind your back I refer to you as “the not so long-necked mod who likes to pretend he is”. But it _is_ a lot to type out. Most people find “asshole mod” to be a lot faster to type. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333/40 "2005-12-09T01:37:33Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Most people find “asshole mod” to be a lot faster to type. But that could refer to so _many_ people. :rolleyes: 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-think-search-then-post/334333.md?page=3)