# sweat209 is thick as two short planks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409 "2016-04-29T10:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/1 "2016-04-29T10:49:38Z")
Just deleted a reply to Dunning-Kruger poster child, **sweat209** , in the below linked thread, and created a new more satisfying one here. > [@Recovery rates for chemotherapy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-rates-for-chemotherapy/753208/29): > > May be I don’t know much about this as media is not talking about this because some how drones and going to moon and mars sounds more cool in public eye than talking about this. All the media wants talk about is drones, robots, AI and going to moon and mars and I’m getting sick of all those stories. > > I’m sorta of pessimistic person like OP when it comes to medicine and doctors. I’m trying read stuff every day to change my views a bit but hard when being flooded with topic like drones, robots, AI and going to moon and mars every day. No, you’re finding it hard to change your views because you are extremely stupid and unable to realise it. You keep participating in or starting threads where you use utterly wrong premises and made up facts, and after having reality spoon fed you by the saintly patient ones of the SDMB, you then come back two days later spouting the same stupidity having forgot or ignored every obvious flaw pointed out to you and every correction of your bullshit “facts” and … Just stop trying to think, you’re not any good at it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/2 "2016-04-29T11:14:34Z")
I agree that **sweat209** is as dumb as a box of hair, but that little arrow in the quote box is a little hard to click, so I’ll just post a nice big link. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19293022#post19293022](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19293022#post19293022) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/3 "2016-04-29T12:13:22Z")
For those unfamiliar with our perspiring friend, some previous forays into poor reasoning and an inability to learn: > **[Is the war on cancer an utter failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737791)** > > Is the war on cancer an utter failure? In the past 15 to 20 years have there been any progress ( or just little bit) ? Is there any new stuff in lab shown promising results. Some of these web sites probably biased information seem to say the war on... > **[Why are drugs so hard to make and take so long to come out on the market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734400)** > > I know there is a lot of people complaining no cure for ALS ,MS, Parkinson’s ,HIV , motor neuron disease , dementia , alzheimer’s ,autoimmune diseases and cancer. Well some cancers have much higher cancer survival rate than other types of... > **[New tred of Mega hospitals pros and cons](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739033)** > > It seems the tred now is mega hospitals in contrast to the pre 90’s. I have been to many older cities of a population of 600,000 people having 7 hospitals . Well newer cities population of 600,000 people having only two or three hospitals. I guess... > **[It is the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=746297)** > > It is the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle. I just watched the movie Prometheus ,Serenity and Star Wars :eek: this weaken and got me thinking we are in the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle. True landspeeder... > **[Is technology stagnating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727059)** > > I know we got HD TV ,UHDTV ,3D TV ,tablet computers , smart phones that are like computers , 3D printing and electronics.:):)🙂 Getting better all the time. But where technology is slowing down. 2014 Intel processor to a 2006 Intel processor vs a... > **[Is the war on cancer an ‘utter failure’?: A sobering look at how billions in...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685410)** > > I just found this news article today messy around with different news sites . I think medical breakthrough are kinda strange now here why. -lots of breakthrough with cloning has of late -lots of breakthrough with tissue engineering -lots of... > **[Why are some disease and illness so easy cure and others so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689563)** > > Why are some disease and illness so easy cure and others so hard? Note this thread is similar too http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685410 But this thread is more the scopes of all disease and illness of the body and... And that’s not even getting into his treads on personal medical conditions where he refused to go to a doctor to get real answers. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/4 "2016-04-29T12:27:59Z")
All sweat209 posts say the same thing: Technology is advancing. But technology isn’t advancing. I am unhappy about this and have poor spelling skills. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/5 "2016-04-29T12:55:38Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > For those unfamiliar with our perspiring friend, some previous forays into poor reasoning and an inability to learn: > > {…} > [It is the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle. - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=746297) > {…} > > And that’s not even getting into his treads on personal medical conditions where he refused to go to a doctor to get real answers. Ohhh I remember that one :smack: . . . fractally dumb. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/6 "2016-04-29T13:17:03Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > For those unfamiliar with our perspiring friend, some previous forays into poor reasoning and an inability to learn: I sure hope the 209 isn’t his area code 'cause that puts him near me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/7 "2016-04-29T13:29:24Z")
> [@Recovery rates for chemotherapy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-rates-for-chemotherapy/753208/32): > > Where Popular Machines and Popular Science is flooded with cars, space, mars trip,robots, AI, drones and light science every day.Than really getting into medicine and things like that. I regret to disagree with our moist and obviously well-read contributor, but “Popular Machines” is the well-known magazine devoted to reviewing top-selling electric sex aids on their famous “5-dildo” rating system, though they have recently started a creative series on how small kitchen appliances can be used as such. They are very popular. > [@Why are drugs so hard to make and take so long to come out on the market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-drugs-so-hard-to-make-and-take-so-long-to-come-out-on-the-market/698700/1): > > 1.Government retriction , once a chemists finds a computer model that shows results and you doctor prescribes medication add 10 to 15 years to it.All running lab rats tests after tests ,clinical trials and testing. You wont it faster , have people sign up for guinea pigs and lower the testing and you will get 5 year mark than 10 to 15 year mark. This is the thing. With all these lab rats tests and guinea pigs we have today, why electric sex aids no better today than they were 50 years ago? As our sweltering poster might well ask, where is progress? And as he so eloquently put it when lamenting our lack of “Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle”: Why are we not putting R&D into it? I believe “Popular Machines” routinely asks the same question. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/8 "2016-04-29T16:06:54Z")
I think the most recent thread by this person is “[What is the difference of Wonderlic Test vs IQ test?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=790977)”. He/she asks if it’s possible to increase IQ and then quotes stuff from a Wikihow article. **Exapno Mapcase** was extremely patient in responding to **sweat209** ’s questions. **Sweat209** seems unable to evaluate whether a given website is trustworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/9 "2016-04-29T16:16:26Z")
Are we sure **sweat209** speaks english? This reads like it was translated with bablefish or something. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/10 "2016-04-29T17:01:32Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Are we sure **sweat209** speaks english? This reads like it was translated with bablefish or something. Definitely bad speller rather than non-english speaker with babelfish. Too many wrong-pick-homophones (or even semi-homophones) for a translation program. Like “weaken” for “weekend” in the OP of the thread **crowmanyclouds** singled out earlier. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/11 "2016-04-30T02:26:14Z")
Yes, **sweat209** is not a native speaker. No, they aren’t using translation software. I guess you guys missed their posts when they first got here, which were all about needing help understanding English. I’ve seen the spelling problem a lot in places where English is mostly learned verbally. I have never thought that sweat209 fully understood what people are saying to them, and found it unfortunate that they would try to engage with people here. But I don’t know of a better board to send them to–one that wouldn’t coddle ignorance, but would still be at a more appropriate level. Still, I find it hard to get mad at them. I more feel sorry for them than anything. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/12 "2016-04-30T02:42:15Z")
Them? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/13 "2016-04-30T02:55:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Them? One of the generally-accepted pronouns to use when one is not certain of the gender of the person being referenced. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/14 "2016-04-30T02:59:06Z")
One of them is bad enough. You mean there’s more of them? Or is it some kind of colony creature? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/15 "2016-04-30T02:59:40Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > One of the generally-accepted pronouns to use when one is not certain of the gender of the person being referenced. I thought that would be s/he it. _flees_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/16 "2016-04-30T03:08:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I thought that would be s/he it. > > _flees_ Well, sure, but when you say “s/he it” out loud, it sounds like you’re swearing. Which might be appropriate in this case, but in general use, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweat209-is-thick-as-two-short-planks/753409/17 "2016-04-30T03:25:09Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, sure, but when you say “s/he it” out loud, it sounds like you’re swearing. Which might be appropriate in this case, but in general use, not so much. Well, then don’t say it out loud! _She/esh!_