# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**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:** [January 18, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/681 "2018-01-18T06:19:29Z")
I don’t think that’s very fair. I’ve been very generous with my insults – I think I’ve called **SamuelA** every variant and synonym of “fucking moron” and “pompous blowhard” that exists in the language and documented my reasons, and all I get out of it is one measly “ignore” and then the universal “unignore” that everyone got, and that’s it. I presume I got the measly “ignore” back, but man, these people sailing through life scoring triple ignores are beginning to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/682 "2018-01-18T07:37:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Given my triple-ignoring, it stands to reason I’m apparently the only person double-un-ignored as well. Huh. And I honestly think that… well, _comparably_… I’ve been rather nice about all this. I’m in awe. Really. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/683 "2018-01-18T12:42:56Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I don’t think that’s very fair. I’ve been very generous with my insults – I think I’ve called **SamuelA** every variant and synonym of “fucking moron” and “pompous blowhard” that exists in the language and documented my reasons, and all I get out of it is one measly “ignore” and then the universal “unignore” that everyone got, and that’s it. I presume I got the measly “ignore” back, but man, these people sailing through life scoring triple ignores are beginning to piss me off. What can I say? When y’all started mocking me upthread for not getting ignored in the first place, I had to up my game to near Jordanesque levels. So… blame yourself. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/684 "2018-01-18T14:56:12Z")
I know when I’m beat. Congratulations, **JohnT**. You earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/685 "2018-01-18T15:29:33Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Also, yet again JohnT earns his place on my ignore list. When you “ignore” someone for a second(or third or fourth or fifth) time, do you temporarily “un-ignore” that person first then “re-ignore” them, or do you put them in “ignore x 2” status? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/686 "2018-01-18T15:49:14Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I don’t think that’s very fair. I’ve been very generous with my insults – I think I’ve called **SamuelA** every variant and synonym of “fucking moron” and “pompous blowhard” that exists in the language and documented my reasons, and all I get out of it is one measly “ignore” and then the universal “unignore” that everyone got, and that’s it. I presume I got the measly “ignore” back, but man, these people sailing through life scoring triple ignores are beginning to piss me off. Actually before **JohnT** came along, you had the high Ignore Card. a +4 I believe. \*\*JohnT \*\*pulled a +10 Ignore card out and properly played it. \*\*SamuelA \*\*responded with a Reignore Card +1 and well, it backfired and **JohnT** got the much sought after trifecta ignore crown. \*\*JohnT \*\*is now so far ahead we’ll all be playing catch up. It’s not you **Wolfpup** , it was destiny. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/687 "2018-01-18T15:57:11Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Actually before **JohnT** came along, you had the high Ignore Card. a +4 I believe. \*\*JohnT \*\*pulled a +10 Ignore card out and properly played it. \*\*SamuelA \*\*responded with a Reignore Card +1 and well, it backfired and **JohnT** got the much sought after trifecta ignore crown. \*\*JohnT \*\*is now so far ahead we’ll all be playing catch up. It’s not you **Wolfpup** , it was destiny. The reason is that wolfpup would at least claim that he knew some details of cognitive science and that thus he had a reasonable reason to disagree. JohnT would find a trivial grammar or spelling error…or just fail to read a post at all…and decide that this was a reason for insults. Such as the cancer one, where he literally doesn’t read the next paragraph and realize that in it I’m admitting to being part of a (probably fictitious) conspiracy that killed over 2000 Americans. 10k+ if you count American soldiers lost in the follow-on wars. 600k+ if you count Iraqi civilian deaths. So if I did have cancer, I’d kind of deserve it. See how this is more maddening? Hence the triple ignore. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/688 "2018-01-18T16:07:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When you “ignore” someone for a second(or third or fourth or fifth) time, do you temporarily “un-ignore” that person first then “re-ignore” them, or do you put them in “ignore x 2” status? You have to remember that, notwithstanding **SamuelA** ’s astounding self-declared expertise in the fields of computing and cognition and, really, just about everything, he needed detailed step-by-step instructions to help him figure out how to use the board’s “ignore” function. So I assume he’s still struggling with it, and probably figures that if he adds someone to the ignore list repeatedly, it will somehow cause vBulletin to register a double-ignore or triple-ignore status and thereby ignore that poster even harder. Don’t ask me how that’s supposed to work, I’m not a genius like **SamuelA**. I can only assume it has something to do with artificial intelligence and maybe also signal processing (which I understand **SamuelA** has taken a course in and knows all about). It may even involve self-replicating autonomous nanobots. You’ll have to get **SamuelA** to explain it to you. Me, I’m still pissed at only earning a single ignore. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/689 "2018-01-18T16:08:42Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > … > > So if I did have cancer, I’d kind of deserve it. > > … You’d be wrong. No one deserves cancer. Not even you, hell, not even clothahump. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/690 "2018-01-18T16:14:19Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > You’d be wrong. No one deserves cancer. Not even you, hell, not even clothahump. Larry Nassar does. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/691 "2018-01-18T17:00:13Z")
**JohnT** If you’re ever going to attend a Minnesota dope-fest (assuming we have more), please let me know. I’ll stop by one of those trophy shops and get you a little trophy for **JohnT Triple Ignored Award** ---
**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:** [January 18, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/692 "2018-01-18T17:20:52Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > The reason is that wolfpup would at least claim that he knew some details of cognitive science and that thus he had a reasonable reason to disagree. A mature cocker spaniel has reason to disagree. I think there are lizards capable of refuting most of his argument. I knew an elm stump once that had a better grasp of the basic concepts. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/693 "2018-01-18T17:23:37Z")
Maybe he should change his username to JohnTriple. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/694 "2018-01-18T17:49:32Z")
Seconded. JohnTriple has a nice ring to it. TriplerTriple would have been better, but well, JohnTriple won. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/695 "2018-01-18T18:56:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > …he needed detailed step-by-step instructions to help him figure out how to use the board’s “ignore” function. So I assume he’s still struggling with it, and probably figures that if he adds someone to the ignore list repeatedly, it will somehow cause vBulletin to register a double-ignore or triple-ignore status and thereby ignore that poster even harder. I’m assuming **Sammy** now has three post-its on his mom’s monitor with **JohnT’s** name on them. This does create a theoretical limit to how many times one poster can be ignored, based on post-it and monitor sizes. **Sammy** could probably calculate this limit, but we all know his calculation would be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/696 "2018-01-18T19:28:37Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > You’d be wrong. No one deserves cancer. Not even you, hell, not even clothahump. Which, of course, is the point, though SamsA won’t understand it. Any reasonable person affected by the disease doesn’t joke about it so casually. Any reasonable _adult_ not affected by it shouldn’t joke about it at all, not even as a setup to another joke. But, Sam, congrats. You got me: for about 2 hours I was actually concerned for your well being. Jokes on me… I guess. You win? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/697 "2018-01-18T20:00:31Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’m assuming **Sammy** now has three post-its on his mom’s monitor with **JohnT’s** name on them. This does create a theoretical limit to how many times one poster can be ignored, based on post-it and monitor sizes. **Sammy** could probably calculate this limit, but we all know his calculation would be incorrect. I’m assuming he lost at least one of the first post-its and had to start over again. **JohnT** I think you should at least update your sig. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/698 "2018-01-19T01:20:12Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Seconded. > > JohnTriple has a nice ring to it. > > TriplerTriple would have been better, but well, JohnTriple won. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **JohnT** I think you should at least update your sig. Whoa whoa whoa whoa _whoooooaaaaa_. Lets not be hasty about this, lest people confuse _his_ award with my name (it happens with other Dopers’ names). Let me get this right–this kid is _still_ going on with his ass-trumpet? Tripler Does Mommy not give him enough macaroni and paste for his ‘arts and crafts’ time? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/699 "2018-01-19T01:33:13Z")
Yes - he toots away. He is, even now, handing out advice on dishwasher repair in one thread (sell the house), and suggesting that self-driving cars will reduce traffic on the road. Not, mind you, because there are self-driving cars replacing drivers, but because they should record all cars around them, and report traffic violations, and then no one would drive anymore because TICKETS. His ability to look at a situation and come to the most illogical conclusion possible is really fucking annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/700 "2018-01-19T01:48:40Z")
Well, I see he’s basing his expert military opinion on avionics and human factors on [video games](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20727390&postcount=17) (albeit a brief look). But now that I see an attempted pretext of cancer to sway an argument/make a point, I admit, that even in his “jest,” I have never seen anything so yellow. You’re absolutely right though–he can wave his hands to “propose” an “academic solution” and provides zilch on logic or rationality. But hey, AI can solve _everything._ :dubious: But I’ve only got one ignore compared to **JohnT**. He won’t read this. Tripler AI. For absolutely. . . _everything._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=36)