# 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:** 51
**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:** [June 20, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1001 "2019-06-20T23:32:54Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > This is generally what military members, which you are allegedly a former member of, mean. They don’t generally mean muslims. No, this is the response when racists get called on their bullshit and vainly try to backpedal. It was kind of fun to ridicule your tenuous grasp of science and technology. But now that I’ve seen this ugly racist side of you, joking with you isn’t so fun anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1002 "2019-06-20T23:45:54Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > So you aren’t arguing with me, you’re arguing with the position of the national nanotechnology initiative, the entire staff at Google Brain, the MIT media lab - those random riffraff and ragheads. [Moderating] “Rag-head” is an ethnic slur, and its use on these boards as a pejorative is against the rules. This is a formal warning. Do not use this sort of language again. [/Moderating] ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1003 "2019-06-21T00:52:11Z")
So, in addition to being an ignorant bloviating blowhard, we’ve recently been discovering that our Sammy is also a liar, a racist, and a sociopath who thinks people with learning disabilities are worthless. Also, homeless people are “bums” in the same category as ISIS and other enemies of the USA. And now I just noticed [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=876991), started by a new poster experiencing hopelessness and deep depression and having suicidal thoughts. Sammy is in there like a dirty shirt, post #2, with the following advice: “sounds like the problem is you don’t have the right skillset for a high paying job”. I mean, WTF? Sammy is no ordinary sociopath, he’s an unparalleled asshole, so obssessed with his own delusions of superiority that all this asshole can think of saying to a deeply depressed person is that maybe their problem is just that they’re stupid. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1004 "2019-06-21T01:18:12Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > No, this is the response when racists get called on their bullshit and vainly try to backpedal. > > It was kind of fun to ridicule your tenuous grasp of science and technology. But now that I’ve seen this ugly racist side of you, joking with you isn’t so fun anymore. [https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary\_of\_military\_slang#R](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_military_slang#R) > [@wolfpup](#): > > I mean, WTF? Sammy is no ordinary sociopath, he’s an unparalleled asshole, so obssessed with his own delusions of superiority that all this asshole can think of saying to a deeply depressed person is that maybe their problem is just that they’re stupid. Skillset != intelligence. Being able to do residential/commercial electrical wiring is an example of a skill that pays extremely well but is doable by people of average (or probably below average) intelligence. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1005 "2019-06-21T01:31:01Z")
Depression has absolutely nothing to do with having “a high-paying job” and the first thing that came to your head to say would drive a depressed person into even worse depression. Not to mention your attitude to all the other disadvantaged people and minorities that you’ve managed to disparage. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1006 "2019-06-21T01:35:17Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Skillset != intelligence. Being able to do residential/commercial electrical wiring is an example of a skill that pays extremely well but is doable by people of average (or probably below average) intelligence. Keeping your fucking mouth shut and working on becoming less of a [shithead](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shithead) is also a skill set. Quite possibly beyond your intelligence but you’ll never know unless you try. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1007 "2019-06-21T01:37:27Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > By ragheads I was referring to members of the insurgency in Iraq/Afghanistan and ISIS. Glad to see you are standing up for the worst of the worst. This is generally what military members, which you are allegedly a former member of, mean. They don’t generally mean muslims. You are a damn liar. I happen to be a former member (technically, still am, what with me being on the retired list) of the military and that is not what anyone generally means when they use that ethnic slur. Let me put it in short words so the stupid (you) understand: They use an ethnic slur because they think people of that ethnicity are bad. There really is no higher calculus involved. > [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > “Rag-head” is an ethnic slur, and its use on these boards as a pejorative is against the rules. This is a formal warning. Do not use this sort of language again. > [/Moderating] Is it against the rules for me to hope that particular poster does do so again? > [@SamuelA](#): > > [Appendix:Glossary of military slang - Wiktionary, the free dictionary](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_military_slang#R) First off, it’s wiktionary, hardly the best source out there. Second, let’s examine the entry you’re referring to: > [@](#): > > Raghead > (U.S., U.K.) Popularized by the Gulf and Iraq wars. A term referring to the enemy, or any terrorist. I’ll address the last “assertion” first. Any terrorist? Yeah, that doesn’t even pass the smell test. There’s no way that terrorists such as the Real IRA would be called “raghead” by anyone. As to the term referring to “the enemy”. That is true only in the case where the enemy happens to be~or perceived to be~Muslim. And of course that perception is based on ethnicity. As I mentioned above, you are a damn liar. And so is your pathetic source. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1008 "2019-06-21T01:37:36Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > [Appendix:Glossary of military slang - Wiktionary, the free dictionary](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_military_slang#R) Doesn’t mean it’s acceptable or not a slur. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1009 "2019-06-21T01:44:37Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You are a damn liar. I happen to be a former member (technically, still am, what with me being on the retired list) of the military and that is not what anyone generally means when they use that ethnic slur. > > As I mentioned above, you are a damn liar. And so is your pathetic source. “I joined the military to shoot \”. Direct quote from my squad mate in Basic. The year was 2005. Did everyone use the slang this way? Dunno. But in general I was trying to use a word that a military member would be familiar with. Guess you weren’t around in 2005 as a lower enlisted soldier. Doesn’t make me a liar. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1010 "2019-06-21T01:46:56Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Depression has absolutely nothing to do with having “a high-paying job” and the first thing that came to your head to say would drive a depressed person into even worse depression. Once I finally got a decent paying job and could pay enough eastern european hookers and various strippers to keep my dick wet I stopped being depressed. So in \*my \*life, it helped. I was just trying to share tips. Getting the skill you need for a high paying-or at least median income paying - job is a long term goal that most people can eventually succeed it. It does get better. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1011 "2019-06-21T01:55:49Z")
What a fucking loser. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1012 "2019-06-21T01:59:19Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Once I finally got a decent paying job and could pay enough eastern european hookers and various strippers to keep my dick wet I stopped being depressed. So in \*my \*life, it helped. I was just trying to share tips. Getting the skill you need for a high paying-or at least median income paying - job is a long term goal that most people can eventually succeed it. It does get better. If you actually had a decent paying job, you could have gotten American hookers rather than bringing in some from overseas. I thought your boy Trump was against guest workers(other than his current wife and the staff at his clubs). ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1013 "2019-06-21T02:02:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If you actually had a decent paying job, you could have gotten American hookers rather than bringing in some from overseas. > I thought your boy Trump was against guest workers(other than his current wife and the staff at his clubs). Bang/buck buddy. Also hotness is another parameter. Am interviewing for the next step up jobwise presently for this reason. Basically I worked out that if I can get the market rate for the next step up I can get a $500 a fuck girl every 2-3 days. Is a major motivation for me. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1014 "2019-06-21T02:14:19Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Oh, and **running coach** , **JohnT** , when you apparently tried to turn **SamuelA** ’s insults against him by implying he was himself a Special Ed student, > > Frankly, that’s also fairly loathsome. Calling a homophobe a fag isn’t hitting a bigot where it hurts, it’s just perpetuating bigotry. Same thing with responding to someone who expresses loathsome ideas about Special Ed students by saying they were in Special Ed. Sorry I didn’t see this earlier. You are quite correct, and I apologize and… as much as I can… withdraw the comment. Lesson learned. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1015 "2019-06-21T02:16:45Z")
Edited: Disregard. Cellphone isn’t doing tags like I want it to. . . More to follow later. . . ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1016 "2019-06-21T02:17:56Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > “I joined the military to shoot \”. Direct quote from my squad mate in Basic. The year was 2005. Did everyone use the slang this way? Dunno. But in general I was trying to use a word that a military member would be familiar with. We had a jackass like that in my BCT platoon in 1979. He was quickly discharged. > [@](#): > > Guess you weren’t around in 2005 as a lower enlisted soldier. Doesn’t make me a liar. No, it’s your lies that make you a liar. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1017 "2019-06-21T02:19:29Z")
Btw, Tripler, I’m warming to your theory in post 883. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1018 "2019-06-21T02:23:37Z")
Never thought I would see needing to pay $500 for sex as a bragging point. My $20/mth Tinder subscription keeps my dick wet, and all I have to do is look good, be charming & fun, and listen. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1019 "2019-06-21T02:24:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > We had a jackass like that in my BCT platoon in **1979**. He was quickly discharged. > > No, it’s your lies that make you a liar. So you have just admitted that you were in the military 25 years earlier. And thus your experience is invalid, you weren’t in during a time when the USA was engaged in fairly vicious fighting with insurgents of a particular name. (there’s another equivalent slur word starting with H— that is more common) Maybe I’m lying. But the evidence in front of you, including a dictionary link, would cause any _rational_ person to doubt their conclusion that someone is lying. I frankly don’t care if you think I’m lying or not, just that you’re a fucking idiot if you think i am. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1020 "2019-06-21T02:26:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Never thought I would see needing to pay $500 for sex as a bragging point. My $20/mth Tinder subscription keeps my dick wet, and all I have to do is look good, be charming & fun, and listen. With hotties under 25 and under 125lbs? You do you bro. If you can score someone equivalent without paying $500 a fuck, I’m proud of you. I might point out that if you _can_ do this, and you are not born with top percentile looks, that means you have a rare talent, equal to that of a major athlete. All you need to do to play golf like Tiger Woods is listen to your caddy and swing your club the obvious way to line it up with the fairway. Easy, anyone can do it, why aren’t you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=52)